KOF2002 [Arc] - play as "boss status" Omega Rugal 

This is a playthrough using Omega Rugal in his boss status mode in the Arcade version of King of Fighters 2002. Read on below for more information...
Omega Rugal is the final boss of the game, and he is a non-selectable character in the Neo-Geo MVS version of it.
===== ABOUT BOSS STATUS =====
His status can be set up (through third party methods) for a human player to play him just like the CPU Omega Rugal you fight against at the end of the game. By doing it this way, you get to play as him as a registered lone character. This is the proper boss status mode that the CPU uses for the mid-boss and final boss, it is NOT the Single Play mode.
===== POSSIBLE GLITCH =====
A glitch can occur when using this mode which can crash/reset the game. This happens on the Order Select screen where despite being a lone character, it still gives you the chance to select the other "character" B and C members (there is no-one in these slots). If the player chooses a B or C member, it will reset the game. This can of course be avoided by the player as long as he/she chooses member A as the 1st character, which is of course the lone character.
Additionally, besides the 1st stage, on the Order Select screen, after the member A is selected by the player, it shows two glitched graphics/symbols in the places that would otherwise have been for the numbers 2 and 3. You can see this happen the video.
===== HOW TO SELECT OMEGA RUGAL =====
This can only be done on the Neo-Geo AES home version of the game. On the character select screen, Omega Rugal is located at the black box (where the countdown timer is usually displayed), he is at the 3rd spot of the box.
===== OMEGA RUGAL MOVES =====
Key: P = any Punch; K = any Kick; LK = Light Kick; LP = Light Punch; HP = Heavy Punch; HK = Heavy Kick; QCF = Quarter Circle Forward; QCB = Quarter Circle Back; HCF = Half Circle Forward; HCB = Half Circle Back; DP = Dragon Punch motion
COMMAND NORMALS
- Double Tomahawk: F + LK
SPECIAL MOVES
- Reppu Ken: QCF + P
- Gen Cutter: DP + K
- God Press: HCB + P
- Triple Kick: HCB + LK
- Triple & Chop: HCB + HK
- Dark Barrier: QCF + K
- Kaiser Wave: F, HCF + P (can charge P for 3 different levels/types)
DESPERATION MOVES
- Gigantic Pressure: QCF, HCB + P (1 stock)
- Destruction Omega: QCF, QCF + K (1 stock)
SUPER DESPERATION MOVES
- Gigantic Pressure: QCF, HCB + LP + HP (MAX activated & 1 stock)
- Destruction Omega: QCF, QCF + LK + HK (MAX activated & 1 stock)
HIDDEN SUPER DESPERATION MOVE
- Kaiser Phoenix: HCF, HCF + LP + HP (25% or less life , MAX activated & 1 stock)
===== ABOUT 2002 OMEGA RUGAL =====
As this is the second dream match KOF game, it's fitting that Omega Rugal makes another appearance as the final boss to torment players with, given that he is the staple KOF end boss.
Gameplay-wise, this is the best and most powerful version of him, but personally I like the KOF98 Omega Rugal better, and I also much prefer his '98 boss music theme, the one that goes "make some noise" at the beginning.
2002 Rugal has also unfortunately omitted his previous incarnation's Gravity Smash special move, which I always thought was a signature and defining move of Omega Rugal. (for the record, the Gravity Smash projectile graphic is within 2002 Rugal's fully-charged Kaiser Wave and HSDM, but it does not work in the same way as in '98)
===== GAME INFORMATION & TRIVIA =====
---- Regarding the Boss Status mode, in single player mode, besides the 1st stage, every time you get back to the Com Team Select screen, there are sounds that indicate that a Random Select function is happening before the CPU opponents show up. It may be that the Boss Status mode is related to the Random Select feature in some way.
---- In the Arcade MVS version of of the game, on the character select screen, Omega Rugal's slot is located at the same spot as Angel's. Obviously it is normally not possible to access this slot.
---- As Omega Rugal is a legitimately playable character in the Home AES version of the game, it means that he has an image portrait on the character select screen.
---- In the home AES version of the game, on the character select screen, when Rugal is highlighted, you cannot see the cursor.
---- The character is not referred to as Omega Rugal in the game, instead only as "Rugal".
---- Before the battle against CPU Omega Rugal, his stage is the only one in the game to have an opening/intro (where the mechanical door/wall rises), much like the stage intros you got in KOF94 and CvS1.
===== CHAPTERS =====
00:00 - Intro, Title, Character Select
01:05 - Regular fights
12:47 - vs. Kula (mid-boss)
13:46 - Regular fights
15:48 - vs. Omega Rugal (final boss)
17:18 - Rugal defeated cutscene
17:42 - Staff/credits
20:08 - BONUS 1: Alternate colour palettes
20:26 - BONUS 2: Time Over Draw pose

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