Ah, yes. The canon team of 98': Rugal, Geese and the true mastermind behind it all, _Robert Garcia_

Team cheap bosses... and Robert. Who's just happy to be there.

KOF 98: "It all began in '94, Kept on rollin' in '95 Pieces were in place in '96, Came to an end in '97 And now it comes and here we go, KOF IS HERE AGAIN Nothings gonna stop it, It's 1998!"

"Let me get... Crazy ass Rugal" immediately banned from the arcade no questions asked

Chizuru looks like she brings rollback with her wherever she goes.

I find it funny that Max chooses OMEGA RUGAL.. the ultimate boss of King of Fighters, a jacked up version of Rugal with the Orochi Blood. GEESE HOWARD... The meanest most corrupt Mayor of Southtown running his own criminal underground and gambling circuit... ...And then there's Robert in total confusion as to why he's standing next two of the most evil characters in SNK history.

Fun fact. The announcer of KOF 98 is Blue Mary and King's seiyuu/voice actress. I remember that promotional artwork of KOF 98 The one that shows Yashiro, King, Iori, Kyo, Terry, Heavy D., Ralf and Athena wearing formal clothes (King looks really gorgeous wearing a dress 😊) I don't like Shinkiro's artstyle tbh (I don't like very realistic art styles) but that artwork is one of the BEST in the series. It is good to see our beloved KOF characters celebrating :)

Robert on the team is the equivalent of applying for a job you are not qualified for and still getting the job.

The greatest match-up in fighting games history- A GOOSE VS. THE BERNSTEIN BEARS!!!

Ah, yes. Roberto Garcia. Truly the most infamous among SNK bosses. So much that Capcom chose to emulate him through the immaculate Dan Hibiki.

I love that one of Brian's signature moves is that he spins in the air like a helicopter. Lmao

Geese Howard, the charismatic evil ruler of Southtown. Rugal Bernstein, the illegal arms dealer with the ambition to become God. and lastly: Robert Garcia, who committed a grave sin: he referred to Geese Howard as "Rooster."

I love how Max is like "This music sounds familiar!" at the intro theme because he probably heard it in friggin' Dong Dong Never Die.

For me this was the KoF with the best sound and music out of all the old ones, right next to 2000. It is also a shame that, after 98, they stopped showing the rest of the team cheering from the sidelines, that was a neat detail.

Rugal and Krauser's double Kaiser Wave was always my favorite special intro, love that one man.

In Latinoamericana (where KoF i VERY popular) using any version of Rugal is seeing has a war crime. Everyone in the arcades would instantly hate you.

Seeing all these classic KOF games reminds me of my childhood in Mexican arcades

Seeing Max do a KOF legacy makes want to play every game like all at the same time.

This team setup makes me imagine an alternate universe where the Garcia Foundation does business with seedy crime syndicates

The opening is just godlike dude

Brian looks like he was originally cast as a bad guy in _Cadillacs and Dinosaurs_ and stumbled into the wrong game.

Mai taking out like 90% of the total team health in that third match was quite the sight.

Max, KoF is really popular in latin america, and it is widespread knowledge that picking Rugal in vs was considered a sin against the arcade room, you were marked a b*tchass and a cheap player, and oh boi was the bullying insane if somebody beat you while playing that abomination.

I like how Max is so used to be honorable in fighting games that he literally plays cheap SNK boss characters without using their cheapness. The 80% of the cheapness of SNK bosses dewells in their super safe, high damage, and sometimes infinitely spammable specials... XD. Rush in doing normal command normal into specials defeats the purpose of SNK bosses as in their specials are so safe and spammable that they don't need combos. Most of them can break the game simply with their anti air and projectile specials. Literally. They don't even need to move an inch to break the balance of the game completely. For example, all Omega Rugal needs to do to break the game is spam his electric ball projectile and mix in Genocide Cutter and that teleportation special when situation demands...

So, the intro of Dong Dong Never Die is a parody of KoF 98'. After years and years, I'm only noticing now

"Oh God Shermie, you gonna git it." -Maximillian "Max" Dood, 2022

The classic final battle between Goenitz and Brian Battler. Kyo might control the flames, but Brian controls the pigskin like no one else.

