Play The King of Fighters '97 Plus (Bootleg) Online

Game Overview

Okay, so this is a weird one—The King of Fighters '97 Plus is actually a bootleg baseball game, not a fighting game. Someone just slapped the KOF name on it for some reason. It’s basically a stripped-down arcade baseball sim with six made-up teams, each with their own quirks (one’s all power hitters, another’s got crazy speed, that kind of thing).

You’ve got two modes: Beginner handles fielding for you, which is nice if you just wanna swing for the fences, but Exciting mode makes you chase down every grounder yourself. It’s janky, but there’s something charming about how fast and simple it is—like a 16-bit version of those old NES baseball games, but with even weirder physics. Just don’t go in expecting actual KOF characters throwing fireballs.