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Rolls Royce of Gaming Consoles?
- Thread starter nightez
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nelsonroyale
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nightez said:
neo geo...the games were over a hundred quid
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Definitely Neo Geo. The system lived on solely for the hardcore for a long ass time, while people talked about system generations, Neo Geo was always in the background minding it's own business transcending generations with game prices that would scoff at the so called "high" prices of current generation gaming.
Sho_Nuff82
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If you owned a Neo Geo, you (or your parents) probably weren't working at McDonalds.
Death_Born
Banned
overall I would still go with the NEO-GEO. first system to actually bring the arcade home, without the bullshit lies of everyone else, especially SEGA's marketing.
console wasn't that expensive, but the games sure were. first system that I know of to introduce memory cards, 4 years before Sony did (1990 ====> 1994).
console wasn't that expensive, but the games sure were. first system that I know of to introduce memory cards, 4 years before Sony did (1990 ====> 1994).
Manmademan
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camineet said:
That might be because memory cards weren't necessary before CD based media. Carts could obviously save data without them.
That being said, the master system and Turbografx both had actual games available in card format prior to 1990- the turbografx cards were even compatible with the turboexpress portable to play on the go.
the more you know, and all that.
test_account
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I'd have to go with Neo Geo because of the game prices. $599 today for a PS3 isnt luxury in my opinion, since so many can afford it.
I have to go with the Neo Geo, not because of the price, but because the fans (who still exist today, and lurk in dark corners of the internet) are the most rabid insane stuck up bunch of complete whackos I've ever encountered in all of videogame-dom
Which is an impressive feat, on some level
Which is an impressive feat, on some level
Manmademan
Member
Victrix said:
Dreamcast fans say hi.
Seriously though, I agree the neo takes this. While there are other expensive consoles (the CDI, and that halcyon thing is just out there) the Neo actually had a reputation for some VERY high quality games and was supported long after a lot of more mainstream consoles.
Barry Lightning
Banned
that would be the wii. cause white people play it.
CurseoftheGods
Banned
The Playstation 3. I get a boner just thinking about it.
Not really, but you get the point.
Not really, but you get the point.
TheGreatDave
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Death_Born said:
Wow, I really miss E3 now...
A Black Falcon
Member
Manmademan said:
But the Neo-Geo was a cart-based system with memory cards as the only save system...
While it is true that most consoles didn't need memory cards because of internal cart saving, the Neo-Geo and Turbografx are exceptions to that... the Turbografx with to-system saving (with an addon or the CD drive, I think? I know that the Turboexpress didn't support saving, too) because they didn't put batteries on the cards in most cases, and the Neo-Geo because the carts don't have save RAM onboard...
KyanMehwulfe
Member
This thread has made me flip through old gaming mags from the early-mid 90s. Damn were there some odd systems back then. They'd be received so brutally in this modern environment.
I don't know why the PS3 is on there because it's not being marketed as a rolls royce gaming system.
The NEO GEO was more like the freemasons. A gaming console you know exists but no one you know owns one. But somewhere someone is playing amazing games where each game costs the price of a console you bought. It was never strongly marketed to the mainstream. That's Rolls Royce. How many have you actually seen a rolls royce in real life. I've seen one once at a wedding, which is about as often as I've seen a NEO GEO.
The NEO GEO was more like the freemasons. A gaming console you know exists but no one you know owns one. But somewhere someone is playing amazing games where each game costs the price of a console you bought. It was never strongly marketed to the mainstream. That's Rolls Royce. How many have you actually seen a rolls royce in real life. I've seen one once at a wedding, which is about as often as I've seen a NEO GEO.
Matt_C said:
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The Neo Geo would be considered one ages ago but its games were ported to many other consoles for a fraction of the price and the console itself without games is no more expensive than a used 360 on Ebay.
If we want to be technical, we can throw in that 18k PSP by Russell Simmons that goes for more than $10k.
You can add the Orta Xbox.
You can add the Seaman Dreamcast Xmas bundle.
You can add the Mazora Dreamcast.
You can add the 666 LE PS2s.
Etc.
If we want to be technical, we can throw in that 18k PSP by Russell Simmons that goes for more than $10k.
You can add the Orta Xbox.
You can add the Seaman Dreamcast Xmas bundle.
You can add the Mazora Dreamcast.
You can add the 666 LE PS2s.
Etc.
Ninja Scooter
Member
didn't Pioneer have some laserdisc playing version of the Genesis that cost like $1000?