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The World Cup starts soon, and I figured it was a good time to finally play Neo Geo Cup 98 Plus. I'd tried it years ago and shut it off in disgust because it seemed boring and rigged - the enemy goalkeepers block everything! But sticking with it this time (and reading Substance J's old FAQ on GameFAQs) I see now that the game is really less "skill" based than in looks. Yeah there's gameplay mechanics and real-time action, but at the end of the day when you take a shot it's really your attacker's KICK value against the enemy goalkeeper's stats. All the animations and ball placement might look the same, but if you have +14 KICK from some sweet Russian scientist upgraded gear...the ball hits the back of the net all the time. It's still a fun little game with a ton of character! The knockoff names are hilarious. Hope to win the cup soon. Anyone else have a good time with this one? (n/t) (VortexSpin) (16:33:25 06/03/26 EST)

sounds like it's more of an RPG than an actual soccer game, which makes me more interested in it!

(exodus)

(16:49:44 06/09/26 EST)

It is funny where the gaps are - like you can do throw-ins to yourself (!) and there's no offsides so your forwards are constantly camping out by the goal. The CPU does do some insane invisible scaling, though. You play a team in the group stage and they're pushovers and then the same team in the Cup Final is absurdly powerful...

(VortexSpin)

(14:56:29 06/10/26 EST)

Goal keepers *do* block pretty much everything. Scoring is hard. That’s the game. 2-1 is a normal score both in Neo Geo Cup and World Cup. I played the hell out of this one back in the day and regardless of stats there is basically a spot to stand in where, once you know how to shoot from there, the CPU is completely helpless and you’ll be able to blank the robot 8-0 forever and the game becomes not that fun. It you take a decade break and come back you’ll forget how to make those golden shots and it will be fun for a while until you figure it out again. This game rules.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:55:44 06/11/26 EST)

With the announcement of the cool new Neo Geo AES system, I got to thinking about what I'd like to see if they did a similar thing with the NGPC. If I was going to design an ultimate bundle comparable to what is being offered for the AES (system, peripherals and 10 games) I think it would be something like: - One anthracite NGPC - One clear NGPC - A/C adapter - Link cable - Carry case. As for the games: MOTM, CFC 2, Poke Kun, Biomotor Unitron, Faselei, Last Blade, KOF R2, Neo Turf Masters, Matal Slug 2nd Mission, Gals Fighters. There is no puzzle game in this list, so I should probably drop one of the fighting games for a puzzle game, but it's hard to decide because the fighters are so good! As for the technical upgrades, obviously it would be great to see a modern led screen in it as well as online capabilities and some kind of SD card function. What would your ideal NGPC re-release look like? (n/t) (a-star) (11:35:31 04/18/26 EST)

Might be a bit over the top, but HDMI out and compatibility with the new AES wireless controllers, especially if they could map long presses and short presses to separate buttons! Also, maybe they could finish MOTM2 ;)

(bluefour)

(20:00:31 04/22/26 EST)

Oh those are great ideas.

(a-star)

(15:37:19 04/27/26 EST)

That would be so amazing. I am still surprised by Star Fox 2’s inclusion on the SNES Classic and this would be even more miraculous! I would like there to be a New NGPC in the package as I never owned it. An oled screen would indeed be nice.

(Mental)

(07:51:03 04/29/26 EST)

Asking for any new software from SNK is like asking for new music from the Beatles. You can legally get it done…but it will never be magic (or even half good) unless it’s a %90 finished thing that was originally made in the old days. My (very incomplete) understanding of MotM2 is that it was very incomplete. There certainly could be some unfinished NGP game worth putting out though. When they killed the NGP they did it so abruptly.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:16:27 06/03/26 EST)

Bluetooth

(VortexSpin)

(21:01:18 05/31/26 EST)

Some people love charging batteries pairing things and updating software so I guess Bluetooth is one thing but you’re basically talking about save states which is a form of cheating that always affects the way the player plays the game. NGP games were all carefully made to be playable in a portable situation with the save systems included in the games. NTM already saves between rounds and mid-round.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:10:58 06/03/26 EST)

Fair on the power drain and upgrades. BT is convenient and I don't really mind the downsides, but it's a tradeoff. You're right that they do a good job with saves. Except Pac Man! It's insane there's no high score saving in that game.

(VortexSpin)

(16:36:37 06/03/26 EST)

I didn’t realize that was the case. A new NPG wound likely have a much better speaker and I’d appreciate that.

(SignOfZeta)

(12:03:09 06/11/26 EST)

Looks like there are official boxed copies of these two NGPC indie games! No idea what the quality of the box/carts is like. (bluefour) (14:22:05 03/24/26 EST)

Hey after about 30 years of wanting to, I finally made a game. Give it a try if you have some time. Draws inspiration from stuff like Puzzle Link. (Jason) (14:41:59 01/12/26 EST)

Fun! For some reason, I had to train myself to not only go for a 'line' of matching blocks. A 'puzzle' game mode of this would be cool too!

(Bean)

(12:47:03 01/15/26 EST)

Yeah there's a premium on getting 4's and 5's, and I've had to train myself to recognize how to migrate the blocks into position.

(Jason)

(22:56:45 01/16/26 EST)

fun! interesting how you can get in the way of a combo with your own little body - that's the thing I'm trying to wrap my mind around. but otherwise I found it pretty intuitive. fun times!

(exodus)

(17:53:58 01/20/26 EST)

Yes. You don't just get to slide anything anywhere; you have to manipulate your position first. This could be slow and tedious if we're not being careful, so I made the movement pretty fast. You end up with a lot of accidental matches this way, which is why 4's and 5's have such a premium. If random behavior is just as effective as careful behavior the game becomes a snooze.

(Jason)

(11:51:36 01/24/26 EST)

I have an iPhone 17 now. Previously I had an SE2 so I skipped like 8 generations. Is there any fancy games I should try on this super powerful thing? I tried the new Castlevania, don't like it. I downloaded the FFIV remake but I don't know if I'll play it. I finally tried Gundam UC Engage and its hard to believe its real and not a nightmare about the future of video games. I have Apple Arcade, btw. (n/t) (SignOfZeta) (10:30:45 11/17/25 EST)

Not really a great game but I liked it for what it was. Yu Suzuki's Air Twister. It combines Queen like music with Panzer Dragoon gameplay and bare mininum graphical assets

(Atarianallstar)

(05:24:39 12/22/25 EST)

It looks interesting but I can’t seem to find it in the App Store. I do have Apple Arcade. Did they take it down?

(SignOfZeta)

(07:44:33 12/22/25 EST)

I’m reading in a Wiki that it left Apple Arcade earlier this year. It doesn’t seem to be available as a regular app.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:45:47 12/22/25 EST)

I think you can find it on Switch (and maybe other consoles), but that doesn't really help in terms of games for iPhone. :-\

(Jeurja)

(12:48:41 01/07/26 EST)

Yeah, it seems to have gone from being only on Apple Arcade to being everywhere but Apple Arcade.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:52:16 01/08/26 EST)

I've been wondering the same thing. I bought an ultra 24 last year for work, coming from the SE2, and it really triggered a craving for handheld gaming. It lead me to all those crazy cool Chinese handheld emulation systems, but I can't seem to maintain my excitement over them. Every time I try to do a deep dive on one, 10 others I hadn't heard about pop up, I can't decide so I just move on. That Gundam game would be a nightmare vision of the future if it came out 20 years ago.

(a-star)

(17:37:35 01/04/26 EST)

Good point…UC Engage is like playing Shenmue 20 years ago but instead of the game stopping for a QTE that required a button press it stops and asks for $2.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:38:00 01/07/26 EST)

New demake of indie game Don't Die Mr. Robot on NGPC! It's pretty fun! (bluefour) (09:38:55 10/26/25 EST)

that's cute - I should put it on the flashmasta

(exodus)

(17:49:39 11/26/25 EST)

I couldn't figure out the buttons haha but anyway would be cool to see more NGPC ROMs woo

(Paleface)

(21:05:16 12/05/25 EST)

Just got a Switch Lite. Amazon seems to have fulfilled my order with a Japanese system. Is that going to cause me any issues accessing US e-shop stuff? I feel like that topic may have come up here sometime in the last several years. I'm under the impression physical games are always region free, though. What a weird ass marketplace Amazon is. (n/t) (substance J) (18:54:53 09/30/25 EST)

Causes no problems, switches are totally region free. Switch 2 isn’t tho

(aerisdead)

(23:07:46 09/30/25 EST)

Thanks! I can feel confident buying Hentai Magical Garden from the e-shop now. WTF, Nintendo?

(substance J)

(12:55:39 10/01/25 EST)

This happens with Amazon. It’s been happening for many years. I get Euro versions of stuff occasionally. It’s mostly harmless but can be a pain in the ass. Returning stuff to Amazon sucks too. They can deliver to my house twice a day but they can’t come get broken shit they sold me.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:50:32 10/02/25 EST)

I bought a Switch Lite (turquoise) from a eBay seller this week and…it’s also Japanese, no mention of this in the auction. I was thinking about how my kid plays the Switch so much these days I need my own since I have this Super Robot Wars game here that’s only half finished…it turned out to be a good idea because in fact I actually have TWO half finished Super Robot Wars games here and I’m just to busy to even remember.

(SignOfZeta)

(22:20:56 12/03/25 EST)

Last year after I wrapped up recording clips for the broken combo festival, I started recording "normal" combos for MotM. This certainly was done at a snail's pace, but I can now present a new All Character Combo Exhibition. If you're still into this, then the link's inside :) SNK side first, Capcom side to follow soon. (Rockman Pocket) (17:07:09 09/28/25 EST)

Uploaded the Capcom version now as well. Link inside, as usual.

(Rockman Pocket)

(17:58:08 10/04/25 EST)

Thank you!

(Mental)

(12:33:21 11/22/25 EST)

How's your PSOne Combo holding up, SignOfZeta? I'm pretty sure you had one 20 years ago and would play emulated arcade games on it before bed. (Mike Chicago) (15:41:30 07/20/25 EST)

Some plastic fell off around the hinge, which I think is common, but otherwise it works perfectly. As for the actual playing it in the modern era…I’d say it highly depends on how much you like PS1. I’m not really a huge fan of PS1 and now that time has gone by I’m less enthused. It just puts out weird video. All PS1. The stuff is jumping all over if it’s 3D. Has weird jpeg looking artifacts on 2D stuff. Load times are worse than nearly every system ever. Most of the AAA stuff has aged like milk. If I wanted to play some PS1 right now and I was ambitious about it I’d probably go with PSP, PSP Go, Vita or some other handheld with a much better screen that’s powerful enough to run PS1 of which I think there about 100 currently for sale. If you like PS1 a lot, want to play discs, etc, I think it’s still a pretty good device for playing those games. The video won’t look any better blown up to 70” or whatever, and it’s portable-ish. The video of PS1 does look much much better in emulation though.

(SignOfZeta)

(18:15:15 07/21/25 EST)

I still have mine, haven't used it in years (decades?) but it doesn't take up much space and is more or less self-contained so might end up being the last console I hang on to, for that matter. : D I really like how the games look on that screen.

(Paleface)

(21:08:19 12/05/25 EST)

Someone just submitted a Gals Fighters TAS to tasvideos - I figure everyone here should see it! (exodus) (16:59:08 03/14/25 EST)

Awesome.

(SignOfZeta)

(21:59:57 03/14/25 EST)

I still can't believe Yumekobo went from making the thorougly mid Fatal Fury First Contact to this. In a technical sense it's a much refined Kof R game, and the smooth framerate automatically puts it above the other fighters on the system. A joy to play all around. Good to see it getting some attention!

(Rockman Pocket)

(16:51:14 05/04/25 EST)

What cable is this sparkly purple "SL1638" thing? Thought it was a Nyko(?) NGPC link cable but can't quite find a match for it. (Paleface) (16:55:41 01/04/25 EST)

sure LOOKS like a nyko thing, but I sure don't know what it is otherwise.

(exodus)

(14:14:14 01/07/25 EST)

I wonder if someone knew what it was--I got $31 for it on eBay.

