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Since /vr/ has been open, I haven't seen much SNK/Neo Geo discussion outside of the main fighting games. I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread to recommend and discuss some of the lesser known, non-fighting Neo Geo classics.

Over the past week I've been obsessed with Neo Drift Out, which is basically a top down racer where you rush to beat the clock. There's only 6 levels but its a good challenge to try to beat in one continue. I've played a little bit of Over Top, which is another top down racer, but I think the controls are nowhere near as tight as Neo Drift.

What are some of your favorite lesser-known Neo Geo/NGP/NGPC games?

>> No.707306

The Neo Geo had games other than fighters?

>> No.707312

I played Bust-A-Move quite a lot on my friend's pocket.

>> No.707331

I love Neo Drift Out as well, OP. But lately I've been obsessed with Neo Turf Masters. That shit is addicting. Best golf game ever made.

>> No.707337

Top-Hunter

Also people never talk about SNK Run and Gun series since Metal Slug over shadows every Run and Gun game but the have a few good ones.

>> No.707361
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>>707290
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww shit, son! Neo Turf Masters! Best golf game of all time, motherfuckers! NICE ON!

>> No.707374
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707374

I had been playing Shock troopers 2 lately.

Never got anyone to talk about Viewpoint. That game is just too hard but addicting.
Seems like the ports for it just sucks.

>> No.707381

>>707374

It's a lot of fun for the 20 seconds I can stay alive.

>> No.707387

>>707331
i also love the overly exaggerated announcer. if you let it go to a game over the announcer goes "OH MY GOD" exactly like Randy Marsh

>> No.707391

>>707361
I've never thought a golf game looked badass, but now that's all changed.

>> No.707396

Nightmare in the Dark, motherfuckers.

>> No.707403

>>707387
It's got a bitchin' smooth jazz soundtrack, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_m_EXeBKPE

>> No.707429

>>707403
Whoops, quoted the wrong person. Oh well.

>> No.707445

Alpha Mission II is a badass game, if you haven't played it.

>> No.707451

>>707391
neo turf masters is without a doubt the best pick up and play golf game. when i got the neo geo collection for wii a few years back my dad and i played this shit for hours

>> No.707481

>>707451

Who's your golfer, breh?

>> No.707489
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707489

It was going well for a while there.

>> No.707502

I want an AES and Garou so bad. I think it honestly might be cheaper to go find an MVS that has it though. God I would love me a fucking 4 or 6 slot MVS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kGJBv6Wr4&t=0m40s

>> No.707512

>>707489
Okay, I wanna play this. I've got a ROM ready. What's the emulator of choice?

>> No.707517

>>707512
mame does NEO-GEO pretty well.

>> No.707521
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707521

I was a HUGE SNK fan as a child. I wanted to own every single thing by them and wanted to make games for the systems. I still want to do both of those things, actually, but I have yet to learn 68000 ASM. For a short amount of time I had both the AES and the NGCD with games for each.

...Anyway. Favorite lesser-known NG game?

>Twinkle Star Sprites
Not 'lesser known' per se, but not as famous as other NG games
>Magician Lord
solid action platformer
> Waku Waku 7
One of my favorite wacky fighters
>SS RPG
Story's nothing impressive, but I enjoyed the battle system
>Matrimelee
Weird fighter.

>> No.707524

>>707512
Final Burn Alpha

>> No.707526

>>707521
>WakuWaku 7

mah nigguh

>> No.707527

>>707521
Twinkle Star is the shit. Is Matrimelee a waifu fighter? It sounds like one.

>> No.707565

Shock Troopers 2 and Sengoku 3 were the shit

>> No.707567

>>707481
all about the Shot Maker

>> No.707573

>>707521
I love magician lord (especially dat sountrack) but holy FUCK it it hard, even by SNK standards

i always post magician lord in those "what is the hardest game ever" type threads and nobody has any idea what the hell i'm talking about

>> No.707590

Baseball 2020 and Baseball Stars 2 are fun games, but they are way too fucking hard. I rage quit by the 3rd inning every time I try to play them.

>> No.707596

>>707312
that's pretty...gross

>> No.707612
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707612

FUCKING BLUES JOURNEY
WHY THE FUCK DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT BLUES FUCKING JOURNEY
ITS A SIDESCROLLER
ITLL MAKE YOUR DICK ROCK HARD
LOOK AT ALL THOSE COLORS AND SHIT
OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS GAME

>> No.707617

>>707527
No, it's apart of the Power Instinct series of fighters. The plot is basically about fighting for a loli bride, though.

>> No.707634

>>707521
I wish there was a thriving NG homebrew. I'd love to make something for the console, though it would most likely be for the NGCD.

>> No.707659

>>707617
Will play. Also, great taste.

>> No.707663
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>>707596
>>707312

>I played Bust-A-Move quite a lot on my friend's pocket.
>that's pretty...gross

>> No.707689

>>707612

I love it too anon. You are not alone.

>> No.707692

Does anyone here actually intend on buying a NG console?

>> No.707702

>>707692
i saw one at a local shop for $600 is that a good price?

>> No.707701

>>707692
Someday, but as long as I've known about it, it's never been a "cheap" console.

>> No.707707

>>707701
The NGCD isn't expensive, if you can deal with the load times.

>>707702
No way, unless it was heavily modded.

If you want an AES, spend between $150-400.
If you want a NGCD, $100-250.

