

The game also revamped the Power Gauge system into a format similar to the one used in King of Fighters '97. King of Fighters 2002 discarded the 4-on-4 "Striker Match" format used in the previous three games in the series and returned to the 3-on-3 Battle format originally used in the series up until KOF '98. A port of the Xbox Live Arcade release was released on Steam on February 27, 2015. The Xbox Live Arcade version, on the other hand, was released on November 3, 2010.

SNK Playmore produced a remake titled The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match for the PlayStation 2, which was released on Februin Japan.

The game was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and the Xbox, wherein the PS2 and Xbox versions were released in North America in a two-in-one bundle with the following game in the series, The King of Fighters 2003. It is the ninth game in The King of Fighters series and the second one to be produced by Eolith and developed by Playmore (formerly Brezzasoft). The King of Fighters 2002: Challenge to Ultimate Battle (KOF '02) is a fighting game produced by Eolith and Playmore for the Neo Geo in 2002.