(Paleface)

(12:02:55 02/08/25 EST)

There is some noob on the Laserdisc forum who is trying collect every version of the “Faces” Star Wars LDs. Leaving aside the fact that these are not the best versions of those movies at all there is the idea that he’s trying to collect…this is truly the stupidest…he’s trying to get a list of everyone’s mint marks, numbers seen at the inner edge of the disc to indicate which tool was used to make them…so that he can get a copy of every one. So in other words…imagine tracking down Dracula X…not just a copy of it but a copy for every stamper they used to make it. Maybe a dozen copies of exactly the same thing, same catalog number, same cover, same release date, sold at the same store, but made from different stampers. For a disc as popular as the Faces Star Wars, which probably sold 150,000 copies in the US alone, this has to be dozens of copies, multiplied by three since it’s a trilogy. Imagine having a section of your LD shelf that was 75 discs but only three movies. Each copy is two discs though so it’s an actual foot thick. I’ve been on that forum for well over a decade and I’ve never heard anyone posit such a stupid idea. We track mint marks to keep track of defective releases. That’s it. What would your dad say about that? “Son, are you really going to watch 25 different copies of Jedi? In NTSC? Are you really going to sell them off some day? To what sort of person? What are you actually doing here, son? I don’t understand why you spent $700 shipping all this one at a time from 75 different locations. You know, your sister is going to visit Scotland this year. You always liked Doctor Who, maybe you and her could go together.” This collectard thing is 10x as bad as it was when I first realized how fucked it was getting. The worst thing is that if you question their behaviors in any way they think *you’re* crazy. In my youth I did a few things a little too stupid in the service of some kind of fandom, occasionally paying a price, but I’ve never deliberately bought 50 redundant copies of a movie I’ll never watch and more importantly I never called anyone who questioned me a hater. I knew living off the convention industry all summer wasn’t a thing I was going to be doing all my life. These dumb fuckers don’t seem to understand that at some point we die. All the stuff you hoard is just someone else’s job to get rid of later. Keeping records in shrink wrap, pickles in a jar, in massive quantities…crazy in the cocoanut. So in other words I have no difficulty believing someone paid more for an off brand link cable than what a real one goes for. Someone just paid $500 for a copy of The Matrix on Laserdisc because of it’s brilliant philosophical underpinnings. What are you going to do, tell people how to enjoy their hobbies? Don’t judge. Don’t use any judgment at all. Turn the brain god gave you, which took millions of years to evolved, right the fuck off. Just tell everyone they are awesome all day no matter what they do. There’s no way our culture can be damage by totally ignoring all negative feedback. I think I’ll get married in Vegas tonight. My Tesla will drive me there. YOU CANNOT HAVE REGRETS!

(SignOfZeta)

(21:24:25 02/13/25 EST)

purely discussing the star wars laserdisc bit, that is nuts. nobody needs that! I reckon they're hoping to corner/invent some sort of collectors market, and I hope it doesn't work.

(exodus)

(18:10:40 02/18/25 EST)

I don’t think the guy has any intention of profiting off this and I’m sure he never will. Nobody will ever want what he’s cooking. Not even Star Wars fans. If this was simply more dead end capitalist ideas it wouldn’t be so remarkable. “Collecting” has surpassed “UFOologist” in the areas of stupid/expensive ways to ruin your own life. It’s like church for these people. They find ways to belong in the world…by hoarding shit…which is obviously a deeply hollow way to live a life. Certain groups on Reddit are litterally nothing but slideshows of crap people bought, hundreds of photos of common garbage that comes to their mailbox every day. These people need to go back to church or something. It’s that bad. And I know the automatic response from so many people is, “If they aren’t hurting anyone you should be happy for them.” or some such thoughtless platitude but I think that’s a huge cause of this phenomena and the state of dialogue between Americans in general. If you’re taking to someone who collects Mountain Dew…not Mountain Dew memorabilia, actual soda…and he’s having problems with cans eventually exploding, because you cannot collect food…how are you going to be able convince him Q Anon isn’t real if you don’t have ideological sack to bring up the impossible task of trying to archive sugar water in cans like it was Chateau Latour? Collectardation is honestly another side affect of Americans being to scared to talk to each other. “Leaving them alone” enabled this. We can’t any longer hide in this “you let me be weird and I’ll let you be weird” bubble. There were short term payoffs 50 years ago but it has major long term consequences. While you’re humming with your fingers in your ears just trying to get along with everyone by ignoring them, uncle Mike is hoarding ammo. These days much of the West reminds me of a couple who gets married, you’ve probably know a pair like this, where one person is way too into lotto and other is way too into debt, and they get along fine at first because they pretend to be nice and considerate and let the other person have their own space but what really is happening is two cowards are afraid to bring up each others disfunction and the relationship is probably doomed when the bankruptcy eventually takes place.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:31:19 03/23/25 EST)

well, while we're talking about having discussions and not ignoring things, I would not use the term "collectard" but aside from that, yeah, I think people are trying to fill holes in their lives however they can. I don't really feel like making their problems my business but I did see a post the other day where a guy bought some common games, posted them to social media, and then typed out some numbers like SNES 541/762 - and I realized he was sharing how far along he was to a complete set, as though that were a normal thing to do, and that felt pretty bad to look at.

(exodus)

(14:10:57 03/27/25 EST)

When someone can explain to me in an actual conversation why “collectard” turns them off I’ll be happy no matter how the conversation turns out. Until then everyone just ignores me and lets me do what I want because I’m not hurting anybody. That old suicide pact… People who can’t take any negative feedback whatsoever are also terrible at giving it. They think this is because they are “nice”, and I’m not saying they aren’t nice, but they are also getting stupider every day. A person who never reads isn’t literate. Someone who knows how to play basketball, technically, because they did it at some point but never practices sucks as basketball. Pretending that logic can exist only with “yes” answers, removed of all the negative feelings associated with “no” is suicidal idiocy. Only humans are smart enough to be this dumb. No animal works this way. A cat or a carp knows negative and positive feedback are equally critical. Giving nuclear launch codes to an egomaniac idiot and simply believing nothing bad will happen is not good. Believing EV SUVs are going to remove all our CO2 emissions sans any engineering realism is just as stupid. The paths forward are hard enough to see as it is without closing our eyes and making it all so much worse. Overall you and I can argue but we’re not stupid and we have very similar value systems in the grand scheme of things. The only real difference is I’m too scared to be self employed but not so scared I end every sentence with an upward inflection. We value humans more then money, etc, we want to do what’s right more then we want to be right about something…I think…but what hope is there of explaining to someone what a fascist salute looks like if you can’t help me move on from the term “collectard” because conversation is scary? It’s basically impossible to hurt my feelings. Go ahead. Explain yourself. It’s OK. Stating your business with confidence doesn’t mean you’re a horrible person unless your confidence is unearned.

(SignOfZeta)

(19:35:59 04/22/25 EST)

it's incredibly straightforward. "collectard" is a portmanteu of collector and "retard" which is a derogatory term toward a whole swath of people who are non-neurotypical or have developmental disabilities. Since it's based on a term that's specifically used as a slur toward a marginalized group of people you shouldn't use it unless you want to align yourself with people who enjoy punching down. I don't know why you wrote so much stuff about this when the explanation was pretty obvious.

(exodus)

(16:19:09 05/07/25 EST)

"Non-neurotypical"...you loser.

(Idjit and Opa Opa)

(16:27:07 05/28/25 EST)

(exodus)

(19:52:12 06/03/25 EST)

I approve of this comment

(a-non-neurotypical loser)

(17:39:45 01/04/26 EST)

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Match of the Millennium, I present the Broken Combo Festival! (Rockman Pocket) (12:32:22 12/07/24 EST)

Well done, Rockman, that was fantastic. It actually showed up in my suggestions for youtube, of course I watched it immediately. Such a satisfying feeljng of nostalgia, I instantly felt like I was right back in my old bedroom, juggling Chun-Li with Ken. I really liked the Guile combos. That was just so fun to watch.

(a-star)

(16:38:14 12/07/24 EST)

So good!

(bluefour)

(09:23:44 12/08/24 EST)

Super nice : D

(Paleface)

(10:42:20 12/31/24 EST)

super fun, thank you for this! for some reason I missed the post until now so this was a nice way to start the year.

(exodus)

(18:27:27 01/01/25 EST)

That's great to hear :)

(Rockman Pocket)

(17:17:41 01/02/25 EST)

New combos on the way? (SignOfZeta) (19:56:40 09/16/24 EST)

Oh shoot Rocky has a YouTube channel and I wasn't subbed to it. : D

(Paleface)

(13:19:55 09/22/24 EST)

oh nice! looking forward to it.

(exodus)

(21:18:43 09/27/24 EST)

This is exiting! Hopefully Terry and Mai in SF6, and the announcement of Ken and Chun Li in Garou:City have reinvigorated interest in MOTM, and it catches on so Rockman and MOTM can gain some cred in the process. CvsS3 2026!

(a-star)

(21:27:46 09/27/24 EST)

Will not attend. That 3D stuff all sucks.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:49:22 10/01/24 EST)

And is owned by MBS.

(Paleface)

(16:57:30 01/04/25 EST)

Thanks for posting the link! Time is on short supply these days, so there's barely a moment to post on the internet. All those compilations of Capcom fighting games put me in the mood to start playing MotM again. I thought, why not try capturing some combos with the Switch's built-in video capture feature? From there the ball started rolling. I'm capturing combos that exploit the bugs in Chun-Li, Dan and Felicia. Those bugs really open up what's possible in the game. I checked online to see if nobody else gave it a good try in the last 20 years, but it seems I'm good :) It's a nice way to celebrate the game (and the system's) 25th anniversary as well. So please look forward to it sometime later this year. It'll be massive, with something for every character. I'm doing this on the side, squeezing in half an hour where I can, so I can't tell when it'll be done yet. I'm posting hype videos in the meantime, also to push myself to complete this project :)

(Rockman Pocket)

(16:01:40 09/29/24 EST)

Fuck yeah.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:49:46 10/01/24 EST)

Ooh

(Paleface)

(22:11:01 10/07/24 EST)

Stoked!

(bluefour)

(14:13:23 10/05/24 EST)

I either didn't know about the neo geo pocket AC adapter or I forgot it existed, but I got one on the cheap just now. I figure why not!! It's got a little box with the logo on it and everything. Just in case others haven't seen it I've included a picture inside. (exodus) (15:16:18 06/14/24 EST)

Ohh... *shuffles boxes on top kitchen shelf around* Right! I've got one of those, totally forgot it! I should probably use that on the occasions I want to pull a NGP out, instead of rummaging around trying to find batteries. ^-^

(Paleface)

(11:46:32 06/27/24 EST)

the box and graphic design are nice at the very least!

(exodus)

(17:13:16 06/28/24 EST)

It's true, very bold and utilitarian. Goes great with the similarly styled smaller Link Cable box I have sitting right on top of it!

(Paleface)

(14:34:54 06/29/24 EST)

Got a NGP cart dumper and I'm dumpin' my carts! (Paleface) (23:44:16 02/17/24 EST)

Now, you could say, considering I don't have any unique carts that to preserve and share with the world that the world doesn't already have, this is all a bunch of silly privileged nonsense, and now I'm killing NGPCs for it! = o I don't know that I have a great come-back for that.

(Sillyface)

(05:54:44 02/18/24 EST)

Emulation fun: Dokodemo Mahjong Color running only in b&w in older emulators, etc! (inside)

(Paleface)

(17:15:53 02/18/24 EST)

I am curious, aside from just having something to do, why indeed are you dumping games that you can just download? heck of a lot of work for that.

(exodus)

(18:59:46 02/20/24 EST)

Just a big ol' square, I think.

(Paleface)

(19:50:38 02/20/24 EST)

that doesn't explain it!

(exodus)

(17:44:20 02/24/24 EST)

It doesn't?

(Paleface)

(20:57:33 02/24/24 EST)

Possibly also the thrill of the hunt and showing off a physical collection are factors, although I'm not sure how much since I do love it when a publisher like sells a ROM for cheap in a weakly packaged emulator.

(Paleface)

(14:15:37 02/25/24 EST)

The thing about your level of obedience to copyright is that it’s as retro as the games and you’re the only one who has it. The people who actually code and create this stuff do not care if you jack it 20 years later and there is no way to “support” the creators so after the fact. A large number of them are dead from old age or working for someone else and the company has been re-established a half dozen times…currently in the hands of an evil king who frankly should not be supported in any way. My biggest question wouldn’t be “Why do you insist on dumping only what own?” but rather “What’s the point of dumping what you own when YOU OWN IT and can just play the OG?”?

(SignOfZeta)

(14:44:06 02/26/24 EST)

I like having the games on the big bright screen. : ) Plus it's way better for screenshots and recording. Was finding Mednafen's fast forward hotkey quite handy for Faselei!, too. ; D And yep, don't buy any MBS SNK stuff!

(Paleface)

(18:46:20 02/26/24 EST)

And it's great to be able to use the translation patches for Unitron 2, CFC2, and Rockman B&F. : )

(Paleface)

(18:49:47 02/26/24 EST)

Various screenshots (Mednafen emulation): FF: 1st Contact, Kikou Seiki Unitron, KOF: BdP (;P), Dynamite Slugger, Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus Color (;P),

(Paleface)

(18:56:53 02/26/24 EST)

The 105 character screens shown in the Puzzle Link 2 intro. The smaller ones show for 2 frames each.

(Paleface)

(20:50:06 02/27/24 EST)

these certainly are cute!

(exodus)

(17:56:33 03/04/24 EST)

…but you can do all of this with identical ROMs dumped already by someone else. Everything you’re dumping has already been dumped and possession of those ROMs is exactly as legal/illegal regardless of who dumped them. Over on the Laserdisc forum we see a similar thing. So many people filling piles of hard drives with captures of ultra common Hollywood stuff you can buy on Blu-ray for $7. The scene seems divided between people who don’t see any sense if it at all and those who see it as the most logical thing in the world. Making copies of things just entertains people, I guess.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:55:14 03/01/24 EST)

Yeah probably. ^ D^ Anyway, you asked about using ROMs when I already have the physical stuff--at least, that's what I thought you meant--so that's what my answer there was specifically attempting to address.

