[B]"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT"?![/B]
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jamie666 said:
everyone has friends who don't know about the neo geo
jamie666
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I can see how people could actually say that on 1st impression about some of the games on the Neo-Geo being reminiscent of Mega Drive quality in terms of graphics. But what soon becomes apparent after a few minutes play on a Neo compared a SNES/MD are the things like the speech, music, speed of the games and graphical techniques used within Neo-Geo games, that simply at the time could not be matched by any other machine.
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Of course man. I didnt know what a Neo Geo was till 2002. So believe it. There's alot of people out there that dont know what it is. Ha...funny eh...
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No. All of my friends have had some experience w/ the Neo and the AES I have is considered to be a holy artifact that many love to play, much less behold the sight of it.
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I have friends who don't know what a Gamecube is, let alone Neo Geo. People, eh? When will they learn..
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I didn't hear of Neo Geo until around 1994, when I read something about the AES in a game magazine. Of course, arcade cabinets have always been nearly non existant here. I knew about Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown, but only from ports.
I think a lot of people who are into games, might know some classic Neo titles, like the above mentioned, possibly King of Fighters, and most likely Metal Slug. I'm certain emulation can be thanked partly from this. But otherwise, I surprisingly often run into people (whom I didn't really consider console/arcade nerds) who notice that I'm into Neo Geo, and exclaim that Neo Geo is a really awesome system.
My biggest surprise was at a Danish convention related to Japanese culture last year, where I was asked to set up a gaming room. I brought my MVS, and a friend brought his AES. They were both extremely popular, and a lot of people seemed to recognise the system. Needless to say, I was very positively surprised! It was the only system that got to run constantly, where the other TVs usually played host for various different systems.
I think a lot of people who are into games, might know some classic Neo titles, like the above mentioned, possibly King of Fighters, and most likely Metal Slug. I'm certain emulation can be thanked partly from this. But otherwise, I surprisingly often run into people (whom I didn't really consider console/arcade nerds) who notice that I'm into Neo Geo, and exclaim that Neo Geo is a really awesome system.
My biggest surprise was at a Danish convention related to Japanese culture last year, where I was asked to set up a gaming room. I brought my MVS, and a friend brought his AES. They were both extremely popular, and a lot of people seemed to recognise the system. Needless to say, I was very positively surprised! It was the only system that got to run constantly, where the other TVs usually played host for various different systems.
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son_of_bael said:
Don't know what a Gamecube is? Kicker please! Smack them hoes and tell em to go back to goddamn cuba missy!
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The more friends you have that don't know what a Neo Geo is, the less of a loser you likely are....
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norton9478 said:
It hurts, but its the truth.
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My mate came over a couple of weeks ago and saw me on KoF96. His words were 'Why have you got a Neo Geo. They're shit. Get a PS2 with NFSU2.'
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Most of my friends know something about the Neo, but the majority of them are not aware of it because they don't remember the name. But all I have to do is start talking about "the game with the little green guy with the knife hands" or "the first game where you choose three players at the beginning" or something along those lines, and then they realize what I'm talking about.
It's just that it has been awhile since the Neo has been mainstream, and most people just need a little prodding so that they can remember what they know.
It's just that it has been awhile since the Neo has been mainstream, and most people just need a little prodding so that they can remember what they know.
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In my litle backwoods town I know of only three other people who know wtf a Neo-Geo actually is, and they are all related to me. I find that no-one where I work remembers the system..or any of its games for that matter...and upon closer scrutiny and questioning ..it appears they know very little about classic gaming at all. Its not really surprising though. I did have some good friends back in high school that were into the Neo same as I.
I was just telling a guy at my work place about a new Neo cart I recently got, and when he asked how much it was..and I replied $150 the strangest look came over his face..it was priceless.
I was just telling a guy at my work place about a new Neo cart I recently got, and when he asked how much it was..and I replied $150 the strangest look came over his face..it was priceless.
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Just today a guy in my class looked over my shoulder as I was browsing Neo-Geo.com, and he identified Neo Geo as "some old game system". I still think that alone is impressive, considering the Neo has always been pretty much non existant in Denmark.
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Sumez said:
God that is priceless!
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Baseley09 said:Sure.
I had people claim that Samurai Shodown 2 looked no better than a Megadrive game.....
This was liek 1995, were 14 or 15, but still.....anus.
Like 2 years ago one of the guys I work with said Slug 3 looked like a Genesis game.
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All the people I work with dont have a clue and never really want to know about it anyway so I dont talk about it much. The other day my cousin said that one of her class mates didnt know what a chocobo was. I dont understand some people 
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Up here in Maine, a guy in my art class, we were talking about games and what systems we own. I was actually making windchimes out of clay, modeling game controllers, and one happened to be a NEO AES. He pointed out to me that he had a genesis, SNES, and AES.
I asked him, "that one, are you sure?"
"yeah"
I said, "wait, your kidding, right?"
Apparently, he has an AES, 2 sticks, SamShoII, and MS II. To say the least, i was shocked.
I asked him, "that one, are you sure?"
"yeah"
I said, "wait, your kidding, right?"
Apparently, he has an AES, 2 sticks, SamShoII, and MS II. To say the least, i was shocked.