Arcades started to face a decline since then. Emulators also happened around that time. I remember that even my Pentium 2 could run them flawless. Games would be emulated at the day of release, Slug 2 for example, quite sure I played that in 1998 on PC. It was deadly for a small company like SNK. On the other hand, I would've never known about or bought Last Blade if it weren't for emus. Local arcades stopped carrying 2D and especially niche SNK IP. I was floored when I first played it and needed to have an original.
I think the scene ultimately backed away, but those roms still found their way to the net around the day of release. Emus were easily hacked to be able to load those games
Capcom had a better deal with their CPS-2, only a select few people could hack it I think.. and they held roms and emus off until those games were fairly old.
If I'm not an arcade/Neo Geo enthusiast, will I notice the differences with the Neo Geo X?
But while the base hardware was very similar to the normal Neo Geo, CDs lost the advantage of cartridge's massive storage space. This led to certain games (particularly later releases) having some frames of animation cut.
What are Neo Geo fans like?
They're fucking assholes.
What are Neo Geo fans like?
They're fucking assholes.
Haha it's true. Visit neogeo.com forums for an example :|
I always wished SNK did another RPG on the neogeo - like Crystalis 2 or something. Something to ad a bit of variety to the library of fighters and shooters. They did do Samurai Spirits RPG i guess but that never made it out of Japan.
So the next question for all you diehards... who took their headphones and memory card to the arcade back in the day?
You would likely notice that you can't play most of the good Neo Geo games on it, but as far as accuracy, you'd be fine.
I maintain that Neo Turf Masters is the best golf game ever. Great music, too.
Loved this console so much. I was finally able to convince my parents to buy one and got Burning Fight, War of Monsters, Fatal Fury and Sengoku. Also had a NeoGeo arcade cabinet with 3 Count Bout, Samurai Shodown 2, World Heroes 2, Fatal Fury 2 and a puzzle game that I forgot the name of. Cool thing about is is that you cram swap out the cartridges.
I wish the console would have had more diverse games. Can you imagine if it had platformers and JRPGs? Damn
Check out my Neo.
Sorry for hijacking the thread like this but is anyone making a thread for the CPS arcade systems?
for real, no intention to buy anytime soon, but what are good prices for an AES (complete with at least 1 stick), CD, and some of the more recommended games? has this scene fluctuated nearly as much as say SNES, or largely remained steady?
for real, is this even a good deal?
Considering Cyber-Lip is probably worth $200, yeah, that's a good deal. It's priced about right.for real, is this even a good deal?
Seems ok, a few good games, but then again i paid 200 shipped for a region switch modded neo geo cd top loader packed with ff3, and im not sure if that was good (seemed decent to me). This was like a year and a half ago.
Considering Cyber-Lip is probably worth $200, yeah, that's a good deal. It's priced about right.
see, that sounds like a an awesome deal to me. consignment shop around here had a CD unit - granted, in box - and wanted like $600+ for it. the region switch was for the carts, yeah? are there are lotta good imports?
ah, okay. i really gotta youtube some of these games and see which ones i'd go for as well!
ahhh i was confused about the CD thing with region (i barely saw any copyright/region locks on discs from that era) and assumed we were talking carts...interesting
Can I play MVS games on my AES system, or vice versa?
No. AES games only work on an AES system, and MVS games only work on an MVS system. Despite that the same data is contained on both cartridges.