The King of Fighters '97

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The King of Fighters '97
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: SNK
Developer: TUG, Yumekobo
Original system(s): Neo Geo
Developer(s) of original games: SNK
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (40 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Extended RAM Cartridge (1MB/4MB)
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション), Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1998-03-26 ¥5,8005,800 T-3120G JP (RAM Pack) 1998-03-26 ¥7,8007,800 T-3121G
Non-Sega versions Arcade Neo Geo Neo Geo CD PlayStation

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The King of Fighters '97 (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ’９７) is an entry in SNK's The King of Fighters series. It is the fourth in the series, and follows The King of Fighters '96. Like The King of Fighters '96, the game was released for the Sega Saturn though this version was exclusive to Japan. Like its prequel, the Saturn release was delayed, so much so that the game was not released until 1998.

It requires a 1MB RAM cartridge for use, though unlike 96 it is also compatible with 4MB cartridges.

History

Sequels and re-releases

The sequel, The King of Fighters '98 was not released on the Saturn. It ported Sega Dreamcast as The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999.

Production credits

• Producer: T・Nishiyama
• Chief Director: Toyohisa.Tanabe
• Sub Director: Haruo.Tomita, Tomoko, Namaan-Hiroto, T.Hosokawa, K."Yanya"Hikida
• System Editor: K・Mac・Nagashima
• Front Designer: 8Shiro-7Kase, C.Yamasaki, Wormhead Hagi, Mina Kawai, Shio Shio Shio, M.Asakura, Miho Uematsu, Akiko Yukawa, S.Yamamoto, Mitsuru Kawasaki, Hiroto Kittaka, T.I-no-u-e, 44Oka, Aska Tahara
• Back Designer: Sahori, Pal Co.,Ltd., Manoru, Kusunoki, Takamori.Souzi, K, M.Yokoyama, Raishi, Kanamaru
• Special Effect: T Shin, Mika Nishida, Isomura, ・・・・・・・M・・・・・・・・, Kohrin
• Program: S.Fujinuki, Cyber.Kondo, Souta Ichino
• Sound: Sha-V, Shimizm, Jojouha-Kitapy, Yamapy-1, Tate-Norio, Ackey, Kyo-Chan, Zoe, Marimo
• Voice: Masahiro Nonaka, Monster Maetsuka, Masaki Usui, Satoshi Hashimoto, Keiichi Nanba, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Koichi Mantaro, Kaori Horie, Masae Yumi, Yoshinori Shima, Yukina Kurisu, Eiji Yano, Toshikazu Nishimura, Akiko Saito, Akoya Sogi, Harumi Ikoma, Hiroyuki Arita, Makoto Awane, Hazuki Nishikawa, Rio Ogata, Kouji Ishii, Atushi Yamanishi, Kunihiko Yasui, Takehito Koyasu, Tomoko Kojima
• Adjuster: Kiyoshi Asai, Tubolin-Sawa, Nwo-Melon
• Bug Checker: Anne, Y.Gushiken?, Sanpo, Y.Kabashima, Hanyao, Tomo Chan
• Special Thanks to: Hiroyuki Kawano, Y・Inui, Team Galapagos, Kamio.Tomonori, H.Aoyama, Tohru.Nakanishi, (株)アスキー 週間ファミ通, (株)新声社 ゲーメスト, (株)芸文社 月刊ネオジオフリーク

• SNK Consumer Staff: H.Miyakami, T.Hata, Y.Gushiken, Y.Kabashita
• Yumekobo Staff: Shinichi Furuoka, Hidemitsu Hosono, Mitsuo Akaike, Kazutoshi Inoue, Masayuki Fukushima, Masato Hayashi, Daisuke Nakada, Masahiro Kohiyama, Hirotaka Inokuchi, Takehiro Okayasu, Takashi Awashima, Minoru Aritaka, Takayuki Katsuta, Yukiyoshi Asai, Hiroshi Udagawa, Satoshi Doiguchi, Manabu Suzuki, Takeshige Kojima
• TUG Staff: T.Hayashi, Amo "Elen", M.Kurokawa, M.Horikoshi, Y.Suzuki

And All SNK Staff

• Produced by: SNK

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The King of Fighters '97/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Ação Games (BR) 80 Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J 96 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 Joypad (FR) NTSC-J 80 MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J 85 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 80 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 76 SuperGamePower (BR) 100 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) NTSC-J 93 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 80 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 89

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Based on 11 reviews

The King of Fighters '97

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual

Saturn, JP (1MB RAM Pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	589,502,928	1998-02-06	CD-ROM (JP)	T-3120G V1.001

Track list

1. Data track

2. CD Warning message (0:22)

3. 4th Fire (0:48)
From: Title

4. Winner (0:09)
From: Victory Demo

5. Order (0:26)
From: Player Select

6. H.C.C. (0:23)
From: Joining In Player Select

7. Japan (1:26)
From: Japan Stage

8. Bari (1:18)
From: Bari Stage

9. Korea (1:18)
From: Korea Stage

10. China (1:26)
From: China Stage

11. Monaco (1:21)
From: Monaco Stage

12. America (1:20)
From: America Stage

13. Esaka Forever (1:46)
From: Kyo Kusanagi

14. Cool Jam -Arasi no Saxophone 3- (1:50)
Cool Jam -嵐のサキソフォン3-
From: Iori Yagami

15. Still Green (1:50)
From: Shingo Yabuki

16. Psycho Soldier Remix'97 (1:49)
サイコソルジャーRemix'97
From: Athena Asamiya

17. Bloody (1:52)
From: NEW FACE Team

18. Kuri to Itumademo (1:50)
クリといつまでも
From: Terry Bogard

19. C62 -Shirokuni- (1:50)
C62 -シロクニ-
From: Ryuji Yamazaki

20. Blue Mary's Blues (1:50)
From: Blue Mary

21. London March (1:50)
From: Billy Kane

22. Contorol Crisis (1:47)
From: ? Stage

23. Rhythmic Hallucination (1:43)
From: ?? Stage

24. The Origin Of Mind (1:47)
From: ??? Stage

25. Kioku (0:32)
記憶
From: Demo 1-1

26. S.N.N.W (0:36)
From: Midway Demo

27. Subete ha Mezame no Tameni (1:41)
総テハ目覚メノ為ニ
From: Demo 2

28. Futari (1:14)
ふたり
From: ???? Stage

29. Satella View (0:06)
From: Pre-Bout Demo

30. Episode X (0:37)
From: Ending 4-1

31. Crime And Punishment (0:54)
From: Ending 4-2

32. Last Fire (0:30)
From: Ending 4-3

33. Episode I (2:03)
From: Ending 1

34. Episode II (1:44)
From: Ending 2

35. Episode III (1:15)
From: Ending 2

36. Mu (0:42)
無
From: Demo 4

37. Kaigan (1:14)
開眼
From: Demo 3

38. Mirthless (2:20)
From: Staff Roll

39. Count Down (0:15)
From: Continue

40. Rhythmic Hallucination2 (1:14)
From: ?? Stage 2

41. The Origin Of Mind2 (1:12)
From: ??? Stage 2

► Running time: 50:10

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files

Folder / File	Type	Size	description
HT_ABS.TXT	TXT (Abstract)	247	About this game.
HT_BIB.TXT	TXT (Bibliographiced)	100	About original game
HT_CPY.TXT	TXT (Copyright)	35	Copyright