The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest

aka: KOF '98, The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends

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The King of Fighters '98 takes a break from the Orochi plot line and instead is presented as a "Dream Match" game where the KOF roster duke it out for the top spot (similar to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but without the storyline component). Most of the characters from the past four years return, thus providing the player with a very large roster containing 38 characters. Many of the characters have been altered in an attempt to make the game balanced regardless of the player's choice of fighter. Rugal Bernstein is provided as a non-secret character for the first time in KOF '98, and several regular characters have hidden "alternate" versions that may also be used in-game.

KOF '98 uses the same gameplay system present in The King of Fighters '97, so players may still choose between Extra and Advanced modes. In addition to the Survival battle mode and the ability to choose between Single Play or Team Play, versions of the game on console systems that use CDs to contain their media (PSX, Neo-Geo CD) also include an Art Gallery one may look at.

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  • アケアカNEOGEO ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ '98 - Japanese spelling
  • 拳皇98 - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Kyo
Daimon/Ryo
Benimaru/Ralf/Choi
Terry/Kim
Andy
Joe
Robert
Yuri
Leona/Vice
Clark
Athena
Kensou/Brian
Chin/Heavy D!
Chizuru
Lucky
Mai
Chang
Yashiro
Shermie
Chris
Yamazaki
Billy
Rugal/Heidern
Takuma
Saisyu
[ full credits ]

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Game added by Zovni.

PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita added by Fred VT. Neo Geo CD added by Corn Popper. Xbox One, Arcade added by mars_rulez. Android added by GTramp. Wii added by Michael Cassidy. PlayStation 4 added by Rik Hideto. Windows Apps added by Kennyannydenny. Nintendo Switch, iPhone, iPad added by Sciere. Neo Geo added by Terok Nor.

Additional contributors: Longwalker, Unicorn Lynx, Kam1Kaz3NL77.

Last modified March 6th, 2023.