The fighting game community has been pushing for developers to use rollback netcode in their games for over a decade. Rollback netcode is essential for fighting games as your inputs are registered the moment you hit a button - this means you'll always get the command you wanted, even in matches with high pings. Perfect implementation of rollback netcode allows players from all over the world to fight with minimal lag, and now The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match has been updated with brand new netcode.
SNK fans have been begging for netcode updates, but for the longest time it seemed unlikely to happen. Code Mythics, the team behind the rollback update, has worked with SNK over the past few years to bring their netcode in fighting games up to modern standards.
While Code Mythics has already brought rollback netcode to Garou: Mark of the Wolves, The Last Blade 2, and KOF '97, KOF 2002 UM ran on different hardware which made the implementation difficult. After spending six months in an open beta period, SNK and Code Mythics are finally able to launch the new and improved KOF 2002 UM.
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