The King of Fighters '97 (Neo Geo)

The King of Fighters '97
Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Platform: Neo Geo Released in JP: September 25, 1997 Released in US: September 25, 1997 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

To do: Is that a bit of Morse code in the Orochi Team's stage theme?

To do: Document Mary's unused intro animation which includes a motorcycle object.

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It came to the end in 97.

Orochi's Unused Graphics

To do: Add Orochi's super bar charge animation in Extra mode.

Orochi has unused graphics that would come to be used in the PS1 version, where he is playable. To see them in-game, enable him by changing address 10A84B (for P1) or 10A84C (for P2) to 1E; he will not appear in the player select screen, but the first character you select will be changed to him.

Battle queue portrait. Since he is a single character in the boss fight, this is not seen in the normal game.

Win screen portrait when he is the team member who wins the match. Since the CPU does not use win screens, this is not seen in the normal game.

Win screen portrait when he is not the team member who wins the match. Also shown in the player select screen (PS1 only) and in the post-credits "All Clear" screen.

Regional Differences

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation! Notes: Images of complete endings are linked on the talk page.

Playing the game in Japanese will allow you to access three special promotional endings, all for Japanese magazines, by clearing the game with certain teams:

Terry, Mary, and Joe - Gamest magazine ending.

• Yamazaki, Chang, and Choi - Weekly Famitsu magazine ending.

• Billy, Kyo, and Mai - Neo-Geo Freak magazine ending.