Technical
What game versions are there?
- Arcade (MVS)
- Dreamcast (as "King of Fighters '99: Evolution")
- Neo Geo (AES)
- Neo Geo CD
- Playstation
- Playstation 2 (in Kings of Fighters NESTS Hen compilation)
What does the tier list look like for this game?
KOF99 China Tier List
- 10 - Benimaru , Ralf , Whip
- 9 - Kyo , Takuma , Iori , Chang , Choi
- 8 - King , Bao , Chin
- 7 - Mai , Mary , Xiangfei , Jhun
- 6 - K' , Clark , Leona , Kasumi , Kim
- 5 - Ryo , Kensou
- 4 - Maxima , Terry , Joe , Kyo-1
- 3 - Andy , Robert , Yuri , Kyo-2
- 2 - Shingo , Athena
Krizalid-1 and Krizalid-2 are banned.
Kensou's infinite combos are banned also.
KOF99 Peru Tier List
How can I get better at inputs in this game so combos become easier?
- DP: F, D, F / f, hcb, f / f, qcf
- 6~2~6 / 63214~6 / 6~236
- RDP: B, D, B / b, hcf, b / b, qcb
- 4~2~4 / 41236~4 / 4~214
- HCF: b, d, f
- 4~2~6
- HCB: f, d, b
- 6~2~4
- QCF~HCB: QCF, DF, B / qcf, f, d, b / qcfx2 , b
- 236~3~4 / 236~2~4 / 236~236~4
- QCB~DB~F: D, B, F / qcb , b, d, f / hcb , f
- 214~1~6 / 214~2~6 / 63214~6
Note: Below shortcuts/input buffers only work if the character does not have a qcf/hcb/etc. move mapped on the given button pressed in question, otherwise the game just reads the input as a special move.
- QCFx2+C: qcf C , qcf C
- 236C~236C
- HCBx2+C: hcb C , hcb C
- 63214C~63214C
- QCF~HCB+C: qcf C , hcb C
- 236C~63214C
6 = f = forward
4 = b = back
2 = d = down
qcf = quarter circle forward (d, df, f) / 236
qcb = quarter circle back (d, db, b) / 214
dp = dragon punch (f, d, df) / 623
rdp = reverse dragon punch (b, d, db) / 421
hcb = half circle back (f, df, d, db, b) / 63214
hcf = half circle forward (b, db, down, df, f) / 41236
OBS : A big shorcut (F, D, F for example) means that this is the most used shorcut by players in matches situation.
Miscellaneous
Any tips to give to a beginner of KOF?
Tips & Tricks
- Avoiding doing a dp move when you try to do a hcf / qcf move just after input forward:
This situation probably had happen with everybody: you try to do a qcf / hcf move just after a run or a f + button attack and get your dp move instead of your qcf / hcf move... The problem is that f hcf / f qcf are valid inputs for a dp move too, and when a input is valid for more than one move, the game applys a precendece rule, and in KOF dp has precedence over hcf / qcf. But there is a trick to avoid this (without leaving the joystick in neutral position for some frames): the point is that qcf / hcf moves may be done with qcf uf / hcf uf and those inputs are not valid for a dp move, so if you press the button with uf instead of forward you avoid doing a unintended dp move. Keep in mind however that while doing this trick in reversal situations or combos is somehow easy, it's very tricky to do this on a neutral situation where you may end up doing a jump attack if you done wrong... Logically, the same trick can be done with hcb / qcb move just after input back to avoid doing a rdp move. There is a similar situation with Ryo, where you may end up doing his (S)DM f hcf + P instead of his hcf + P move after a run / f + button, however there is no trick to avoid this specific situation... the only way is to leave joystick in neutral position for some frames...
- Avoiding doing hcb hcf move when you try a hcb f (or doing f hcf move when you try a f b f move):
This sometimes happens especially with Iori and Takuma. The problem is that when you go from back to forward in a single and continuous moviment you may end up - by mistake - pressing down in the middle. One easy way to avoid this is leaving the joystick in neutral position, instead of doing a single and continuous b f moviment (this is specially easy with a joypad). Another way is to use uf instead of forward as the last direction, ie doing hcb uf / f b uf instead of hcb f / f b f. Like the previous tip, it is somehow easy to be done in reversal situations or combos, but it's very tricky to be done on a neutral situation where you may end up doing a jump attack if you done wrong. The same trick can be used to avoid doing a hcf / qcf move when you try to do a (b) f move (ie, do (b) uf instead).
