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The King of Fighters 97

10.0

12 ratings

4.036

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E13+

Age Rating

Developer:

SNK

Published:

16 July 2025

Wiki:

Wikipedia / Fandom

Platforms:

Browser (desktop) and AppStores

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2 Player Fighting Action Boy Old Retro

The King of Fighters 97 (KOF 97) is an older fighting game that has now been emulated to be played on your browser. Try it right now, become a king!

👑🤼‍♂️ Let's play The King of Fighters 97 Online!

The Japanese video game companies have always been giving masterclasses on making fighting video games, and the fact that this game has stood the test of time has proven it! It's a retro fighting game with pixelated graphics that we highly recommend!

It has a bunch of awesome characters, all with unique character designs and powers. They also all have amazing special powers you can use. With your fighter, you enter the arena and try to win!

The concept is that teams of three battle each other in the arena, one-on-one. Win two out of three rounds to win the battle. Advance through the tournament brackets to become the champion!

🥊 Classic fighting games are timeless!

The core concept of the fights is very simple, as it should be: defeat your opponent by depleting their health bar. If they deplete yours first, you lose. Each round is played against the clock, having roughly one minute to win.

Make combos between punches and kicks, and try to land special moves to gain the upper hand! Get out of the attack range of your enemy, or block their hits on you. Give yourself a chance to win by combining offense with defense!

👬 Choose your team!

You control three characters, and your opponent also controls three characters. If you lose one fight, that character is out, and you play with the next member of your team. If you win, you advance to the next round, where you battle the next team member of your opponents.

Here is the list of characters in the game and the teams they belong to:

🦸‍♂️ HERO TEAM: Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Goro Daimon
😤 FATAL FURY TEAM: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi
🎨 ART OF FIGHTING TEAM: Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Yuri Sakazaki
🎖️ IKARI WARRIORS TEAM: Leona Heidern, Ralf Jones, Clark Still
🪖 PSYCHO SOLDIER TEAM: Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Chin Gentsai
🇰🇷 KOREA JUSTICE TEAM: Kim Kaphwan, Chang Koehan, Choi Bounge
👩 WOMEN FIGHTERS TEAM: Chizuru Kagura, Mai Shiranui, King
🆕 NEW FACES TEAM: Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, Chris
🎀 SPECIAL TEAM: Ryuji Yamazaki, Blue Mary, Billy Kane
🐍 SUB-BOSS TEAM: Orochi Yashiro, Orochi Shermie, Orochi Chris
1️ SINGLE-ENTRIES: Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusanagi '94 Version, Orochi, Orochi Lori, Orochi Leona, Shingo Yakubi

🕹️ Learn the difference between the two gameplay modes:

In the Advanced Mode, different jumps have different effects, you can stock up power to enter the max mode, and can get extra power even after losing a match.
In the Extra Mode, your power gauge fills up automatically to enter max mode, you can use desperation moves when the health bar is in the red zone, and you can use the evade move while being attacked to counter-attack with it.

💕 Play The King of Fighters 97 with friends!

You need to know that if you want to play the game in two players, which is possible, you need a keyboard with a numpad, since most of the controls for Player 2 are on the Numpad. Most laptops do not have it, so the 2P mode is mainly for users with a regular keyboard.