(Paleface)

(20:49:18 03/01/24 EST)

You really know how to talk in circles…you’re dumping games to emulate them. Ok. Why not play games someone else dumped? Because it’s not ethical. So you buy the games? No, Satan owns them. So you don’t buy the games? I think “I like to copy stuff from one format to another all day” is the most accurate and honest answer. It doesn’t make a lot of sense but it’s not completely illogical.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:54:48 03/05/24 EST)

I stopped buying new stuff from SNK when MBS bought them. I think I probably wouldn't buy like physical discs of post-MBS SNK stuff even used since I dunno I would feel like that's still supporting the product in some way. I think I would be okay buying used pre-MBS stuff, but I haven't had to do that since I already had all the stuff I was after.

(Paleface)

(19:04:10 03/05/24 EST)

To put it a little more simply: I don't buy the stuff SNK is putting out now. The carts I dumped are carts I've had for over two decades.

(Paleface)

(19:24:19 03/05/24 EST)

it still doesn't make sense because if you aren't worried about supporting them and in fact can't ethically support them why not just use the roms that exist? the only thing can figure is you love copying stuff over! it's just a very mystifying thing otherwise.

(exodus)

(19:41:26 03/07/24 EST)

Well, in theory they could somehow shake whatsisname off some day and be cool again. Anyway, whatever their status, I don't feel like there's a legit excuse in there for me to turn to CRIME ; D just to play some games they made. There are always going to be plenty of games I can play that don't require theft, so I might as well play those instead.

(Paleface)

(13:54:09 03/08/24 EST)

right, I guess the key is that this isn't crime, but that's probably where we diverge!

(exodus)

(18:53:43 03/11/24 EST)

It reminds me of an old movie where they find a buried treasure and it turns out to be confederate money from the Civil War that was once a fortune that isn’t worth a broke dink anymore now that everyone who made it and everything it stood for has gone. These are all concerns for another era that will never come again.

(SignOfZeta)

(16:31:04 03/12/24 EST)

I believe that's an episode of Scooby Doo you're telling us about, Chad. I also believe that old Confederate currency has a pretty high value on the collector's market, which only goes to show that there's no accounting for people so don't insist on a logical explanation for what they do.

(One To Grow On and Opa Opa)

(21:03:49 03/12/24 EST)

It is an episode of Scooby Doo. It was also in The Dukes of Hazzard but before it was in many other things…Scooby Doo/Dukes not being things known for an original take very often. This was a useful evolution on the “confederate gold” plot device of movies going back…to the dawn of film, nearly. Confederate money/gold was almost as popular as quicksand. If its currency it can be instantly rendered worthless unlike actual gold. Either way, it’s hanging on to a dead idea in a vacuum.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:51:51 03/14/24 EST)

(Oh hey I did buy a used NGPC to extract the cart slot so yeah I guess buying used pre-MGS stuff doesn't bother me.)

(Paleface)

(19:31:27 03/05/24 EST)

The 12 b&w screens you get from MotM in a NGP:

(Paleface)

(04:07:33 03/03/24 EST)

yeah, I love these! I always felt the zangief one was a bit of a space filler though

(exodus)

(18:10:31 03/14/24 EST)

also shermie-morrigan's super long arm remains mildly disturbing to me

(exodus)

(18:11:39 03/14/24 EST)

On the Neo Poke, save data is part of the ROM and you dump them together, so that's one advantage. Maybe it's not important to Paleface, though, since he didn't mention it. I'm glad I made save backups for all my cartridges before I sold them off since it means I can play my original games with original saves on the 2DS now.

(Flat Pom and Opa Opa)

(19:29:55 03/07/24 EST)

Yeah that mystified me at first (I'd totally forgotten how far I'd played through some of my old catridges! ^ _^) but eventually I realized it explained why how I had access to loads of puzzles/pieces in Sonic Pocket Adventure, for instance, so yeah, definitely a cool feature! I'm not sure yet but I'll probably be pretty grateful for it in Neo Poke-Kun. What did you use to back up your cart saves?

(Paleface)

(13:58:13 03/08/24 EST)

I had the Bung-hole linker and flashcart in my erstwhile youth. The software that thing used was terrible (like almost everything unusual in Win9x days really), but it did have nice features beyond just writing the flash cartridge. It could separately backup the save data or rewrite it from/to regular cartridges in addition to being able to backup the whole game+save. I think it may have also had a "clean" game dump option that ignored the save region on a commercial cartridge.

(Lubrication and Opa Opa)

(20:45:59 03/12/24 EST)

Anybody know if there's a command to have Mednafen run a NGPC game as if it's in a (b&w) NGP? Mednafen took its NGPC emulation straight from NeoPop, bugs and all, and NeoPop has a menu setting for specifying whether you're running the game in a NGPC or NGP--so you can play the Yosaku minigame in KOF:BdP, for instance--but Mednafen's documentation doesn't list a command for doing so. I've asked about it on the Mednafen forum but no responses there so far.

(Paleface)

(10:56:45 02/22/24 EST)

Jab spam beats the highest level CPU setting in Gals Fighters. Doesn't work in the other fighters I tried: GD:1C, MotM, R1, R2. In R1/2 you have to be MUCH lighter on the button to get lights to come out; I think I prefer the heavier touch the others allow for lights.

(Paleface)

(12:07:51 03/13/24 EST)

Some new (since I last played it in 2018) info about the hidden b&w "Yosaku" minigame in KOF:BdP: the original arcade game was based on a popular song of the same name by Saburo Kitajima (video inside), the Epoch Cassette Vision port was unlicensed, and there have been some other bootlegs/hacks too!

(Paleface)

(03:54:37 03/14/24 EST)

That first wiki cites this very message board so you know their info must be 100% accurate. ; D

(Paleface)

(03:57:55 03/14/24 EST)

Oh like this Famicom Mario romhack (video inside).

(Paleface)

(04:08:36 03/14/24 EST)

Oops source link

(Paleface)

(04:11:24 03/14/24 EST)

Uh okay probably the last note I'll remember: Jeremy Parish did a long video about the Epoch Cassette Vision version of Yosaku (inside).

(Paleface)

(04:14:59 03/14/24 EST)

I wrote all about this in the SNK 40th anniversary collection!

(exodus)

(00:05:54 03/16/24 EST)

Hm I could go reinstall that on the PS4 to read it, I probably won't though. I don't suppose it's been handily transcribed somewhere online?

(Paleface)

(11:42:18 03/16/24 EST)

Okay I reinstalled and read it. : D So the obvious thing I was missing was that SNK is credited with developing and publishing 1979 arcade Yosaku, and scans of the arcade flyer seem to bear out at least the publishing aspect of it. But if they developed it, why credit development to "OLCA CORPORATION" on the title screen? Was it a joke? Were the Orca Corporation people working at SNK at the time?

(Paleface)

(12:05:42 03/16/24 EST)

Ah, some of the comments (Google translated from Japanese) below that one OLCA CORPORATION video (inside), mention that Orca Corporation produced a lot of pirated boards; so this could have been a pirate board by Orca of the SNK original.

(Paleface)

(13:00:38 03/16/24 EST)

(Paleface)

(13:08:47 03/19/24 EST)

Still no reply on the Mednafen forum so it looks like the answer is: probably not!

(Paleface)

(10:44:02 12/31/24 EST)

Never knew there's a "security screw" holding NGPCs together. Gotta get a tri-wing screwdriver now. ^-^ (n/t) (Paleface) (17:14:15 02/05/24 EST)

I'm accumulating an increasing number of specific screwdriver heads just for video game cartridges.

(exodus)

(17:44:41 02/07/24 EST)

Ooh, whattaya got? The only other one I have is the one for the screws on like NES and GB carts. (Looks like I won't need to use the tri-wing for now, 'cause the NGPC-for-parts I had already sent to this person previously magically showed up after going missing for five days after USPS said it had been delivered. ^ D^)

(Paleface)

(03:20:31 02/08/24 EST)

I can't remember them all now, but there's one I needed for the genesis, one I needed for taking apart the switch joycon, uh... I think some significant others but they're not coming to mind!

(exodus)

(15:50:52 02/12/24 EST)

I've always just used a real small philips head for tri-wings. They don't strip easily, so it's always worked for me. Unlike those damned 5- and 6-pointed star screws that strip even if you use the right driver.

(Tool For The Job and Opa Opa)

(19:34:38 03/07/24 EST)

Good to know! Especially since the tri-wing I tried buying off eBay seems to have mysteriously gone missing after USPS reported "SHIPMENT RECEIVED ACCEPTANCE PENDING" over five weeks ago. ; D

(Paleface)

(12:04:04 03/13/24 EST)

SNK Fliers from E3 1999 (Paleface) (20:17:10 10/29/23 EST)

If you look close you’ll see a picture of a US Dynamite Slugger box.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:06:00 10/30/23 EST)

Oh hey yeah, forgot that didn't come to the States.

(Paleface)

(18:24:09 11/02/23 EST)

"Name your own team members!"

(Mike Chicago)

(15:24:52 01/04/24 EST)

I have a bunch of these myself! I wonder if I have any she doesn't.

(exodus)

(00:39:06 10/31/23 EST)

also now remembering how annoyed I was that they put metal slug in "fighting series"

(exodus)

(00:40:33 10/31/23 EST)

Definitely seems like that should'a been in the thin "Action/Adventure Series"!

(Paleface)

(18:21:56 11/02/23 EST)

There’s a crazy guy named Dion who can fix that for you.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:36:34 11/05/23 EST)

was he doctoring flyers? I don't remember that!

(exodus)

(14:11:00 11/08/23 EST)

Inserts. The colors for the different genre banners that nobody pays attention to were inconsistent from SNK and the Freeks would “correct” that for you…presumably spelling as well. This was the basis for the paper shredder stunt. They were claiming their stuff was better than the real thing and they shredded the real thing to prove how much they stood behind their fucked up bootleg pieces of shit. As far as I know they never did this with Pocket stuff, probably because they were so US-centric and US Pocket boxes suck.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:37:52 11/10/23 EST)

wow, I don't remember a lot of this stuff! what a time to be alive.

(exodus)

(17:07:49 11/14/23 EST)

Pac-Man: The cheapest title in the fliers, at $24.95.

(Mike Chicago)

(15:27:00 01/04/24 EST)

"Coming Soon: Cotton."

(Mike Chicago)

(15:27:31 01/04/24 EST)

I just realized I don't own ogre battle!? somehow!??!? how could I have such a blind spot in the library. bizarre. at least it doesn't cost Cotton prices, but I sure wish I had gotten it back in the day! (n/t) (exodus) (20:02:28 09/14/23 EST)

Ogre battle was one of the ones I thought would actually go up massively how wrong I was thankfully I didn’t sit on any more than my one copy lol. Cotton on the other hand I wish I would’ve kept the Japanese one as well….

(WebOfHair)

(18:16:39 09/19/23 EST)

yeah, then you could've sold it to me, because I never bought it!!! like a fool. like of course the only scrolling shooter on the platform is gonna get expensive, I should've known.

(exodus)

(20:00:21 09/24/23 EST)

I kept Cotton but threw away the box when I moved to New York.

(Mike Chicago)

(15:30:35 01/04/24 EST)

You want an ogre battle? I'll give you an ogre battle.

(Package of Lordly Caliber and Opa Opa)

(21:02:08 09/24/23 EST)

oh no

(exodus)

(19:59:24 09/25/23 EST)

I don't have it either. I think my major regret to not own by now is Metal Slug 2nd, I've passed it up as "too expensive" for so long it's about 3x what it was when I first passed it up.

(aerisdead)

(14:51:51 09/25/23 EST)

I think I got the japanese one cart only at some point? Or maybe I simply don't have it and played it on the flashmasta ;_;

(exodus)

(19:59:52 09/25/23 EST)

(turns out I do indeed have the japanese cart)

(exodus)

(16:41:30 11/15/23 EST)

update: I bought ogre battle in japan. also bikkuriman because it was cheap.

(exodus)

(06:56:26 09/26/23 EST)

Should be the last test necessary if it and the reply post okey (n/t) (Paleface) (23:33:34 07/27/23 EST)

All set!

(Paleface)

(23:33:43 07/27/23 EST)

NICE

(exodus)

(18:52:18 08/07/23 EST)

Post-migration check. If this posts we no longer in the host's "legacy" account ghetto and everything's shiny and new.

(Paleface)

(03:54:15 10/15/23 EST)

Testing (n/t) (Paleface) (23:22:36 07/25/23 EST)

Oh huh.

(Paleface)

(23:22:51 07/25/23 EST)

Looks like we're working okay. Server changed some protocols and so forth.

