The King of Fighters 2000 is a 2000 competitive fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It is the seventh installment in The King of Fighters series for the Neo Geo, and marks the final game in the series produced by SNK before the bankruptcy. The game was ported to the Sega Dreamcast (in Japan only) and the Sony PlayStation 2 in 2002. The PlayStation 2 version of the game was released in North America in a two-in-one bundle with its immediate sequel, The King of Fighters 2001, as the first two games to be published by SNK Playmore USA. The Neo-Geo and Sega Dreamcast versions of the game were also included in The King of Fighters NESTS Hen, a compilation released for the Sony PlayStation 2 in Japan. The PlayStation 2 version was re-released on May 3, 2016 for the PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Network.
