I'm never going to play this one... because it looks so cool! last time a pre-order at GameStop back in 2004, I mean 2005 on the original Xbox, when I heard the news that kof '94 re-bout was cancelled! I was very disappointed I was looking forward to play that game. there's got to be another way gotta because I want that game so badly!!
Technically this game had cameos in the arranged mode that made no sense. I think one of them even has Kula in it, which also made no sense as she didn't pop up till KoF 2000. Basically SNKP just threw those in there as odes to fans of the later games.
94 was the first, it was experimental, won game of the year awards from the likes of EGM. It was unique for it's time, and at that time SNK fighters were still a bit stiff, so this was understandable.