NCS
Game Notes
» Press START on the title screen and the familiar
layout of the Neo Geo Online PS2 games appear. The
three games (KOF 99 EVO, 2000, and 2001) may be
selected from their respective icons on the top of
the screen. KOF '99 EVO is the Dreamcast edition of
the game but 2000 and 2001 are the Playstation 2
conversions from a few years ago. There's a fourth
icon at the top of the screen which allows you to
play all three KOF games in their original Neo Geo
incarnations (for the purists out there) and a fifth
icon leads to the online Multi-Matching mode.
» On the lower part of the screen, the options
are: Save & Load, Key Setting, Graphic Setting,
Sound Setting, and Character Edit.
» The Character Edit feature on the main menu
screen allows you to scroll through the entire
character rosters from all three KOF games and
change their color schemes. The character names are
displayed in English as well as the options for
changing the colors.
» In the PS2 version of KOF 2000, there is a
Gallery option which contains an Art Gallery
featuring Practice Graphics, Challenge Graphics, and
Special Graphics. The Practice Graphics consist of
eight full body team images, one featuring Iori and
Kyo, the logo image, and two full body images of
Kula and Zero. The 19 Challenge Graphics and 12
Special Graphics are all locked.
» The second option in the KOF 2000 Gallery
option is "Puzzle" which features all of the artwork
in the Art Gallery except the images are all
scrambled in 6 x 6 grids. Your challenge is to
unscramble the images by rotating and shuffling the
pieces around. In the Puzzle mode, you can view
thumbnails of all the images that are locked in the
normal Art Galleries. Once you "repair" an image in
Puzzle Mode, it'll be unlocked in the Art Gallery
for viewing in full size.
» KOF 2001 includes a PUZZLE option on the main
menu which leads into an Art Gallery and Puzznic-type
game where colored blocks on the left side of the
screen are shot at a mass of blocks on the right
side of the screen. Like-colors against like-colors
clears the blocks. Your fighter is on the top
portion of the screen and an opponent is on the
lower portion. As you clear the board of blocks,
you'll perform attacks against your opponent. If all
blocks are cleared on your side, you'll do a K.O.
and win the match. The Gallery contains 50 images
that must be unlocked before they're viewable.
» If playing with a Dual Shock 2, either the
D-pad or L-analog may be used for control.
» The language may be toggled from Japanese to
English, Spanish, or Portuguese in the original Neo
Geo games.
» KOF NESTS Collection has been a long time
coming and it's worth the wait. It's unclear why SNK
Playmore delayed this particular release a few times
since the PS2 games were already available on the
market. Maybe the Neo Geo emulation needed tweaking
and the DC conversion took more time than expected.
However, the final result is a worthy addition to
any SNK fan's collection.
