Neo Geo confirmed for VC News
Wii News by Robert Purchese
Nintendo has finally officially confirmed that Neo Geo games will be available on the Virtual Console.
They will cost 900 points, and are likely to appear "soon", although a solid date is still to be determined.
The Neo Geo was a strange old beast made by Japanese company SNK. It boasted impressive technical prowess compared to its 1990 competition, but entered the market at such a high price point and asked for so much money for its games that it soon receded to niche, cult status.
Still, it had its moments and is remembered fondly for The King of Fighters and Metal Slug series among others.
The first titles to pop up on the Virtual Console will be Fatal Fury, World Heroes and Art of Fighting, with many more to follow in the future.
We will let you know when a date hits the airwaves.
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felderpony
01/10/07 @ 13:58
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Well, I once owned a Second Hand NeoGeo waaaay back in my youth..
was very well made, had a lovely joystick and some great shootemups! Roll on Viewpoint, Magical Drop, Samurai Showdown and ASO2! |
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Madafunkola
01/10/07 @ 14:10
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How much was a Neo-Geo and games? I seem to have a hazy memory of each cartridge selling at about £60, or am i confused with something else?
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Hackenbush
01/10/07 @ 14:42
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According to issue 4 of Edge, Samurai Shodown was GBP 185. 60 quid would buy you Street Figher II Turbo on the SNES.
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TheMoonRat
01/10/07 @ 15:28
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I seem to remember the Neo Geo didn't have any RAM in the console itself so each game cartridge had the ram onboard... thus them being damn expensive! Great games on there though.
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GamesConnoisseur
01/10/07 @ 15:36
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Looking forward to those games but damn Wii internal memory not enough blasted room, I had to swop out several games (N64 ones especially!) onto SD.
Why cant Wii run games from SD, that would have been easier, just load them onto intermal memory and run from there! Before anyone ask no I dont have Ninja-pirate-thingy modded on my Wii. |
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Mentalist(air)
01/10/07 @ 16:25
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I think the description of the Neo Geo is rather missing the point. It was an arcade machine format - home and arcade hardware was functionally identical, and the arcade version has continued to have new games made for it until really very recently.
It seems to me that the home console version was more of a thing for enthusiasts. That would be borne out by the fact that SNK ported its most popular franchises to the SNES in any case. |
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The first titles to pop up on the Virtual Console will be Fatal Fury, World Heroes and Art of Fighting, with many more to be painfully strung out over the course of the Wii's lifetime.
What would be the point in just throwing everything at the machine in one go? Makes far more sense to release things over the life of the console in my opinion, and probably financially it benefits Nintendo as well. If the 12 titles I have now were all thrown at the VC last year I doubt I would own half of them by now, but by offering a few each week it actually gives you time to play them and tempts you with new stuff on a regular basis. |
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100 megabit cartridges - divide by 8 = 12.5Mb - loads'll fit on a 4Gb SD card.
Not got a Wii yet, but YES, why can't the damn VC games run off of SD? I'm sure thes games originally cost £100 plus. I can't wait for Samurai Shodown & the King of the Fighters games. Damn - gaming keeps getting better! Don't fuck this up Nintendo Europe!!! |
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"How much was a Neo-Geo and games? I seem to have a hazy memory of each cartridge selling at about £60, or am i confused with something else?"
SNES games were about that... typical new releases were about £200-300 and the system itself was £700 (iirc) games now go for about £20 - £500 depending on what with some (like metal slug) going for up to £1000-2000. the most expensive game ever to sell at auction was kizuna encounter euro version (again iirc) and it sold for £13000. there are only 3 known copies. [edit] oh and it'll be shit on the wii if they don't release a proper arcade stick!
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