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Thank you for sharing this Fygee
That story confirms so much that was previously only thought to be just speculation.
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Thank you for sharing this Fygee
That story confirms so much that was previously only thought to be just speculation.
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I think it's safe to assume that the rom used for SSVS is based on the unfixed version. The standalone SSVS releases are based on the unfixed rom.
As for Kizuna Encounter - it's not lost, just the EU AES version is elusive. The Japanese AES cart is rare but can still be had for $2500-$3000, and there are plenty of authentic MVS carts in the market. There have been plenty of re-releases and ports over the years too.
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For anyone with a PC - Did you see that the Epic game store will have it FREE for a week AHEAD of all other releases of the game? Considering I'd like to try Final Edition and only want to see the museum mode, free is the best way to do it!
From wccftech:
The SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION will be available first on Epic Games Store starting June 11th and will be completely free between June 11th and June 18th. After that, it will launch on Steam beginning June 18th and PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch on July 28th. All platforms are listed at launching at $39.99 with physical prints for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions coming later this summer.
So, those holding out for a physical release will have to wait.
From wccftech:
The SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION will be available first on Epic Games Store starting June 11th and will be completely free between June 11th and June 18th. After that, it will launch on Steam beginning June 18th and PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch on July 28th. All platforms are listed at launching at $39.99 with physical prints for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions coming later this summer.
So, those holding out for a physical release will have to wait.
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Thanks for the info. Will try it.
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Aren't you glad these things are released as "just" a ROM image and emulator package now?
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Will this make proto owners want to cash in now? ie. Will the person holding Pinball Fantasia or Warlocks etc be getting worried that there might be a release in the pipeline therefore devaluing what they have?
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Well sure? But there's only one game in this collection worth getting it for.
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We can hope. I still doubt the owners of the protos will do anything other than hold onto them, but seeing as SNK is willing to release protos hopefully in the future they release all their finished protos onto the eshop or PlayStation store.
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This.
Garou Mark of the Wolves 2 data?
Ninja Gaiden II? (made it to the location test phase)
etc
One can dream.
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Yeah. The follow-up question would be whether current SNK can actually finish these games that weren't totally done and not mess them up. Could be a monkey paw wish with a couple of these. Especially MotW2.
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I will buy.
The story of how this was made and put on location without the company's official knowledge is bizarre.
It should be possible to extract the rom. I wonder if this is NGH-273.
The story of how this was made and put on location without the company's official knowledge is bizarre.
It should be possible to extract the rom. I wonder if this is NGH-273.
It sounds like it may not have been in any kind of "archive". Takaya was just holding onto it.
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Nah, won't happen. Samurai Shodown is a well known series that still gets media coverage today, especially because of the reboot. The timing is just right to cash in on something like Final Edition due to nostalgia and relevance in the current market. Because development on Perfect was complete and they already had a working rom, it was an easy win with extremely low financial risk.
Warlocks or any other unfinished prototype that are floating around have no relevance in the past or current market outside of the exceedingly niche Neo collector community. While a fun pipe-dream, it doesn't make economical business sense for this type of risky investment in today's market.
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Nah, won't happen. Samurai Shodown is a well known series that still gets media coverage today, especially because of the reboot. The timing is just right to cash in on something like Final Edition due to nostalgia and relevance in the current market. Because development on Perfect was complete and they already had a working rom, it was an easy win with extremely low financial risk.
Warlocks or any other unfinished prototype that are floating around have no relevance in the past or current market outside of the exceedingly niche Neo collector community. While a fun pipe-dream, it doesn't make economical business sense for this type of risky investment in today's market.
I hear ya, but stranger things have happened these past few years:
•Samurai Shodown V Special released uncut via Code Mystics, Hamster, and the Neo Geo mini
•Star Fox 2 (different from the old dumped rom) released via snes classic
•Tetris, Darius, and Treasure’s Yu Yu Hakusho fighter getting rereleased via the genesis mini
•Shenmue 3 exists
etc
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True, True. There was also the new (excellent) Ninja Warriors game last year that came out of fucking nowhere. I guess the other part of business is that often times it makes no sense. lol.
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Per Necrosofty, it was pure luck that they were able to recover the rom. It was stored on an old hard drive that a Yuki Enterprise employee took home, not located in any official SNK archive.
Sadly, it appears that a lot of old data for unreleased or partially developed games was lost during the Aruze buyout and transition to Playmore. The sequel to MOTW is the biggest example.
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Magician Lord 2?
I wonder if people will be able to tear apart the PC port files and get SSVP running on real hardware?
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Hi
This have been done (extract files from re-edition game release) with SF33S CPS3 by arcade project board members / Darksoft for Makoto one byte bug fix version (if remember, same version but Capcom perform software patch to correct typical 3rd strike crash :
https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/36-cps-iii-bios-and-cd-releases/
Wish it will be done for this and ported to AES
This have been done (extract files from re-edition game release) with SF33S CPS3 by arcade project board members / Darksoft for Makoto one byte bug fix version (if remember, same version but Capcom perform software patch to correct typical 3rd strike crash :
https://www.arcade-projects.com/forums/index.php?thread/36-cps-iii-bios-and-cd-releases/
Wish it will be done for this and ported to AES
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Wow, this was a longer wait than for a NG.DEV release.
Well, technically this wasn’t a wait as nobody expected this. This is a surprise.