The King of Fighters '94

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source: wikipedia_enThe King of Fighters '94 (KOF '94) is a fighting game released in 1994, developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, AES, and CD home consoles. It is a crossover game, featuring characters from SNK's previous titles such as Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, updated versions of characters from Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, and new, original characters. The story centers around the tournament organized by the villain Rugal Bernstein. SNK designer Takashi Nishiyama recruited Masanori "Kuwa" Hashi as the game's director after admiring his work at Irem. Hashi's first project at SNK was Baseball Stars Professional, where he met Toyohira Tanabe. Tanabe would later become the series' battle designer. Together, they aimed to create an all-star fighting game combining famous SNK characters with new ones, most notably the Japan Team, led by the new protagonist Kyo Kusanagi, a high school delinquent skilled in martial arts that utilize fire. KOF '94 was developed with the concept of bringing together characters from several of SNK's existing games to attract their fanbases. The character designs and the innovative team-based gameplay system, where players use three-memb

source: wikipedia_ja『ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ』（THE KING OF FIGHTERS）は、1994年にエス・エヌ・ケイ（旧社）がゲーム機「ネオジオ」で発売した対戦型格闘ゲームのシリーズ名、またその劇中で開催されている世界規模の格闘大会の名称。元々は同社の対戦格闘ゲーム作品『餓狼伝説』シリーズおよび『龍虎の拳2』の舞台である格闘大会。公式な略称は、頭文字を取った『KOF』（ケーオーエフ）。台湾では『格鬥天王』、香港と中国大陸では『拳皇』と訳される。 1994年から毎年新作がリリースされたが、2001年はエス・エヌ・ケイ（旧社）の倒産にともないサン・アミューズメントが、2002年以降はプレイモア、SNKプレイモア、SNK（新社）が販売している。