| Title - The King Of Fighters Dream Match 1999 (ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ ドリームマッチ1999) |
Maker - SNK Catalogue No. - T-3101M |
| Type - 2D Fighting Action
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| The King Of Fighters ’99 Dream Match was the first Dreamcast KOF game and considered by many as being the best King Of Fighters game around. It’s also the first of two only Dreamcast KOF games made by the old SNK. KOF 2000, 2001 and 2002 all came from the new Playmore / SNK. This Dreamcast version however is vastly superior to the Neo Geo original although those hard core Neo Geo fan boys may disagree. It plays identical to the Neo Geo version in ever respect plus is filled with bonuses such as the Neo Geo Pocket data transfer option. Yes, it was possible to transfer data between the Dreamcast and the Neo Geo Pocket KOF game to enable you to open up new options in each game. This was quite an exciting feature but sadly died. I know that Cool Cool Toon offers such an option as well as one or two others but that was it. Anyway, back to KOF’99 Dream Match. In stills the Dreamcast version looks identical to the Neo Geo which is no great feat. Only when it starts to move do you realize that it’s actually in 3D !! SNK have done a wonderful job of recreating the original backgrounds in 3D for this Dreamcast version. They look so good and in no way interfere with the playability of the game. It’s just a shame that this is the only KOF game done in this way. I take it that SNK just didn’t have the money or time to recreate this effect for KOF 1999 which is a great shame really. If you’ve got a Dreamcast and in to fighting games then make sure you pick this one up. It’s far more fun than Capcom Vs SNK 1. |