Terry Bogard
According to an interview with veteran designers of "The King of Fighters" series, the prototype version of the game was a "Double Dragon"-style side-scrolling beat 'em up, titled "Survivor". It would only use core characters from the "Art of Fighting" and "Fatal Fury" series, specifically allowing players to play Robert Garcia and Terry Bogard for location testing. However, the idea was eventually abandoned. Since SNK were attached to the idea of the two-series crossover, they eventually agreed to make their idea into a fighting game. Characters from "Ikari Warriors" and "Psycho Soldier" were also added to the roster. The concept of a three-man team was one of the ideas kept from the side-scrolling version. The title "The King of Fighters" was re-used from the subtitle of the first "Fatal Fury" game, "".