(Paleface)

(01:26:51 07/26/23 EST)

yepster

(Paletest)

(02:40:44 07/26/23 EST)

Managed to clear Biomotor Unitron 2 with the help of the partial fan translation. Too bad this one never got localized. Similar structure to the first, but much nicer graphics, and the ability to skip the initial levels of dungeons once you've played through them is really helpful. National Console Support still has a stash of new Japanese copies for sale strangely enough. (n/t) (bluefour) (11:42:01 07/07/23 EST)

biomotor 2nitron! I never gave it a serious try, and I should.

(exodus)

(18:48:17 07/13/23 EST)

If you do a short plot synopsis would be amazing ;)

(bluefour)

(13:38:02 07/17/23 EST)

The phones most of us have these days can (somewhat) translate the game as you play it. I rarely use this since Japanese language support is still super bad and I’d rather bumble through something than point a phone at it all day but it can be very helpful at times. The Google stuff works better for me than the Apple stuff.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:23:16 07/20/23 EST)

Testing.

(Paleface)

(23:23:15 07/25/23 EST)

Yar

(Paleface)

(23:33:28 07/27/23 EST)

It's still pretty subtle, but I do believe that the plastic of my Nintendo New 2DS LL is starting to yellow. I guess that makes it officially one of the all time great video game systems, like the SNES and the Dreamcast. Didn't Our Chad used to have a theory about this? (n/t) (A Little Yellow in your White Line and Opa Opa) (14:43:30 06/14/23 EST)

To be honest, I find it kind of surprising since there's hardly any good original games for the 3DS. Physically, it's a nice system, though, and almost perfect for emulation, so maybe that's it.

(Virtual Console and Opa Opa)

(14:47:10 06/14/23 EST)

there's some cool ones! but it definitely didn't get the cavalcade of weirdness the DS did. We made a little list here on insert credit

(exodus)

(14:32:35 06/15/23 EST)

That's a legitimately good list of games! Attack of the Friday Monsters, SMT IV, Ridge 'effin Racer DS.

(Jeurja)

(20:17:18 06/15/23 EST)

rediscovering ridge racer 6 2 years ago was a full-on delight. "the track is perfect, the car is perfect, and I feel perfect!"

(exodus)

(14:11:41 06/16/23 EST)

that's ridge racer six, two years ago, not ridge racer sixty two years ago.

(exodus)

(14:12:06 06/16/23 EST)

I never thought Ridge Racer DS or Ridge Racer 3D were all that good. I mean, they're fine, but they've just got no soul. Sometimes, I wonder if the reason 3DS games feel so uninspired is because I only have a 2DS, but the 3D can't be enough to make a bland game fun...can it? The Playstation Ridge Racer games emulate nicely on the 2DS and I do play them a lot. Playstation (3DO) Road Rash is what it's really about, though.

(Slim Jim and Opa Opa)

(14:43:21 06/16/23 EST)

it's true that ridge racer 3D isn't that good - it's just an upgraded version of the DS game which is an upgraded version of the n64 ridge racer... I think. I just included that one because it's a ridge racer you can't play elsewhere.

(exodus)

(14:49:55 06/20/23 EST)

I don't think the 3DS game is based on the DS/N64 games. I just played it a bit to compare and there doesn't seem to be much similarity beyond the common tracks and elements in all Ridge Racer games. If it's based on any of the games I've played, it might be Type 4, but I'd have to play that one again to see. It's pretty heavy on nitrous and slipstreaming, which are from Ridge Racer 6, right? It might even be an original game and not a remake, which would be quite a surprise since at least half of 3DS games seem to be remakes or something.

(Trial Size and Opa Opa)

(19:28:25 06/23/23 EST)

Thanks, I'll try out Attack of the Friday Monsters. It sounds interesting. I don't really like story-driven games, though, and that's what most of this list (and others I've seen) are full of. What was the discussion of Crash City Mayhem? I've been playing that recently, though I'd say the Dreamcast Runabout game is a lot better.

(Felonious Mayhem and Opa Opa)

(14:32:58 06/16/23 EST)

unfortunately I can't remember what we talk about after we do it so I'm not sure what was said!! it is a story-heavy list but kokuga is not, and I think you'd like that one. gotta protectors is also not, and that one's real fun, but more fun with friends. and I bet you'd get something out of the GG series games, or legend of dark witch.

(exodus)

(14:48:41 06/20/23 EST)

Is the G.G series all DSiware? No native 3DS games? Not that it matters. I never had a DSi and never have gotten around to looking at all those games on my 2DS. I think there's supposed to be a lot of pretty cool arcade and casual games.

(Stuffed Things and Opa Opa)

(22:03:45 06/23/23 EST)

There was a standalone DS cart of the G.G. Series. It's pretty great, though unlocking the games is a pain.

(Jeurja)

(15:34:18 06/26/23 EST)

I think it's dsiware probably yeah - and you can play them all on the 3DS. I've still got my ancient copy of that gameloft castlevania-like (soul of darkness) that I enjoyed. that was released as DSiware, an up-port from the feature phone Java original. if that doesn't get you excited I don't know what will!!

(exodus)

(18:29:56 06/27/23 EST)

Attack of the Friday Monsters is more than amazing. I would advise wearing headphones though! It's been literal decades since Guts told us to play Boku no Natsu Yasumi and that was by the same developer. Friday is a short and easy to play adventure to see if you like these games!

(Mental)

(13:48:47 08/13/23 EST)

I’m not sure what theory you’re remembering but I’ve restored a number of white things from yellow and my current understanding is basically that 1: all white plastic eventually yellows. If bleached back to white it will eventually yellow again and 2: if you want something to never yellow you have to paint it, which is a giant pain in the ass to do properly.

(SignOfZeta)

(16:34:36 06/29/23 EST)

I don't get it. Why would I not want these systems to be yellow? The yellow is what demonstrates their excellence.

(Sure We All Do and Opa Opa)

(13:32:26 07/02/23 EST)

While it is proof that they are loved hard working machines I guess it seems like just another reminder that people don’t need of their own entropy…or maybe they just don’t like piss and cigarettes which it also evokes. It is interesting that the PCE, Saturn, Dreamcast, GB, and DS are famous for turning yellow and also famous for being kick ass machines whereas nobody every complains about the XBox or 3DO or PS2 turning yellow. Also, I should say that even black plastic yellows, it’s just much harder to see. You can sorta see it on some Genesis systems.

(SignOfZeta)

(14:58:26 07/12/23 EST)

Hah, piss and cigarettes...I like that. Meanwhile, a white system evokes purity and colonialism. Actually, a yellow system might evoke colonialism, too, I guess. Piss and colonialism!

(Dreams Deferred and Opa Opa)

(21:28:01 07/18/23 EST)

Purity yes, but I’ve seen some seriously aged PC Engines and SNES systems that are probably about the color of Ponce de Leon.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:26:20 07/20/23 EST)

It's taken me most of my life to come to terms with what a dumb concept purity really is. I guess I used to think of it as a kind of excellence (or maybe even the other way around), but no, it's just emptiness. The thing of it is that it's so damned enticing until you understand that, though, and being a desirable thing with no value makes it a pretty good feeling to be co-opted by all the usual suspects that want to co-opt our feelings for stupid reasons.

(You Want and Opa Opa)

(16:13:58 08/04/23 EST)

Cool Boarders Pocket review by Sweater Fish in the early 2000s (Mike Chicago) (20:43:16 05/05/23 EST)

well it does make me want to pick it up again!

(exodus)

(14:58:54 05/09/23 EST)

I agree with this review.

(Snow Girl and Opa Opa)

(18:07:17 05/12/23 EST)

Cool Boarders Pocket sucks. This Sweater Fish guy sounds like a real douche.

(Vinaigrette and Opa Opa)

(18:29:56 05/26/23 EST)

I'm curious what your thoughts are on Neo Dragon's Wild.

(Mike Chicago)

(22:45:28 05/28/23 EST)

Posting here to ask Flavor if he's interested in making an NGP adapter for the Sanni Cart Reader. (Paleface) (18:07:53 03/14/23 EST)

Oh ah I suppose he probably isn't since he made his own "Linkmasta" NGPC cart reader 10+ years ago, but only 11 of them.

(Paleface)

(18:24:45 04/03/23 EST)

Bro, this forum is basically a startup. I bet you have front end, back end, hardware and administration all rolled up in this motherfucker. Perhaps it’s a wild assumption but I believe in you!

(a-star)

(03:48:09 04/30/23 EST)

I don't understand what you're saying here.

(Paleface)

(12:30:25 05/05/23 EST)

Yeah you guys always were pretty dense.

(a-star)

(08:54:06 05/07/23 EST)

Well duh.

(Paleface)

(18:33:47 05/10/23 EST)

Imagine showing up here randomly and seeing the second heading about yourself. I have a YouTube video somewhere about how to make these headers out of PCI sockets. Hmm.

(Flavor)

(15:31:08 05/24/23 EST)

YouTube Link Inside

(Flavor)

(15:33:19 05/24/23 EST)

Oh yeah I watched that one earlier. : D

(Paleface)

(21:42:45 05/25/23 EST)

But the official answer is that I am likely not engineering/producing any new products for a while. I'm hoping to keep making flash carts, but even that has become quite difficult to keep up with lately.

(Flavor)

(15:44:12 05/24/23 EST)

is it mostly the supply chain stuff or just your own time that's the limiting factor?

(exodus)

(17:00:34 05/24/23 EST)

Thanks for replying! If you ever do get interested in making something like this, gimme a shout, I'll probably still be looking for a way to dump my NGP/C carts. : D

(Paleface)

(21:44:34 05/25/23 EST)

Extensive MOTM 2 prototype footage! (bluefour) (21:52:57 12/19/22 EST)

Nice!

(SignOfZeta)

(10:24:32 12/20/22 EST)

The maker of these videos seems to have demonstrated every new animation and illustration over the course of these videos. Of the many delightful things to find, it was fun watching Hotaru perform a number of Gato's moves!

(bluefour)

(10:45:27 12/20/22 EST)

Hsien-Ko, K', Alex (SFIII), Rock Howard, Mega Man, Genan, Bishamon, Hotaru, and what may have been a new character

(Paleface)

(11:22:33 12/20/22 EST)

Looked like maybe Eri from Metal Slug?

(TMHC)

(12:06:41 12/20/22 EST)

Or maybe that's transformed Kaede or something.

(Paleface)

(12:06:41 12/20/22 EST)

screeny

(Paleface)

(12:10:09 12/20/22 EST)

Yeah pretty sure this is Eri!

(bluefour)

(12:12:50 12/20/22 EST)

Yeah you guys are right, that's definitely her headband!

(Paleface)

(12:39:37 12/20/22 EST)

It looks like Eri, Sagat, Rock, and Alex never got sprites. Gen-An, MOTW Terry, and Bishamon just have normal moves, whereas the other new characters have complete move sets. It also looks like they were figuring out how to get 4 color sprites.

(bluefour)

(12:14:47 12/20/22 EST)

Rock has a sprite, it's just partially see-through. ^ _^

(Paleface)

(12:42:10 12/20/22 EST)

I missed the Sagat bit, where is that? And I like how Terry is spelled "Teerry" in the selection list. =D

(Paleface)

(12:44:29 12/20/22 EST)

45 seconds into this video. Sagat, Rock, and Alex just seem to have weirdly colored Kyo's as their sprites :-p

(bluefour)

(16:22:06 12/20/22 EST)

Ah!

(Paleface)

(17:52:43 12/20/22 EST)

The new Ryo here seems to be partially based on MOTW Khushnood Butt!

(bluefour)

(16:58:45 12/20/22 EST)

And K' has a couple of Krizalid's moves!

(bluefour)

(09:31:40 12/21/22 EST)

So apparently at the bottom of the videos it says they are fake. If so, they did a hell of a job making them!

(TMHC)

(18:32:15 12/20/22 EST)

Strange. In his twitter feed he mentions something about this being made 20 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I remember this guy buying a bunch of prototypes. Maybe something is lost in translation or he's trying to cover his butt legally?

(bluefour)

(18:57:28 12/20/22 EST)

It includes notes on stuff like missing sound and crashes. I wonder if by "fake" it means they're videos of a homebrew or something, rather than the videos themselves being faked up.

(Paleface)

(20:35:51 12/20/22 EST)

Or that it's playing in an emulator? Although that would be fairly obvious anyhow.

(Paleface)

(20:41:18 12/20/22 EST)

Okay, here's what I found going through their tweets. It might be that they initially got some blowback, and so started putting disclaimers on things to be able to avoid some bother.

(Paleface)

(22:10:03 12/20/22 EST)

An interesting NGPC shot from their TGS '99 video:

(Paleface)

(22:22:35 12/20/22 EST)

Strange. These do make it seem like they are trying to avoid blowback since they never really say how or why they are “fake.” Interesting stuff. Thanks for doing the legwork!

