The King of Fighters '96

Metacritic Rating:

Release Date:

Jul 30, 1996

Developers:

SNK

Publishers:

SNK D4 Enterprise

ESRB Rating:

N/A

Platforms:

The King of Fighters '96 System Requirements

The King of Fighters '96 has never been released for PC, so it has no PC system requirements. It came out on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Neo Geo, SEGA Saturn, Game Boy, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, Wii, PlayStation, PS Vita, PSP. Released in 1996.

Running The King of Fighters '96 on a computer

A console game runs on a computer through an emulator, so the hardware it needs is the emulator's. You still need your own copy of the game.

RPCS3

RPCS3 emulates PlayStation 3.

Hardware figures for RPCS3 are not quoted here — see the project's own page.

Source: https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3, read on 2026-09-08.

Dolphin

Dolphin emulates Wii.

Minimum

OS:

Windows 10 (1903 or higher), Linux, or macOS 11 Big Sur or higher

Processor:

A CPU with SSE2 support

Graphics:

A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 11.1 / OpenGL 3.3)

DuckStation

DuckStation emulates PlayStation.

Minimum

OS:

Windows 10/11 (version 1809 and later), Linux, macOS 13.3 and later, or Android

Processor:

x86_64, AArch32/armv7, AArch64/ARMv8 or RISC-V/RV64

Graphics:

OpenGL 3.1, OpenGL ES 3.1, Direct3D 11 Feature Level 10.0 or Vulkan 1.0

Source: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation, read on 2026-09-08.

PPSSPP

PPSSPP emulates PSP.

Supported systems

OS:

Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS

Graphics:

Direct3D 11, Vulkan or OpenGL

Source: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp, read on 2026-09-08.

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Where The King of Fighters '96 can be played

Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Neo Geo, SEGA Saturn, Game Boy, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, Wii, PlayStation, PS Vita, PSP.