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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2003
Publisher: Phenixsoft
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Fighting
Origin: Japan
Released on: March 2003

Looking for a new King of Fighter to play? A company named Phenixsoft has released a new arcade fighting game called Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2003, which apparently is an unlicensed hack of Playmore's King of Fighter 2001. The game is based on KOF2001, and offers a mix of KOF fighters from KOF94 to KOF2001, such as the Brazil team; and stages ripped from Capcom's Street Fighter Alpha series. Each character also has bizarre colors for skin and clothing, which were never seen in the official versions, such as an all-blue Kula and silver hair Iori. Certain characters also have different controls from the original, such as Iori has been powered up. The final bosses are Zero and Ignis (a mini-planet).

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What is the difference between CTHD 2003 and KOF 2001? 
* The attract mode sequence contains art from previous KOFs (too many to count, but it looks like art from every previous KOF was included). 
* The "K" in KOF is altered to look like a "P". This shows in the "POF" logo (taken from the KOF logo in '96) and the "How to Play" screen (taken from KOF '99). "POF" could stand for "Plain Old Fighter"  
* The layout of the character selection screen is different - although on the character screen layout, the teams are arranged differently, the same 2001 teams battle you in single player mode (for example, Kyo on the character selection screen layout is with Iori, Terry, and Takuma, while if you were fighting against Kyo in single-player, his teammates would be Benimaru, Daimon, and Shingo). 
* Home console mode was removed entirely, instead of being semifunctional. 
* No stories or winquotes. 
* Igniz is replaced by a ball of fire. 
* Zero is engulfed in flame. 
* Each character does not have their trademark colors (they're closer to the C/D "color rejects" you'd find in KOF 98 or 2002, but they're not those, either). Strange costumes colors wich were never seen in the official KOF releases appear. 
* Most moves are augmented with special effects (eg. Terry's Crack Shoot flames the opponent, and it never does in any other game), but they're only for show. Otherwise, each character has its repetoire of moves from 2001. 
* According to the "How to Play" screen, six stocks are the maximum, no matter how many strikers you have (but that's a lie - the 2001 rules apply). 
* The font of the text, as well as some of the "interstitial" graphics (background art in the team order screen, etc.), is different. Some say it's a good thing. 
* Except for the final boss stage, the stages are all ripped from other games: 
China: Street Fighter Alpha (Chun-Li's stage) 
Japan: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Ryu's stage) 
Brazil: KOF '94 (Ikari Team stage) 
Italy: The Last Blade 2 (Fire at the Wadamoya) 
Mexico: Art of Fighting 3 
USA: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Ken's stage) 
Korea: (unknown) 
Zero: (unknown)