Damn, 96 & 98 both went hard regarding the intros. And honestly, I kinda prefer the original 98 intro.

So Max, how does it feel to have ACTUAL POWER AT YOUR HAND?

Max picking up Robert was an unexpected yet pleasant surprise. Hopefully that means he'll play a bit more than 3 characters in Kof 15 before dlcs

"Thanks for the quarters. Now go home" Said every arcade machine

15:40 What!? So, not even snk's Requiem Dies Irae escapes from DMCA!? Crap!

12:46 I really love this stage. This, the Yagami Team Stage (the one with the trains) and Omega Rugal's Stage (which is the Black Noah being destroyed) are my absolute favorites. I would like to see these stages returning.

"Double Schpoopin'." - Geese Howard, KOF '98

Ah 98' Remember the early days when I came out of school and the local store had x-men v. street fighter, a Neo arcade: had metal slug, tecmo world soccer '96, and bubble bobble. Then you have 96' just playing it's intro. Always got my eye. Good ol simple times. Just spending countless of quarters.

Krauser's theme is classical music, it's totally safe.

In Brazil we have a saying: "Proibido pegar Rugal, sujeiro a paulada" and I think it's beatiful...

The "Rugal vs Goenitz" intro is part of the lore. In 96' they introduce Goenitz as "the man who took Rugal's eye"

That cutscene of Omega Rugal coming out of that pool of blood(?) and how the place have skulls was actually creepy 😨 I read that KOF 98 was going to have an actual story. The PS1 port have images showing Rugal being inside a tube recovering. He was apparently rescued by a mysterious man.

24:04 The power of orochi resonating, that's why the entrance, NEET!

I knew I saw the intro and though of Dong Dong Never Die, and I was like, "That's where the intro came from"

I can't unhear kof 98's opening theme without thinking it's Dong Dong Never Die 🗿🗿🗿

He went with the crazy boss characters, and not with Orochi. Max you had one job

Brian Battler surprisingly carrying his team to victory ✌

One of my all-time favourites in the series. Favourite gameplay-wise of the Orochi Saga, especially for Yashiro, Orochi Yashiro, & Yamazaki. Surprised Max preferred the feel of '95 but regardless glad to see he had fun with this game. Unfortunate about '99 &'00 but hopefully he'll find enjoyment in XI or even '01 which I believe he liked from the Terry Legacy.

Max: "I lived, bitch." *immediately gets kicked in the face by Kim* XD

Max: * Chooses Rugal * Mexican players: " *Pathetic* " * and gets called puto for the rest of time *

Geese is just so damn awesome. His music is legendary and is a perfect compliment to the absolute ass beating he gives.

Excellent as always Max! Thank you for giving these games a chance! Excited for XV soon!! That Alpha shirt you have on is awesome btw!

B4 Geese became a fighter he used to work at Scoops Ahoy with Steve Harrington because he really likes double scoopin'.

Max: "yeah this one does sound very familiar" Me: you've heard of this when you played Dong Dong Never Dies intro

KOF 98 UM with the 2002 UM the best ones in terms of playability talking about the 2Ds saga, the only difference apart from the characters of each saga was that in the 2002 UM the bosses where nerfed in damage while in this one they can delete you with just two combos, though in 2002 they are still bosses and have all they SNK Syndrome advantages, the only thing that bothers me about them is that the AI is poor and doesn't put a real challenge in both editions

All those intros are cool but the best intro for KOF 98 is actually Dreamcast's version KOF Dream Match 99 (expansion of 98). Its a full animated intro showcasing mechanics to the game while Kyo and Iori are brawling in an alley and the music is the best out of all the intros as well.

Yup, the Non-Canon entry (namely as there is no actual STORY for that one. Kyo was still MIA)

The KOF '98 Intro just reminds me of Dong Dong Never Die now, and I don't think that's a bad thing.

If he's gonna go full reverse boss rage in the dream matches I hope he has fun doing infinites as Igniz

O. Rugal‘s projectile can be used mid-air, and Geese‘s Double Shippuken even twice per jump for four projectiles. The original early 90ies consoles, and many jammas with eeproms used 8-bit sound processors. Of course their sound could not age well. I would have picked Krauser instead of Garcia to complement the villains team. Krauser has got bad music? That‘s Dies Irae from the Mozart Requiem, philistine.

