Opinions wanted on multiple series games & soccer games

Orrimarrko

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Okay; trying to narrow things down a bit.

What I'm asking is for opinions on games that are part of multi-series games, and soccer games.

Which are "keepers" and which aren't.

For example, in the Art of Fighting series, there are 3 games.

Are any of them "should keep" titles?

Same with Samurai Shodown, World Heroes, Fatal Fury, Real Bout, and KOF.

As for Soccer, there are 8 soccer titles, excluding Soccer Brawl, which is a little unique.

Which are the best to play?

Same thing for other multi-series titles like Metal Slug, Stakes Winner, Puzzle de Pon, Baseball Stars, etc.

Thanks for your time.
 

ruderudie

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Must haves or keeps:

AOF 1
SS 2 & 4
WHP
Sidekicks 3
KOF 96 & 98
FF special
RB2
MoTW
Slug 1 & X

It's all pretty personal what you like, but these are the (series)games i still play on a regular basis.
 

Xian Xi

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For soccer I prefer Neo Cup 98 and Ultimate 11.
 

xiao_haozi

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From your list....

AoF:
All really.... but I'm an AoF fan. I would say 3 is my favorite IF I had to keep only one for some reason.

SamSho:
1,2,4.

Slug:
1,X are the ones that I always have in.... best ones? Maybe,maybe not... but definitely my favorites to play.

Baseball Stars:
2.


And some others from series off the top of my head:

Shock Troopers:
1.

Last Blade:
Both!

....World Heroes, Fatal Fury, Real Bout, and KOF .... meh everyone has their particular favorites in these series... I don't really have a must play from these... [oh my]
 

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To me the keepers are as follow:

AOF3
WHP
Samsho II
KOF '98
Neo Cup '98
Metal Slug 3
Last Blade 2
Aero Fighters 2
Fatal Fury Special
Real Bout Special
MOTW
Baseball Stars 2
Breaker's Revenge
Magical Drop 3
Bust A Move
Sengoku 3
Shock TRoopers
Blazing Star

Now, cool titles that don't belong to a series of games for the MVS that I consider to be keepers.

Neo Truf Masters
Windjammers
Street Hoops
Neo Driftout
Last Resort
Nam '75
Matrimelee
Neo Bomberman
NIghtmare in the Dark
Strikers 1945 Plus
 

SuperDeadite

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Stakes Winner 2 is much better then Stakes Winner 1. Really no reason to play SW1 when you can play SW2.
 

Orrimarrko

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Thanks everyone (so far.)

What I'm trying to figure out is what is left in the library that I need to get, and if I decide to reduce the collection, which one's can be sold without losing any sleep.

I take great pride in the collection, and have paid well for them; so getting rid of any isn't a decision I take lightly.

Here's what I have; all are US/ENG original carts with original labels in excellent condition (except for Legend of Success Joe and Money Puzzle Exchanger, which were JAP only.) No fake/replacement labels, no jacked up labels with curling corners, no scratched out serial numbers, etc.

Also, I have all of the original US/ENG mini marquees in near mint condition as well (again, except for LofSJ and MPE, which were JAP only); except for 26 minis, which I'm still working on obtaining.

I haven't played them all, which is why I'm asking what is worth playing and what isn't.

Granted, there are a LOT of titles that I know I don't have, and definitely want to add to the collection (they'll be obvious). ;)

Comments are welcome; I just can't see owning every game in a series unless there's a good reason (differences in playability; cool bonus factors, etc).

Here are the carts I have:

2020 Super Baseball
Aero Fighters 3
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Alpha Mission II
Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 3
Baseball Stars Professional
Baseball Stars 2
Blazing Star
Blue's Journey
Burning Fight
Bust-A-Move
Crossed Swords
Eightman
Fatal Fury 3
Fatal Fury Special
Football Frenzy
Galaxy Fight
Garou MOTW
Ghost Pilots
Ghostlop (not an official release, of course)
Goal! Goal! Goal!
Gururin
Kabuki Klash
King of Fighters '94
King of Fighters '97
King of Fighters '00
King of Fighters '01
King of Fighters '02
Last Blade, The
Last Resort
League Bowling
Legend of Success Joe
Magical Drop II
Magical Drop III
Magician Lord
Matrimelee
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Mutation Nation
Nam-1975
Neo Mr. Do!
Neo Turf Masters
Ninja Combat
Ninja Commando
Neo Geo Cup '98
Panic Bomber
Power Spikes II
Pulstar
Puzzled
Rage of the Dragons
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown III
Savage Reign
Sengoku
Soccer Brawl
Spinmaster
Stakes Winner 2
Strikers 1945 Plus
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
Super Sidekicks 2
Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory
Super Sidekicks 4: The Ultimate 11
Super Spy, The
Tecmo World Soccer '96
Top Hunter
Top Player's Golf
Viewpoint
Windjammers
World Heroes
World Heroes 2

