Posted on: February 14, 2025
oscardavid_0815
Verified ownerGames: 24 Reviews: 1
Good neo geo port
Good but some tricky controls for the menus
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THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002
Description
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 was released in 2002 and is still highly praised around the world to this day thanks to its return to the Series’ ”3-on-3 battle” flagship system, the numerous fan favorite characters returning in this 2002 year iteration, and its game balance. Thanks to the introduction of the “Quick Evasion” and “Max Activation” game mechanics, battles get even more exciting and intense.
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System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
A controller is highly recommended for The King of Fighters 2002.
Please note that at least one gamepad and a keyboard are required for local co-op.
Recommended system requirements:
A controller is highly recommended for The King of Fighters 2002.
Please note that at least one gamepad and a keyboard are required for local co-op.
User reviews
Posted on: October 17, 2025
wilkan
Verified ownerGames: 509 Reviews: 157
Somehow Even Worse than KOF 2000
NOT RECOMMENDED - this low-quality port awful, unresponsive keyboard controls. Apparently even the controller support is lacking. If you like old KOF, consider KOF 98 UM FE or KOF 2002 UM instead. For the newer games try at least KOF XIII. Case to point, I cannot do even quarter-circle + A moves reliably - that is the basic fireball motion. It is not that it works - it works sometimes. Almost every special move requires some kind of a quarter or a half-circle motion and about 90 % of the moves in the series are specials. Enjoy doing basic moves because those things are the only ones you can do without rolling a dice about the special coming out. It is was so bad I thought the game had no moves. The problem is most likely the way the game handles diagonal direction inputs such as right-down. In the newer games there is a lot of leniency to the point it you can do it down-right instead and it might still work. That is good because there are no dedicated diagonal inputs to make them explicitly. These KOF 2000 and 2002 games have the worst input processing ever, to the point you have to wrestle to get even a single special move out. To be fair, KOF games do work even when people only use basic moves because they do significant damage unlike in Street Fighter II where light punches barely tickle. The deciding factor are the infinitely better options such KOF 2002 UM and KOF 98 UM FE that have decent controls. Content-wise, the game is a fall-off in quality, even when compared to the weak KOF 2000 port. 1. The plot is NONE - it is mostly just Rugal. It is not even Omega Rugal. The guy who supposedly died already. It is the barebones KOF 94 one. You just see him showing up and it is boss battle time. There probably are other bosses if your score is high enough, though they are probably other recycled bosses. It is as if the game tries to be a minimalist dream match game (with the dead characters appearing) without any of the good parts of a dream game. KOF 2002 UM was specifically made to be one. That one has zero story and defaults to you fighting Krizalid and it is fine because it has a great soundtrack and a massive character roster that puts most MUGEN collection games to shame. KOF 2002 has nothing. KOF 2000 at least tried. 2. There is little redeeming value in this game. Even the Striker assist system from KOF 2000 seems to be gone. 3. There is no announcer saying stuff like the charactes names (usually with a funny Engrish accent). This matters because 1) the game clearly sources KOF 94 for content that had that feature and 2) it is a port of an arcade cabinet that costs money to play, so a premium content is to be expected. All it has over KOF 94 is quantity and no quality. It feels like a MUGEN fan game than an official product. KOF 2001 and 2002 were mostly developed by Eolith instead of SNK and it shows. If they really wanted to make a dream match game, they should have at least have more game modes. Apparently you can only choose between singles and team matches before starting it in the DotEmu menu. This game is like a crippled old man that someone puked on - utterly disgusting and repulsive.
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Posted on: February 14, 2018
Vkenti
Verified ownerGames: 224 Reviews: 1
Just a bad port
Locked controls and a bad port... GOG gave it for free, I would never buy this, it's just a waste of money. Avoid this port (the game, if you can play it in another platform or port/emulator, it's awesome).
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Posted on: February 15, 2018
doesntno
Verified ownerGames: 64 Reviews: 1
yep, locked controls
can't use my arcade stick. Good thing I got this for free lol.
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Posted on: February 15, 2018
cybee
Verified ownerGames: 206 Reviews: 1
Don't bother.
Only in the 2010s would a company named after the term emulation would manage to make the worst NeoGeo emulator of all time. No wonder their name isn't attached to the listed companies involved with this bad rerelease.
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