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[shuri]

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Source: The great neo-geo.com forums


So those two guys managed to get a personal visit inside SNK of USA back in 1995 and they brought a camera with them. Check out all those lined up arcade cabinet, all those techs working on games, tshirts, exciting shots of desk, a warehouse visit and MUCH MORE. This kind of visit would never happen in 2014 ;_;

 

[jbueno]

So beautiful ;_;

 

[drakkar]

Oh wow! I miss SNK! :-(

 

[Data West]

all dem MVS's

 

[Diablos]

I really enjoyed that, thanks.

You are right, this kind of video would not be possible today, everything is so different.

 

[mackieken]

incredible!

 

[HagiG7]

Looks like a found footage horror film.

 

[ShirAhava]

lol!@ the part where he zoomed in on her butt

 

[LeleSocho]

The zoom on the ass... *facepalm*

 

[Mockingbird]

That Nakoruru poster is awesome. And that girl was button mashing at KoF 95 hahaha.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

This is pretty cool.

 

[On Demand]

the nineties are starting to look like the eighties

I was just going to say the 90's is the new 80's.

Nice video. Videogame companies from yesteryear had a certain mystic that these new ones don't have.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Blast from the past.

 

[GulAtiCa]

In 1995 I was 9 years old. I feel old now.

 

[Diablos]

the nineties are starting to look like the eighties

The weird thing is, the 90's ARE more like the 80's because after 2000 a lot of things drastically started to change, from social norms to politics to how business is conducted to technology... that's why it is always fun to watch these videos.

 

[SgtCobra]

The GOAT arcade devs, very cool footage.

 

[Kilau]

lol!@ the part where he zoomed in on her butt

The zoom on the ass... *facepalm*

 

[Zonic]

There's a few more pictures of their visit & some stuff they got here.

I wonder how they were able to visit and meet all those people. Part of a contest or something?

 

[plainr_]

Dat zoom.

 

[rrax8]

The zoom on the ass... *facepalm*

but great video overall

 

[Teknoman]

Dat S600.

 

[Kilau]

Really is a great video, thank you for posting this OP.

What a different time it was back then. I have such great memories of SNK and it's cool to see how open and friendly they were at the office.

I remember being excited about things like 2x speed CD drives lol.

 

[pancakesandsex]

That video was super cool.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Nostalgia just hit me pretty hard. Thanks for sharing!

 

[antitrop]

Came for cool historical video, stayed for the zoom.

 

[Loona]

And that was even before respected pearls like KoF98, Garou or Last Blade - I can only imagine the gidiness had this been a few years later.

 

[MezzoForte]

simply amazing. It would have been cool if they caught a competitive match of 95, Fatal Fury Special, or SamSho II being played. I was always curious about the competition for SNK fighters back then.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Man, those delicious SNK posters are good stuff. I may get one for my place in the future (if I can find prints of that artist that large anywhere).

Shinkiro is a God.

 

[Sectorseven]

What was their address back then? Curious to see what the building looks like now.

 

[Dylan]

Crystalis, one of the best action RPGs ever made.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

The zoom is at 1:35 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Tagyhag]

What was their address back then? Curious to see what the building looks like now.

Looks like the FCC has taken over.

 

[Sectorseven]

Looks like the FCC has taken over.

Easy to swap out the logo.

 

[Diablos]

Looks like the FCC has taken over.

Weird...

 

[bean breath]

Was this the building on Great Oaks Blvd. in San Jose?

I remember first driving past it around the time I got a Neo Geo Pocket Color and took it as some type of sign. A few years later, the portable tanked and the SNK sign was off the building.

EDIT- I guess not. Torrance.

 

[BouncyFrag]

I watched it on mute.

 

[ZealousD]

The weird thing is, the 90's ARE more like the 80's because after 2000 a lot of things drastically started to change, from social norms to politics to how business is conducted to technology... that's why it is always fun to watch these videos.

I think the early 90's are a lot like the 80's. Things started changing a little earlier than 2000, though. AOL was blowing up around 1995. The Nokia 3210 came out in 1999. There were a lot of changes happening in the 90's.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

How come a similar visit wouldn't happen in 2014?

 

[Cyber Caesar]

She won't make finals at EVO.

 

[jaydogg691]

This might be an almost 20 year old video, but I drive that 95' Honda Accord that was next to the S Class and a cousin of mine has that same model Camry. I wish we could say the same about SNK.

Also, dat ass zoom.

 

[shuri]

How come a similar visit wouldn't happen in 2014?

Game companies are nowadays super paranoid about leaks and they wouldn't let two guys show up with a camera, filming their employees playing unreleased games or have them take pictures of the production areas and etc.

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

This is AWESOME! Thanks for posting this video OP!

 

[Price Drop]

Just reminds me of how awesome and fan-oriented SNK was. I remember writing them a letter in the early 90's. Not only did they write back but they sent marketing materials for the Neo Geo, a Samurai Shodown II poster and a complete list of AES games you could order direct from them.

It's a shame the company wasn't able to transition well into the next-generation. I think the Neo Geo itself still could be used if it didn't succumb to piracy. Every year they seemed to crank out more juice from the system. Prob my favorite video game company of all time.

 

[jblank83]

Yeah, that looks like 1995.

 

[Biker19]

Wow, this is awesome! This was definitely back when SNK was at their best.

 

[sora87]

That's awesome, was it a competition or something that got them a tour? The lady is kicking some serious ass on the machines at about 5 minutes in!

 

[NovaCross]

Wow RIP. I actually shed a tear. :'(

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

This is great. Would be really cool to live in that time working in there.

 

[hoserx]

So awesome. So so awesome.

 

[MomoPufflet]

God, I miss this era.

Sounds like he says "It's bigger than iPhone."