Sega Saturn · 1997
The King of Fighters '96
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ '96
- Developer
- SNK
- Publisher
- SNK
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Series
- The King of Fighters
- Release year
- 1997
- Alternate titles
- KOF '96 · ACA NEOGEO THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96
Standard · 🇯🇵 JP · CIB: 112,1% (Fri Apr 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)).
Standard
| Región | SEALED | CIB | LOOSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 JP | €38.64 €32.84 – €44.44 | €22.77 €19.35 – €26.19 | €10.20 €8.67 – €11.73 |
Prices show the median of recorded sales (source: eBay + Heritage auctions + PriceCharting aggregates, the same data that feeds your portfolio). Differences between regions reflect rarity: Japanese AES copies are typically 2–4× cheaper than their European equivalents because they had a much larger print run.
Description
The King of Fighters '96 (KOF '96) is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996. It is the third game in The King of Fighters series, following The King of Fighters '95. Unlike its predecessors, it features more emphasis on hand-to-hand combat rather than projectile moves. The plot follows a new King of Fighters tournament created by Chizuru Kagura, the heir of the Yata Clan, who wants to find and recruit the protagonist, Kyo Kusanagi, who defeated the previous host Rugal Bernstein. She seeks to recruit him to ask him and his bitter rival, Iori Yagami, to help her in the sealing of the Orochi demon like her predecessors. The final boss of the game is Goenitz, one of the servants of Orochi. Developers made several changes to the cast when compared to The King of Fighters '95, with special focus on a Boss Team composed of famous villains from their other two IPs, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. SNK members had trouble with the development of the game, which continued right up until its scheduled release. This happened because the developers had difficulty making the sprites and special moves of the new characters of the game. The game receive...
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Releases
| Platform | Region | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Saturn | 🇯🇵 JP | 1997 | SNK |
