The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle

The King of Fighters: Heat of Battle is a Game Boy port of the Neo Geo fighting game.

DIP Switches
Upon startup, the game checks three times to see  if the first two bytes are set to  then DIP Switches are enabled. The third bit tells what the DIP Switch value is. Enable bits are written to, and. Set value to, or use GameShark code  to enable the Super Game Boy sound test or a new border depending on the value;  will enable the Super Game Boy sound test and  shows the alternate border.

Alternatively, Game Genie codes, , and will enable the DIP Switches set to  which will enable and all said features.

DIP Switches can be activated in game by pressing certain button combinations at the Takara logo, However, the SGB Sound Test cannot be enabled. Hold A and B and press select once which will set the DIP Switches to. To activate the second set of DIP Switches setting them to, hold down A and B while pressing select 10 times. Press Select twice more to set the DIP Switches to. Press Select 25 additional times to set the DIP Switches to, which will enable the second alternate Super Game Boy border. While letting go A and B, press Select 11 more times to set the DIP Switches to. A Game Boy and Super Game Boy sound will confirm correct entry as each DIP Switch is activated.

Alternate Super Game Boy borders


Set the DIP Switches to in order to show the first alternate Super Game Boy border.



Set the DIP Switches to which will show the second alternate Super Game Boy border.

SGB Sound Test


Japanese exclusives Nettoh Real Bout Special Fatal Fury and Beast Wars contain a sound test allow all of the sound effects used by several Game Boy games, notably The Pagemaster, Animaniacs, PokoNyan Yume no Daibouken, and others.

Setting to  will only enable the Super Game Boy sound test. Tetris 2 Super Game Boy enhanced version also has a Super Game Boy sound test hidden in the debug menu; though very incomplete. Single-digit ones change the speed and volume of the sound effect when played, ranging from 0-F.

Title Screen
When Nettou King of Fighters '96 was released in Europe, its name was changed from The King of Fighters '96 to King of Fighters: Heat of Battle. As this change carried onto the title, the change is somewhat inconsistent with the year naming that KOF '95 had preceded it with. When the SGB capabilities were adapted, the SGB border got the same treatment as King of Fighters '95. It was darkened and the title changed accordingly.