Security code

Pointed to by $182. What is this used for ?

From KOF96 (CD):

	moveq	#0,d3
	tst	2580(a5)		;$10FD14.w
	bne	LAB_20F3		;
	movea.l	2564(a5),a0		;$10FD04.l
	move	2568(a5),d7		;$10FD08.w
LAB_20F0:
	move.b	d0,EXT_03E5		;watchdog
	move	(a0),d1
	cmpi.b	#$FF,d1
	beq.s	LAB_20F1		;skip
	move	2(a0),d0
	cmp.b	2766(a5),d0		;$10FDCE.b
	bne.s	LAB_20F1		;skip
	move	4(a0),d0
	cmp.b	2767(a5),d0		;$10FDCF.b
	bne.s	LAB_20F1		;skip
	cmp.b	2768(a5),d1		;$10FDD0.b
	beq.s	LAB_20F2
LAB_20F1:
	addq.l	#8,a0
	dbf	d7,LAB_20F0
	move	d7,d3
LAB_20F2:
	rts

LAB_20F3:
	movea.l	2564(a5),a0		;$10FD04.l
	move	2568(a5),d7		;$10FD08.w
LAB_20F4:
	move	(a0),d1
	lsr	#8,d1
	cmpi.b	#$FF,d1
	beq.s	LAB_20F5		;skip
	move	(a0),d0
	cmp.b	2766(a5),d0		;$10FDCE.b
	bne.s	LAB_20F5		;skip
	move	2(a0),d0
	lsr	#8,d0
	cmp.b	2767(a5),d0		;$10FDCF.b
	bne.s	LAB_20F5		;skip
	cmp.b	2768(a5),d1		;$10FDD0.b
	beq.s	LAB_20F6
LAB_20F5:
	addq.l	#4,a0
	dbf	d7,LAB_20F4
	move	d7,d3
LAB_20F6:
	rts