Kof 2k1 in Orlando

mvsholic

Angel's Love Slave
Joined
May 15, 2001
Posts
904
so says www.eventgaming.com

This year's IAAPA convention starts Wednesday in Orlando, Florida, and we have details as to what has been set up early in the convention hall.

Sega's booth has King of Route 66 and an eight player horse racing game (presumably Derby Owners Club 2001), a seemingly risky move considering the popularity of these types of titles in the U.S. Perhaps certain locations such as actual horse racing parks will bite, but it will be interesting to follow this one.

Along with the already shown Blade of Honor (at the AMOA show), Konami has Police 911 2 and Jurassic Park 3. Jurassic Park is in a standard upright cabinet instead of the curved screen deluxe version previously seen in Japan, which should mean a reduced cost if the show version is the final release format (which it may not be).

None of the new Namco games have been spotted yet, though word has it there is a good chance the arcade version of Alpine Racer 3 will make its debut.

Other notable items on the floor include, from Apple Industries, two copies of The Crystal of Kings and an empty Neo-Geo machine.

November 13th update: Namco is going to be showing the Wangan Midnight racing game and Samurai Surf, and the empty Neo Geo cabinet is expected to have King of Fighters 2001.
 

Robert

,
20 Year Member
Joined
Dec 18, 2000
Posts
5,748
Does the crystal of king will be released on Neo Geo?
 

Robert

,
20 Year Member
Joined
Dec 18, 2000
Posts
5,748
Crystal system? DOES IT MEAN THAT THE FORMER SNK COMPANY HAS MADE A NEW PLATFORM!

PLEASE ANSWER ME
 

mvsholic

Angel's Love Slave
Joined
May 15, 2001
Posts
904
Yes. Brezzasoft has made a new hardware platform for the arcades.

When The Crystal of Kings was first revealed, rumors placed the game on the Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. Developer BrezzaSoft was quick to dismiss these rumors but at the time was unable to name the new system. Now that the game and hardware have made their way into distribution, we have been able to confirm some details.

U.S. distributor of The Crystal of Kings, Apple Industries, has told us that the BrezzaSoft hardware is called the "Crystal System," and that it is an interchangeable platform similar to the Neo Geo. Future game cartridges will be released "on a regular basis," to quote Apple's president Allen Weisberg
 

Robert

,
20 Year Member
Joined
Dec 18, 2000
Posts
5,748
It is fantastic! Do you have more information about this platform?
Does it mean that the SNK spirit is not dead?
 
Joined
Oct 9, 2001
Posts
1,530
Well, it looks like KOF 2001 will be hitting our shores for the first time soon.

One thing puzzles me, though: on the site, there's a flyer for the IAAPA that says:

Conference: November 10th-17th, 2001
Exhibition: November 14th-17th, 2001 (UH-OH!) <IMG SRC="smilies/spock.gif" border="0">

Could this mean that the convention already took place?
 
C

Caris Nautilus

Guest
MVSholic do you have a phone number or address for this convention?

I'm only 2 hours from Orlando, and would drive up for this in a second.

Thank's
 
Top