The King of Fighters 2000

The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters 2000's title screen.
Publisher	DVS Electronic Co
Console	SNES
Date	January 7, 2000
Engine	SNES Fighting Engine
Sound engine	Capcom (Final Fight 2)

The King of Fighters 2000 is an unlicensed fighting game for the SNES produced by DVS Electronic Co, and like most other unlicensed SNES titles was only distributed in South American (many or not, depending on region) markets. It stands as a sequel and plays similar to the previous The King of Fighters '98 and The King of Fighters '99.

Gameplay / Presentation

The character roster is the same as '99 for Mega Drive, with the addition of Cammy from '98. Characters fight in teams of three and the first side to have all characters defeated loses.

Many of the backgrounds are lifted directly from other games (Fatal Fury) or heavily altered (Marvel Super Heroes). Similar to '98, the characters don't get their own stages. Instead, you fight three characters separately on one stage. After beating these three characters, you are sent to the next stage, or the ending if you're on the final stage.

The following stages are present in the game, going in this exact order:

• Tung Fu Rue's stage from Fatal Fury: King of Fighters.
• Richard Meyer's stage from Fatal Fury: King of Fighters.
• Michael Max's stage from Fatal Fury: King of Fighters. However, the car is repainted red and all of the spectators are gone.
• Ryu's stage from Street Fighter Alpha, however the houses have been mirrored, and the "SON SON 24h" shop is gone. Previously used as Ioro's stage in '99.
• Wolverine's stage from Marvel Super Heroes. Previously used as Andy's stage in '99.
• The Korea Team's stage from The King of Fighters '96. Previously used as Guile's stage in '99.
• ???'s stage from ???. Previously used as Ryo's stage in '99.
• Spider-Man's stage from Marvel Super Heroes. 
• Bamboo Forest stage from Samurai Shodown III.
• The music and sound effects are taken directly from Final Fight 2.

The gameplay remains similar to the MD prequels, however, due to the limitations of the SNES fighting engine, the game does not play nearly as smoothly. Unlike the MD version, which required a directional and button combination for strong attacks, this one has a four button attack layout; two for weak attacks and two for strong attacks. This is also implemented for the special moves; for example, allowing faster projectiles with the strong attack or farther distance travelled for lunge moves.

The ending is a simple congratulations screen, the same as the one featured in '99, only the headshots now include Cammy as they scroll by.

Move list

X: strong punch Y: weak punch B: strong kick A: weak kick (Normal strength attacks written down here, to input a faster attack, press the stronger button. Supers/desperates are mostly pulled off with strong punch)

