SNK fighting games.

[Urzu402]

Back in the day I never got into SNK fighting games, the only fighting games I liked were all made by Capcom. Now as I am trying to play King of Fighters 95 I realize the only SNK character I know how to play with is Terry Bogard. So who are some other characters in that game that are easy to play with?

[The Adventurer]

Strategy Wiki has a move guide for all the KoF characters from all sequels (http://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters/Characters). That might help you out getting move basics down.

I believe KoF 98 is the 'definitive' Neo Geo era KoF game. but I know 95 is highly regarded as well.

Are you on a fight pad or stick?

[Urzu402]

Strategy Wiki has a move guide for all the KoF characters from all sequels (http://strategywiki.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters/Characters). That might help you out getting move basics down.

I believe KoF 98 is the 'definitive' Neo Geo era KoF game. but I know 95 is highly regarded as well.

Are you on a fight pad or stick?

I have the stock Neo Geo CD controller.

[BricatSegaFan]

I have the stock Neo Geo CD controller.

95 has some rigid controls compared to the later releases. I personally love using a custom team of Terry, Takuma, and Heidern. Takuma seems easy enough most of his moves are charge moves like Guile. Or you can do some serious damage by pressing -> C.

Heidern is basically same move inputs as Guile but he has some interesting moves. Such as the hold Down then Up D
will result in him jumping over to your opponent and spinning around their head. These characters can buffer moves too. Such as using a few weak low hits while pressing down then after your first few low hits press up and D for the head spinning move.

And here is some combo vid of heidern form Kof 98

[Urzu402]

I don't really like charge characters, I tried playing as few other I was able to find out the fireballs of Andy Bogard, Athena and the guy that is on Athena's team I can't remember his name the younger guy. I wish they gave you more time to select three characters for a team I often run out of time while picking people who I want because I don't really know SNK's cast of characters.

[BricatSegaFan]

SNK's cast feels better than most Capcom guys. To me the move sets are more interesting as well. Did I mention I love using evasive rolls which are absent on any Capcom fighter.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I too honestly prefer Capcom fighters to SNK's, but King of Fighters can be a lot of fun too, if you play some of the later ones. The best in my opinion is KOF 2002, which can be found on NeoGeo, PS2, and Xbox. KOF 2002 is like an all-stars version that has dozens of characters with fast gameplay and the tried and true KOF forumla. It's a good game for KOF beginners.

[gunswordfist]

I too honestly prefer Capcom fighters to SNK's, but King of Fighters can be a lot of fun too, if you play some of the later ones. The best in my opinion is KOF 2002, which can be found on NeoGeo, PS2, and Xbox. KOF 2002 is like an all-stars version that has dozens of characters with fast gameplay and the tried and true KOF forumla. It's a good game for KOF beginners.
Sounds like the kind of KOF I would want to play. I've been meaning to get into that series.

[Tron 2.0]

Beside KOF the fatal fury real bout series is easy to get into.Since pulling off a combo in real bout is so simple to do.

[Tanooki]

Kind of surprise Samurai Shodown and Last Blade franchises arent coming up. Those games were really fantastic and stood out from the Capcom pack being weapon based 1on1 fighters with some great moves while the general controls needed were very SF2 like so the learning curve isnt so rough.

[gunswordfist]

Well, the main SNK fighters I want to get are Garou: MOTW, Fatal Fury Special and Samurai Shodown II.

[Rickstilwell1]

I usually use Mai when available. I did manage to beat the first Fatal Fury with each of the three characters though.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I'm a big fan of Athena. She fights like Sakura from Street Fighter Alpha, with her psycho ball acting pretty much the same the hidoken and the psycho sword acting as the shoryuken. plus she fights in an idol costume, a sailor fuku, or her psycho soldier battle bikini. no bad choice.

[Wraith Storm]

My favorite characters have always been Mai, Terry and Leona. They have a great selection of moves and are fairly easy to use.

I havent studied the games to a science like some serious players do, but I have quite a few installments and always have enjoyed them.

I know i'm in the minority here but some of my favorites were KOF 99-2001 that used the "Striker system". I played the hell out of them on my Dreamcast years ago. I just loved having my selected "Stiker" jump in suddenly and dish out some punishing combos and then dissapear. I honestly preferr it to the 3 on 3 sytem, but I see the appeal of both.

[Edmond Dantes]

Back in the day I never got into SNK fighting games, the only fighting games I liked were all made by Capcom. Now as I am trying to play King of Fighters 95 I realize the only SNK character I know how to play with is Terry Bogard. So who are some other characters in that game that are easy to play with?

I always felt like Kyo Kusanagi was a good beginner character. His moves are easy to learn and he covers most of the important ground. By default he also teams with Benimaru (who is also easy to learn and possibly even kinda cheap) and Goro Daimon (who... takes more practice since most of his moves require you to come in close).

Personally I like SNK's fighters more than Capcom's. Capcom is good but they feel like the "Set the standard" kind of games, whereas SNK's feel more diverse like they're seeing what they can do to tweak the basics. It's sort of like how there was Doom, then there were Doom clones that each brought something unique to the table. And in a weird twist, I also find SNK's storylines more interesting, since there's usually more to them than just "there's a tournament."

[BricatSegaFan]

This thread reminded me of this

[gunswordfist]

This thread reminded me of this

Hahaha. Also add Samurai Shodown V to my list.

