• The King of Fighters ( KOF) is a series of by that began with in 1994. The series was originally developed for SNK's arcade hardware, which served as the main platform for the series until 2004, when SNK retired the MVS in favor of the arcade board. Two King of Fighters games were made for the Atomiswave platform ( and ) before SNK decided to discontinue using the platform for the series. The last arcade hardware for the series is the, with its first usage coming with the release of. Of the and original The King of Fighters games have been released for several video games consoles. The latest entry in the series,, was released for and in 2016.

The next game, The King of Fighters XV, is set to be released during 2020. The story of the games focuses on the title tournament where fighters from multiple SNK games take part. SNK also created original characters to serve as protagonists from each of their while still interacting with the member from, among others.

Multiple spin-off games such as the R duology from the, the Maximum Impact for the, among others have also been released. There have multiple cross-over games where the SNK cast interacted with characters created by while some characters have been present as guest characters in other games such as in, in Fighting Days among others. The King of Fighters was originally conceptualized side-scrolling, titled Survivor until SNK changed it to the fighting game that took the subtitle from the first Fatal Fury game:. Though originally released as yearly releases starting from arcades for the Neo Geo to video game consoles, ever since The King of Fighters XI, the company decided take more time to develop their games. Critical reception to the video games has been generally positive to due its usage of teams to fight, balancing in gameplay though critics were divided in the challenging boss fights. Arcade cabinet for Timeline of release years 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 The King of Fighters XV The first game in the series,, was released by on August 25, 1994.

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The game featured characters from SNK's previous fighting game series and, as well as original characters (including characters from other franchises such as and, adapted for a versus fighting game). The success of the game led SNK to release yearly installments of the series and numbered the games for the year they were released., in addition to adding new characters, also began the first story arc of the series titled 'The Orochi Saga'. It was also the first game in the series that allowed the players to create their own team of three members, out of any character in the game. Established the second part of 'The Orochi Saga' and replaced the character sprites from the previous two years with newly drawn ones, as well as improving the gameplay system. Depending on the playable characters in a team, an exclusive ending will be played.

Concluded 'The Orochi Saga' story arc., and unlike the previous games of the series, did not feature a story. Instead, the game was promoted as a 'Dream Match' game that allowed players to choose most of the characters available from the previous titles, including ones that were supposedly dead. SNK refitted the version and renamed it The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 with an extended cel animated introduction and 3D backgrounds. Introduced a new story arc known as 'The NESTS Chronicles' along with several new characters into the series, as well as the rule of a fourth member being added to each team. In a new tactic, a specific person from a team would be an assistant called a 'Striker' and that this person would be able to aid the team for a few seconds in combat. The Dreamcast version was titled The King of Fighters: Evolution, with several improvements in the game such as new Strikers and better animation. Is the second part of 'The NESTS Saga' as well as the last KOF game to be made by SNK before the bankruptcy.