This is a list of what's left (not including the Mahjong/Quiz type JAP games). Those in BOLD I know for sure I want. The rest, I'm not sure if they're any good.

Opinions are welcome.

3 Count Bout
Aero Fighters 2
Andro Dunos
Art of Fighting
Bang Bead
Breakers
Breakers Revenge
Bust-A-Move Again "EX"
Captain Tomaday
Cyber-Lip
Double Dragon
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 2
Fight Fever
Flip Shot
Ganryu
Irritating Maze, The
Karnov's Revenge
King of Fighters, The '95
King of Fighters, The '96
King of Fighters, The '98
King of Fighters, The '99
King of Fighters, The 2003
King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters 2
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Last Blade 2, The
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Neo Bomberman
Neo Driftout
Nightmare in the Dark
Ninja Master's
Over Top
Pleasure Goal 5-on-5 Street Soccer
Pochi & Nyaa
Pop 'N Bounce
Prehistoric Isle 2
Puzzle de Pon!
Puzzle de Pon! R
Ragnagard
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
Riding Hero
Robo Army
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Samurai Shodown V
Samurai Shodown V Special*
Sengoku 2
Sengoku 3
Shock Troopers
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
Stakes Winner
Street Hoop
Super Dodge Ball
Super Sidekicks
Thrash Rally
Twinkle Star Sprites
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer
Waku Waku 7
World Heroes 2 Jet
World Heroes Perfect
Zed Blade
Zupapa!

Thanks all, for taking the time.

Steve
 

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Breakers Revenge
Captain Tomaday
Ganryu
King of Fighters, The '98
King of Fighters, The '99
King of Fighters, The 2003
King of the Monsters 2
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Samurai Shodown V Special*
Sengoku 3
World Heroes Perfect
Zed Blade

Those are your non-bolds I would recommend.
 

joe8

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non-bolds u should keep:

KOF96
KOF98
KOF99
KOF2003
Samurai Shodown 4
Sengoku 3

and probably some of the other non-bold ones too, but I'm not familiar with some of them, eg. SSVS, Ninja Masters, etc.
 

ruderudie

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If you own most of these games, why don't you just play them and find out yourself what carts you want to keep?
 

Darren870

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Get rid of these:

2020 Super Baseball
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Alpha Mission II
Baseball Stars Professional
Blue's Journey
Burning Fight
Crossed Swords
Eightman
Fatal Fury 3
Football Frenzy
Galaxy Fight
Ghost Pilots
Goal! Goal! Goal!
Gururin
Kabuki Klash
King of Fighters '94
King of Fighters '97
King of Fighters '01
King of Fighters '02
Legend of Success Joe
Magical Drop II
Magician Lord
Mutation Nation
Neo Mr. Do!
Ninja Combat
Ninja Commando
Neo Geo Cup '98
Panic Bomber
Power Spikes II
Puzzled
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Samurai Shodown
Savage Reign
Sengoku
Soccer Brawl
Stakes Winner 2
Super Sidekicks 2
Super Sidekicks 4: The Ultimate 11
Super Spy, The
Tecmo World Soccer '96
Top Player's Golf
World Heroes
World Heroes 2

Id even get rid of some more...but you said you wanted to keep like 50 games so i didnt cross all of them off...

Get these:

King of Fighters, The '98
King of Fighters, The 2003
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Last Blade 2, The
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Nightmare in the Dark or Zupapa
Over Top or Neo Drift Out
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Sengoku 3
Shock Troopers
Street Hoop
Super Dodge Ball
Twinkle Star Sprites
Waku Waku 7
 

Electric Grave

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You get each other so well...why don't you boys go and make out or something?
 

