Lost Neo Geo Prototype FOUND, REVEALED & RELEASED : "DarkSeed"
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I have been in contact with the game's producer Kengo Asai for a month now through a translator. Really nice guy. I found out that he did not have a copy of his own game, so I sent him the one I made and he got it yesterday.
D'awww turfy. What a guy.
I have been in contact with the game's producer Kengo Asai for a month now through a translator. Really nice guy. I found out that he did not have a copy of his own game, so I sent him the one I made and he got it yesterday.
Well, that's fucking great AND cute. This is one hell of a gesture. Sure the guy smiled from ear to ear when he received it.
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I have been in contact with the game's producer Kengo Asai for a month now through a translator. Really nice guy. I found out that he did not have a copy of his own game, so I sent him the one I made and he got it yesterday.
Pretty slick looking insert. Does the guy have a Neo Geo to play it?
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That cover art looks excellent. Great job!
It just needs some text on the back and it will look perfect... but since it's an unfinished prototype it's kind of fitting.
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Thanks for the kind words everyone, but it was the least I could do for him. I would be pretty bummed not to have something that I worked so hard on.
Yep, he has a Neo. I made sure he had one before I sent it. If he didn't, I would have sent a spare MVS board as well.
He was very happy to receive it and play it again all these 20 years later. He sent me some pics of it playing when he got it.
Yep, he has a Neo. I made sure he had one before I sent it. If he didn't, I would have sent a spare MVS board as well.
He was very happy to receive it and play it again all these 20 years later. He sent me some pics of it playing when he got it.
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That's pretty fuckin' awesome.
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and that is how it's done
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I hadn't visited here for a while and could not have come close to imagine such a beautiful update! What a surprise, and what a gesture. There really isn't a tip of the hat large enough to convey the proper amount of respect. Thank you for being such a class act.
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Great job, as usual turfy. Such a great ending to an amazing story. I can't imagine how touched that guy must be.
Well this was all a fantastic read, well done NTM for all you've done, and that was a brilliant touch supplying the game at the end. It's always amazing to see things still turning up that no one knows about from the golden era (for me) of gaming. If only some of the uber collectors would be as open and generous with their hoarded wares.
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What's sad is it probably wont change anything with the hoarders. This is a perfect example of why this stuff should be released. Kengo Asai didn't even have his own game and how extremely selfish it would have been for me to keep it. Even though I own the game, it's not "mine". And thats what these hoarders need to realize. The only thing they did was shell out money to purchase it.
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Maybe something is wrong with their self-confidence and they need that to feel important.
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I can think of a few people in the NES circles who are like that. They will gobble up and and everything they can. They live working with the lie or truly in the delusion they own the game on the physical medium they purchased. What is sickening is some will just hoard, back it up and hide it or cock tease with pictures. Yet you have others who will out of their so called generosity will make a limited numbered run of physical copies for a considerable amount of money for a fraction of the price it cost them to make it and buy the original medium, make thousands or ten thousand plus on the games yet talk like they're some patron saint and in it for the community and not to profit -- then on the back end release the ROM sometimes for the plebes to enjoy. They're all crooks peddling stolen code that for whatever the reason should have never left the original owners clutches either by failure, fault, or a media outlet not returning property once they were done for evaluation purposes.
I'm going to post something in this thread but I want to make it good. I've been outside mulching all day in the heat for father's day. If I can start drinking beer now I'll be back tonight hopefully with something decent to contribute to this discussion.
In the meantime, I will simply say that, for me, this thread was probably the best thing to happen on this site in recent memory. A much needed dose of positive energy and good vibes, so much so that it may put in jeopardy this site's reputation around the web. We have to be careful.
In the meantime, I will simply say that, for me, this thread was probably the best thing to happen on this site in recent memory. A much needed dose of positive energy and good vibes, so much so that it may put in jeopardy this site's reputation around the web. We have to be careful.
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Why doesn't anyone care about my long lost Riding Hero Proto?
What's so special about it?
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NTM, that's awesome. Let's hope something more comes from sending him a copy. NGDev games are fine, but having that 90s arcade style graphics and gameplay from a game that actually came out then is awesome to own.
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In the meantime, I will simply say that, for me, this thread was probably the best thing to happen on this site in recent memory. A much needed dose of positive energy and good vibes, so much so that it may put in jeopardy this site's reputation around the web. We have to be careful.
Agree
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Fascinating story, from the beginning to its awesome ending
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All class NTM, well done!