Massive Urethra Chode
Disciple Of Orochi
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Cant wait till i’m able to preorder.. it’ll be worth it just to have xeno crisis on the AES since its always hooked up and i barely even play my genesis
Cant wait till i’m able to preorder.. it’ll be worth it just to have xeno crisis on the AES since its always hooked up and i barely even play my genesis
No, not at all - the amount of PCB we need to produce for each cartridge is way higher than the Mega Drive version, and it's also likely we'll have to produce our own molds (at great cost) for both the cartridge shells and shockboxes. On top of that, the Neo Geo version is a far more niche product than the Mega Drive, so the limited production runs inflate the cost too. We've tried to price Xeno Crisis as aggressively as possible, undercutting the NGev Team titles by a considerable margin.
If all goes well then we will most likely consider developing more titles for the Neo Geo hardware, and having been through the process once already will make things easier the second time around.
You are going to have to sell a lot of copies @ £200 ($250) to break even. Quite frankly, I don't think it's possible, especially if you have to pay for cart shell and shock box molds. Those cost thousands of dollars each. Producing a small run of PCBs is also going to be very expensive. No one has sold new Neo Geo games for £200 since the early 90s and it wasn't very profitable then. How did you arrive at this price point?
I really look forward to see some good graphics enhancements for the neo geo version. there's only one video on yt available from ngcd maniac.. if the graphics are really that good I'll be quite happy [emoji4]
https://youtu.be/y-Pbq6w637U
Cd ordered looks fun great price no knights chance cd ?
The Neo Geo artwork is yet to be finalised so we're open to the idea of making some tweaks, but we can't use any trademarks - NGev Team are taking a considerable risk in doing so.
I know Matt (my colleague) has said in the past that there's no way we can use AES / Advanced Entertainment System as it's a registered trademark - he really knows his stuff and is particularly careful to avoid getting into any legal wranglings. Just had a quick look myself and "Advanced Entertainment System" is still registered by SNK Playmore in the US:
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I'd really love for us to be able to use the AES logo, but if Matt says no then it's for a good reason - other developers might be willing to take the risk, but we pride ourselves on our professionalism on every level and always steer clear of anyone's trademarks.
The trademark is NEO GEO ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.
What the others use is AES ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.
edit: fuck it, Last Hope came out over 12 years ago without a fuss from SNK and Matt knows jackshit, there you go. There's a reason other independent developers use AES instead of NEO-GEO. Looks like you guys aren't as professional as you're espousing if you can't even figure that out. I can appreciate people who create art, I do not appreciate people who latch onto a cashgrab without even understanding the fundamentals.
Just pre-ordered the MVS CE.
After watching the video on Youtube, it seems to be fun and dynamic ...
but I have some doubts about how the controls will be managed and responsive !
As far as I remember playing that kind of games in the past, It was only really enjoyable with a mouse and a keyboard
The trademark is NEO GEO ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.
What the others use is AES ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM.
edit: fuck it, Last Hope came out over 12 years ago without a fuss from SNK and Matt knows jackshit, there you go. There's a reason other independent developers use AES instead of NEO-GEO. Looks like you guys aren't as professional as you're espousing if you can't even figure that out. I can appreciate people who create art, I do not appreciate people who latch onto a cashgrab without even understanding the fundamentals.
@LoneSage - you're right, sorry I finally caught up with Matt. He said it's MVS which has a clear trademark, our draft AES cover design was inspired by covers with the yellow/blue logo but could be changed to the alternate AES styling.
If you guys are going to improve the art by adding "AES Advanced Entertainment System" could you also ditch the GTA 3 font? It looks out of place.