Bay78

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My "KEEPERS" are:

AOF - #2 is my favorite

Fatal Fury 2

Metal Slug X, 3 are my favorites

Sam Sho 1 is an all time Classic for me.

Bust a Move & Bust a Move Again are absolute musts!

Neo Turf Masters is a great betting game with buddies and its a keeper

Rage of the Dragons is an excellent Fighter that I highly recommend.

Beat em Ups - My favorites are Sengoku and Sengoku 3.
 

Black Mamba

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IMO

Im one of those morons thats going to eventually try and gather every game but to answer your question in my inexperienced opinion with the neo with many of these games only ever being played on a friends system or modded xbox -

If i bought Five games right now for gameplay and not collection purposes it would be

Samurai Showdown II
Baseball Stars PRO
Super Sidekicks
Puzzle Bobble
Mark of The Wolves
 

Orrimarrko

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Get rid of these:

2020 Super Baseball
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Alpha Mission II
Baseball Stars Professional
Blue's Journey
Burning Fight
Crossed Swords
Eightman
Fatal Fury 3
Football Frenzy
Galaxy Fight
Ghost Pilots
Goal! Goal! Goal!
Gururin
Kabuki Klash
King of Fighters '94
King of Fighters '97
King of Fighters '01
King of Fighters '02
Legend of Success Joe
Magical Drop II
Magician Lord
Mutation Nation
Neo Mr. Do!
Ninja Combat
Ninja Commando
Neo Geo Cup '98
Panic Bomber
Power Spikes II
Puzzled
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Samurai Shodown
Savage Reign
Sengoku
Soccer Brawl
Stakes Winner 2
Super Sidekicks 2
Super Sidekicks 4: The Ultimate 11
Super Spy, The
Tecmo World Soccer '96
Top Player's Golf
World Heroes
World Heroes 2

Id even get rid of some more...but you said you wanted to keep like 50 games so i didnt cross all of them off...

Get these:

King of Fighters, The '98
King of Fighters, The 2003
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Last Blade 2, The
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Nightmare in the Dark or Zupapa
Over Top or Neo Drift Out
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Sengoku 3
Shock Troopers
Street Hoop
Super Dodge Ball
Twinkle Star Sprites
Waku Waku 7

Thanks for the input.

I won't get rid of these for sure (because I was in college when the Neo first came out, and played these incessently - so, they're special to me):

Blue's Journey
Crossed Swords
Football Frenzy
Ghost Pilots
Magician Lord
Sengoku
Soccer Brawl
Super Spy, The
Top Player's Golf

These, I plan to keep because I actually like them:

Neo Mr. Do!
Ninja Commando
Power Spikes II
Stakes Winner 2

These, I either haven't played yet (BOLD), or have, and will probably let them go:

2020 Super Baseball
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Alpha Mission II

Baseball Stars Professional
Burning Fight
Eightman

Fatal Fury 3
Galaxy Fight
Goal! Goal! Goal!
Gururin
Kabuki Klash
King of Fighters '94
King of Fighters '97
King of Fighters '01
King of Fighters '02
Legend of Success Joe

Magical Drop II
Mutation Nation
Ninja Combat
Neo Geo Cup '98
Panic Bomber
Puzzled
Real Bout Fatal Fury

Samurai Shodown
Savage Reign
Super Sidekicks 2
Super Sidekicks 4: The Ultimate 11
Tecmo World Soccer '96
World Heroes
World Heroes 2

Of the one's you recommended, I was already interested in all of them, so I guess that's good. ;)

Steve
 

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sidekicks 3 has the deepest play of any of the soccer games. Ultimate 11 is the best looking but plays like a dog (score same goal every time with your eyes shut)
In fact sidekicks 1 and 2 are also cool. For the price sidekicks 1 is a keeper.

Slug series obviously
Art of fighting 1-3

World heroes as well should be complete

Fatal fury 1, 2 special are keepers. 3 and the real bout series are a mixed bag and not keepers. MOTW is a keeper.

Sam shodown 1 and 2 are the best , the rest look terrible and play worse.
 
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