(TMHC)

(02:39:41 12/21/22 EST)

That's some wild stuff. I could see this being fake, simply due to K's sprite using so many colors. But the quality of the sprites overall seems rather high, so it could just as well be the real thing. Who's to say SNK wouldn't figure out a solution for the color limitations of the NGPC. If this thing would've actually released it'd have been wild. I noticed Ryu doing a launcher attack and in one vid they demonstrated a special super attack where characters tagged out. There's a bunch of experimental stuff that likely would never make the final cut such as Zangief's fireball attack, but merging Hotaru and Gato's movesets seems like something SNK actually would've done. This seems to be captured on one of those shitty emulators that cuts part of the lower screen, making super bars invicible. Strangely enough what stands out the most to me is Gouki's sick P2 color. Giving him even more moves than in MotM seems like a bold choice, but that's part of the charm of the first game anyway. I guess one way to assess the ligitamcy of this prototype is to check if Terry in the vids matches with the MotM2 Terry sprite posted by Falcoon on Twitter some years ago.

(Rockman Pocket)

(18:10:33 12/25/22 EST)

As I recall, NGPC sprites were four-colors, but one of those was used for transparency, so it was really three in most cases. It seems like all the new sprites in this video are four actual colors plus transparency. They could just layer sprites to get extra colors, which is a pretty simple trick some other NGPC games used (and could easily be the case for K's glove), but then I wonder why the rest of the characters don't have more than four colors. Maybe they did figure out some trick.

(Old Blue and Opa Opa)

(16:27:04 12/30/22 EST)

Ganbare Neo Poke-kun: In reference to that other thread down there…I eventually checked out my copy and I have an absolute shitload of missing entries on the e page. This is the copy I got from Gutsman via this forum back when NGP games were still being made. I unlocked all the games years and years ago and I play it at least once a year. It’s never been reset. I wonder if anyone has ever maxed this game. (n/t) (SignOfZeta) (11:00:09 12/12/22 EST)

Wrong season! This is the once every four years you're supposed to boot up Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus.

(substance J)

(23:53:06 12/12/22 EST)

I actually did that for the qualifiers, mainly because that’s when I put the fancy new screen in. I walked the computer like 18-0 and put it away.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:07:42 12/15/22 EST)

I've unlocked 2 more profiles since that post. In fact, I wonder if the issue is that most of us just stopped saving the game once we unlocked the E page, so every time you unlock one it gets lost again when you turn off the system.

(Six Tray and Opa Opa)

(16:31:03 12/30/22 EST)

That…is probably right.

(SignOfZeta)

(19:50:14 12/31/22 EST)

Ngpc collection volume two 2 two 2 two 2 two (n/t) (zero) (13:46:14 11/04/22 EST)

I wonder if they actually translated Neo Poke Kun and Battle de Paradise.

(MHC)

(10:22:23 11/08/22 EST)

I hope so. I love it when people who have complained for decades that they “couldn’t play” a game changing that complaint to “after all these years…it didn’t live up to the hype.” It’s like seeing a long journey finally completed.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:03:22 11/08/22 EST)

Listing is up on the eShop and only lists Japanese for these 2 and Rockman. Probably should have known since Rockman was already available untranslated.

(MHC)

(10:22:01 11/09/22 EST)

so i bought vol 1 on switch and never opened it, because i hate playing on my switch. now i just realized the steam collection of vol 1 has crush roller. wondering if i should get vol 1 & 2 on steam. i prolly will.

(zero)

(13:13:57 11/09/22 EST)

Go ahead. Who needs money when you can spend it on stuff you’ll never use?

(SignOfZeta)

(13:37:18 11/09/22 EST)

Filling this with a bunch of sports games and untranslated Japanese games is kinda shitty. In a different time having all these games together would've been amazing, but now it just feels half assed.

(Rockman Pocket)

(13:17:58 11/10/22 EST)

I preordered it. The lack of translations is disappointing, but it's still cheaper than getting just Neo Poke Kun on original hardware at this point.

(bluefour)

(17:09:16 11/14/22 EST)

Volume 3 should be the B&W game collection

(WebofHair)

(12:04:29 11/16/22 EST)

Indeed.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:50:59 11/18/22 EST)

No way, casino collection!

(a-star)

(15:20:51 11/19/22 EST)

Yoo guys! I just bought NGPC Cotton for $1100, which as far as I know is a very ggood deal. AMA! (Jeremy T) (21:46:45 09/28/22 EST)

I'm so excited for it to get here, that I forgot to mention how excited I am!

(Jeremy T)

(21:49:36 09/28/22 EST)

this forum is too old and I'm too tired for social experiments I think, ha ha

(exodus)

(19:02:49 09/29/22 EST)

Do you have a game room for your hauls?

(MBS)

(04:11:04 10/04/22 EST)

Ok, seriously, who is this dipstick? It’s someone who remembers Andrew T but also someone who isn’t funny and isn’t actually Andrew T. Is it Mental? It has to be Mental.

(SignOfZeta)

(14:55:18 10/06/22 EST)

mental was my guess

(exodus)

(16:54:56 10/10/22 EST)

…poor mental.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:58:29 10/11/22 EST)

No reason to be rude. It wasn’t me, and I don’t see the joke here. Zeta has always been a very unkind person but I really expected others not to copy his behaviour.

(Mental)

(16:18:11 12/08/22 EST)

It wasn’t made to be rude, and it wasn’t a joke either. It was the genuine best guess. Sometimes the best guess is wrong. It seemed too stupid for a Fish post, surely you can see that. He’s stupider now though, I guess. Lesson learned. Sorry about the collateral damage.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:57:55 12/09/22 EST)

That's kind, thanks. And yes it is me. I'm a couple years older now and have two wonderful sons. Lovely wife, too. I got lucky. In most ways. To answer the security questions: I was once known as Neo here, until I received a message from Guts saying people might confuse me with his username which made me change to Mental Fear and eventually Mental. Fun fact: back then I had no idea that Mental also meant insane. I was in love with metal gear ghost babel and inspired by that. Good night!

(Mental)

(16:16:00 08/23/23 EST)

Some assholes are so prolific that the fart cloud surrounding them is thick enough to perpetually maintain an atmosphere of complete superiority.

(a-star)

(11:43:43 12/10/22 EST)

Knock it off. Mental already let us know we were hurting his feelings. Assuming that even is Mental.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:39:59 12/12/22 EST)

I admit that I was high when I posted it, but it still seems funny to me. I think the humor is in the absurd realization that there are real, live, even earnest people who pay $1100 for a game and are happy about it. Maybe also that such a fellow might try to share their enthusiasm on this forum of all places.

(Hippocampus and Opa Opa)

(00:40:49 10/14/22 EST)

I don’t believe you.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:28:50 10/15/22 EST)

As the record holder for annoying posts written while high I can definitely relate.

(a-star)

(10:01:30 10/16/22 EST)

SUSPICIOUS!!

(exodus)

(18:20:01 10/17/22 EST)

Also, I thought we'd figured out a while back that there never was an "actual" Andrew T.

(Being of Light and Sound and Opa Opa)

(00:46:04 10/14/22 EST)

Wait, is that true? I thought he was a real person.

(Jeurja)

(09:21:56 10/14/22 EST)

Now THAT is a funny joke.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:28:12 10/15/22 EST)

there's no Andrew T but there is an andrewt

(exodus)

(18:20:44 10/17/22 EST)

I got inspired to play Cotton on my NGPC over the weekend. It's a cute version of the game! It's wild how expensive it is, though. I'm glad I got it when it was first released.

(Jeurja)

(17:44:47 11/01/22 EST)

(bluefour)

(17:14:37 11/14/22 EST)

Me, too. Both very good!

(Jeurja)

(20:26:51 11/22/22 EST)

So I've been casually looking around at neo geo pocket games in tokyo, and the prices are just astronomical. I kind of couldn't believe it. But now I'm looking at ebay prices and the prices I'm seeing here are maybe half of ebay? or 1/3? this platform sure did go bonkers at some point. Maybe I should finally buy Cotton while I'm out here. (n/t) (exodus) (20:43:39 09/17/22 EST)

I haven't checked eBay for games in years but back in January I was doing a bunch of selling (not games, still hoarding mine) and noticed Cotton was going for something like $1500. Allegedly, anyway. There were a couple completed auctions at that price. It made me feel kind of ill to see that. But it's also nice to know I'm apparently sitting on 50-100k in merchandise (pre-eBay fees) if I ever have to live off video game sales. I'm guessing you should probably buy Cotton. I paid something like $60 for Densha De Go! when I was in Japan and felt kind of guilty for spending that much. That was in 2013, almost 10 years ago - I wonder how dismayed I'll be if I ever get the chance to go back.

(substance J)

(00:33:40 09/18/22 EST)

yeah, there's a place out here selling cotton for $180. feels weird though!!!!!!!! prices are sure not going down, that's for sure. I think some platforms like Saturn have leveled out, but some are still going up, like ngpc, wonderswan, and pc engine.

(exodus)

(08:55:04 09/18/22 EST)

somebody bought that cotton before I could, so I guess it's fate!!

(exodus)

(13:20:55 09/20/22 EST)

Also what's it like with essentially no tourists there? It'd be really funny if Super Potato went out of business with no French and UAE buyers to gouge. I get the feeling from people I know in Japan that there's a sort of tenuous sensation of decline not necessarily caused by the pandemic but certainly accelerated by it. But then the people who move to Japan tend to be a little moodier anyway.

(substance J)

(00:43:12 09/18/22 EST)

well, guess what, plenty of tourists arrived for TGS and Super Potato, like clockwork, raised the price of that Coryoon I'd been eyeing by 20k yen, so they certainly expected the foreigners to arrive. I wound up having to go there a couple times because a lot of other shops have folded and every time it was full of caucasians, so whatever white folks do arrive in japan, they go to super potato.

(exodus)

(08:56:42 09/18/22 EST)

There still doesn’t really seem to be established pricing for NGP. The stuff ranges from OK to completely insane on an auction by auction basis. I don’t think the scene is very big…

(SignOfZeta)

(09:27:57 09/23/22 EST)

Many many years later, glad to see everyone still around! I got MOTM for Switch a couple weeks ago and thought of this forum and the many great memories with the NGPC. Hey everyone! (n/t) (Mash) (00:30:02 09/13/22 EST)

everyone's more or less still here, posting once every 2 months ha ha

(exodus)

(21:16:25 09/13/22 EST)

Are you still doing modding?

(Jeurja)

(22:37:00 09/16/22 EST)

Hi! I've also been loving the Switch ports, in addition to breaking out the original hardware every so often.

(bluefour)

(04:59:29 12/15/22 EST)

I believe we've talked about this before, but has anyone here unlocked all of the E page notebook profiles in Ganbare Neo Poke-kun (tentative title)? I've been playing this game for 10 years now and I still only have about half the pages. Recently I've been playing it a lot again on an emulator and I unlocked the E page a while back, but I still haven't gotten all the profiles in the notebook. What does it take? Playing on certain days of the year or something? I was playing late at night recently and I think I saw some new gags involving the excitable girl in gingham and pigtails. Later when I checked, her profile was available in the notebook, but actually I don't know if it wasn't before. I should keep track of this stuff better. (n/t) (Vasu Gorgon and Opa OPa) (18:24:19 09/09/22 EST)

I have nothing helpful to contribute other than I went to look for a guide and found Substance J's, ha ha

(exodus)

(21:17:35 09/13/22 EST)

That guy used to really know his shit. Nowadays he's a ponce, though.

(Leverage and Opa Opa)

(15:23:13 09/14/22 EST)

I couldn’t figure it out IIRC, and I still have some fairly common visitors that aren’t unlocked. I also figured there were occult requirements like time and date involved. I’m missing 3,7,11,12,15,20,23,26,31 and 32. That’s assuming there aren’t any after 34. Maybe it’s impossible to complete.

(a-star)

(19:43:02 09/15/22 EST)

I seem to be missing a lot of the same ones as you, but some different ones, too. I'm missing 5, 17, 18, and 25 and I do have 19 (Kame Kimo-san, a tortoise that lays eggs on Poke-kun while he sleeps), 20 (Fujime Neko-chan, sexy girl in a bikini that excites Poke-kun), 26 (Rocket Man-san, guy in rocket car with parachute), 32 (Mackerel-san, a frozen fish). Most of those ones I have are people I tend to associate with playing late at night, which is something I do a lot. Time of day might be important then. I hardly ever play early in the morning, I guess, so I should give that a try and see if I get some new pages.

(Visual Rural and Opa Opa)

(17:44:43 09/26/22 EST)

I wonder if Fujime Neko is a reference to the Lupin 3rd character Fujiko Nime. I think that’s the name. My anime king fun is weak. Anyway, 5 is Black Rabbit, 17 is the clear amoeba with 3 cells inside it. The Kara is Zo-something. I thought it was referring to zygote but my Japanese translation karate is weak. And 18 is a Poke-Kun look alike. I forget what his visit was like. I have 26 but I’m actually missing 25 as well. I’m glad you made this thread because I haven’t played it this much since like 2002.

(a-star)

(11:24:48 09/27/22 EST)

That should have said "20 years." I've been playing the game for 20 years. Sorry for the confusion.

