Taito Type X2 games fit inside SNK's Snap Case/Shock Box

Rade K · Feb 16, 2008

galfordo said:
And another little known 8man fact:
He created AIDS in his basement. What a joker that 8 man is ...

8man said:
where did this come from... I'm not gay.
I think kernow is smoking some fruity mushrooms.
Sure, I care about dying kids, and if I had extra snap cases, I would sell them.
But, I don't.

I like how 8-Man's homophobia shines through clearly. Galfordo mentioned only aids and the first thing 8-Man thinks to do is defend his ability to fuck women. Hard.

:drool:

OrochiEddie · Feb 17, 2008

so the games are on 80gb hard drives that run on (basically) PCs....and considering there are usb drives this would allow for easy updating of games.
I sincerely hope this means the end of cheap updates like #reload or Hyper Fighting.

kernow · Feb 17, 2008

Rade said:
You can fit a sandwich in a HC snap case as well.

Ajax · Feb 17, 2008

Praise the lord.

Also, I guarantee SFIV won't end up on X2.

Fish_Monger · Feb 17, 2008

KRONOS said:
I applaud your creative work here and I mean no disrespect.

But, KOF MIRA and probably most of the games coming out on Type X2 will probably be published on nice space saving shiny discs with lots of extras for next gen home systems. Not to mention next gen systems also offer HDs, DVD, HDDVD players.. At this point, there doesn't seem to be much of a point to buying/owning recent arcade software.

The Neo-Geo was a unique thing, arcade games brought home unchanged and made for home use in an age of underpowered home systems. In the last few years home technology made this a thing of the past as there is no arcade at home type system out now. Look at how much better KOF XI is on the PS2 compared to the arcade; better graphics and sound, loads of extras, and pretty much no load time.

Still, looking at that pic, it's pretty amazing to see we're in the age of low cost memory that can be 80,000 thousand megabytes or more; it's pretty amusing when you see how old neo games touted 55 megabits on their box art.

I think we all see what you're saying here, but you're missing an enormous point: We don't buy Neo Geo's and PCB Boards to be able to "play the games". If that were the case, this whole site would be shutdown and we'd just be playing MAME, Virtual Console, and PS2/Xbox ports all day. We can play the games anywhere.

The reason we don't play the ports/ROMS is because we are "collectors". It's just a cool thing to own a PCB/Jamma board, or an actual Neo Geo cab/console. It isn't at all necessary, but it's what makes it a hobby and a lifestyle for so many people. Kudos to all who are still buying the actual arcade hardware. They are the true fans.

Lochlan · Feb 17, 2008

Fish Monger said:

Is this from the Last Unicorn? If so, awesome.

If not, still pretty awesome.

And fuck everyone who would make fun of me for liking the Last Unicorn, that shit is amazing.

werejag · Feb 17, 2008

Lochlan said:
Is this from the Last Unicorn? If so, awesome.

If not, still pretty awesome.

And fuck everyone who would make fun of me for liking the Last Unicorn, that shit is amazing.

its from the last unicorn and yes it does rock

qube · Feb 17, 2008

werejag said:
its from the last unicorn and yes it does rock

Thirded. It was my favorite movie when I was like 5 or something. Saw it in the theater :emb:

tony starks · Feb 17, 2008

Fish_Monger said:
We don't buy Neo Geo's and PCB Boards to be able to "play the games".

Erm I don't know about you man, but I sure do.

Starks out.

qube · Feb 17, 2008

tony_starks said:
Erm I don't know about you man, but I sure do.

Starks out.

Werd Starks.

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!

Fish_Monger · Feb 17, 2008

tony_starks said:
Erm I don't know about you man, but I sure do.

Starks out.

Of course we buy them to "play the games", but not "JUST" to play the games. Most of the time the actual game can be resourced somewhere else. We buy the boards to HAVE THE BOARDS AND THE ORIGINAL GAMES! ! !

Thanks for the comment.

Fish_Monger · Feb 17, 2008

Yeah, totally from that movie. It was my fave movie when I was a kid too. Surprised my folks let me watch it since it had profanity in it though. That's actually where my login name "Fish_Monger" comes from. The Unicorn asked the butterfly if he knew what she was......and he said "well, you're a fishmonger!" It really pissed the hell out of that unicorn when he said that. lol.

Lochlan said:
Is this from the Last Unicorn? If so, awesome.

If not, still pretty awesome.

And fuck everyone who would make fun of me for liking the Last Unicorn, that shit is amazing.

Kuriakos · Feb 17, 2008

Fish_Monger said:
I think we all see what you're saying here, but you're missing an enormous point: We don't buy Neo Geo's and PCB Boards to be able to "play the games". If that were the case, this whole site would be shutdown and we'd just be playing MAME, Virtual Console, and PS2/Xbox ports all day. We can play the games anywhere.

The reason we don't play the ports/ROMS is because we are "collectors". It's just a cool thing to own a PCB/Jamma board, or an actual Neo Geo cab/console. It isn't at all necessary, but it's what makes it a hobby and a lifestyle for so many people. Kudos to all who are still buying the actual arcade hardware. They are the true fans.

I buy it to play, because I'm not a dirty thief

Lochlan · Feb 17, 2008

Kuriakos said:
I buy it to play, because I'm not a dirty thief

Fact: buying a neo cart on the used market does as much good for SNKP as "stealing" ROMs.

Buying a PS2 port would do much more for them. Ironically, Metal Slug Anthology included a bootlegged version of the ROM for one of the games (I think it was 5, and possibly only on the PSP)

Food for thought.

