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THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH

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THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH
Description
The second title in the UM series is a fully upgraded version of KOF 2002, a masterpiece of the KOF series deserving of a place honor along with KOF ’98. Based on THE NESTS CHRONICLES, this title includes the most characters of any title in KOF history. All graphics and background music have been co...
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( 30 Reviews )

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Product details
2015, SNK CORPORATION, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz dual core, 1 GB RAM, Onboard graphics chipset with 256MB...
Time to beat
1.5 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
103 h Completionist
3 h All Styles
Description
The second title in the UM series is a fully upgraded version of KOF 2002, a masterpiece of the KOF series deserving of a place honor along with KOF ’98. Based on THE NESTS CHRONICLES, this title includes the most characters of any title in KOF history. All graphics and background music have been completely redone and the game balance has also been extensively redesigned. New moves have been added and others have been brought back, meaning that players can enjoy battling it out for longer than ever.

66 characters in all – the most playable characters ever in the KOF series:
With DNA from Kyo and K’, this title’s original character Nameless is ready for action!
In addition to characters that appeared in the original KOF 2002, formidable fighters from THE NESTS CHRONICLES as well as additional characters and hidden characters keep popping up to fight!

Updated game sounds:
The demo screens, cut-scenes, and winning screens are worth a look.
What’s more, all background music has been updated for more intense matches!
Tons of new moves and old moves that have been brought back are found in this title only!

Fully upgraded and redesigned system and game balance for all characters:
Each character’s special and extra-special moves are former moves and power-changing moves from past series as well as many new moves created for this title only.
The MAX2 move for all characters is even more impressive than ever. Now easier to use in real matches for a show of supreme power!!

Includes many game modes:
Not only can 50 different moves be practiced in both “normal” and “expert” difficulties in Challenge Mode, players can also create original combos in “Practice Mode”. There is also “Endless Mode”, where players can battle against the CPU for as long as their endurance will allow.

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System requirements
Minimum system requirements:

Please note: Multiplayer is only available between GOG users and requires GOG GALAXY.

Please note: Multiplayer is only available between GOG users and requires GOG GALAXY.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
1.5 hMain
12.5 h Main + Sides
103 h Completionist
3 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2015-02-27T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
830 MB

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Posted on: April 14, 2021

MysteryK

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Games: 294 Reviews: 18

Update this game already!

The Steam and Console version have the rollback netcode for a long time, and this one isn't. Stop treating GOG Galaxy users with LEFTOVERS. I also have the Steam version you know? Its very unfair the difference of treatment WE get here in this platform compared to the others.


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Posted on: June 4, 2018

Exceed20XX

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Games: 557 Reviews: 3

More than a pale immitation at last!

KOF 2002 Unlimited Match is a vastly superior port of one of SNK's fighting greats vs the original 2002 offering brought here a while back. Compared to that one, Unlimited Match boasts the following: - Actual graphics options: Resolution choice, add/remove border art, choice of using 4:3 (original) or 16:9 (stretched) aspect ratios, add/remove sprite filter. - Actual modes: You can do things other than just pure arcade mode, such as training or endless. You have a choice of team (3v3) or solo (1v1) arcade play as well. - Online play (provided you use GOG Galaxy). - Balance adjustments to the original 2002 (less broken combos) in addition to a swath of new characters, expanding the roster to well over 60. - No audio/visual/input lag (or at least it sure doesn't feel like it compared to the first wave of Neo Geo games brought here.) - Control customization (I mean seriously, why was that Neo Geo frontend missing controller customization in so many games?!) It's just simple. Unlimited Match feels like a much more complete product vs the first wave of Neo Geo games which were merely Neo Geo ROMs dropped into an emulator with a bare bones frontend. That said, there are a few missing "frills" though when compared to the PS2 version. The most immediate difference is that the backgrounds are not 3D, but even then the 2D backgrounds look good scaled up. In fact, the backgrounds look jarringly better than the player characters by a visible margin. As gorgeous as these character sprites were in the 90s iterations of the series, they kind of clash with the much cleaner background art. Speaking of the characters, there's no color editor here for them either. Overall if you want a real SNK arcade game that doesn't have questionable performance issues, you've found one right here.


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Posted on: December 4, 2021

Metalmucil

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Games: 146 Reviews: 9

Still not updated

A year after the 'other place' gets it, and still no roollback, etc. patch over here on GOG. A year! According to the dev's forum, they submitted everything and GoG just hasn't bothered to update it. Refund requested.


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Posted on: May 25, 2024

EmperorPengwin

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Games: 130 Reviews: 3

Yes, it is the Code Mystics Version

I couldn't find any reviews confirming if they had updated the game to the newer version with rollback netcode, so I took the plunge. Yes, this IS the Code Mystics updated release. The game itself hasn't really changed in nearly 20 years, but this is my favorite release of the King of Fighters. It is a "dream match" game and has almost every character the series had ever featured up until its release, and for some it might have even been their final appearance in an SNK game. I'm no expert on the balancing situation for this game, but the characters' movesets feel the most complete here. The Super Desperation Moves are a fun spectacle with some callbacks to previous arcs for older characters, and there's something that feels more charming about the pixelated sprites over what we have today. The only drawback to this game is that I feel like the backgrounds are a downgrade compared to the original KOF2002.


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Posted on: April 4, 2022

EDM117

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Games: 2 Reviews: 1

Please update

Spanish language has been officially added to the latest KOF 2002 UM on Steam! Please update the game, I'm a Spanish native speaker and I would like to play this game in Spanish 👌


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