Pope Sazae
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As someone who has contributed as much as they could in the early stages. I just wanna say one thing. There should be a forked thread for 337 models and 370. I think that would cut down on the newbie inquiries. I personally have been keeping up and I've seen out of the hundreds of posts for the 337 only about 2-5 talk about the 370 and how trying to flash it with the software should be avoided because it bricked their hardware. I say this respectively because it seems we are all in this for the same goal. Better frame rates and resolutions; but somehow we ended up on the wrong page.
OK, before our thread gets shit on again I'm going to tell you new folks what the deal is.
For the folks who have just joined in, we had a step-by-step guide on some of this stuff. Then some douchebag was trying to sell rom filled SD cards or something so that thread and even THIS ONE were removed. We talked the powers-that-be into letting us have this thread back. Count yourself lucky. The NGX forum was actually titled "Rom Whore Island" for a while and that scared away a lot of the riff-raff.
That's why the folks in this thread aren't going to make a how to guide. This thread will have to be enough. It isn't up for debate, nobody is going to help you build a rom machine. If you want to help crack the NGX feel free to join in the discussion, but the folks that are still in this thread don't screw around when it comes to roms; the mods or the regular folk.
Finally some sanity on this thread! Unfortunately, the 'dicky' (elitist) attitude isn't limited to the NGX forums; it's prevalent on a lot of retro-related sites.Its fun to be a dick and continue to tell every noob* to read the entire thread over and over until some other website writes out a comprehensive list of info or...we just can put it here...on the Neo Geo site.
And wouldn't take much effort either. Though somehow I think that thread would end up being 300 pages too, eventually...Honestly, even something that just says what the current state of things is with the known system versions, what can and can't be done yet, etc, would be great.
I love mine as well. Having never been a hand-held gamer before now, it was a new experience for me to be able to play Last Resort as I sat on the train heading into the city the other day. The stick really is awesome, coming from someone that hates D-Pads and has never been able to play shmups with them.There are flaws, but they are fixable, so I'm happy with it. I love the size and feel of the thing, the cool Neo CD style stick, the rubberized back. I can't quite figure out why people are so incredibly hostile towards it.
Honestly, even something that just says what the current state of things is with the known system versions, what can and can't be done yet, etc, would be great.
This just released:
Tommo Announces NEOGEO X Classics for the NEOGEO X™
15 New Games, System Update, Game Case and More Coming This Spring
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Source (official press release)
While I'm not super excited by this, I will likely buy it and enjoy it for what it is. If nothing else, it's potentially a step in the right direction. Though the skeptic in my wonders what will be part of the system update: fixes to issues posed here, removal of questionable content they themselves put on the system, or attempts at blocking the hacks? And I wonder what 'in the weeks to come' means? Anyone want to bet we hear what the update does after it's released?
Edit: In retrospect, 3 games on one card isn't terribly unreasonable, depending on price.
If they said that on FB, then they have to be mistaken. The press release says there a 5 "volumes" and there are 15 games total, indicating 3 games per volume, with a "volume" presumably being a game card. Looking up in the press release, they specifically name three games (Sengoku, Metal Slug (2), and Top Hunter" as coming sooner than the others). And now they've posted a pic on their FB of those three logos.They said on their Facebook page that it's one cartridge with all 15 games on it. I'd pay $50 for that on the outside, but we'll have to see what the actual details are once more are available.
OK then get to it, comb the thread for relevant info to mod the 337 NGX and help others out. Why is it up to someone else to gather the info for them? Instead of just being a lurker why not contribute? You said you followed the thread just fine, should be easy.
The people that want the NGX modded are the ones that can't do it, and the ones that can mod the NGX, don't want to.
I bought the NGX with high hopes and now i can't even sell it and i don't blame anyone for not buying it, hell if i would have waited another week or so i wouldn't have bought it either.
I'm sceptical that the issue would be so "blurry". Either Tommo/SNKP are going to tolerate these sorts of posts, or they're going to kick up a fuss about any post even remotely mentioning hacking. You can't go half-way and still be in their good books... that's like to old bullshit people like to make up about only downloading roms for games you already own. Fairy tales to make pirates feel better about themselves.BTW, in case you guys haven't realized, the mods have SPECIFICALLY asked us not to make this crystal clear as Tommo and SNKP are both on the forums and the last time detailed how-tos were posted the entire forum was closed and shut down due to end user license violation scares.
also, please buy the game sets that are coming out from Tommo, we all gotta support this thing so it sticks around for a while. with luck they will eventually have all the bugs worked out through firmware updates and hopefully every game will get released to complete our NEO GEO DREAM COLLECTION!!!
Tommo should be sued for
A) Not following GPL rules & making money off linux
B) Stealing the Final Burn emulator
For everything they did there is crystal clear proof, they would be obliterated in court.
oh, and last but not least, it was nice knowing you guys, after posting this, i am sure to get banned. just remember, KEEP THE NEO GEO X ALIVE!!! support it, buy the games when they come out and buy another controller. spread the good word, not the hate!
Look Numbnuts....
That was just a hardware hack... you posted no mention of romz... and hence, I can live with the post...
Stop being such a drama queen... if I wanted you gone... I'd have done it already...
xROTx