The King of Fighters is a series of fighting games developed by SNK Playmore (formerly SNK).
The series (commonly known as KOF) began in 1994 with The King of Fighters '94, originally developed for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware.
The story regards the opening of a fighting tournament called King of Fighters.
Various characters join it from popular SNK fighting games and action game classics like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting.
