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By all accounts, 1999 truly feels like the the midst of the twilight years for the Neo Geo, just 8 new releases this time and the Neo system hardware is in its 9th year, probably not much steam in it left given 3D arcade hardware has been all the rage for the past few years now.
The new KOF and Fatal Fury titles for this year take the series in a new direction, the new Metal Slug for this year ends up being a remix of MS2 mainly to address the slowdown issue, but otherwise the year is mainly comprised of smaller scale games, not quite the same flagship status of SNK's own games. This year would also mark the end of new official shmups, the final game in this genre being Prehistoric Isle 2. Strikers 1945 Plus would take the record for highest Meg count of any Neo shooter at 681 Megs. Curiously, 5 of the 8 new releases this year would not receive home cart releases.
Captain Tomaday
Ganryu
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
King of Fighters 99
Metal Slug X
Prehistoric Isle 2
Puzzle Bobble 2
Strikers 1945 Plus
Pretty hard to not pick MOTW as the most favourite, one of the Neo's best. I do also like KOF 99, MSX, PB2 and Strikers though. PI2, Tomaday and Ganryu aren't all that bad either.
The new KOF and Fatal Fury titles for this year take the series in a new direction, the new Metal Slug for this year ends up being a remix of MS2 mainly to address the slowdown issue, but otherwise the year is mainly comprised of smaller scale games, not quite the same flagship status of SNK's own games. This year would also mark the end of new official shmups, the final game in this genre being Prehistoric Isle 2. Strikers 1945 Plus would take the record for highest Meg count of any Neo shooter at 681 Megs. Curiously, 5 of the 8 new releases this year would not receive home cart releases.
Captain Tomaday
Ganryu
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
King of Fighters 99
Metal Slug X
Prehistoric Isle 2
Puzzle Bobble 2
Strikers 1945 Plus
Pretty hard to not pick MOTW as the most favourite, one of the Neo's best. I do also like KOF 99, MSX, PB2 and Strikers though. PI2, Tomaday and Ganryu aren't all that bad either.