(Clearly and Opa Opa)

(14:57:06 11/16/22 EST)

And on this day in 2022 I have finally beaten Biomotor Unitron. Somehow the grind-heavy endgame didn't bother me as much now that I'm older. I'm also attempting to muddle through the Japan-only sequel, which seems much improved from the original. (n/t) (bluefour) (17:39:37 07/02/22 EST)

I gotta get back in on that one myself. I never really made it further than 15 minutes into it the first time round!

(exodus)

(19:09:57 07/03/22 EST)

I enjoyed some NGPC this morning, too! Puzzle Link 2, Crush Roller, and Cotton all got some playtime. Really nice way to start the day.

(Jeurja)

(12:20:32 07/04/22 EST)

Heck yeah! Honestly it's so soothing to play on a system with no internet connection.

(bluefour)

(11:57:07 07/05/22 EST)

YES!

(SignOfZeta)

(13:56:46 07/09/22 EST)

100%

(Mash)

(00:30:30 09/13/22 EST)

oooh, this is an intriguing idea. starting my morning with this instead of looking at my phone sounds nice. I just got the screen replacement done on my original clear NGPC that I've had since 1999 or whenever, and it really does look nice (my nngpc remains stock) - I could just put it by my bed! hmmm.

(exodus)

(14:22:04 07/11/22 EST)

Whenever I got interested to play Biomotor Unitron, I think I just decided to play Dark Arms instead. Are there more complex item combinations possible in Biomotor or anything? I never got into it, I don't think. I love Dark Arms, though. It's one of the few games I decided to keep when I sold most of my Neo Poke stuff.

(Crab Claw and Opa Opa)

(14:46:19 07/19/22 EST)

The mech building/weapon development aspect is the most engaging part of the game imo, but I won't pretend that it's not fairly simplistic. I think I mostly just love the fantasy/mech aesthetic.

(bluefour)

(16:30:34 07/22/22 EST)

I always wanted More Graphics out of it. I wonder if I'll be more forgiving now as an old person.

(exodus)

(13:59:17 07/27/22 EST)

I think that was my gripe too. Also the GB/GBC had a mountain of good RPGs to play that I still haven’t played.

(SignOfZeta)

(06:01:50 08/03/22 EST)

Last post got me thinking: With many years of hindsight, how would you rank the NGP fighters? My ranking contained within. (bluefour) (13:00:42 06/17/22 EST)

MOTM, R2, R1, Gals. Or something--anyway MotM way in front!

(Paleface)

(17:29:13 06/18/22 EST)

Although it's a moot point 'cause I can't play any of 'em now 'cause they're way too flashy.

(Paleface)

(17:29:57 06/18/22 EST)

Even on an actual NGP?

(SignOfZeta)

(08:47:14 06/20/22 EST)

I *think* so. Not sure I can remember, maybe I'll have to try again some time.

(Paleface)

(13:27:19 06/22/22 EST)

I only ask because I would assume contrast and brightness would be a factor and while the NGPC’s contrast isn’t bad it’s also not lit so you’d have some choice in how bright it is. The b/w NGP seems like it would be even more gentle but I of course couldn’t say as I don’t have your issue and only so many games work on that.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:42:30 06/23/22 EST)

Yeah, R1 on the NGP definitely seems okay. MotM on the NGPC is less so; single white screen flashes like Ryu's super fireball are not too awful, but multi-hit supers with loads of white screen flashes like Ryo's circle back, circle forward + punch super (or whatever it was) are pretty bad. Not sure if playing under a brighter light made it better or worse. Can just turn the screen away a bit of course when those go off but still, not my favorite thing. Can't remember if there are red screen flashes in MotM, didn't hit any.

(Paleface)

(06:24:54 06/25/22 EST)

I wonder if there is some technology similar to welding helmets that could help with this. Basically they have LCD dimming controlled by a light sensor so they are fully open unless light goes over a certain level and then they dim. It would have to be tuned differently but the technology is fast enough.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:44:44 07/03/22 EST)

Neat! : )

(Paleface)

(16:26:23 07/03/22 EST)

In order: Gals Fighters plays smoothest of them all and has the most unique mechanics. MotM is the most allround of them and the crossover aspect is really well done. Last Blade has good atmosphere and also has interesting mechanics. KoF R1/R2 play decent enough and play just different enough compared to MotM to still be fun on their own. Samurai Shodown! and its sequel are fun enough, though kinda basic. Fatal Fury just feels too sluggish to play, even back in the day :/

(Rockman Pocket)

(13:10:50 06/21/22 EST)

Yeah it's too bad about the laggy controls in FF, as it has fun combos and nice aesthetics.

(bluefour)

(18:45:24 06/21/22 EST)

I think my list is about what it would've been then, too: 1) MOTM (I love the extras, it just feels generous) 2) Gals Fighters (pacing, goofiness) 3) KOF R1/2 - (I like it! but I always like "weird KOF" and this certainly is it), 4) Fatal Fury FC (it's barebones, but it works for me and feels very deliberate), 5) Last Blade (great to look at, really impressive, but the series just doesn't so it for me) 6) Samurai Shodowns (kind of as above)

(exodus)

(18:03:46 06/27/22 EST)

I have to put Gals Fighters on top because it’s the most refined and perfected version of what they were doing, even though it’s pretty bare bones compared to other games. Match of the Millennium is second, and only just, because it’s huge and has everything and a bunch extras, peak SNK, IMO. Third is a tie for both KOFs, these are very well done games, perfectly shrunk versions of 97 and 98. Fourth is Last Blade…even though it’s just as much of a game as MotM, maybe more, I’m not as much invested, personally. It is fantastic though as a one player game. Last would be the Samshows because I don’t really care for the main SS series at that point and I don’t think the ports are any good compared to any of the other games. I don’t have Fatal Fury and haven’t played it in a very long time but I think I’d probably rate it above the SS games but nothing else even though Real Bout 2 is one of my favorite games. It just didn’t survive the process, IMO.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:00:24 06/29/22 EST)

They're okay.

(Kafkaesque and Opa Opa)

(14:47:28 07/19/22 EST)

Just noticing that Jin is mysteriously in this FF:FC art! (bluefour) (23:01:00 06/11/22 EST)

*official art. This is the image on the Nintendo Switch for the game.

(bluefour)

(23:10:54 06/11/22 EST)

That is odd. Neither of the brothers are actually in this game, right?

(SignOfZeta)

(07:24:20 06/12/22 EST)

I don’t own Fatal Fury 1st Contact so I don’t remember if SD illustrations of the boss brothers are in the manual or not. They aren’t on the box, US or JP.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:26:32 06/13/22 EST)

They are neither in the game, nor the manual.

(bluefour)

(16:21:55 06/13/22 EST)

very strange!!! in looking this up I remembered the unlockable multiplayer-only character Lao, who I never got to play because I never played the game against anybody else.

(exodus)

(17:19:07 06/13/22 EST)

where did this image come from, by the way?

(exodus)

(17:20:09 06/13/22 EST)

This is the main image for the game when you download it on Nintendo Switch. I actually downloaded it mostly to play Lao. His moveset is pretty funny!

(bluefour)

(19:02:38 06/14/22 EST)

And Mai's feet! : P

(Paleface)

(17:26:32 06/13/22 EST)

The game does feel kinda half-assed compared to the other fighters on the system. Perhaps they rushed it out the door, scrapping some characters in the process?

(Rockman Pocket)

(16:55:07 06/14/22 EST)

The mostly likely explanation, although I still love it. ;p

(bluefour)

(19:03:11 06/14/22 EST)

Yeah, they either ran out of time/money or the ROM size was the issue. Its also possible that since those two are honestly pretty boring that they cut them and put the weird ones in like Alfred since they are more interesting...but made this choice after the concept art was done. Its honestly kinda fuct that Alfred is in there but not Franco or Blue Mary or Bob or Duck King.

(SignOfZeta)

(12:35:04 06/17/22 EST)

Yeah! Although it is kind of fun that Alfred is there and that this is the only game with playable Lao. (although I really wish they had made him playable in single player)

(bluefour)

(13:10:13 06/17/22 EST)

Category: Things I never expected to post. Biomotor Unitron is now available on Nintendo Switch. This was the game I bought with my first NGPC (alongside Samurai Shodown) and I will always have a soft spot for it. Will wait for the inevitable NGPC collection vol. 2 though. (n/t) (Mental) (14:49:04 05/28/22 EST)

Whoa.

(Paleface)

(17:51:38 05/28/22 EST)

I don’t get it. What’s so surprising about this release, especially in a world where Vol 2 is “inevitable”? I would be a little surprised, just a little, if they translated Neo Poke-kun or Biomotor 2, something that required a new translation and extensive reworking of game.

(SignOfZeta)

(14:46:54 05/31/22 EST)

Biomotor still seems obscure to me for some reason. But yeah they already released Big Bang Pro Wrestling (which I'd managed to forget about already) so at this point probably nothing should be surprising.

(Paleface)

(21:04:29 05/31/22 EST)

The way I see it, every US NGP game was released by the same publisher in the same way. Everything is equally common or obscure. Big Bang was the first to not be part of that since it didn’t come out in the US at all. When we see Evolution and Faselei they will have made the leap to UK only games, when they actually translate something or do something more than just dropping ROMs into an emulator then we know they are doing something at least a little unexpected.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:30:37 06/06/22 EST)

The NGPC emulator for the 3DS is good, so I made a Ganbare, Neo Poke-kun virtual console title and it's actually the first game on my 2DS home screen and probably the one I play the most. If I knew how to autolaunch a game at boot, I would probably just turn the system into a dedicated Ganbare Neo Poke-kun machine.

(Jolly Fella and Opa Opa)

(14:53:32 07/19/22 EST)

Oh huh Steam is getting 10 NGPC in a pack on Sept 30th for $40. (No Biomotor in that one.)

(Paleface)

(21:00:33 05/31/22 EST)

Aaand it was announced last September. : P

(Paleface)

(21:01:34 05/31/22 EST)

Which is also when it came out. Okay I'm all sorted out now, whee.

(Paleface)

(21:02:14 05/31/22 EST)

Neo Geo Pocket Prototypes: there were some discussed/discovered recently. I don’t do Facebook or Twitter so I don’t know anything other than I saw mention of a colorized R-1 and of course what looks like SNK vs Capcom 2 with Bishamon fighting Haomaru. (n/t) (SignOfZeta) (11:20:49 05/09/22 EST)

it's a group of protos that one person has been collecting for about 20 years, and includes one of the unseen games that was recently in a yahoo auctions japan lot (though it's not very exciting - it's called casino nights - but the dates on the protos indicate it would be the last known worked-on NGPC game, so it's interesting in that regard)

(exodus)

(14:23:28 05/09/22 EST)

they also just showed off a demo of the kiosk version of KOF R-2, as well. Lots of neat stuff to see right now!

(exodus)

(18:30:34 05/09/22 EST)

Dark Arms "Ultimate Weapon" secret? (VortexSpin) (19:55:36 04/26/22 EST)

I never did it myself. IIRC I beat the game in a basic way and traded it back in. A lot of NGP games have absolutely ridiculous grind goals though so it seems plausible.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:39:10 04/27/22 EST)

heck, I sure don't know. would be cool to find out though!!

(exodus)

(17:46:29 04/29/22 EST)

does anyone know or remember who "cyclops" is...??

(exodus)

(17:47:19 04/29/22 EST)

I never played Dark Arms. : )

(Paleface is useless and also just deleted some new spam so he's testing to make sure posting still works)

(12:38:01 05/06/22 EST)

I should revisit this game someday. I played through most of it with a 102 degree fever. Maybe that skewed the experience a little.

(substance J)

(12:20:49 05/08/22 EST)

That seems like it could only help.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:18:29 05/09/22 EST)

I remember it being cool, but difficult to grind for the weapons to some extent? I want to get back to it as well.

(exodus)

(14:24:10 05/09/22 EST)

MBS now owns 96.18% of SNK; apparently up until this latest purchase (Feb 15th), he had only owned 33% (Wikipedia's wording had made it sound like he'd acquired a majority share shortly after the initial purchase in Nov 2020). (Paleface) (20:46:52 04/23/22 EST)

You don’t have to own a majority of the stock to have majority control, you just have to have more than anyone else and be over a certain percentage which in Japan is low, not sure about Korea. Ford had majority control of Mazda at one point when they only had like %40…this is all very fuzzy for me since I’m very dumb about money but I remember something like this…anyway, more importantly, this article values SNK at nearly half a billion dollars. How on earth is that possible?

(SignOfZeta)

(08:26:07 04/24/22 EST)

Ah I see. And the half billion would just be what the stock is at, I guess? I suppose MBS's aggressive rounding up of as many shares as possible drove the price up, because he was willing to pay whatever to get them. Maybe? I don't know much about that stuff either.

(Paleface)

(11:13:29 04/24/22 EST)

Also, it's the Korean stock market, and KOF XV for instance seems to be pretty popular there, at least as far as I can tell judging by the fairly high traffic it's getting from Korean Twitch streamers, so maybe SNK's profile there is a lot higher than it is here.

