
While many agree that 2002 UM is the definitive version of the game, there are still many who swear by the original 2002, and it is still played regularly in arcades around the world. The Steam release was graced with rollback netcode in 2020, and was later ported to PlayStation 4 in 2021. This version was later released on Xbox Live Arcade, and would be ported to Steam in 2015.
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SNK would later remake the game for PlayStation 2 in 2009 as The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match, featuring gameplay tweaks, a new soundtrack, brand new stages, an even bigger roster (the largest in the series as of now), and the return of characters missing from the original Neo Geo release such as Shingo Yabuki and King. This version of Max Mode can even be activated mid-attack (albeit at a higher meter cost), resulting in longer, complex, stylish, and damaging combos. The game features a brand new Max Mode system, where special moves can be cancelled into certain other special moves at the cost of remaining Max Mode time. Like KOF 98 before it, this game is also a "dream match" game, where story is thrown by the wayside in favor of bringing back many fan favorite characters from previous games and even those who hadn't appeared in the NESTS Chronicles, such as the 97 New Faces Team. Unlike the rest of the NESTS Chronicles games (KOF 99, 2000, and 2001), KOF 2002 brings back the traditional 3 versus 3 gameplay that the series is known for. The King of Fighters 2002 was developed by Playmore and produced by Eolith for the Neo Geo in 2002, and later ported to Xbox, PS2, and Dreamcast the following year.
