i see theres gonna be an update of kof98 for theps2,anyone getting this?
all new 3d backgrounds and that classic kof 98 gameplay,feels like a winner to me.

Its coming out in January.

However, it is not the same as KOF94Rebout- no 3d backgrounds, no high res sprites. Just tweaked gameplay with Geese, Krauser and Big. I'm pretty sure?

over at neogeoforlife their saying its gonna have 3d backgrounds,dunno about high res sprites though!
ive got 3 different versions of kof98 on different systems,is it really worth getting a ps2 update?

Depends on how much you like KOF98 I suppose. The changes don't appear all that extensive.

well your probably right 98 is meant to the best kof,apparently theres an arcade coming as well using the ps2 version as the base!

Word on the street is arcade version and the PS2 version got pushed back to Winter 08 citing Balance issues. Which means we might see the arc version first.

whatever happened to kof maximum impact regulation a for the 360?did it get a release? :
ps i know it came out for the ps2.

Are they just updating backgrounds... any new char?. .. .

When was there ever a plan to release it for the 360?


The boss team from '96 is in. Geese, Krauser, Mr. Big.

it was anounced for 360 just a couple of months into the develpment of the ps2 title.

I dunno I have the rom, Dreamcast port and I have a AES cart for this. I mean the snk titles nowa days are pretty cheap so maybe...I do love me some kof 98>.<

this game is still not out,snk get your fingers out of your a$$.

They held a test last month for balancing added characters and rebalancing the older ones.

According to Gamefaqs Jap ver will be out 26 of june its the US ver that is pushed back to xmas 08.

So I don't know if Gamefaqs is misinfo or they gonna release two ver in Jap with and without balance issues.

I saw a few videos at You tube,,, and saw a Japanese guy showing the playgame system... and saw the bosses you mentioned before. It just look modern

well ill be getting the jap version,such is the brilliance of swap-magic.region free all the way.

Their aim is to get it out before Tougeki beings in August, because KOF98 is once again making an appearence. PS2 version is currently TBA from all I can gather, the Arcade version however, is set to come out within the next few months.

looks like im going to be waiting a while then.it will fill the hole until kof12 is released.

King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match is one of the games at Tougeki 2008 (Super Battle Opera 6). The Arcade version has been out for months now. My arcade has had its KoF '98 Ultimate Match machine for months so I can say that is a FACT!

KoF '98 Ultimate Match is different from the original KoF '98 in that the backgrounds look much nicer and there is also Eiji too!

Here is the player select screen:


EX versions of almost all characters are available as I picked EX versions of King, Mai and even Geese by holding start and then selecting them!

Here is a screenshot showing a different background for one of the stages too:



It's definitely worth playing for anyone who likes KoF even a little bit!

Not long to wait now.

My post was in april. At the time, it still wasn't out.

There are 2 slots besdie Rugal. Anyone find out whether it is for hidden characters?

Well the PS2 version includes Goenitz and Orochi so maybe that's what they're for.

You mean there is a PS2 version now? no X360 version...?

Of Ultimate Match? There was always a PS2 version. I don't think I ever heard of a 360 version...

well i got this game today and well what can i say its kof98.......not much else to say really,except new 3d backgrounds and some new costumes for some characters and play modes but not much else to report.
this game wouldnt look out of place on an atomiswave board,not that its a bad thing.

I got in 1 fight with the '96 Boss Team before the game and HDL decided to disagree. So until my friend with the modded PS2 comes back from HK next week, I won't get a chance to play Ultimate Match :/

wow , i just played KOF98 UM, its AWOOSOME !! , the new chars are

another ff team : terry,joe,andy
another aof team : ryo, yuri,robert
another kof97 special team: mary,billy,yamazaki
boss team =) : rugal,orochi,goenitz
other ver chars : kyo, mai, king ,geese
riot of blood char: orochi iori,orochi leona

they even modified some moves and combos

ENJOY!!!

So the Jap ver did come out early after all, I played the game they reduced damaged taken by hits on most characters especially boss characters.

they are quite few variations of chracters Geese, blumary, Yamazaki, seem to be the new in this ver.

I havent quite got figure out how to use irochi Leona/Iori is it by challenge mode to unlock as select/start dont work when choosing characters

BlackKnight what ver hdl are you using I get the same problem but its usually 5 to 6 games in. I'm still using 8b mode3 for this game.

I've used HDL 0.8b with the GoW patch, without the GoW patch, in all variety of MDMA and UMDA speeds but it doesn't work.

I have to use Mode 3 to get it to boot at all, but the other modes don't seem to have any affact.

I still haven't beaten my record of 1 match without a crash yet.

Yeah I'm using the same one weren't sure if using c or b ver maybe try c as long it doesn't break compatability of your other games.

There isn't a 0.8c. Some people just call 0.8b with the God of War patch '0.8c'.

But yeh I've tried that and no dice. Could be related to the physical hard disks used as to how long goes by before a crash.

errr... let me know when a new ver. or a new patched ver. of HDL is out, I can't be bother playing without random crashes like when KOFXI or NGBC (Gah!) was released, it's impossible to get NGBC to run and KOFXI randomly crashes as it pleases.

HDL doesn't get updated anymore. There will never be a fix for any of the SNK games that currently do not work.