(Paleface)

(11:15:51 04/24/22 EST)

They can have it! The whole kettle of fish. Congratulations, Korea!

(SignOfZeta)

(12:20:23 04/24/22 EST)

They even recycled the bad animation from XIV. : PP

(Paleface)

(00:02:36 04/25/22 EST)

And now Twitter's board has okayed Musk buying the company, so it's back to Tumblr for me. (Shareholders or regulators could still reject that deal, seems unlikely though.) (Oh huh MBS's charity or whatever that does the actual owning of SNK is MiSK Foundation. MiSK, Musk, neither gets my patronage.)

(Paleface)

(19:14:59 04/25/22 EST)

When I started visiting/posting here I was 15, looking for a more advanced Game Boy Color. I logged onto a library computer and actually printed the site, page by page, for 10 cents a page so I could read it at home. My heroes were Guts and Jeurja, I was kind of intimidated by SignOfZeta. I am now 37, have a wonderful girlfriend and 2 sons. I still love Jeurja and Guts for what they meant to me iny teenage years and have added Exodus to the list of heroes. My god is Tim Rogers. I am still intimidated by SignOfZeta, even though I dare call him Chad now. Also, he too has meant a lot to me while “growing up”. I love his forum and cant believe its still here after all this time. Cheers guys! (Mental) (14:56:01 04/02/22 EST)

I can’t believe I made two typo’s while stating I am not drunk. I am not, officer. I am not.

(Mental)

(14:57:47 04/02/22 EST)

This made me glad to read.

(Jeurja)

(19:51:25 04/03/22 EST)

yeah, I'm glad we're all still checking this thing occasionally! it's nice to have something consistent across the years, and it's now been like... 23 years!? what a time.

(exodus)

(16:26:15 04/06/22 EST)

Adding my name to the list of those that will permanently have this forum in their bookmarks, and check it at least once a month. I posted a lot more back in the day, but I still read everything here. BTW, I saw that Big Bang Pro Wrestling got a US release just last week... neato! I thought that was super interesting: Since it had originally been a Japan-only release, I figured that this signaled that they were starting to do full English translations of NGPC games that had never reached the West.... But then I read that the game had English language support the whole time. How did I not know that back then?!

(Bean)

(18:55:31 04/08/22 EST)

Whoa, they're digging kinda deep there, that's neat I guess. (In less newsworthy portable port news, Eschatos finally came out on PS4 this past week, with WSC shmups Judgement Silversword and Cardinal Sins included, like on the 360.)

(Paleface)

(13:57:03 04/10/22 EST)

Yeah, Chad is the most intimidating person I've ever encountered. There's nothing more terrifying than liberal pacifists who collect laserdiscs and write 1000 word posts about the superiority of Japanese Sega Saturns to American ones.

(Maniac)

(11:37:54 04/15/22 EST)

love this place. my favorite moments specifically on the board was monkey and i annoying everyone so much that the monkey board was created. and chad and i arguing about something, and after a long winded post by him, i deleted my lengthy response and went with "no u"

(zero)

(00:52:06 04/20/22 EST)

I delete a lot of posts after writing them, and emails. It’s a solid move.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:48:05 04/20/22 EST)

Exodus, I backed your bundle. I can't believe this war is happening. What crazy times we live in. (n/t) (At) (14:50:27 03/17/22 EST)

it's really brazen - I did think it would be over by now, it's real depressing that it's not!

(exodus)

(13:15:48 03/27/22 EST)

It is getting even worse:/ . The horror stories coming out of previously occupied territories are getting more horrible by the day. And the war seems to be far from over. I really wonder how this is all going to end.. Probably not good.

(Atarianallstar)

(15:07:46 04/09/22 EST)

yeah, there's really no end in sight right now.

(exodus)

(19:42:02 04/18/22 EST)

What is the top piece of some Japanese NGPC cartridges used for? I see it in pictures sometimes and can’t figure out what the deal is. (MHC) (02:31:28 02/06/22 EST)

Link test 2

(MHC)

(02:32:18 02/06/22 EST)

I've never seen that thing. It didn't come with my U.S. version of Card Fighters Clash, bought new (and sealed?) when it came out. I never saw anything like it with any of the new NGPC imports back in the day, either. Maybe it's 3D printed to display a cartridge?

(Mike Chicago)

(22:38:22 02/06/22 EST)

I never really looked into this. Obviously it slots into the notch on the top of the cartridge... I bet it's in the manual if I had that handy! My best guess is it's to hold the dongle on the wireless communication thingie. It's just about the right size, it looks like it's meant to hold a cylinder, seems like the thing to me. See inside:

(exodus)

(17:58:21 02/08/22 EST)

I don't think I have that quite right as the dongle is meant to hang, but this image here has a descriptor for it, and it says "for wireless communication-compatible software," so it's definitely something to do with that.

(exodus)

(18:07:36 02/08/22 EST)

Nice! Thank you for checking into it.

(MHC)

(12:50:31 02/09/22 EST)

sure thing!

(exodus)

(14:23:32 02/09/22 EST)

Guys, we already talked about this like 21 years ago. I can’t believe you forgot already.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:56:07 03/05/22 EST)

like it was only yesterday...

(exodus)

(16:52:25 03/05/22 EST)

Started to read about/play a lot of the SaGa series the past month. These are extremely interesting and fun games! Currently into Romancing SaGa 3 and looking forward to trying out SaGa Frontier. Nice Switch physical editions, too. (n/t) (Mental) (13:29:59 02/05/22 EST)

I've always been too intimidated to get into these things, which I realize is stupid! but I usually want to go through games once, the "right" way, and the SaGa series seems pretty dedicated to not letting you do that! I should just give one a shot though.

(exodus)

(17:51:32 02/08/22 EST)

Hey, I totally understand… because I felt the same way :) I just started to buy them so I “had to” play them. Turned out to be a good decision. With the amount of games out there I understand that people don’t choose these first.

(Mental)

(17:47:54 02/13/22 EST)

I do remain curious about them though!! one of these days...

(exodus)

(14:26:09 02/14/22 EST)

I actually just finished RS2 on Switch! Really fun game, but definitely have a guide handy!

(bluefour)

(23:15:12 06/11/22 EST)

"SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash gets surprise release on Switch" (Paleface) (14:34:16 01/12/22 EST)

Well, MOTM came out so I guess it's not that surprising. Makes me wonder how the vol. 2 collection is going to shape up, I hope it's got Ganbare Neo Poke Kun and stuff on it. Wonder if we'll be able to get any third party stuff or if they'll fill it out with the sports titles and call it a day.

(aerisdead)

(18:00:14 01/13/22 EST)

when last I spoke to snk (pre-acquisition) they were trying to get some third party stuff, and the capcom stuff was supposed to be just the start, so I wouldn't be surprised if they got, for example, sonic on there.

(exodus)

(16:58:26 01/18/22 EST)

(SignOfZeta)

(11:42:45 01/17/22 EST)

I bet he does want that!! man, what a time.

(exodus)

(16:57:44 01/18/22 EST)

I find it funny you give so much on the top a a different state head killing a citizen. The USA routinely kills thousands in drone strikes and lets not forget all the innocents that are gunned down by your police forces. You don't buy anything made in the usa either I presume?

(Atarianallstar)

(12:33:41 01/29/22 EST)

The USA doesn’t have a single ruler who controls everything. Is that actually beyond your understanding? I hate the American military as much as the next guy but there is no comparison there, please fuck off with your apologist bullshit.

(SignOfZeta)

(13:29:07 01/29/22 EST)

It has nothing to do with apologist bullshit. I don't care much for Saudi-Arabia. But you always focus on the fact that MBS owns SNK now is horrible. Like if the chinese are some much better or the Japanese who slaughtered cities in China and played football with unborn babies. Those dudes ended up creating our beloved SNK. So cut MBS some slack being an absolute monarch must pust some pressure on ones shoulders.

(Atarianallstar)

(14:03:41 01/30/22 EST)

this is incredibly stupid to explain but you are trying to compare *a person* to *a country* and that is not an equivalent comparison. Money given to SNK enriches *the person* who ordered the murder of a journalist. but your last sentence is so ridiculous I guess you're just trolling for fun or whatever.

(exodus)

(14:38:39 01/31/22 EST)

Atarian is definitely having a meltdown. Cutting the crown prince slack because other nations/leaders murder as well is just insane. HOWEVER, the one thing I do agree on with him is to stop believing there is a single big company in the world that has clean hands. That’s why I buy the stuff I want from whoever is offering it at the cheapest price because wherever I buy it, I’ll be making *a* pig richer.

(Mental)

(13:27:05 02/05/22 EST)

What did I miss on Vita? All I really every played on it was the annual Super Robot Wars game (which I always liked a lot). It died in Japan like five years after the US, its very powerful, as a great screen and amazingly good analog sticks. It could do an amazing job at something. I wasn't paying attention though and support in US stores was total crap so whatever is out there I missed it. Please reply with your Vita suggestions. I have Hot Shots Golf, Fifa 13, Ridge Racer, Gunhouse, Disgaea 3 (amazing intro but I just can't do these massive RPGs anymore...other than SRW), DoA 5. I was super into Gundam Breaker 1 and 2 so I know about those. I'd like a really good racing game. (n/t) (SignOfZeta) (15:16:25 11/25/21 EST)

A lot of the good stuff on Vita wound up coming out elsewhere as well, but the Earth Defense Force 2 port is good, if you want to play that on the go. Also TxK, Jeff Minter's (maybe best?) tempest version. Some people like Gravity Rush (I don't love it). There's Wipeout 2048, I think that was the last wipeout game. I also really enjoyed playing those danganronpa games on there. but realistically the vita died too fast to get much on there that you can't play elsewhere.

(exodus)

(15:24:25 11/26/21 EST)

Going through my notes on the games I played back then I liked Dragon's Crown, Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus R and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 the best. When it comes to racing games I think Ridge Racers 2 is unrivaled on handheld systems, but it's a PSP game. On Vita I remember having some fun with Need for Speed Most Wanted as well. It isn't the best port, but the core racing is fun.

(Rockman Pocket)

(17:14:19 11/27/21 EST)

I thought Tearaway was really cool. It also came out on PS4, but it worked great on the Vita (which it was initially designed for). Lumines on Vita has some really nice tracks and production values. The Hatsune Miku games are good if you like rhythm games (though I think the 3DS iteration is my favorite). Soundshapes is pretty special, though I guess you can also play it on PS4. I like it best on Vita, though.

(Jeurja)

(23:23:29 11/27/21 EST)

Yeah the weird thing about the vita is that it lived so shortly that almost everything got ported to something else, BUT it's also a really brilliant wee system to play the games on anyway. it's actually one of the best ways to play PSP and PSOne games, so I've got loads of them on the system, even though now they've closed the webstore it's a pain to buy all this shit online and they don't do sales anymore ;_; TxK and EDF2 are great as Brandon just said but I'd be hard pushed to think of any other exclusives.

(aerisdead)

(17:20:04 12/07/21 EST)

I’m inclined to agree… keep seeing all these games released as late as 2020 but when I look them up they look like iPhone fodder or maybe good enough to be on Switch. There are for sure a number of full size JRPGs and creep sims later but not much but those and ports. My newest game is from 2017, Super Robot Wars V. I guess when Bandai left it really was the end. They never made a Gran Turismo! Not that I’d play it, but that’s fucked.

(SignOfZeta)

(15:38:30 12/16/21 EST)

yeah, the system really just never got its due. lately I've been thinking I should try that vita uncharted just because it's an impressive feat on that thing.

(exodus)

(17:49:46 12/17/21 EST)

I only bought my Vita because Bandai stopped making SRW games for PSP. I never planned to play much else but SRW, which is good, because I didn’t. I do wish there was a killer driving game or something that used these very very nice analog sticks. I got a lot of use out of Gundam Breaker 1 on Vita, and a lot of use our of cross play with the PS3 version, for me Bandai was it. I have other games and gave them some time but only Bandai junk kept me going, and of course Oh Deer!. Maybe I should try Macross Delta. All the PSP Macross games were pretty good.

(SignOfZeta)

(21:41:59 12/19/21 EST)

(Belated) SNK update: former Koei Tecmo / Zynga / Sega exec Kenji Matsubara is new SNK CEO. And the original MBS announcement of his SNK acquisition is no longer online. (Paleface) (20:43:27 08/14/21 EST)

interesting about matsubara. snk has been talking about how "the new ownership is going to help us a lot" for the last two ownership changes, so we'll see. I'm sure MiSK is still majority stakeholder, we'd have heard about it otherwise.

(exodus)

(17:09:38 08/18/21 EST)

Yeah, seems likely.

(Paleface)

(16:45:17 08/22/21 EST)

Don’t care. They only make shit aside from compilations and they are owned by a terrorist. Easiest boycott ever.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:29:58 08/20/21 EST)

that metal slug tactics game looks pretty cool, but I'm gonna have to buy it used.

