Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Pardon our dust.
You made this while you were drunk?
I'm more eloquent when I'm drunk, which yes, is fucking weird.
Nice thread about a great system.
But in the "What's the best way to play Neo Geo games today?" section you never mentioned PC options. Emulators are the best (and cheapest) way to go. MAME and FinalBurn Alpha emulation of NeoGeo is really good and accurate now. Plug in a console controller and you're golden. Use a notebook with HDMI output, make it look CRT-ish with some filter options, and you're set.
And new games are still being released! I just got my limited edition US AES copy of Gun Lord this last week. It's an awesome platformer that reminds me of Super Turrican.
Love the thread.
and Last Blade 2(easily my favorite SNK game).
Always been happy with my Dreamcast versions of Garou and Last Blade 2(easily my favorite SNK game). They're not perfect, but damn good, and neither cost me more than $50.
It's 2013 and I still can't afford an Neo Geo (or Games) :/
Anyway, the first person who comes up with a full-fledged Flash Cart for the Neo Geo is gonna become a millionaire.
WTF? That's like a gazillion dollars on ebay! Or was it another version?
It was definitely expensive (the most I've ever spent on a game), but I bought it directly from the devs not on ebay. Had it preordered for 2 years. It's amazing!
I'm a little hard on the ports, I'll admit, but I guess that's mostly because I look at it in terms of: "an emulator by some nobody does a better job than the thing I'm paying for," and its hard to be enthusiastic about that. Plus, I know Last Blade 2 didn't even support the VGA box on the Dreamcast. That was disappointing.
Got an AES last fall with 3 games... I really wish there was an easy/cheep way to get games for it.
What are Neo Geo fans like?
They're fucking assholes.
You made this while you were drunk?
Must be absolutely glorious. My only small gripe with the exquisite DC port is the audio transitions and breaks.
I've still got my eye on the MVS reprint and seriously considering grabbing it. But, sheesh, even that is $500.
I'm half tempted to do my own CMVS. I'm not that handy with electronics, but I also don't have $500 or whatever to pay someone else to do it for me.Consolized MVS is freaking expensive...might as well just go with a supergun at that point.
Plus, I know Last Blade 2 didn't even support the VGA box on the Dreamcast. That was disappointing.
Neo Turf Masters was produced in such low quantities for AES that it's outrageously rare.of course my man Dave Long has a badass collection here, haha
wait, they make conversions?
So the next question for all you diehards... who took their headphones and memory card to the arcade back in the day?
Also, SNK isn't what they were, but KoF XIII is a tremendous game and sits very nicely among the best things the company has ever done IMO.
How did SNK go from almost ruling the arcade world in 1998 to going bust three years later in 2001?
Maybe they weren't as successful as they looked during the 90's. But the arcades were packed full of glorious SNK 2D fighting games.