The eleventh installment in The King of Fighters game series takes one of its’ battle scenes to the ancient Angkor temples. In usual SNK fashion we are treated to gorgeous pixel art and buttery-smooth pixel animations. KOF XI was released to Japanese arcades in 2005 and it later also found its way onto the Playstation 2.
The background artwork depicts a smiling Bayon face overgrown with fig tree roots, which are normally associated with Ta Promh temple, and ruins resembling one of the Angkor hallways. A tourist snaps pictures of the fighters, several other people, including two Khmer kids, cheer the players on while monkeys and blue parrots (not native to Cambodia) inhabit the scenery.
SNK used the Angkor temples in two other of their games – Metal Slug and Gals’ Fighters.
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