(exodus)

(15:05:59 08/20/21 EST)

It doesn’t look utterly abysmal, I’ll give you that. I kinda don’t need a slower Slug that makes me think more though and there are more Tactics style games now than I’ll ever be able to play so I can very easily live without it. Just as easily as KOFXV.

(SignOfZeta)

(07:40:34 08/22/21 EST)

I used to be into tactics games but then I realized they had all just amounted to ganging up on individual opponents.

(Paleface)

(16:48:38 08/22/21 EST)

SF2 producer Yoshiki Okamoto interviews SF1 & Fatal Fury director Takashi Nishiyama. (Paleface) (14:40:18 07/17/21 EST)

oh man. this sounds like a good one. I never feel like I have time to watch videos, but I should try with this one.

(exodus)

(13:29:03 07/19/21 EST)

So anybody here gonna preorder the Playdate? (n/t) (Atarianallstar) (17:38:11 06/09/21 EST)

Not that I remember. I don’t even remember knowing what it is!

(SignOfZeta)

(18:37:44 06/09/21 EST)

I prooooobably will do it.

(exodus)

(23:39:58 06/09/21 EST)

Maybe. It's too expensive.

(aerisdead)

(10:02:04 06/11/21 EST)

This is pretty much where I’m at. It seems cool? That’s a decent chunk of change.

(PopaSmear)

(18:47:08 06/11/21 EST)

I'm hoping to.

(Jeurja)

(13:36:23 06/11/21 EST)

I just looked this up. So, it's a shovelware subscription?

(substance J)

(10:47:19 06/12/21 EST)

hmm, we'll see, but it's mostly from well known folks. it's different from shovelware because with a few exceptions in order to make games for this thing you have to already have enough money to make games like this in your own time without worrying about a return on it.

(exodus)

(13:05:17 06/14/21 EST)

Expensive? 179 for 24 games and a system. No nintendo or sony stuff will ever have that price... All funky and quirky games. Right up my ally. I hope I will be able to purchase it in europe and won't have to import it from the USA

(Atarianallstar)

(03:24:44 06/15/21 EST)

Absolutely agree.

(Jeurja)

(21:39:15 06/15/21 EST)

Because none of you fuckers actually link or describe anything here anymore I had to look it up on my own. It looks...stupid, to be kind. I hope you guys have fun with it.

(SignOfZeta)

(19:09:13 06/20/21 EST)

A link what is this, 1993? Use friggin Alta Vista!

(Atarianallstar)

(07:43:24 06/28/21 EST)

...I'm pretty sure links are the very foundation of the internet as much now as ever. When you Share on Facebook or Twitter, that's a link. Without a link to content your only other option would be to create your own. This was sort of neither, and we've been getting too many posts like that here. Shape up!

(SignOfZeta)

(17:06:45 06/29/21 EST)

Yes sir! I actually hate the modern internet. On FB you can spend hours searching for something you read just a day ago.

(Atarianallstar)

(13:36:31 06/30/21 EST)

Aw man AltaVista : D

(Paleface)

(22:43:04 07/04/21 EST)

Remember when your lab computer home page was just a link to seven different search engines? And although none of them worked very well compared to today, they didn't have today’s issue which is that every search is considered a product search so no matter what you type in the first three pages are either stuff for sale or squatting pages trying to steer you towards stuff for sale. Also, most of the people you talked to online had read a book recently because they were pretty much all in school. It’s not our imagination that the internet is stupider now. It absolutely is.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:33:01 07/20/21 EST)

I wasn't quite that tuned in to the web that early--the "had read a book recently" part, anyway. But good point about the product search, yeah AltaVista was pretty clean I think, although I could be remembering that wrong.

(Paleface)

(23:39:05 07/23/21 EST)

You were here in 1999 weren’t you? Was that your first day on the Internet? Even then it was massively better. Hell, the XBand network was more well read than Facebook.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:41:57 07/24/21 EST)

I didn't talk to random people on Facebook or Twitter back then, so I don't have that basis of comparison.

(Paleface)

(18:47:46 07/24/21 EST)

Come to think of it, my only basis of comparison might be this board. Technically, I'm reading fewer books now, so I guess you're right.

(Paleface)

(18:57:46 07/24/21 EST)

There was no Facebook or Twitter in 1999, there were very few random people online even. Everyone had some sort of reason, like genealogy or coming here for NGP shit. It wasn’t just a billion bored retards trying to own the other side while shopping for fraudulent products and philosophy. Like you, I also spend double digit percentages of my internet time on this forum. I also read less.

(SignOfZeta)

(10:35:15 07/25/21 EST)

Newish Polygon interview with SNK's Yasuyuki Oda and Eisuke Ogura about KOF, from the 90s 'til now. (Paleface) (22:19:40 05/23/21 EST)

Nice read! I miss the days of old school internet. With all that social medioa and stuff.

(Atarianallstar)

(06:59:55 05/25/21 EST)

Great read. One thing that sort of bums me out though is that it sounds like some SNK employees had a hard time enjoying (what I consider to be) their peak output, like 96-2000. I guess going out of business while being overworked isn’t much fun...I just wish they knew how much I love the Neo Geo pocket and KOF 99 and all that.

(SignOfZeta)

(09:06:16 05/26/21 EST)

Yeah, I hate it when I see a reviewer say something like "you just know they were having a blast making this game" because no, you don't know that, and there's a good chance at least some of them weren't. But they did it anyway because they really wanted to be able to make games for a living, just hoping that one day it would somehow get better.

(Paleface)

(03:00:33 05/31/21 EST)

Making games sounds like hell to me. I’m grateful people do it.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:05:50 05/31/21 EST)

@exodus - did you have fun making Oh, Deer!...? P.S. Will Oh, Deer! ever return?

(Jeurja)

(14:12:39 06/04/21 EST)

Paid up front...it was probably pretty fun. That makes a big difference.

(SignOfZeta)

(13:28:57 06/07/21 EST)

hmm, well it's still not finished, but the answer is kind of and also not really!? ha ha. we had a very small budget and 1/3 of it got wasted on someone who couldn't actually do the work we needed. then our art/tech director at the time was talented but caustic and basically alienated half our team forever until I had to get rid of him. We released it twice, paid for by a platform both times, but always a very small amount of money that basically just barely kept us going. I'm glad we made as much of it as we did but while I do have fond memories from the time I don't think it was very fun. I've had a little fun making our current thing though.

(exodus)

(14:35:49 06/07/21 EST)

That sounds exactly like an SNK lifer typed it. I had a lot of fun playing Oh Deer!, but its currently not on my Vita and getting it back on there is a massive PITA because it involves turning on my PS3, where my USA Vita backup exists, and remembering how to restore from there which will probably take the course of two evenings in itself. I should really do that though...now that the Vita has lived its life (maybe?) I can see that all that region switching I had to do for JP and HK imports was pointless (none of the DLC turned out to be worth anything whatsoever) so I'll leave it in USA mode now.

(SignOfZeta)

(11:17:54 06/08/21 EST)

eventually we'll (probably) release it somewhere for real, with all the updates and stuff, so you can probably just leave it??

(exodus)

(14:50:31 06/08/21 EST)

I would like that. I think the graphics look really nice and it's fun to play. I like it!

(Jeurja)

(17:22:14 06/08/21 EST)

thanks! yeah the plan is for when you hit more deer for the subsequent mile of graphics to get more horrifying, and when you avoid more they get more "happy" - kinda. there's just no real budget for finishing it is the problem. but we poke at it when we have the chance!

(exodus)

(14:41:01 06/09/21 EST)

If I manage to get rich I'll fund it and you just have to add a Raroo Games logo to the beginning somewhere. :p Kind of like the one linked inside.

(Jeurja)

(15:00:58 06/09/21 EST)

we all gotta get rich! and yeah, I wish that was a real game too!

(exodus)

(23:39:41 06/09/21 EST)

I’m not paying $400 for whatever machine it will run on.

(SignOfZeta)

(16:46:48 06/09/21 EST)

you don't have a switch? unless they completely replace it in the next couple years we'll put it on that at least.

(exodus)

(23:38:36 06/09/21 EST)

That’s good to hear, I do have a Switch, yes.

(SignOfZeta)

(05:24:01 06/10/21 EST)

I’m really enjoying the Super Mario Game & Watch. It only has three games, two of the best ever made plus Ball. The form factor is one of my favorite of all time. The games suspend very well so you walk away from it for a day and come back at 8-3 or whatever. I have to say though, the time keeping function isn’t what it used to be. Since it has a full color backlit LCD display it can’t be left on for hours unless it’s plugged in making it more of a Game & Clock than usual, and it has no kickstand. In a perfect world they could have hybridized the LCD a bit to have an always-on section but hey, it’s only $50. The box was also pretty cool. It has no home screen so you’re always in a mode that actually does something. Very direct and to the point, I love it. I suppose they may do a Zelda one but to be honest I don’t like the early Zelda games even a little. My wish would be that they do a Donkey Kong one and load it with Donkey Kong ‘94. Other than those two I don’t really want or need any more. Mario is the game, after all. (n/t) (SignOfZeta) (08:36:09 05/15/21 EST)

I bought a cool 3D-printed stand off eBay and am using it as a clock. Every now and then I pick it up and play Super Mario Bros because it's so fun and feels so nice to play on the handheld. Agree with your sentiments, definitely.

(Jeurja)

(15:11:32 05/16/21 EST)

I've thought about buying one of these for the inevitable time when it's hacked and you can put all the nes games in the world on there. (or maybe they defeated this by keeping the rom space really low)

(exodus)

(17:59:20 05/17/21 EST)

It's hacked, and rom space is really low. You could fit 10 games on unless you're wanting to solder in a new chip. Doesn't seem all that worthwhile overall.

(aerisdead)

(14:32:03 05/18/21 EST)

hmmm, right you are.

(exodus)

(23:58:13 05/19/21 EST)

Aren't there 378 other ways of doing that?

(SignOfZeta)

(16:36:39 05/18/21 EST)

definitely, but I don't have any of them (aside from a broken gp32). so I was thinking this cute form factor might be the one, but it seems not!

(exodus)

(23:58:41 05/19/21 EST)

Well, 10 games is a shitload of games if you’re actually playing them. I have a similar desire for the PCE mini but for different reasons. That is, the thing has so much lag that I want to replace all the shooters on it with RPGs and mahjong games and other titles were lag doesn’t matter. I enjoyed Ys I&II a lot, but Lords of Thunder is not really playable, IMHO. If I was new to the game I may not notice but I can 1CC LoT it on real hardware on the same TV I can’t even clear it on the Mini. There’s some intangible issue...the G&W seems much much better in the actual gameplay area. I think I like it more than an actual NES.

(SignOfZeta)

(12:40:33 05/20/21 EST)

interesting, I didn't know the lag was so bad on the mini. I bought the snes mini and never opened it, and that was pretty much the end of my mini-buying experience.

(exodus)

(19:36:29 05/20/21 EST)

Its weird but I'm not sure the lag is equal in every game. I'm also not sure exactly what lags, if all aspects lag the same, etc, its hard to pin down. It's just..off. The Japan scene would never complain and I think it didn't sell super well outside of Japan or to people super familiar to PCE and the overall package is SO good that I think people didn't notice. If the SNES lagged like this a million fans would bitch. The SNES one is almost perfect but to be honest the game list really is sort of small, half as many games as the PCE one. Great amazing games for sure but the variety of the PCE one is so much broader.

(SignOfZeta)

(17:50:08 05/23/21 EST)

What's the best homebrew/fan-made stuff on NGPC? I enjoyed the fan translation of CFC2 and am enjoying the Columns port, with its quirky soundtrack. (n/t) (bluefour) (10:46:04 03/20/21 EST)

you're already one up on me because I didn't know there was a columns port!

(exodus)

(15:00:55 03/22/21 EST)

There's also a fun port of "Barbarian"

(bluefour)

(18:21:28 03/22/21 EST)

oh yeah, there was some guy porting barbarian to everything a few years back - brought it to pc engine too.

(exodus)

(15:03:52 03/23/21 EST)

"Barbarian's advertisements, showing a scantily-dressed model known for topless poses, triggered significant outcries of moral indignity." -- Wikipedia

(substance J)

(13:15:18 04/03/21 EST)

this must be why it took so long to get ported to pc engine.

(exodus)

(00:21:49 04/08/21 EST)

Ha!

(SignOfZeta)

(23:24:58 04/10/21 EST)

Other than the CF2 translation (which is an essential NGP game) and Everything (by S:NGP’s own professor of returning to the trees) I don’t know of any. What I would LOVE though would be some hacks like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003 Plus or The King of Fighters '98 Ultra Leona.

(SignOfZeta)

(18:23:59 03/22/21 EST)

Ever played Sonic Pocket Winter Edition on Neogeo Pocket Color before? A fully working homebrew game made from Sonic Pocket with 2 more characters (Tails and Knuckles).

(Drakedave)

(09:43:51 07/16/21 EST)

I will look into this!

(SignOfZeta)

(11:36:19 07/20/21 EST)

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