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Play The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - Dream Match Never Ends (NGM-2420) (English) Online
The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - Dream Match Never Ends (NGM-2420)
Play The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - Dream Match Never Ends (NGM-2420) online. Build a three-fighter team and choose between Advanced and Extra combat systems.
Browser play
Arcade — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| RetroPad A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| Insert coin | V |
| START | Enter |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - Dream Match Never Ends (NGM-2420)
Quick start
- Insert a credit, start, and select Advanced or Extra.
- Choose three fighters and set their fighting order.
- Practice the four basic attacks and holding back to guard.
- In Advanced, try A+B to roll; in Extra, try A+B to dodge in place.
- Use the chosen mode’s power system while defeating all members of the opposing team.
Controls
- Joystick: move, crouch, or jump; hold away from the opponent to guard.
- A: light punch; B: light kick; C: heavy punch; D: heavy kick.
- C+D: blowback attack.
- Advanced: A+B rolls forward, back+A+B rolls backward; A+B+C activates MAX using one stock.
- Extra: A+B dodges in place; hold A+B+C to charge power.
The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest / King of Fighters '98 - Dream Match Never Ends (NGM-2420) — About this game
The dream-match format brings returning King of Fighters contestants together without requiring a new story chapter. You select three fighters, arrange their order, and try to defeat the opposing team through successive individual rounds. A surviving fighter stays in the contest, making every member's remaining health and position in the order matter. Advanced and Extra offer different approaches to movement, evasion, and power management. Advanced favors running, rolling, and stored power stocks, while Extra uses short forward steps, stationary dodges, and a chargeable power gauge. The four attack buttons keep each fighter's basic tools readable, but jumps, throws, blowback attacks, and character-specific commands create many ways to challenge a defense. Learning one dependable attack and one escape option for each team member is a useful foundation before pursuing elaborate combinations.
Cheats
Infinite Time
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A83A, 0x60softening the trick
0 "关闭", 0, 0x1B37E, 0x66, 0, 0x1B37F, 0x00, 0, 0x24BBA, 0x67, 0, 0x24BBB, 0x00, 0, 0x24BE8, 0x67, 0, 0x24BE9, 0x00
1 "开启", 0, 0x1B37E, 0x60, 0, 0x1B37F, 0x02, 0, 0x24BBA, 0x60, 0, 0x24BBB, 0x02, 0, 0x24BE8, 0x60, 0, 0x24BE9, 0x00Select Current Stage
1 "1", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x00
2 "2", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x01
3 "3", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x02
4 "4", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x03
5 "5", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x04
6 "6", 0, 0x10A7F1, 0x05Select Background PL1
1 "日本（街）", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x00
2 "中国", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x01
3 "韩国", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x02
4 "中东", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x03
5 "西班牙", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x04
6 "美国(院子)", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x05
7 "日本（庙）", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x06
8 "美国(码头)", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x07
9 "Blacknoah", 0, 0x10A7EA, 0x08Select Background music
1 "Esaka?", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x00
2 "Kurikinton", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x01
3 "Art of Fight", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x02
4 "Rumbling on the City", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x03
5 "Shin! Senritsu no Dora", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x04
6 "Fairy", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x05
7 "Seoul Road", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x06
8 "Bloody", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x07
9 "C62", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x08
10 "Blue Mary's Blues", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x09
11 "London March", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0A
12 "Arashi no Saxophone 2", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0B
13 "In Spite of One's Age", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0C
14 "Slum No. 5", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0D
15 "Ketchaku R+D", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0E
16 "Still Green", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x0F
17 "The RR", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x10
18 "Esaka", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x11
19 "Rhythmic Hallucination", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x12
20 "Fantastic Waltz", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x13
21 "Mad Fantasy", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x14
22 "Ne!", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x15
23 "Arashi no Saxophone", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x16
24 "Arashi no Saxophone 2", 0, 0x10ED5F, 0x17Beating Japan
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x01Beating the Wolves.
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x02Beating the Tigers
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x04Beating the Angers
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x08Beating the Superpowers
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x10Beating a female fighter
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x20Beating Korea
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x40Beating New Faces
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A799, 0x80Beating Special Teams
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A798, 0x01Beating the 8th Oracles
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A798, 0x02Beat Dads.
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A798, 0x04Beating America's Sports Team
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A798, 0x08Beat Yabuki to me
1 "开启", 0, 0x10A798, 0x10Infinite Energy PL1
1 "开启", 0, 0x108239, 0x67Infinite Power PL1
1 "开启", 0, 0x1081EA, 0x04, 0, 0x10821F, 0x09, 0, 0x108254, 0x0D, 0, 0x1082E3, 0x04Player verification and sources
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