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Neo Geo Games
The Neo Geo is a video game platform developed and designed by SNK and supported from 1990 to 2004. It was released in three different iterations: a ROM cartridge-based arcade system board called the Multi Video System (MVS), a cartridge-based home video game console called the Advanced Entertainment System (AES), and a CD-ROM-based home console called the Neo Geo CD. Each system features similar hardware and runs the same library of games through different media formats. Most games were first released on the MVS then rereleased for the home consoles, however some never saw a home console release and a few were released exclusively for the Neo Geo CD. This page lists every officially licensed game released for all three formats. Games There are 156 officially licensed Neo Geo games. This list does not include unlicensed games, unlicensed conversions, prototypes, Neo Geo Pocket Color games, or Hyper Neo Geo 64 games. Notes References External links NeoGeo Museu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo Geo (system)
The , stylized as NEO•GEO, is a video game platform released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK, SNK Corporation. It was initially released in two ROM cartridge-based formats: an arcade system board (Multi Video System; MVS) and a home video game console (Advanced Entertainment System; AES). A CD-ROM-based home console iteration, the Neo Geo CD, was released in 1994. The arcade system can hold multiple cartridges that can be exchanged out, a unique feature that contrasted to the dedicated single-game Arcade cabinet, arcade cabinets of its time, making it popular with arcade operators. The Neo Geo was marketed as the first 24-bit computing, 24-bit system; its Central processing unit, CPU is actually a 16-bit, 16/32-bit Motorola 68000, 68000 with an 8-bit Zilog Z80, Z80 coprocessor, while its Graphics processing unit, GPU chipset has a 24-bit graphics data Bus (computing), bus. It was a very powerful system when released, more so than any video game console at the time, and man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADK (company)
, formerly known as , was a Japanese video game developer founded in 1980. ADK began as a developer of arcade games and is best known for their library of SNK Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo titles, including for its home consoles, produced in partnership with SNK. Most notable among these are their fighting games and, in particular, the ''World Heroes'' series and ''Aggressors of Dark Kombat''. The company closed with properties sold to SNK Playmore in 2003. History Early years ADK was founded in July 1980 in Ageo, Saitama, Japan. At the time, it was known as ''Alpha Denshi'' or ''Alpha'' for short. Originally a producer of audio and telecommunications equipment, Alpha first ventured into video games in 1980 with two arcade titles: by Craul Denshi and Tecmo, Tehkan's , a basic Shogi, Japanese chess game. ''Dorachan'' was recalled shortly after release due to unlicensed usage of the fictional character Doraemon. Despite an inauspicious start, Alpha continued to develop arcade games i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Stars 2
is a baseball sports arcade game released by SNK in 1992 for the Neo-Geo console. A less detailed console version was released for the NES by Romstar the same year. Neo Geo version The player can select from one of 18 teams across two leagues: Exciting League (beginner) & Fighting League (expert). It featured 18 teams across 2 leagues (Exciting League and Fighting League) and put more emphasis on the graphics and the gameplay; for example, being able to change pitchers or batters and powering up batters which increased the size of the bat.''Baseball Stars 2'' user's manual (Neo Geo AES, US) NES version ''Baseball Stars 2'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System was distributed by Romstar in 1992. Changes made from the original ''Baseball Stars'', released by SNK in 1989: * Female players are no longer included in any form. * Two additional batting stances. These additional stances are never used for players on custom teams. They will only appear on the pre-made teams' playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Bead
is a software company located in Japan. It was founded in 1982 by and later became corporate on August 8, 1983, while revealing itself as "Visco" in Japan. They originally developed video games for several platforms from the arcades and NES, to the Nintendo 64 and Neo Geo in the past. When Visco was one of the companies under the Taito umbrella, some of its titles back then were labeled "Taito". They also teamed up with Seta and Sammy in developing arcade games powered by the SSV (Sammy, Seta and Visco) arcade system board until Sammy fully acquired noted game company Sega under a new company titled Sega Sammy Holdings in 2004, while Seta's parent company Aruze announced in December 2008 that Seta decided to close their doors after 23 years of existence. Therefore, the SSV board was no longer being produced. From 2008, Visco began manufacturing slot machines for casino A casino is a facility for gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, resta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Shimura
, known professionally as , was a Japanese comedian. He was born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. He started his career as an assistant to the comedy band The Drifters, led by Chōsuke Ikariya. In 1974, He joined the group, replacing Chū Arai. He appeared as members of the group on popular comedy shows that gained massive popularity from the 1970s to the 1980s. Hachiji-dayo! Zen'in-shūgō achieved the highest viewership rating of 50.5%, and reached 40.4% viewership. These shows made us nationally popular. After the end of ''Hachiji-dayo!'' in 1985, he began to work independently as well. He appeared on shows like , with Cha Katō, a fellow member of the group, ," and , portraying characters like and . These characters became highly popular. Shimura's comedic work was inspired in part by that of Jerry Lewis. Career Shimura became known in 1974, replacing Chu Arai in the famous comedy group The Drifters. With the help of the other members of the group, he learned to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Path Of The Warrior