Guile

Sonic Boom: DF+Y

Flash Kick: DB+A

Super Sonic Boom: DFDF+X

Evil Guile

Flash Punch: BDF+Y

Super Move: DFDF+X

Iori/Evil Iori

Shiki Oni Yaki: DF+X

Shiki Yami Barai: DF+Y

Shiki Aoi Hana: DB+A

Super Shiki Yami Barai: DFDF+X

Kin Shiki Ya Otome: BDF+Y

Robert Garcia

Ryugeki Ken: DF+Y

Ryuuga: FDF+Y

Genei Kyaku: Repeatedly press A

Hien Ryuujin Kyaku: UF+A

Haoh Sho Ko Ken: DFDF+X

Evil Robert

Hien Shippuu Kyaku: DB+A

Hien Ryuujin Kyaku: UF+A

Double Ryuuga: DFDF+X

Ryuko Ranbu: BDF+X

Andy Bogard

Hi Sho Ken: DF+Y

Shoryudan: FDF+Y

Zanei Ken: FBF+Y

Super Hi Sho Ken: DFDF+X

Evil Andy

Kuhadan: DF+A

Super Move: DFDF+X

M. Bison

Psycho Crusher: DB+Y

Air Scissor Kick: Forward Jump

Slide: D+B

Psycho Shot: DFDF+X

Evil M.Bison

Scissor kick: DF+Y

Air Scissor Kick: Forward Jump

Slide: D+B

Teleport: DF+X

Psycho Shot: DFDF+X

Ryo Sakazaki

Koh Oh Ken: DF+Y

Koho: FDF+Y

Zanretsu Ken: Repeatedly press X

Haoh Sho Ko Ken: DFDF+X

Taunt: Up+A

Evil Ryo

Hien Shippuu Kyaku: DB+A

Ryuko Ranbu: DFDF+X

Taunt: Up+A

Joe Higashi

Hurricane Upper: DF+Y

Slide: D+B

Tiger Kick: FDF+A

TNT Punch: Repeatedly Press Y

Double TNT Punch: Repeatedly Press X

Screw Upper: DFDF+X

Evil Joe

Slash Kick: DB+A

Slide: D+B

TNT Punch: Repeatedly Press Y

Double TNT Punch: Repeatedly Press X

Super Move: BDF+X

Cyclops

Optic Blast: DF+Y

Super Optic Blast: DFDF+X

Evil Cyclops

Special Move: DB+Y

Double Uppercut: DFDF+X

Ryu

Hadouken: DF+Y

Shoryuken: FDF+Y

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku: DB+A

Super Hadouken: DFDF+X

Evil Ryu

Shoryuken: FDF+Y

Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku: DB+A

Shoryureppa: DFDF+X

Takuma Sakazaki

Koh Oh Ken: DF+Y

Special Hop Kick: DB+A

Haoh Sho Ko Ken: DFDF+X

Evil Takuma

Hien Shippu Kyaku: DB+A

Ryuko Ranbu: BDF+X

Terry Bogard

Power Wave: DF+Y

Burn Knuckle: BDF+Y

Rising Tackle: FDF+A

Super Power Wave: DFDF+X

Evil Terry

Crack Shot: DF+A

Super Move: BDF+X

Cammy

Cannon Drill: DF+Y

Cannon Spike: FDF+A

Axle Spin Knuckle: DB+Y

Evil Cammy

Cannon Drill: DF+Y

Super Move: DFDF+X

Trivia

• The box art and label use art from the Neo Geo version of The King of Fighters '98.
• The game was undumped until 2011, when the copy protection was documented by programmer D4S and the ROM was released. 
• The title screen (albeit with a 2000 added) and intro is taken from The King of Fighters '99, suggesting that game is built off of it.
• Iori and Andy have moves that they will use at random and are very rare in the game. Andy will sometimes do a Zanei Ken while Iori will either dash to the opponent with fists up or combo towards the opponent.
• Ryo Sakazaki is able to taunt by pressing Up + B.
• If a specific character now has a specific theme, the Orochi versions will have a different theme and vice versa. All the characters that use that theme have Orochi versions using the other theme. Below are the themes:
• Elevatorboy The 3rd (Andy, Vega, Evil Guile) - Sleep Junk Down (Evil Vega, Evil Andy, Guile)
• Bust Up The Railway (Cycl, Joe, Evil Ryo) - Creeping Wheeping (Ryo, Evil Joe, Evil Cycl)
• Fret Street Beat (Evil Iori, Evil Cammy, Takuma) - Bears Are Hiding In The Woods (Cammy, Iori, Evil Takuma)
• No Time To Lose (Terry, Evil Ryu, Robert) - Lift Fighter (Evil Terry, Ryu, Evil Robert)
• The modified KOF '97 headshots are regained, with Cammy returning, her headshot now being an edit of Yuri Sakazaki's headshot. Also if you select Evil Ryu, Evil Joe's headshot will be shown instead.
• 1P Evil Cammy will always have white skin as opposed to purple, while CPU normal Cammy will have purple skin as opposed to white. CPU Evil Iori will appear in his Riot of the Blood palette, while 1P normal Iori will appear in his purple palette.
• Iori now has fierce attacks, with his Super Dark Sweeper ripped from The King of Fighters '96 (like himself) and recolored orange.
• This game features a "Draw" and "Perfect" feature, which was not included in the Mega Drive games. Also, if both characters are knocked out at the same time, they will sit in the air rather than lie knocked out.
• When blocking, Andy Bogard is able to duck under any projectiles that may be fired except Ground projectiles and Bison's projectile.
• The PCB of the cartridge reads 890107C which translates to January 7, 2000.

Gallery

KOF 2000 ending.

Iori doing one of his rare/random moves.

The draw feature, which was not included in '98 or '99.