Nightmare Tony
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Don't think I ever mentioned this one before. A chat thing someone said about a neo candy brought back this memory, my final unfinished side project at SNK.
We brought in a Neo Mini. Never heard of this unit? It was a tabletop CRANE machine. Not video at all.
http://www.nightmarepark.com/public/Pictures/Meadowbrook/Neo Mini crane manual.JPG
http://just-amusement.com/machine_lineup.html
(the only picture I can find on the internet about it)
the problem was that it could not be tested since it did not conform to California state law. It used a button for up and then a button for right. Releasing the button then let it go down.
California state law requires a 4 way joystick and drop button. so my assignment was to redesign and reprogram the bugger to conform.
Got as far as hardware mod, was going into memory and dissembly (Z80 clone chip, flatpack if I remember correctly, the same cpu used for sound on the later neo geos). that uis when the Neo Print came in, so then it was time for what proved to be a red hot monster.
so just a little trivia I thought you might enjoy. To date,I do not think it was ever released in the USA. A shame, it was so delightfully cute.
We brought in a Neo Mini. Never heard of this unit? It was a tabletop CRANE machine. Not video at all.
http://www.nightmarepark.com/public/Pictures/Meadowbrook/Neo Mini crane manual.JPG
http://just-amusement.com/machine_lineup.html
(the only picture I can find on the internet about it)
the problem was that it could not be tested since it did not conform to California state law. It used a button for up and then a button for right. Releasing the button then let it go down.
California state law requires a 4 way joystick and drop button. so my assignment was to redesign and reprogram the bugger to conform.
Got as far as hardware mod, was going into memory and dissembly (Z80 clone chip, flatpack if I remember correctly, the same cpu used for sound on the later neo geos). that uis when the Neo Print came in, so then it was time for what proved to be a red hot monster.
so just a little trivia I thought you might enjoy. To date,I do not think it was ever released in the USA. A shame, it was so delightfully cute.
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