MICHAEL YAGAMI'S NEO BASH: THE AFTERMATH (NOW WITH PICS!!)

First off I'd like to thank Phoenix Down and Lashujin for making the trip. It's not that often that I get the chance to spend a day playing Neo games with fellow Neo fans. We found out that PD is really good at KOF (I think I managed to pull out 1 match in '98, but other than that it was total ownage on me and Lashujin). I discovered the joys of a lot of Neo games that I had never had the chance to play such as Metal Slug 3 (flat out amazing, truly a work of art), Twinkle Star Sprites (This game altered forever my perceptions of reality), Money Puzzle Exchanger (I can't even begin to describe it, a surreal experience to be sure), WIndjammers (I so want this to be a real sport) and finally Neo Turf Masters (Electronic Crack).

We gave my 6 slot cab a good workout with some Sam Sho and ROTD action (I actuall won many fights here) and a marathon MS3 session (it took almost 45 minutes to run the last level!!). Sat back and watched Lashujin do stuff on Magical Drop 3 that totally fucked with my head, it was unreal!

Glad you guys made it, and I hope ya had a good time. Hopefully we can get some more people in this December. 12/28/03 MICHAEL YAGAMI'S SEASON'S BEATINGS, you have been warned!

P.S. Lashujin dropped 3 straight to PD's Sports Team in '98, it was total ownage (I dorpped 1 to the sports team and that was enough for me, but Lashujin just kept going back for more). I did't think there was a Sports Team win screen for '98 until yestereday.

Mike

<small>[ August 22, 2003, 01:49 AM: Message edited by: Michael Yagami ]</small>

no pic

Pics coming shortly.

Mike

ok mr_t

<img src="http://photo.starblvd.net/~Michael_Yagami/1-3-2.jpg?i=1060951609&pw=*4A9E3F2ECAA7" alt=" - " />
Me (left) getting owned hardcore by Phoenix Down (right) in KOF '02. As you can see by the expression on my face I've just given up all hope of scoring a win.
<img src="http://photo.starblvd.net/~Michael_Yagami/1-3-3.jpg?i=1061790122&pw=*4E353F2ECB1E" alt=" - " />
Myself and my friend Ryan (right) in the crushing grip of Twinkle Star Sprites Madness!!! Life will never be the same.
<img src="http://photo.starblvd.net/~Michael_Yagami/1-3-4.jpg?i=1062137773&pw=*50F53F2ECB81" alt=" - " />
My friends Ryan and Ben discuss the pros and cons of fruit flavored drinks (bottom left) while Phoenix Down and I watch Lashujin (in the chair) do insane things in Magical Drop 3 (totally messed with my head). You can see my 6 slot cab in the background still smoldering from the Metal Slug 3 run.

Mike

looks like fun, damn i need to go to one of these

Hey i live near chicago, so we need to put something together. I just bought a neo and I want to put the skillz to da test

Thanks for putting up with me for a day, had a fun time. I think the best part was watching Mike and his friend Ryan (I think that was his name) get carpal tunnel from playing Slug 3, and having to keep telling them that the last level is REALLY long. wink Also,I'm not getting too cocky on KoF since I figure I'll probably get owned by neojedi this weekend at Otakon.

Anyway, on with a few pics. They're at 1024x768 resolution so I figured I'd just add links to make it easier for page loads:

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0407.JPG" target="_blank">Twinkle Star Sprites on a big-screen TV =</a> buttrock

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0403.JPG" target="_blank">Mike dishing out some TSS ownage</a>

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0409_r1.jpg" target="_blank">Mike's 6-slot cab, very nice (and heavy)</a>

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0413.JPG" target="_blank">A semi-decent shot of the group. Lashujin is wearing the Neo Geo T-shirt</a>

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0416.JPG" target="_blank">Another semi-decent group shot</a>

<a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tomdiehm/104_0417.JPG" target="_blank">Windjammers goodness, somewhere buster_broon sheds a tear</a>

The female friend in your pics there seems less than excited to be at that also Neo gathering make_fac
I wish I could get my lady friend to play Neo though

Honestly, great to hear you guys had such a great time and it looks like you did by the pics. Hopefully there will be some Neo gatherings in the Philly area when I'm back for school for the fall semester wink

abdul:
looks like fun, damn i need to go to one of these

Click to expand...

