The King of Fighters '97 title screen.
The King of Fighters '97 is an unlicensed port of The King of Fighters '95, made for the NES by Rex Soft in 1997.
General
The game is a simple port of King of Fighters '97, with twenty-four playable characters. (Twelve for each team)
Versions
There are two major revisions of this game; one contains a final boss and ending, while the other is missing both and just loops infinitely.
The King of Fighters '99 title screen.
There are also two hacks of this game, called The King of Fighters 98 and The King of Fighters 99; each replaces the 7 in the title screen with a crudely drawn 8 or 9, and updates "Announcing the 1997 King of Fighters tournaments" in the intro to contain its respective year.
Trivia
- Unusually, there is a "TM" next to the KoF '97 logo.
- This game is sometimes known as "Colour 2001 Streetfighter II" based on a cartridge label found on an NT release.
- Before fighting Leona in the official KOF 97, in the background you can see a sign that reads "Rex" likely where the company got its name, making the bootleg version possibly their first game.
Possibly where the company got its name, from the official KOF '97 (top left corner)
