Neo. Geo.

[ThunderBoy]

 

[RageBurner]

"The Future is Now!"

 

[GuyZero32k4]

These are what I have. I'm still seeking Samurai Shodown II and Real Bout if I find them.

 

[bigstinkie]

the neo geo is one of the video game consoles i know the least about and have encountered the most rarely
however, i am a pretty lightweight but passionate snk fan, so i own quite a few of their gamezors on sega saturn
the neo geo seemed to be the garden in which many of snk's greatest franchises were cultivated

 

[Gym Ghingham]

NEO GEO is a Cult, I still remember the difference of the hype i was feeling when i saw that logo popped up.

 

[Action_Hank]

Fuck yea I wish i wasn't poorfag kid in the 90's.

 

[dr grim]

One of the best discoveries i had with emulation, fantastic games, fighting games are still top notch.

King of fighters series is still my favorite.

Never saw anyone with one in my youth, too poor

 

[bigstinkie]

who is your favourite kof character? mine is iori

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Never saw the console back when it was relevant. Though the mvs versions were quite common in the arcades I frequented, Metal Slug 2, the orochi saga King of fighters, super sideckicks series and Samurai Shodown series were the most common. Also briefly saw that Neo Geo 64 Buriki One, fighting game around January 2000.

 

[GuyZero32k4]

One the things that always rubbed me the wrong way from day one when I got it all those moons ago. There's no stereo sound plug on the back. Its mono.
Want stereo sound fucker? You got get one of those headphone plugs to go to stereo plugs for the TV. Just like the gen 1 Genesis systems if you wanted stereo sound.
I was "As much as I spent on this, it's fucking mono sound?"
Had to go to Radio Shack to buy the damn plug. "Do you guys even remember Radio Shack? Christ I'm old."

 

[Moreno909]

Who else used Kawaks emulator to emulate Neo-Geo games?

 

[bigstinkie]

i had no idea it was mono only thats really surprising to me
i remember the snes being stereo and like putting my ears to either side of the tv to see which sounds came from which side in games like mario world

 

[dr grim]

who is your favourite kof character? mine is iori

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I ( nearly ) always pick Kim, Takuma ( or ryo if not available ) and Ralph

Who else used Kawaks emulator to emulate Neo-Geo games?

Yup ! it was my emulator to play neo geo or some Capcom system games back then ( with the online option to play with friends )

 

[OrochiEarth]

Found the KOF\SNK\NEOGEO appreciation thread. I am in the right spot. For the last few years I have put everything on the back burner to play SNK's library and mainly get better at KOF. Was plating Mark of the Wolves heavy before City of the Wolves came out and can't put it down. Still trying to find time to play old school KOF. 98 is an addiction of mine.

 

[bigstinkie]

how is city of the wolves?
i used to play gato a healthy amount in mark of the wolves

 

[solidbatman]

i dont think these are actually real and instead they are part of a collective dream we are all having.

if i ever get my hands on one, its going in a glass case, never to face oxygen or harmful uv rays.

 

[OrochiEarth]

how is city of the wolves?
i used to play gato a healthy amount in mark of the wolves

Very fun to play. A mondern MotW in my opinion. Easy to pick up but hard to master and has just the right amount of offense and defensive options where everyone feels pretty balanced. Also a healthy amount of single player content with the Episodes of Southtown mode.

 

[DanCalibur]

the neo geo is one of the video game consoles i know the least about and have encountered the most rarely
however, i am a pretty lightweight but passionate snk fan, so i own quite a few of their gamezors on sega saturn
the neo geo seemed to be the garden in which many of snk's greatest franchises were cultivated
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I read about it at the time in game magazines but to this day I've never seen the console in real life, not even at gaming events, on the other hand those KOF 97 and 98 arcades were simply everywhere. I have always sucked at fighting games to play in the arcades but I remember spending hours emulating them after high school trying to beat KOF94 to 99 and specially Garou just for the story. And man, those old KOF cover arts are beautiful.

 

[Moreno909]

I ( nearly ) always pick Kim, Takuma ( or ryo if not available ) and Ralph




Yup ! it was my emulator to play neo geo or some Capcom system games back then ( with the online option to play with friends )

I killed many hours on that emulator, pretty good, all things considering

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Ah yes. My whitest of white whales. Knowing me, I’ll go for the CD, since I never expect to have the main NEO GEO in my price range.

That said, I think I may actually go for asking around about old MVS cabinets people may want taken off their hands. The idea of working on an arcade cabinet restoration project sounds like fun! Though, in this economy, maybe not the best idea.

Still, love the NEO GEO. Emulation is my friend for its library, but if I ever come across a real one in the wild, I’ll post about it here.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Speed3]

I remember one of my childhood friends having a Neo Geo CD with two games when I was a kid. I really didn't understand what it was but it was cool. I now have 1 MVS Big Red cab that I'm repairing and a console-ized MVS and 40-50 games I really slowed down my collecting once the rom carts became available and I bought a house. Sadly I cant afford both and I figure roms plus a roof is better than the other way.

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

While i love the console for being the luxury car of gaming , thank god we got emulation . The prices of one cartridge is already astronomical back in the 2000s but now its extremly expensive to collect and damn near Impossible to get all cartridges of it .

The Neo Geo was a BEAST compared to the 16-bit systems not only in size but even in its specs . Having Arcade-perfect games playing in the living-room while having a huge CRT-TV in the 90s is a majestic experience , nobody would forget . The King-class of gaming .

An uncle (single-father and had a rough marriage back then) far away from our city had one when i was a child . Worked for Philips back then (a huge brand-name back then in germany before they went sort of bankrupt ) and earned huge sums of money while lived in a mansion . He owned a Neo Geo AES and i played Mutation Nation , Metal Slug and Robo-army once in his house hooked up on a huge TV . My father and him walked through his garden while i played the Neo Geo non-stop with his son /my cousin . This thing blew my mind .

Sadly it was the only time i was there . They moved from germany away into the US . Since then we never had any contact with them again and my father is still questioning why the sudden contact break up was there . Had few phone calls but then a nothing anymore .

But Back to the topic .
Great console but expensive to have .

 

[Sumea]

I remember one of my childhood friends having a Neo Geo CD with two games when I was a kid. I really didn't understand what it was but it was cool. I now have 1 MVS Big Red cab that I'm repairing and a console-ized MVS and 40-50 games I really slowed down my collecting once the rom carts became available and I bought a house. Sadly I cant afford both and I figure roms plus a roof is better than the other way.

For me I leaned upon this realizing the thing I do want for most retro systems is the right controller, and a good arcade stick is definitely the way to go for Neo Geo emulation. Modern stick layouts also let you have few different styles but mainly modern sticks with two full 4 button rows let you use more than less same layout most Neo Geo cabinets used. No need for full arcade though for me, just a little bit of extra authenticity is being able to place the stick onto a desk rather than lap-playing with one. Computer desks can become great makeshift arcades if your monitor is good (usually it is) and you can move your keyboard out of the way temporarily.

 

[GuyZero32k4]

Here's a little something I scanned from my Fatal Fury 2 instruction manual. The reason Geese reopened the King of Fighters tournament. For those who've never seen it before: