Koopa64
Sieger's Squire
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2008
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While the history of this message board owes a lot to things like DHP/onelist (oh!)/Yahoo Groups, the history of the NG community as a whole runs MUCH deeper.
All the real action started over half a decade prior to the aforementioned channels, on usenet. An active community with plenty of knowledgeable individuals. This is where a very elite, not to mention secretive, group of individuals that were dedicated to collecting Neo Geo home carts formed, the "Neo Geo Illuminati" for lack of better term. Their history was pretty innocent until about 1995 at which point they abandoned usenet in favor of moving underground. From that point forward they used their numbers and consolidated wealth to influence the home market is every way imaginable. You want _shady_? Here's a nice example: In 2003 they decided to horde every available english AES Sengoku 3.. See many of those these days do we? Most people still haven't figured out how valuable this game truly is now. What used to be one of the most common games is now one of the rarest. The word "ironic" comes to mind.
I've really said too much though, that example is a MINOR footnote in what they've done. The bread crumb trail is fragmented, but does still exist if you know how to look for it. Though you should prepare, this is one rabbit hole that looks almost inviting.. It's quite the opposite.
Yeesh, and I thought Chris and Dion were bad (from what I've heard). >_>