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=====SB Recommends Neo Geo Games===== | =====SB Recommends Neo Geo Games===== | ||
- | I'm just going to assume you are playing this on an emulator and someone else that actually has owned a Neo Geo can fill this in. | + | {{:fig:recommended:neogeo_mini.jpg }}[[company:snk|SNK]]'s powerful-for-1990 arcade platform with a mostly identical, ridiculously expensive [[hardware:neogeo#Advanced Entertainment System|home counterpart]], and a later [[hardware:neogeo#Neo Geo CD|CD-based version]] with games that took approximately seven lunar cycles to load anything. Despite bankruptcy and the soiling of several key franchises by some hack Korean developers, the **Neo** retained official support for a staggering 14 years. Home to more fighting games than you can shake a QCF + P at. |
=====Recommended===== | =====Recommended===== | ||
***//Blazing Star//** | ***//Blazing Star//** | ||
- | * Rudie: I love this shooter until it gets god damn impossible. | + | * Rudie: I love this [[genre:shooters|shooter]] until it gets god damn impossible. |
+ | * chompers po pable: //[[game:Blazing Star]]// is fantastic, and even moreso with two players. It isn't overly long and has some of the coolest bosses this side of //[[game:Guwange]]//. | ||
+ | * Felix: Actually a really darn good tough-but-fair, gorgeous, straightforward space shooter. Doesn't get mentioned enough. | ||
- | ***//Garou: Mark of the Wolves//** | + | ***//Garou: Mark of the Wolves//** (also on: DC, PS2, XBLA) |
- | * Sniper Honeyviper: SNK's answer to Street Fighter III, which means it's the second best fighting game of all time. | + | * Sniper Honeyviper: SNK's answer to //[[game:sf3|Street Fighter III]]//, which means it's the second best fighting game of all time. |
+ | * Firenze: On a lot of people's short list for best fighting game ever. I'd only place it below //[[game:sf3#3rd_strike|3rd Strike]]// and //[[game:sfa2|SFA2]]// for my personal favorites. It's [[company:SNK]] with a very smooth [[company:Capcom]] (a la [[game:sfa_seres|SF Alpha series]]) feel, not the usual stiffness from a SNK fighter. | ||
- | ***//The King of Fighters '98:The Slugfest//** | + | ***//Ironclad / Chotetsu Brikin'ger (JP)//** (Also on: Wii VC) |
- | * Sniper Honeyviper: The definitive KOF. I still prefer '97 and 2000 though. | + | * Sniper Honeyviper: A really weird [[genre:shooters#Horizontal Shooter|horizontal shooter]] with an [[game:r-type_series|R-Typian]] detatchable pod, set in an alternate-history 1920s eastern Europe with [[theme:mecha_games|mecha]]. The graphics could be described as an Impressionist //[[game:donkey_kong_country_series|Donkey Kong Country]]// with lots of industrial grunge. Released on the Wii's Virtual Console. |
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+ | ***//The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest//** (also on: PS, PS2, PSN, Wii VC, XBLA) | ||
+ | * Sniper Honeyviper: The definitive //[[game:kof98|KOF]]//. I still prefer //[[game:kof97|'97]]// and //[[game:kof2000|2000]]// though. | ||
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- | ***//The King of Fighters 2003//** | + | ***//The King of Fighters 2003//** (also on: PS2, Xbox) |
***//Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle//** | ***//Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle//** | ||
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* Sniper Honeyviper: The music in the slums stage is the best grunge rock track in a videogame. | * Sniper Honeyviper: The music in the slums stage is the best grunge rock track in a videogame. | ||
- | ***//The Last Blade 2//** | + | ***//The Last Blade 2//** (also on: DC, PS2, PSN, Wii VC) |
- | * Rudie: I always found Samurai Shodown too slow for me. This is a quicker based weapons fighter that takes place when Japan finally opened it's doors to the world. | + | * Rudie: I always found //[[game:samurai_shodown_series|Samurai Shodown]]// too slow for me. This is a quicker based weapons fighter that takes place when Japan finally opened it's doors to the world(([[wp>Late Tokugawa shogunate]])). |
* Loki Laufeyson: The counter button adds both a lot of fun, and a metric ton of tension. | * Loki Laufeyson: The counter button adds both a lot of fun, and a metric ton of tension. | ||
- | ***//Metal Slug X//** | + | ***//Last Resort//** (also on: Wii VC) |
- | * Rudie: X is a remixed version of 2 and is my favorite Metal Slug. My problem with 3 (popular favorite) is the enemies eventually take too much damage and it just gets too hard to stay alive. | + | * chompers po pable: //[[game:Last Resort]]// is a neat game, with wonderful animation and interesting boss/enemy sprites (and a neo-dark, post-moody atmosphere, and a descent soundtrack, from what I remember). It is a bit on the hard side, unless you are willing to credit-feed it. Plays like //[[game:r-type_series|R-Type]]//. |
- | ***//Metal Slug 4 and 5//** | + | ***//Metal Slug X//** (Also on: PS, PS2, PSP, Wii, Wii VC) |
+ | * Rudie: //[[game:metal_slug_x|X]]// is a remixed version of //[[game:metal_slug_2|2]]// and is my favorite //[[game:metal_slug_series|Metal Slug]]//. My problem with //[[game:metal_slug_3|3]]// (popular favorite) is the enemies eventually take too much damage and it just gets too hard to stay alive. | ||
