The Neo Geo Thread - Formerly 'Neo Geo X Gold' - The Bear and Badger

Skerret

Kizuna Encounter topped $10,000, allegedly.

Escape

That's an indecent proposal.

hylian_elf

Yeah, I posted about Kizuna in the rare game thread I think. There's also an AES footy game worth a mint.

Tempy

It's only gone up by Â£500, lets not talk about silly green money here.

Skerret

That's silly plastic coloured money thanks.

Tempy

You're anÂ aberration. Be gone.

Blue Swirl

Looking at my calendar*, I see that this is due out tomorrow/day after for you northern hemisphere types.

Anyone planning on getting one? I'd be all over it like a chubby girl on One Direction but I've blown all my fun money for this month on a Wii U.

*Yes, I have the release of the Neo Geo X on my calendar. Big woop, wanna fight about it?

Brooks

If Windjammers was on it and I lacked any other means of playing Windjammers

Skerret

... yes?

Skerret

Oh, right. Â Well, I'd like one.

Blue Swirl

I'd love one. Fingers crossed they're still available when I have some cash.

Blue Swirl

£175 with a freebie game bundle. Not sure if funstock are trustworthy, though. Anyone used them before?

Escape

I read Retro Gamer's review of this today. AV-out problems and a bad LCD, they say.

Escape

In fact, they pretty much republished this, in their own, slightly altered words.

Blue Swirl

As much as we wanted the Neo Geo X to be a success, it sadly falls down in too many key areas to be a recommended purchase. Hardcore fans will baulk at the poor screen and unimpressive quality of the picture when connected to a television, while those with just a passing interest in the illustrious history of SNK will no doubt be dissuaded by that massively optimistic retail price.

Sad panda. Looks like a PSP with some PSN purchases would be a better idea.

davyK

Yeah - this product has been universally slagged. Don't think there is a single redeeming feature which is a great shame. PSP + emu = better way to go.

mistercrayon

The joystick is good.

Blue Swirl

Given that the joystick is USB, it may be worth getting one for use with other systems.

Ah well. I've been looking for an excuse to get a PSP. (Again.)

beano

Arsebeads.

Roujin

mistercrayon wrote:

The joystick is good.

Define good pls.

Are they using arcade quality parts, or is it just a nice looking jotstick?

Blue Swirl

Neo Geo X Gold (limited edition) with Mega Pack Vol. 1 is currently half price at £125. I also got an email saying if you use the code #FUN100 at the checkout, you'll get another tenner off. £115 for a pack that includes 36 games; 20 built-in, Ninja Masters on a card, and the 15 on the Mega Pack.

Any takers? It doesn't bode well for the number of units they've sold if they're still sitting on the limited edition bundle. (Launch date was December 2012.)

Skerret

davyK wrote:

Yeah - this product has been universally slagged. Don't think there is a single redeeming feature which is a great shame. PSP + emu = better way to go.

Blue Swirl

Yeah, the Neo Geo X is apparently pants. But it's legal, and we all care about that, right?

mistercrayon

Can you not buy all the emulated games on wii or psp/vita.

JMW

You can get hold of loads of them with a JP PSN account, they're often free with JP Plus too.

Blue Swirl

I'd be willing to bet that a majority are available on other platforms. I have pretty much every Metal Slug, for example. It's mainly just a shame that the re-entry of the Neo Geo into the market has been so lacklustre. At £115 though, it's still mildly tempting, if only for the shear number of SNK games in one place.

JMW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Store_Neo_Geo_games

Actually looking at it it seems they're available in all territories. Maybe I just notice it when they pop up on the Plus releases.

davyK

The Wii VC service got plenty of NeoGeo games (54 according to Wikipedia), but bafflingly the PAL region got PAL 50Hz versions which was a monumental misstep.

Given the PC-Engine releases were 60Hz I cannot believe that whoever released them that way were that stupid given the audience who would care about such things.

All in all, whoever owns the NeoGeo IP needs to be taken out and shot.

Blue Swirl

JMW wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_Store_Neo_Geo_games Actually looking at it it seems they're available in all territories. Maybe I just notice it when they pop up on the Plus releases.

Hmm, might be time to pick up second hand PSP. (Or given that I'm planning on a Vita when Minecraft comes out, that.)

IanHamlett

davyK wrote:

The Wii VC service got plenty of NeoGeo games (54 according to Wikipedia), but bafflingly the PAL region got PAL 50Hz versions which was a monumental misstep.

Given the PC-Engine releases were 60Hz I cannot believe that whoever released them that way were that stupid given the audience who would care about such things.

All in all, whoever owns the NeoGeo IP needs to be taken out and shot.

I found that out the expensive way.

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