Buying a Neo Geo - Games Question

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I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying one of these for some retro fun (having owned one briefly back in my teens). Yes, I know I can use MAME, but it's all about having the hardware and hooking it up to the 42" TV :p

One thing I'm wondering about though -are the games tied to the console by region? IE: If I buy a Japanese console, will English and American games work on it?

EDIT: Or would I be better getting a DreamCast - I see people are playing NG games on them? :eek:

Cheers!
 
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The consoles are region free in terms of the carts playing on all region machines, there is one thing to bear in mine however. Say you have a US or PAL console, some games may be censored slightly, such as blood being removed/different colour or nudity (breast jiggles - KOF Series :D) being toned down.

I have a Jap console myself, which I'd say is the best to go with if you can deal with any import costs and the power step-down side of things.

DC - get both; If you're thinking about getting an AES and buying those (mostly) expensive carts then you should be loaded anyway. :p
 
Wouldn't bother. Neo Geo was garbage and it hasn't aged well at all.

A Dreamcast is a much more worthy investment. It has Soul Calibur, the SF3 series, Ikaruga, Rez, Powerstone, Shenmue and so on which all look awesome in VGA. There are a few Neo Geo games on the DC, mostly the fighting games from 1999 onwards.
 
man theres some epic aes games but like said get your wallet ready :p

decent console is going to be 300 quid before you start talking about other stuff unles you get lucky.

samuri showdown , art of fighting , super sidekick , man id be on that now if i had one :D
 
Aye I understand that these are pricey - but I'm thinking it'll be a nice treat for myself and good for when I have mates round. The alternative is to build a decent HTPC to keep under the TV which will run emulation but I just have a hankering for proper hardware, including the awesome joysticks. No faffing about - just plug in and go.

I wish I'd never sold the one I had now but I wanted other shiny gadgets and needed the cash... :p I really miss my US SNES too.. :(

The idea is that my place will be renovated in a few months and I want a proper lad's pad sorted out (you can tell I watched "Big" too many times as a kid). I'm looking at getting a pinball machine, and one of the table arcade games (that has Frogger/Pacman etc etc) too.
 
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yashiro said:
Wouldn't bother. Neo Geo was garbage and it hasn't aged well at all.
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Matter of opinion, I've never seen it referred to has garbage; it wasn't then and isn't now. :p

Same goes for the 'hasn't aged well at all' comment; it depends what you're looking for and your setup - many of the AES games still look excellent today due to the level of detail and the sound can be excellent too.

@ PianoBasher:

You could always buy a convertor to play MVS carts or an MVS board that's been turned into a console; both may mean an initially larger investment but would save you money in the long run but it depends how many games you see yourself collecting and if the original case/artwork etc side of things matters to you.
 
If you end up going the HTPC route you could use something like Hyperspin to make it a lot more 'showy' and easy to play games on. Does take a little fettling to get it all set up though.

Can't beat playing on the original hardware though, I keep meaning to set up my A1200 somewhere and fire up some of my old favourites.
 
Mr Plow said:
If you end up going the HTPC route you could use something like Hyperspin to make it a lot more 'showy' and easy to play games on. Does take a little fettling to get it all set up though.

Can't beat playing on the original hardware though, I keep meaning to set up my A1200 somewhere and fire up some of my old favourites.
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Cheers for that, I'll look into it, although at the moment I'm really warming to the idea of getting a Neo Geo, DC and SNES underneath the telly. :p The only problem is having loads of controllers tangling themselves up in the cabinet!

Agreed - there is definitely something amazing about having the hardware! I'd get a C64 if I could put up with the tape loading times.

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@ PianoBasher:

You could always buy a convertor to play MVS carts or an MVS board that's been turned into a console; both may mean an initially larger investment but would save you money in the long run but it depends how many games you see yourself collecting and if the original case/artwork etc side of things matters to you.
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I'm not so bothered about artwork, just want the games. Things could change though. I hadn't thought about a convertor - good point. One other thing I wondered - what about repairs if anything goes wrong? Are there any firms specialising in these, as it's not as if it's cheap to just go and buy a replacement, and these are getting on now (although I'm sure they are built to last).
 
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