The Mexican in me got mad that you pick M. Rugal 😂

KOF 98 is indeed one of my most favourite fighting games I’ve played. This is the one I’ve played the most. It has the most epic of opening ever made and I’ve remembered that you get to play the boss characters in the previous KOF games and that’s what made it so fun.

Damn, i didn't know Krauser's theme could cause problems in Twitch.

Oh yeah my favorite from this era of KoF:98! Had a lot of fun with this one once I downloaded it on my 360 which sadly meant that for some reason, the text in the new version was in Japanese while the OG was in tact. I still don't get why that happened but hey the new version gives you more characters and Max immediately picked Omega Rugal lol. At least it was not Orochi otherwise memories of a reviewer fighting his brother who kept using Orochi would come back lol. A great finale to the Orochi saga!

Going to be getting KOF XV after recently getting into the series. Great to see these games highlighted, as a long term Street Fighter fan I should have done it sooner.

Welcome to the geno-side, Max, glad to have you! -R

21:26 Damn, i didn't know i could do that!? Thanks for the tip, muahahahaha

'Double spoopen' is making me giggle.

18:55 - Mr. Big's helicopter REVERSES FIREBALLS!? NANI THE FUCC!? I've NEVER seen that before.

15:32 nahh krauser music is fire 🔥

mega respect to the chat knowing their stuff. they make these videos honestly 👌

Kof 98 is not canon in fact it's pretty much an orochi saga all-star game but is overall one of the top 3 KoF games ever

It's so strange to see Rugal playing with himself...

hearing the original intro in the arcades back in the day was awesome!

0:55 "This one sounds very familiar." Of course! It is the Dong Dong Never Die opening scene music ;)

I will say this.. Mr. Big's theme will always be my favorite theme out of the KOF series. That beat is so damn fire.

25:37 Did Omega Rugal do the Akuma pose???

Max making DNO proud with the Brian Battler pick

Omega Rugal reacts to Gonuts like any normal person on this earth does when they see him

In 98 um i love the interaction between krauser and rugal both shooting Kaiser wave at each other 🤣

If this was DBZ, it would be like a team of Freeza, Cell, and Krillin :/

I heard the intro and i was like...."wait, i'm sure i didn't click the Dong Dong Never Dies hype and rage video"

An easy combo i learned with U rugal is to do his teleport combo into genocide cutter(weak version) then go into his wall slam super(while in max mode) you will delete the opponents life points easily.

"Geese is only ok"...

Playing with Rugal, in my country thats a federal offence

20:20 RIP Briancopter, he never KOF'd again.

My favorite KOF game, holds the title of being the only other game to include the USA Sports team besides their original debut

I'm hoping this means he runs NESTS Boss team for 2002 UM. Well, it'll be interesting regardless

my first experience with this is oddly enough dream match 99 on Dreamcast lol. that anime intro was classic

The audio of Neo Geo CD was remastered and amazingly good. Shame the loading times were huge. But there are emulators nowadays that fix that.

Robert Garcia. The father of kicking ass with actual style in FG.

Are you craaaazyyyy? , Krause's theme is straight up Mozart dude!!!! its bonkers af

I have only played kof98 vanilla version thinking about picking up the Ultimate Version and see how it plays

God, please let Rugal be in KoF 15

Best intro for both 98 and 98um

3 years ago, the mobile of '98 was my first KOF game and I absolutely loved, especially with my team of Kyo, Yuri and Shingo. Then Terry came into Smash that same and made me into a KOF and SNK fan

This is my favorite kof. Depending on the style you choose the gameplay changes, I like to play extra style. It's something I miss in the newer kofs

I'm glad that a player like max do some recognition to one of the videogame sagas of my childhood

Geese, Rugal and Robert team "rich and bored"

Mr Big- I'm the one who wants to be with you, Deep inside I hope you feel it too, Waited on a line of greens and blues ,Just to be the next to be with you

Kof 98....perfection Hope sports team comes back in kof15

I'm so glad he was able yo get a few of those special intros

Wolfgang’s theme gets flagged all the time? Lol