A Final Farewell Message ...
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Freelancer
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Where is this farewell message printed/posted?
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Stinky-Dinkins is sad.
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Verbatum said:
Somehow I doubt it will be the same. This is truly a sad moment for all.
bulletnyourass
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Tip,
Would you happen to have the pic from 5 years ago that had all of the SNK characters in it. I would love to save that on my hard drive.
Phillip
Would you happen to have the pic from 5 years ago that had all of the SNK characters in it. I would love to save that on my hard drive.
Phillip
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ORPHEUS said:
29, October 2001 to be exact and it looks like I took that background off my web space.
edit: http://castleofcollectibles.com/NeoGeo2.jpg There is Mouse Master's old screen shot which is still sitting on my web site.
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Bulletnyourass said:
That would be a great tribute pic to post here.
Anyway, there went the last remaining bit of my childhood. I'm officially a boring adult now ....
Ah well, hopefully those big old hulking carts will endure the test of time and give me another 14 years of enjoyment.
Dallas_Five
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14 years is a hell of a long time though.
I wasn't even ten when the NEO came out. Back then, shit like SNK or MVS or QCBx2 didn't exist for me; i just knew there was this crazy-weird game where you were a guy witch or something and the bosses were huge and the graphics looked SO COOL!!!!!
Things end. Other things take their places. But if i can remember that feeling i had down at the Papa Gino's looking up at some strange big red machine (with - OMG -more than one game in it? SO COOL!!!!), the NEO will never be dead, and it'll never be about collections and money and classic inserts and disappointing new games
It'll be about that feeling, and damn is it a good one.
edit - fucking cliches, fuck...i hope someone will say it a hell of a lot more eloquently than i can. Damn television and drugs ruined my expressiveness, just like they've ruined my ability to...to, um..... uh..........
I wasn't even ten when the NEO came out. Back then, shit like SNK or MVS or QCBx2 didn't exist for me; i just knew there was this crazy-weird game where you were a guy witch or something and the bosses were huge and the graphics looked SO COOL!!!!!
Things end. Other things take their places. But if i can remember that feeling i had down at the Papa Gino's looking up at some strange big red machine (with - OMG -more than one game in it? SO COOL!!!!), the NEO will never be dead, and it'll never be about collections and money and classic inserts and disappointing new games
It'll be about that feeling, and damn is it a good one.
edit - fucking cliches, fuck...i hope someone will say it a hell of a lot more eloquently than i can. Damn television and drugs ruined my expressiveness, just like they've ruined my ability to...to, um..... uh..........
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here's the SNK farewell wallpaper for those who missed it:
I've got tons of bandwith, download away
http://members.arstechnica.com/x/ebm/snkfarewell.jpg
I've got tons of bandwith, download away
http://members.arstechnica.com/x/ebm/snkfarewell.jpg
Michael Yagami
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Gentlemen, we have truly lived the golden age of videogames. I don't think you'll ever see a time like this ever again.
Just think of all the innovations we've seen in the last 14 years. We've seen the birth of what are now tried and true gameplay concepts and their perfection. We've seen the advent of 2D gaming and its zenith. No other videogame generation will be able to match the excitement and innovation of the 16 bit generation.
It was truly a pleasure to be able to play SNK games in heated arcade competition, to match up against someone on Fatal Fury special or to fight along side a friend against the forces of evil in Metal Slug. Franticly smashing the buttons and trying not to get lost in the amazing animation.
We were the last Arcade generation and SNK was the last arcade company.
My heartfelt thanks goes out to SNK for all they did for the art of gaming.
Mike
Just think of all the innovations we've seen in the last 14 years. We've seen the birth of what are now tried and true gameplay concepts and their perfection. We've seen the advent of 2D gaming and its zenith. No other videogame generation will be able to match the excitement and innovation of the 16 bit generation.
It was truly a pleasure to be able to play SNK games in heated arcade competition, to match up against someone on Fatal Fury special or to fight along side a friend against the forces of evil in Metal Slug. Franticly smashing the buttons and trying not to get lost in the amazing animation.
We were the last Arcade generation and SNK was the last arcade company.
My heartfelt thanks goes out to SNK for all they did for the art of gaming.
Mike
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Meh, give them a few years to toy with this whole AtomisWave stuff, when it tanks, they'll be back 
Seriously though, at least they got to end it on their own terms -I like the fact that its was the last page of the last manual. That's something.
[DOUBLE EXTRA BONUS: Not only that, but they also took the time to proof read it!]
Seriously though, at least they got to end it on their own terms -I like the fact that its was the last page of the last manual. That's something.
[DOUBLE EXTRA BONUS: Not only that, but they also took the time to proof read it!]
Syxx573
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3 years, 5 years whatever.
Thanks for the posting the pic.
I'm starting to wondering if things would have been better off if SNK just stopped making games for the Neo Geo then instead of now. SS5 could have been on a different system, and better.
Thanks for the posting the pic.
I'm starting to wondering if things would have been better off if SNK just stopped making games for the Neo Geo then instead of now. SS5 could have been on a different system, and better.
