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Fun King of Fighters Single-player Games

This is my list of which King of Fighters games are fun and balanced for casual players such as myself in single-player. Since these games are generally very difficult for casual players, in this context 'better' usually means 'easier'.

Highly recommended:
- The King of Fighters '96 - dif 1/8 - 0 continues
- The King of Fighters XII - dif 1/5 - 1 continues

Recommended:
- The King of Fighters XIV - 0-1 continues
- The King of Fighters 2003 - dif 1/8
- King of Fighters: Maximum Impact - dif 4/8 - fair difficulty
- The King of Fighters XII - normal dif - fair difficulty but not so polished

The jury's out:
- The King of Fighters 2001 - dif 1/8
- The King of Fighters 2002 - dif 1/8

Not recommended:
- The King of Fighters '94 - dif 1/8 - annoyingly unfair
- The King of Fighters '98 - dif 1/8 - last boss is very unfair, only seems possible when using continue 'cheat', which is unsatisfying

Games

13 games in database, 12 completed (92%). Year range: 1994-2016, median: 2004.

list - box art - screenshots

 King of Fighters: Maximum Impact          SNK                             PS2     2004                 C  x 9    9 logs
 The King of Fighters '94                  SNK                             Neogeo  1994       1 video   C         9 logs
 The King of Fighters '96                  SNK                             Neogeo  1996       1 video   C         3 logs
 King of Fighters 98                       SNK                             Neogeo  1998       1 video   C  x 2    2 logs
 King of Fighters 98                                                       360     2009       2 videos  C  x 2    2 logs
 The King of Fighters 2000                 SNK                             PS4     2016                           1 logs
 The King of Fighters 2001                 Eolith                          Neogeo  2001                 C         3 logs
 The King of Fighters 2002                 SNK                             Neogeo  2002                 C         3 logs
 The King of Fighters 2003                 SNK                             Neogeo  2003       1 video   C  x 3    6 logs
 The King of Fighters XII                  SNK                             360     2009                 C  x 3    3 logs
 The King of Fighters XIII                 SNK                             360     2011                 C  x 4    5 logs
 The King of Fighters XIII                 SNK                             Win     2013       1 video   C  x 2    3 logs
 The King of Fighters XIV                  SNK                             PS4     2016       3 videos  C  x 4    9 logs

Videos

The King of Fighters '94 (Neo Geo)
2022-11-06
MiSTer Neo Geo

The King of Fighters '96 (Neo Geo)
2022-18-06
Terry, Mai, Ryo

The King of Fighters '98 (Neo Geo)
2022-18-06
Lucky, Terry, Mai

The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match (Xbox 360)
2018-01-09
Terry, Heavy D, Ryo
2018-02-09
Brian, Mr. Karate, Yamazaki

The King of Fighters 2003 (Neo Geo)
2022-11-06
Terry, Mai, Athena

The King of Fighters XIII (Windows)
2017-05-01
The King of Fighters XIII (Windows)

The King of Fighters XIV (PlayStation 4)
2019-16-02
Story - Terro, Joe, Ryo
2019-24-02
Story - Antonov, Gang-Il, Clark
2019-27-02
Story - Team Ikari Warriors

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