>> No.707727

>>707692
I would love to have an mvs and cab, but dont have the time/money. at least the neo emulates pretty well

>> No.707740

Could someone please explain what the different versions of the Neo Geo are?

>> No.707742

>>707374
>>707381
I was able to get pretty far in Viewpoint at one... point, without savescumming, but with liberal abuse of credits. One of my all time favorites, great soundtrack too. And a beautiful fucking game for 1992.

>> No.707752

what happened to SNK? do they still make anything?

>> No.707754

>>707663
cowabunga

>> No.707762

Probably the only thing that bums me out about neogeo was the severe lack of beat em ups. Sengoku 2 and 3 are good(though 3 gets really repetitive) and mutation nation has... a certain charm. But other than that no other gpod beat em ups come to mind.

Sort of sad that such a great arvade system never had that streets 2/tmnt 4 style killer beat em up

>> No.707765

>>707752
There was, of course, KOFXIII in 2011. Other than that, collections of old games and mobile games, like everyone else.

>> No.707778

>>707762
That's true, there really weren't that many beat em ups. Something like the D&D games would've been perfect.

I love the Neo Geo, but the CPS2 was much more well-rounded in that regard.

>> No.707792

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5diNRsy9pqw

Right now I've only fired up goddamn Karnov's Revenge and Last Blade on occasion. And Samurai Shodown V Special.

The last non-fighting game I played there was either Metal Slug 4 or Blazing Star.

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707914

LEAGUE
FUCKING
BOWLING

Also Last Resort & Pulstar.

>> No.707945

>>707740

No one bothered to answer this poor soul?

The Neo Geo MVS is a cartridge-based arcade board that was installed in an upright arcade cabinet. There are different versions with varying numbers of cartridge slots.

The Neo Geo AES is functionally the same hardware, but thrown into home console packaging. The home versions of many games were altered slightly, but the AES and MVS are practically identical in terms of the games they can play. The cartridges are different sizes, meaning you have to buy an adapter to play MVS games on an AES or vice versa.

There's also the Neo Geo CD, which received many arcade-perfect ports of MVS games, but it's plagued with horrible loading times.

>> No.707968

>>707945
Also the CDZ, which is a tray-loading 2x version of the NGCD.

>> No.707975

>>707968
The CDZ still has a single-speed drive. It just has a larger cache.

>> No.708073

AES owner here. If you want to play THE GAMES, get an MVS system. Consolized, if you have no plans to put it in a cabinet. MVS carts are LOADS cheaper than AES carts, and you get the major benefit of not being fucked with a small number of credits if you aren't an ace at the game you are playing.

If you dreamed of having a Neo Geo as a kid, get an AES and a Phantom adapter to play MVS carts. This is NOT the cheap route. I burned about $700 on the pair, myself.

>> No.708095

>>708073

You would recommend an AES over a consolized MVS?

>> No.708123

>>708095
Did you even read what I said? You get an MVS to play games without going bankrupt, and you get an AES because reasons.

In the end, it's all personal preference.

>> No.708134

>>708123

>Did you even read what I said?

I did.

>If you dreamed of having a Neo Geo as a kid, get an AES

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708767

Personally for me, I have been playing a lot of Eightman recently. I really like it, though I can't get as far as I'd like just yet.

>> No.709546

Neo Bomberman

>> No.710748

How could I miss this thread???!

it has been already said, but:

Playing - MVS
Collecting/childhood dreams: AES


besides - those snaplock cases are pure SEX!

and it's a great feel when you finally lay your hands on a rare and expensive cart!


too bad the neo geo scene got buttfucked hard by the con scammers...

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>>707521
one of the best bubble-matching puzzles i've ever played

>> No.711138

>>711101
I can't think of any "bubble-matching puzzle games" other than bust-a-move and Super Bubble Pop, and super buble pop was awful
so yeah I'd say bust a move wins

>> No.711271

>>711138
any others at all? ever heard of Puyo Puyo or Money Puzzle Exchanger?
Anyway, Magical Drop 3 was(and still is) better than any Bust A Move to me...MD3 is faster, more addictive(opinable), and involves more strategy and future moves planning than BAM, which was(still compared to MD3) much easier and less brain-demanding

>> No.711575

>>711271
>>711101
Yeah, the Magical Drop series was great. MD3 was my second-favorite puzzler on NG (Twinkle Star Sprites counts as a puzzle game, so that's first).

>> No.711627

>>707573
What imprudence, you human being. Face your trial by God!

>> No.711854

>>708767

I actually played through this on Kawaks last night. Pretty fun, and it has a great soundtrack. Bombs are way too overpowered though. I might try a limited continues run some time.

>> No.712224
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712224

I just got myself an Omega CMVS and it's the fucking boss mates. And yes, to talk about a non-fighting game on the NG, one I really loved as a kid was Ninja Combat. And thanks to the PS2, I love me some Super Sidekicks 3....THE NEXT G-LORRRRRAAAAAAYY!!

>> No.712435

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjK7-H4LBO8

A pinball game almost made it to the NeoGeo but in the end was never meant to be.

>> No.712478

>>711575


Definitely! I love my MD3 copy - it'S a great game that can be challenging for experts, but still offer enough fun for beginners and 2 players!

I also love the artwork and the soundtrack.

Now I need to track down Magical Drop 2 - too bad the prices are soaring right now.