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Art Of Fighting 2
is a fighting game developed and released by SNK in arcades on 3 February 1994. It is a direct sequel to ''Art of Fighting'', involving both new and returning characters competing against each other in the King of Fighters tournament. The plot features Ryo Sakazaki and his friends as they work together to take down the mafia host Geese Howard, whose forces manipulated them in the first ''Art of Fighting'' game. It retains most of the characters from the first ''Art of Fighting'' rather than just Ryo and Robert Garcia. The gameplay remains faithful to the original ''Art of Fighting'', including Desperation Moves and taunts that are used strategically. This game was promoted with ''The King of Fighters '94'' released in the same year by the company. It was ported to the Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD and Super Famicom. It would be later ported as part of the entire ''Art of Fighting'' trilogy for more modern consoles. The game was developed in a year by SNK. Unlike the first ''Art of Fight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Of Fighting (video Game)
is a fighting game released by SNK on arcades on 24 September 1992. It was eventually ported to the Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, PC Engine Arcade CD-ROM², Sega Genesis, and SNES. The game follows two Karate users known as Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting), Robert Garcia as they travel to fight criminals from the Southtown city in order to find Ryo's missing sister Yuri. The game employs special moves and stronger Desperation Moves that can be performed strategically by filling the player's energy bar and removing enemies by taunting them. The game originated from Hiroshi Matsumoto's desire to create his own fighting game while making high emphasis on the storytelling. The developers from SNK found the gameplay challenging for the first time a video game developed a Desperation Move and made notable emphasis of graphical damage. The game went to become one of SNK's biggest hits from the early 1990s for its focus on fighting engine and storytelling. This eventually led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visco Corporation
is a software company located in Japan. It was founded in 1982 by and later became corporate on August 8, 1983, while revealing itself as "Visco" in Japan. They originally developed video games for several platforms from the Arcade game, arcades and Nintendo Entertainment System, NES, to the Nintendo 64 and Neo Geo in the past. When Visco was one of the companies under the Taito Corporation, Taito umbrella, some of its titles back then were labeled "Taito". They also teamed up with Seta Corporation, Seta and Sammy Corporation, Sammy in developing arcade games powered by the SSV (Sammy, Seta and Visco) arcade system board until Sammy fully acquired noted game company Sega under a new company titled Sega Sammy Holdings in 2004, while Seta's parent company Aruze announced in December 2008 that Seta decided to close their doors after 23 years of existence. Therefore, the SSV board was no longer being produced. From 2008, Visco began manufacturing slot machines for casinos mostly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andro Dunos
is a scrolling shooter arcade video game developed by Visco Corporation and originally published by SNK on June 15, 1992. It is the first title to be created by Visco for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and Neo Geo AES (home) platforms. ''Andro Dunos'', along with 1996's '' Breakers'' are the only two Visco developed games to be officially licensed for distribution on the Neo Geo AES platform. All other Visco games were only released on the Neo Geo MVS arcade platform. Taking place on a futuristic sci-fi setting where an unknown alien race from outer space has steadily increased their invasion activities, players assume control of the Yellow Cherry and Red Fox space fighter crafts in a last-ditch effort for mankind to overthrow the alien forces. Though it was initially launched for the Neo Geo MVS, ''Andro Dunos'' was later released for the Neo Geo AES on July 17 of the same year. ''Andro Dunos'' was met with mixed reception from both critics and reviewers alike since its i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Mission II
''Alpha Mission II'' is a vertically scrolling full screen shoot 'em up released by SNK in 1991 for the Neo Geo arcade and home systems. It is the sequel to the 1985 arcade game '' Alpha Mission''. It was later released for the Neo Geo CD in 1994 and for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. The player controls a fighter spacecraft (Armored Scrum Object) and can shoot enemies in the air, bomb enemies on the ground, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels. Gameplay The game controls uses 2 or 3 buttons used depending on the selected shuttle mode. The ship's armaments consist of air-to-air laser shots, air-to-ground missiles and any Power Weapons the player collects. The laser and missiles can be upgraded up to four times by collecting the powerups from drones that are shot. Power Weapons are available after the player collects three pieces of the same armour type or can be bought with credits acquired after each stage.''Alpha Mission II'' user's manual (Neo Geo AES, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
