NGBC will always surpass any CVS. Although I did change my opinion about CVS2 the last couple of days. It's nice but nothing special in the end.
Also I'm playing 97 right now and it's actually better than I remembered. Certainly not my least favorite anymore. That's 99 atm.
Also if you have a chance, give the fan-made MUGEN KoF Zillion a spin. It's actually nice quality

Here are the download links
part 1:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984020part 2:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984269part 3:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984279part 4:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984450part 5:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984455part 6:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984611part 7:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/cgi-bin/fil...?fileid=2984606Just unrar the game and play

. This is the latest version so far.
Main highlights:
*2D Alba Meiraa
*Another Iori fully playable
*Stupidly hard and challenging Ai (does not read your inputs to know how to fight you) but tends to repeat itself.
*A lot of fighters have an EX version. Just select them normally while holding down Start. Also some characters have a second EX version.
To get it, select the character normally. Then, during the load time between fights, hold down the Start and Down buttons simultaneously.
*Mizuchi and Orochi in the same game.
*Many characters have been edited so that they look somewhat better than compared to the olden games. For instance, Orochi and Igniz have a crouch animation.
*Many great custom characters

*A lot of other great stuff.
The only downside is that mine exits randomly, but that's just my computer that needs a format.