+ | * Felix: Objectively it's probably the best game in the series. I have a lot of affection for the original because I can 1cc it, but this game has more varied level design and is better balanced for co-op. As Rudie said, 3 gets to be a bit much, even though it is grandiose and spectacular. | ||
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+ | ***//Metal Slug 3//** (Also on: PS2, Wii VC, Xbox, XBLA) | ||
+ | * Brandon and Tim: **YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT //[[game:metal_slug_3|METAL SLUG 3]]//.** | ||
+ | * spectralsound: The final stage has to be seen to be believed. It's longer than most entire games and about as insane as that sounds. [[company:treasure|Treasure]] can only dream of such madness. | ||
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+ | ***//Metal Slug 4 and 5//** (Also on: PS2, Xbox) | ||
* Rudie: Metal Slug again and again and again. | * Rudie: Metal Slug again and again and again. | ||
- | * Sniper Honeyviper: Don't bother with 4, it's basically an officially licensed doujin game with a depressing amount of recycled assets. 5 has some major problems, but the headbangin' soundtrack and Slug mecha make up for it. | + | * Sniper Honeyviper: Don't bother with //[[game:metal_slug_4|4]]//, it's basically an officially licensed doujin game with a depressing amount of recycled assets. //[[game:metal_slug_5|5]]// has some major problems, but the headbangin' soundtrack and Slug mecha make up for it. |
- | ***//Money Idol Exchanger//** | + | ***//Money Idol Exchanger//** (also on: JP PS, PSN) |
- | ***//Neo Turf Masters//** | + | ***//Neo Turf Masters//** (also on: Wii VC) |
* Rudie: Fantastic Arcade Golf! | * Rudie: Fantastic Arcade Golf! | ||
+ | * Firenze: The best [[genre_golf_games|golf video game]] ever made. And I hate golf. Might be tough to find, but it's fantastic. | ||
- | ***//Sengoku//** - on [[http://www.largeprimenumbers.com/news.php?nid=247|Large Prime Numbers]] | + | ***//Pulstar//** |
+ | *T.: I'm one of like three people whose favorite sort of [[genre:shooters|STG]] are brutally difficult [[genre:shooters#Horizontal Shooter|hori]] memorizers, so this is an obvious favorite. It helps that unlike //[[game:Rayxanber 2]]// or //[[game:Rezon]]// it's absurdly gorgeous. Time it took to beat (playing a few credits daily): a bit over 2 months. | ||
+ | * Felix: It's an R-Type knockoff, but an impressive one if you like slower-paced shooters. | ||
- | ***//Twinkle Star Sprites//** | + | ***//Sengoku//** (also on: SFC, SMCD, Wii VC) - [[http://www.largeprimenumbers.com/news.php?nid=247|Large Prime Numbers review]] |
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+ | ***//Shock Troopers//** (also on: PSN, Wii VC) | ||
+ | * Felix: Basically top-down Metal Slug. Not as replayable but a lot of fun to slog through once with a reasonably competent buddy. | ||
+ | * GRIMGlamfire: hidden difficulty of only using knife to get highest score | ||
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+ | ***//Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy//** (also on: PS2, PSP, Wii, Wii VC) | ||
+ | * The Blueberry Hill: Really fun arcade scroller. Players attack with stretchy arms (like //[[game:Ristar]]//), and can hop between two planes. | ||
+ | * Shapermc: My favorite platforming game on the system. It has a bit more depth than it should, and the difficulty is pretty much perfect for attempting to one credit the game. It has a //[[game:Gunstar Heroes]]// feel in a few places as well. | ||
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+ | ***//Twinkle Star Sprites//** (also on: DC, PS2, Saturn, Wii VC) | ||
* Rudie: A versus puzzle/shooter. Playing it once sets your mind on fire, and immediately makes you hardcore. | * Rudie: A versus puzzle/shooter. Playing it once sets your mind on fire, and immediately makes you hardcore. | ||
- | | + | * The Blueberry Hill: I prefer the Saturn version, for its extra modes, but any is more than fine. It's wonderful, frantic, wonderful, and wonderful. |
+ | * spectralsound: direct transcript of my thoughts during my first playthrough of this: "holy fuck, i can't even tell what's going on! jesus, i just died! this is awesome!" | ||
+ | * Felix: Wonderful, totally unique versus classic. | ||
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+ | ***//[[game:windjammers|Windjammers / Flying Power Disc]] (JP)//** (also on: Wii VC) | ||
+ | * The Blueberry Hill: Basically, it's a //[[game:Pong]]// update. With the significant changes being the ability to catch the disc, multiple characters with differing strengths, and interesting shot options (like the ability to bend shots). It's a highly satisfying, speedy, and nuanced multiplayer game. And one of the system's best. It's also supported by [[software:GGPO]]! | ||
+ | * Felix: It's lacking a tiny little bit of depth or something to be a classic, but it is a lot of fun for being updated Pong. | ||
- | =====Related Links===== | + | =====See Also===== |
- | *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_CD|Neo Geo CD Wikipedia Article]] | + | *[[wp>Neo_Geo_CD|Neo Geo CD Wikipedia Article]] |
+ | *[[http://forums.selectbutton.net/viewtopic.php?t=1786|I now join the Neo-Geo club (Recommend me games!)]] - forum thread. |