[Ze_ro]

If you have a Capcom background, I'd suggest trying out Ryo, since he was basically designed as a Ken/Ryu clone anyways, and has similar moves and controller motions. The other AoF characters (Robert, Yuri, and Takuma) might also float your boat.

Kyo has a nice variety of moves, and is one of the heros of the series, if you want to get into the storyline. I found that his moves were changed quite a bit between iterations, which tended to screw me up. My usual team is some combination of Terry, Ryo, Kyo, and Mai.

I second the recommendation for KOF '98. Easily my favourite in the series... though I also enjoyed 2002 quite a bit.

--Zero

[Urzu402]

I ended up getting KOF 98, and the Pro Joystick, In KOF 98 I can make it to the end boss on the easiest difficult but can't beat him. In KOF 95 I can't get anywhere. It's probably cause KOF 98 is easier in general.

[Tron 2.0]

I ended up getting KOF 98, and the Pro Joystick, In KOF 98 I can make it to the end boss on the easiest difficult but can't beat him. In KOF 95 I can't get anywhere. It's probably cause KOF 98 is easier in general.
When defeating any boss in any snk fighter it often takes a cheap tactic to win.

[The Adventurer]

The Best Friends played Garou: Mark of the Wolves on their lets play channel, it looked like a LOT of fun. I wish it was on PC.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iixYVYW9pJQ

[otaku]

I'm with tanooki last blade and samurai shodown are excellent and for me more interesting than KOF

[o.pwuaioc]

Kind of surprise Samurai Shodown and Last Blade franchises arent coming up. Those games were really fantastic and stood out from the Capcom pack being weapon based 1on1 fighters with some great moves while the general controls needed were very SF2 like so the learning curve isnt so rough.

Last Blade was unbearably slow. Samurai Shodown 2 is great, but slow, but at least there are ports. I actually much enjoyed Genesis SS2. Also, once you get used to them, check out the fighters for NGPC, especially SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium. If you enjoy it, you should definitely check out SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos. In fact, check out SVC Chaos anyway, and make sure to at least try out the Capcom-made Capcom vs. SNK games (Millennium Fight 2000 and Capcom vs. SNK 2).

[Tron 2.0]

Last Blade was unbearably slow. Samurai Shodown 2 is great, but slow, but at least there are ports. I actually much enjoyed Genesis SS2. Also, once you get used to them, check out the fighters for NGPC, especially SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium. If you enjoy it, you should definitely check out SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos. In fact, check out SVC Chaos anyway, and make sure to at least try out the Capcom-made Capcom vs. SNK games (Millennium Fight 2000 and Capcom vs. SNK 2).
Slow what are you smoking !? SS and LB are weapon fighters and there not about melee combat.I think SS and LB play fine the way they are speed is for the likes of the vs series.For that matter i find ss and lb highly enjoyable and i don't have to worry about pulling off some complex combo,to play them either.

[o.pwuaioc]

Slow what are you smoking !? SS and LB are weapon fighters and there not about melee combat.I think SS and LB play fine the way they are speed is for the likes of the vs series.For that matter i find ss and lb highly enjoyable and i don't have to worry about pulling off some complex combo,to play them either.

Sorry, I meant the LOAD TIMES on the Neo Geo CD. :oops: ROFL

[profholt82]

Sorry, I meant the LOAD TIMES on the Neo Geo CD. :oops: ROFL
I thought the same thing, but I figured it out when you said, "at least there are ports."

I'll throw some love behind KOF 98 as well, and I will say that the anthologies SNK released for later consoles are a great way to go. For instance, Fatal Fury Battle Archives on PS2 and XBOX, Samurai Showdown Anthology for PS2 and Wii, as well as KoF Collection for Wii and PSP I believe. While nothing beats original hardware, these collections are an affordable way to get an overview of the series and figure out which games you like.

[BricatSegaFan]

Garou is loads of fun. I also enjoy Breakers Revenge, anyone play that? Love playing these on my MVS.

[FrankSerpico]

I actually just downloaded the Neo4All version of Breakers the other day, along with some more old school SNK fighters like Fighter's History Dynamite, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special and the first SNK Double Dragon fighter. Double Dragon has some really cool backgrounds and stage design, but gameplay-wise RB FF Special is easily my favorite SNK fighter ever other than Garou: MOTW. It's sucked me in for a few hours today

[Tron 2.0]

Sorry, I meant the LOAD TIMES on the Neo Geo CD. :oops: ROFL
Ok that clears it up then i assume you mean it's loading times etc for the ncgd.I have ss 1-4 and last blade for my (neo-geo cmvs) and i never had a problem with slow down.Though i use to have samurai shodown 4 for the saturn and that port had terrible slow down.

[o.pwuaioc]

Ok that clears it up then i assume you mean it's loading times etc for the ncgd.I have ss 1-4 and last blade for my (neo-geo cmvs) and i never had a problem with slow down.Though i use to have samurai shodown 4 for the saturn and that port had terrible slow down.

When Urzu402 said that he had a "stock Neo Geo CD controller", I just assumed he meant that he had an NGCD, so I was going from that. Yeah, if you have an MVS or AES, you're not going to see any major slowdown or major load times. NGCD fighters can still be fun, but a minute between bouts is a long time to wait.