The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition

After KOF '98, often praised by the fans as the best installment in the KOF series, and KOF '98 UM 10 years later, KOF '98 returns now in an ultimate and final version with The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate…

76 24 January 2011 ESRB T

Arcade Fighting Action

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition is an arcade developed by SNK Playmore, released 24 January 2011 on PlayStation 4, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition is

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition is an arcade game developed by SNK Playmore and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 4, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After KOF '98, often praised by the fans as the best installment in the KOF series, and KOF '98 UM 10 years later, KOF '98 returns now in an ultimate and final version with The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the The King of Fighters series

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition is the 38th of 71 entries we hold in the The King of Fighters series. It arrived 6 months after The King of Fighters XIII. The next entry was The King of Fighters 2012-i in 2011. Its critic score of 76 is 6 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.

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How it was received

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 58% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz dual core, 1 GB RAM and Onboard graphics chipset with 256MB video RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition launched on 24 January 2011, within three weeks of Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka and Stacking. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka, Stacking.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition — frequently asked questions

When did The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition come out?

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition was released on 24 January 2011 for PlayStation 4, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition?

At minimum, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition needs Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz dual core, 1 GB RAM, Onboard graphics chipset with 256MB video RAM graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition?

The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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