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Has anyone actually seen/touched/owned a NeoGeo home system? I used to read about its arcade-perfect games in EGM and wanted one really bad, but the price was always way too high -- $600+ for the system and $200 for most games. MAME plays most of those games perfectly now, but I still want the actual console.

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:10 (twenty years ago)

I know people who own neogeos and have large collections of games. The cartridges are HUGE. The console is ugly. The controllers are very good. The prices these days are nonsense.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:16 (twenty years ago)

Nice. The prices have always been nonsense though!

How about the NeoGeo Pocket Color? A friend just got one on ebay for like $50 with 5 games, which seems like a steal. It's a bit smaller than a DS or PSP and it's a few years old so graphically it's more on par with a Gameboy Color, but it's got some really fun games: ports of great SNK titles and quality third party stuff like Sonic and Puzzle Bobble, etc. There's a game called Dark Arms that's supposedly Zelda-ish. I think I'll get one if I can find one at a good deal.

― sleep (sleep), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

The prices have always been nonsense though

But worse! I mean, yeah, games used to be $200 anyway. But a year ago, when I still worked in videogame pricing, there were some Neo carts that I could still shift for £350-400. That's what, $720? Properly insane.

NGP is a lovely little machine, and yeah, some fun mini super-deformed ports of SNK games. I always really liked it's little joystick, it's digital instead of analogue, but satisfyingly clicky, and really good for beat 'em ups.

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

£350-400

Oh wow, that is disgusting.

Favorote NGPC feature: it will read you your horoscope displayed as a bunch of stats rated out of 5 stars! Like, my Health is four stars today but my Romance and General are only at two stars, oh man.

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 1 May 2006 18:42 (twenty years ago)

SNK games/series

search: Last Blade, Metal Slug, Samurai Showdown, Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings, Magical Drop
destroy: ??

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 1 May 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

My friend claimed to have the home system but wouldn't even let me or anyone else in his house.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 1 May 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

Couldn't find a KOF thread so I'm posting in here.

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/05/kyo_drops_knowledge_for_king_o.php

A couple of very nice KOF tutorials, very thorough in explaining the different hops and various counters and offensive options. I'm definitely more of an SF fan but the the games are still pretty nuts - would love to try KOF XII.

― Nhex, Friday, 1 May 2009 23:22 (seventeen years ago)

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