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Posted: Oct 16 2010 05:55 pm

So today I got my belated B-day gift from my wife. A 4 slot MVS Neo Geo Cab! Final Fight has been moved to the garage. Came with 6 games, two not shown are Aero Fighters 2 & 3. So I'm stoked, but not too familiar with the Neo Geo's game library. Can anyone recommend some great games they enjoyed playing on big red back in the day?

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Oh man thats sweet. You're wife must love you to have that thing in the house.

Posted: Oct 16 2010 06:08 pm

METAL SLUG! Either the original Metal Slug, Metal Slug X or Metal Slug 3. Metal Slug X is basically Metal Slug 2.1. It fixes some slowdown issues and there are a few minor aesthetic and difficulty changes.

Posted: Oct 16 2010 06:14 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

METAL SLUG! Either the original Metal Slug, Metal Slug X or Metal Slug 3. Metal Slug X is basically Metal Slug 2.1. It fixes some slowdown issues and there are a few minor aesthetic and difficulty changes.

I know! I was trying to figure out which is best? I think 3 but then I think maybe X is better. It's like the riddle of steel...

Posted: Oct 16 2010 06:24 pm

3 is my all-time favorite. The Final Mission in 3 is just so ridiculously epic.

Sengoku 3 stands out as a great pick too. And if you're into fighting games, there's all those iterations of KoF and Samurai Shodown to choose from, not to mention SVC Chaos and Garou: Mark Of Wolves.

Posted: Oct 16 2010 07:19 pm

X is good if you don't have the hour needed to beat 3. 5 is okay, but it could have been so much more. 4 is bland by comparison to all the others, but it's still playable.

If you ever find a copy of Twinkle Star Sprites, make sure I never find out or I might just have to hunt you down.

Posted: Oct 16 2010 08:10 pm

Holy Snikeys that looks awesome Ash, that is just awesome. I am seriously jealous of your ultra cool gift giving wife

Posted: Oct 16 2010 11:20 pm

Very cool, consider me jealous.

Posted: Oct 16 2010 11:25 pm

I'm going to get hanged for saying this, but I liked Fighters' History, and you MAY be able to play it on NG.

UsaSatsui's Youtube Channel · Posted: Oct 17 2010 12:13 am

Magician Lord gets a bad rap, but it was fun enough if you ask me.

Most of the Neo Geo games I saw in the arcades, though, were crap. You got two of the three I remember being decently fun (Art of Fighting and Puzzle Bobble), the only one I can think of you may want to find otherwise is Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 12:16 am

I think both King of the Monsters and Last Blade were N*G titles.

Title: Kenka Bancho Joined: May 05 2010 Posts: 227

Look up Crossed Swords, Windjammers and World Heroes.

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There was a Vietnam game who's name escapes me. The intro had the guy saying "do I have to go back to that he'll again?" there was a beat em up where you fought mutants and collected orbs for special moves. It had decapitations. There's also world heroes.

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Breakers was neo geo?

Posted: Oct 17 2010 10:28 am

World Heroes was what the game was! Fighters History was Data East.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 10:51 am

A little more obscure, but Shock Troopers and Shock Troopers 2 are favorites of mine. They're top-down run and gun games. Gameplay is the same in both, but the first one has semi-realistic graphics whereas the second one is anime style.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 11:58 am

Thanks all.

So my list of games to purchase is now:
Metal Slug 3
Crossed Swords (Already found one for $10 on ebay)
NAM 1975 (The Vietnam Game mentioned)
Samurai Showdown II
Shocktroopers
KOF 94

This could turn out to be a costly venture. I like the MVS for this reason though, I bought my first arcade game (Final Fight) but even a game as great as that grows old. I had considered maybe X-Men or TMNT but the same thing applies. With the MVS I can constantly change out the games inside and keep me from growing bored with them. I also found a cool place to order boxes and artwork to house my carts in nice and neat on my shelves.

*Not mine, but I have 6 boxes on the way so someday soon my shelf will look like this!

Posted: Oct 17 2010 12:40 pm

Question. Do these games come with the inserts for the marquee display?

Docinsano's Channel 63 · Posted: Oct 17 2010 01:02 pm

Neo Turf Masters if you're looking for a sports game...

Posted: Oct 17 2010 01:40 pm

Ugh, replace KoF '94 with '98, 2002 or 2003, those are universally considered the best of the Neo Geo era KoF games. '94 (and '95 for that matter) controls pretty rough and and is very noob-unfriendly.

Alpha Mission 2 (and Pulstar/Blazing Star if you can find them for non-rape prices) is a great shmup.

Last Resort is alright.

Garou, as mentioned, is a great pick. It's probably the most beautiful game for the system (next to The Last Blade 2, which is also excellent) and compares well to Street Fighter III which is considered Capcom's best.

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 and Kizuna Encounter are also good fighters.

You can't go wrong with Baseball Stars 2 if you want a sports game. Or Super Baseball 2020 for that matter.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 01:46 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Question. Do these games come with the inserts for the marquee display?

No, but the marquee sucks on the MVS anyway. The light is a crazy paper that is not available, so I am going another route on this one. I plan on installing four digital picture frames and then uploading pics of the mini marquees on said frames. Stole the idea (and the blueprints) from this guys 2 slot.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 01:53 pm

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

Ugh, replace KoF '94 with '98, 2002 or 2003, those are universally considered the best of the Neo Geo era KoF games. '94 (and '95 for that matter) controls pretty rough and and is very noob-unfriendly.

I know KOF 94 blows compared to the other updated versions, but that one is mostly out of nostalgia. I never played the newer ones, would you say 2003 is the best?

Posted: Oct 17 2010 03:29 pm

Ash Burton wrote:

Mr. Bomberman wrote:

Ugh, replace KoF '94 with '98, 2002 or 2003, those are universally considered the best of the Neo Geo era KoF games. '94 (and '95 for that matter) controls pretty rough and and is very noob-unfriendly.

I know KOF 94 blows compared to the other updated versions, but that one is mostly out of nostalgia. I never played the newer ones, would you say 2003 is the best?

2003 is damn awesome, especially with the new (at the time) on-the-fly tag system, the fast and frenetic pace of the fighting, and most of the characters' movesets being easy to figure out. It's good fun.

If you're really looking for a classic style KoF, though, go with '98.

Posted: Oct 17 2010 05:36 pm

What about Art Of Fighting? Is that any good?

Posted: Oct 17 2010 06:08 pm

It's decent, the mechanics are a bit slow but the characters are huge! Not a bad game at all considering the time frame it was released.