Also, a lot of people wouldn't give a shit about these games, or even know about them, if it wasn't for emulation.

ShmengeTravel · Feb 18, 2008

8man said:
My gaming setup recently changed.
Along with the Taito X2, a new Samsung LNT4671F 46" HDTV was added.

Sweet, I just ordered the 40" model for my dining room. How is it? I'd really love to get a supergun for that thing. The 120hz scares me, though. :tickled:

tony starks · Feb 18, 2008

Fish_Monger said:
Of course we buy them to "play the games", but not "JUST" to play the games. Most of the time the actual game can be resourced somewhere else. We buy the boards to HAVE THE BOARDS AND THE ORIGINAL GAMES! ! !

Thanks for the comment.

Who's 'we' bro. There are a lot of people that want to play their games on the original hardware regardless of having alternative sources. 'You' may buy the boards and the hardware just to have for collector reasons, but most of us here prefer to play their games on the original hardware and solely not for collector purposes. I am not having a pop at you if thats what you may think, but I do feel you are making a bad assumption in regard to your comment.

Welcome to Neo-Geo.com and Starks out.

billd420 · Feb 18, 2008

tony_starks said:
Who's 'we' bro. There are a lot of people that want to play their games on the original hardware regardless of having alternative sources. 'You' may buy the boards and the hardware just to have for collector reasons, but most of us here prefer to play their games on the original hardware and solely not for collector purposes. I am not having a pop at you it thats what you think, but I do feel you are making a bad assumption in regard to your comment.

Welcome to Neo-Geo.com and Starks out.

Yeah, true that man. I buy legit PCB's instead of ports or mame. I don't care what anyone says, emulation isn't 100%, and ports are never perfect. If you're a purist like myself, you won't settle for anything but what the game was intended for.

Case in point 3rd strike. I don't care what anyone says, none of the ports even come close to the CPS3 version. The timing is completely off, and the "remixed" soundtrack is pure trash.

I'm going to be getting an X2 when the price drops a little on the motherboard. I could care less if there are ports of these games, I won't even consider buying or downloading them. Not an option, I've got the twin astros for one purpose, playing bad-assed arcade games.

Fish_Monger · Feb 22, 2008

tony starks said:
Who's 'we' bro. There are a lot of people that want to play their games on the original hardware regardless of having alternative sources. 'You' may buy the boards and the hardware just to have for collector reasons, but most of us here prefer to play their games on the original hardware and solely not for collector purposes. I am not having a pop at you if thats what you may think, but I do feel you are making a bad assumption in regard to your comment.

Welcome to Neo-Geo.com and Starks out.

What? You just confirmed my point! WE, YOU, ME, WHOEVER, buys the original hardware to play the ORIGINAL games! That's what I'm saying all along BRO. No offense taken.

themisterfalcon · Feb 23, 2008

Fish_Monger said:
What? You just confirmed my point! WE, YOU, ME, WHOEVER, buys the original hardware to play the ORIGINAL games! That's what I'm saying all along BRO. No offense taken.

Wanna come over for natty ice and gamecube sometime?

Battlesmurf · Feb 23, 2008

umm....xbox?

I think we all see what you're saying here, but you're missing an enormous point: We don't buy Neo Geo's and PCB Boards to be able to "play the games". If that were the case, this whole site would be shutdown and we'd just be playing MAME, Virtual Console, and PS2/Xbox ports all day. We can play the games anywhere.

Seriously- I came to respond to this part-. I play on actual arcade hardware- it's closest to the way they were intended to play

But...I think everything's been said already.

THAT being said...nobody wants to bro out with Dub?

tony starks · Feb 23, 2008

Fish_Monger said:
What? You just confirmed my point! WE, YOU, ME, WHOEVER, buys the original hardware to play the ORIGINAL games! That's what I'm saying all along BRO. No offense taken.

Ok man. Got ya. Got confused with what you had said before.

Starks out.

taitai · Feb 23, 2008

Lochlan said:
Fact: buying a neo cart on the used market does as much good for SNKP as "stealing" ROMs.

Buying a PS2 port would do much more for them. Ironically, Metal Slug Anthology included a bootlegged version of the ROM for one of the games (I think it was 5, and possibly only on the PSP)

Food for thought.

Also, a lot of people wouldn't give a shit about these games, or even know about them, if it wasn't for emulation.

Not to mention that in reality, for most of us, collecting original arcade game hardware is an expensive proposition, and that it's an organizational nightmare(Compare storing a DVD vs a CPS3 board for 3rd strike).

It'd be NICE but, really, most of us aren't going to collect originals and if we're going to be compete, it's going to be on Port du Jour(we still havent settled on a Super Turbo port :very_ang:

).

billd420 · Feb 24, 2008

dubdubdub said:
Wanna come over for natty ice and gamecube sometime?

Ahahhahahahahah BRO RAPE!!!

(if you don't know, look it up on youtube)

Ajax · Feb 24, 2008

Dude, don't take my pants off! BRO!!!!

lupinko · Mar 16, 2008

First time post here, anyway so what does this mean, can we just put a TTX2 game(harddrive) into a custom PC and we're good to go?

I ask because I am actually planning on buying TTX2 with KOFXII later this year, I'm just trying to get as much information for it as possible.

EDIT: Yes I know it requires the USB dongle, but with all this talk about those Bemani games I just got confused, and I do understand that Konami's encryption schemes are different than those of Taito's.

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