- When you want to do two inputs in sequence (like A, B or C, f) don't do it super fast:
Because of the way the game process inputs, if you do two input in sequence very fast (1 frame or less), the game will consider that you do the two input simultaneously. So a A~B may result in an AB, a C~f may result in a f + C, and even a d + C~"neutral position" may result in a C (a stand C attack). In many times this is not a real problem, but its normally a issue when you want to use a hard attack > command attack (like cl.C > f + A) when the opponent is in a throwable state (like when it's recovering from an attack), in this case if you input forward too fast after C / D you will end up doing a normal throw instead of a close hard attack...
- Use "reversal trick" to make combos easier:
In KOF when you are in state where can't use a special (or (S)DM), if you do the command of a special and continue to hold the button, on the next few frames (5 or more depending on the situation) the movie will be triggered automatically if you enter in a state where you can do the special (normally because you will enter in a neutral state, or in a cancellable frame). This feature exists mainly for reversal situations, enabling you to easily do a special after a block or wake up. But the same trick can be used to make combos easier. Cancel attack into specials become easier when you do this, because sometimes the attack has very few cancellable frames and you may end up doing the special to soon (or between hits of a multi-hit attack). By holding the button you have more chances of "passing" by a cancellable frame. Link combos into specials become very easier too, no matter if it's a link from a normal attack (like Ralf's cr.B, hcf + K) or links from another special (like Shingo's dp + K, rdp + D or Takuma' db, f + D xx f,b,f + P). That's why in the combo section we list some sequences like Iori's hcb f + P, qcf hcb + P too, while you will do more damage using a st.C or cl.C > f + A before the special, you need to manually time the normals after the hcb f + P recovery (and if you time it wrong the opponent will recover and block - or counter!!), while if you just follow with a special, you will do less damage, but you may use the "reversal trick" with no need to time the special after the recovery ;)
Info from KOFXIII
Most of it applies to KOF99 :
Are there any KOF99 ROM hacks?
There are not as many rom hacks of KOF99 as some other KOF titles, though there's still a pretty good variety to select from, potentially more than one would expect from what is usually not a well-liked KOF release.
| KOF99 ROM Files | |||||
| Game Name | zipname | Notes | |||
| # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (NGM-2510) # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (NGH-2510) # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (Korean release) # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (Korean release, non-encrypted program) # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (earlier) # The King of Fighters '99 - Millennium Battle (prototype) [Prototype] |
# kof99 # kof99h # kof99k # kof99ka # kof99e # kof99p |
Normal game ROMs for The King of Fighters '99: Millenium Battle. | |||
| * The King of Fighters '99 Summer Revolution (Hack By FCHT) [Hack] | * kof99sr | Notes to be added. | |||
| * The King of Fighters '99 Remix Pro V2.0 Final (Hack By FCHT) [Hack] | * kof99rp2f | Notes to be added. | |||
| * The King of Fighters '99 Evolution Ultra Remix (Hack By Yashional) [Hack] | * kof99eur | Notes to be added. | |||
| * The King of Fighters '99 Anniversary Edition (hack) [Hack] | * kof99ae | A ROM hack which almost completely overhauls KOF99 in its entirety by adding KOF98 mechanics back into the game, but as a Groove select, meaning you can now pick between 99 and 98 Grooves. This, however, also changes the character to their respective 99 or 98 forms, respectively, both visually and gameplay-wise. If a character does not have such a form, or is otherwise not possible to replicate in the ROM hack, they are instead given a whole new transformation in their moveset, with Shingo being the most obvious (and funny) example of this. It still doesn't end there, however, as there are now EX characters for several characters selectable with either Groove, too! And even more, the strikers actually change depending on the version of the character used (albeit slightly). On top of all this is bug fixes, rebalancing across several characters, and other QOL improvements to the 99 formula to significantly spice things up, and even both forms of Krizalid are selectable with the second form rebalanced to be much more toned down, if perhaps a bit too much.
To call this a ROM hack that changes the game is a huge understatement and is possibly one of the best KOF ROM hacks from a technical and passionate standpoint with the amount of work put into it. 99AE is its own beast compared to vanilla 99. | |||
Any useful links I can use?
- Some youtube channels make kof 99 videos on the best chinese players of this game :
- Douyu A chinese website where you can watch streams on the best asian players of this game.
- Youku A chinese Youtube.
- Bilibili An other chinese youtube, where you can watch asian top players, TAS etc, like on Youku , YouTube and Douyu