Yeah, I really need to go to one of the Neo get togethers, but nobody down here really wants to do anything. At least haven't taken the time to organize.

Wow, a lot of great pics. Looks like it was a lot of fun.

Just about the only disadvantage to living over here is that I can never get to any Stateside Neo meetings.

BTW Mike, is that your new house? Nice!

Big Shady:
The female friend in your pics there seems less than excited to be at that also Neo gathering make_fac
I wish I could get my lady friend to play Neo though

Honestly, great to hear you guys had such a great time and it looks like you did by the pics. Hopefully there will be some Neo gatherings in the Philly area when I'm back for school for the fall semester wink

Click to expand...

That female would be my wife, Lori.
Actually, she was all for the party, and she pretty much kicked my ass at Money Puzzle Exchanger (Phoenix Down will verify that) and she handed out some pain in Twinkle Star Sprites. She really likes playing video games, believe it or not. She usually hijacks the PS1 and goes on Bust a Move binges and rocks Magical Drop 2 on the cab.

Mike

tsukaesugi:
Wow, a lot of great pics. Looks like it was a lot of fun.

Just about the only disadvantage to living over here is that I can never get to any Stateside Neo meetings.

BTW Mike, is that your new house? Nice!

Click to expand...

Yep, that's the new place. I swear we could fit our old apartment just in our new living room.

Mike

Michael Yagami:

Big Shady:
The female friend in your pics there seems less than excited to be at that also Neo gathering make_fac
I wish I could get my lady friend to play Neo though

Honestly, great to hear you guys had such a great time and it looks like you did by the pics. Hopefully there will be some Neo gatherings in the Philly area when I'm back for school for the fall semester wink

Click to expand...

That female would be my wife, Lori.
Actually, she was all for the party, and she pretty much kicked my ass at Money Puzzle Exchanger (Phoenix Down will verify that) and she handed out some pain in Twinkle Star Sprites. She really likes playing video games, believe it or not. She usually hijacks the PS1 and goes on Bust a Move binges and rocks Magical Drop 2 on the cab.

Mike

Click to expand...

You are one lucky person!

Who was the ugly guy in the back with the brown NeoGeo shirt on?

Who was the ugly guy in the back with the brown NeoGeo shirt on?

Click to expand...

That would be me! Yeah I'm looking a little rough these days loco . Sometimes I wear this ww2 army field jacket around, and once I was walking through a department store and caught a glance of myself in the mirror and thought for a split second that I saw a homeless man walking through the store, but it was me.

It was cool to play games with you guys, I hope I can manage to get to another one of these things.

<small>[ August 06, 2003, 09:23 AM: Message edited by: Lashujin ]</small>

that box! its just like the one NBM sent me stuff in..


ahh, memories.

that box! its just like the one NBM sent me stuff in..

Click to expand...

That box brought me (or more, my GF) my copy of Joy Joy Kid, from NBM.

Lashujin:

that box! its just like the one NBM sent me stuff in..

Click to expand...

That box brought me (or more, my GF) my copy of Joy Joy Kid, from NBM.

Click to expand...

Did you make your t-shirt? its very cool.

I'll have to get one done definately. buttrock

Did you make your t-shirt?

Click to expand...

Yeah, I bought some of the Iron on paper from Wal-Mart buttrock

nice six-slot and some good looking mm

Damn that looks like you guys/gal had a blast, shoot wish someone would do one around my area. Heck I will pay for the pizza and soda if any NYer does it!

Might I say, your wife is a babe! *SCHWING!!*

hey mike you look like you need to start hitting the rogaine soon, or male pattern baldness will ensue.

Haha, that 4th pic that shows that Japanese box is the same one I've gotten from tsukaesugi