DC version of Last Hope now on Pre-Order at PlayAsia

shadowfamicom · Nov 11, 2006

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-x-49-en-70-1lza.html

I pre-ordered today. BTW if anyone wants I have 2 play-asia coupons ($5 off a $50 purchase*). I will be more than happy to let some1 use them. Just send me a PM.

*Note: The price of the game is only $40 so you need to buy something of $10 or more for the coupon to work.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

RGP · Nov 11, 2006

I'll wait for the torrent......

bloodhokuto · Nov 11, 2006

RGP said:
I'll wait for the torrent......

Why?

Coz you don't like the people who made it as they charged loads (i.e. 'normal AES prices) for the carts?

I'm not keen on old games being sacced, but I don't think d/l games is much better.

Cavalry · Nov 11, 2006

a new dreamcast game! thats kind of cool.

Xian Xi · Nov 11, 2006

bloodhokuto said:
Why?

Coz you don't like the people who made it as they charged loads (i.e. 'normal AES prices) for the carts?

I'm not keen on old games being sacced, but I don't think d/l games is much better.

No. because they should have done an MVS version first before a DC port.

RGP · Nov 11, 2006

Paying for homebrew shit :lol:

Dr. Jigglin · Nov 11, 2006

RGP said:
Paying for homebrew shit

I reckon, it doesn't even look like that great of a game.

SpamYouToDeath · Nov 12, 2006

And God said let there be exploit, and lo, did the disk boot.

Gotenks326 · Nov 12, 2006

bloodhokuto said:
I'm not keen on old games being sacced, but I don't think d/l games is much better.

How is that so? At least when you download the game you aren't killing any existing games.

Oh, and $700 for BARE PCBs isn't standard AES price.

Neo Alec · Nov 12, 2006

Nice price.

Exclusive CD Game Modes:

* Adjusted difficulty (Reduction of shoot frequency und flight velocity of enemy bullets / no ranking)
* Explosions / particle effects reduced for more clarity on screen
* Better hitting response for hit enemies
* Improved visualization of boss hit zones

zhulien · Nov 12, 2006

I have placed my preorder - just because a small group of people make a game doesn't make it shit - by some peoples account here, all games pre 1990 were shit - well, most games I like happen to be pre 1990 (of course I like some more recent games too). I hope more games like this come out - and the price isn't bad too compared to the joke of xbox 360 game prices.

RGP · Nov 12, 2006

Was the AES version of this ever reviewed & if so what score did it get?

derboo · Nov 12, 2006

German Website daddelkingz.de rated it 4/5, don't know of any other.

bloodhokuto · Nov 12, 2006

Gotenks326 said:
How is that so? At least when you download the game you aren't killing any existing games.

Oh, and $700 for BARE PCBs isn't standard AES price.

Downloading games that are currently on sale by the creators = not on.

$700 for a faux neo game - it's the neo geo, if you don't like the price, you don't buy it (or buy the DC version).

Oh and MVS version - it's a shame perhaps, but I'm sure MVS owners would have had something to moan about if they did it.

I know it's a homebrew game, but so what if it's good. I love the neo geo and if someone produces a half decent game for it I'll try and get it or at least get the port.

Josh · Nov 12, 2006

I played Fakk2's AES version at a local neo meet up and it was pretty fun, very difficult too. It didn't feel like a homebrew to me.

Anyways, considering they're the only company with the drive to support these two fine systems with an original title, the hell with bashing their efforts, I am going to buy the DC version to help out the group that created the game. Hopefully we'll see more titles from them in the future.

norton9478 · Nov 12, 2006

NEOWAVE said:
I played Fakk2's AES version at a local neo meet up and it was pretty fun, very difficult too. It didn't feel like a homebrew to me.
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Can't be more Homebrewtastic than the superspy

Orpheus · Nov 12, 2006

NICE!
I'll be shure to pre-order. Didn't feel like droping the coin for the Neo home cart but I would live to get some more DC luvin since I have my kiosk hooked up now.

RGP said:
I'll wait for the torrent......

RGP said:
Paying for homebrew shit

RGP said:
Was the AES version of this ever reviewed & if so what score did it get?

Why? What are you....Jewish?
Last Hope has got to be one of the best & most professional "homebrew" titles seen.
and yes, the game did get some reviews: The game got a great writeup in Retro Gamer magazine (and I'm talking a big multi page article that was even put on the cover) as well as one hell of a review from our very own Jeff Kurtz.

Xian Xi said:
No. because they should have done an MVS version first before a DC port.

And just how the hell can you justify that?

SpamYouToDeath · Nov 12, 2006

ORPHEUS said:
NICE!
I'll be shure to pre-order. Didn't feel like droping the coin for the Neo home cart but I would live to get some more DC luvin since I have my kiosk hooked up now.

Why? What are you....Jewish?
The game got a great writeup in retro gamer & one hell of a review from Jeff Kurtz.

And just how the hell can you justify that?

Financially, it's easy money for them. Tap into the market of people who won't pay $700, don't have an AES, etc, once all the people who will pay $700, have paid $700. All that is required in "doing an MVS version" is soldering the chips to different boards.

Orpheus · Nov 12, 2006

SpamYouToDeath said:
Financially, it's easy money for them. Tap into the market of people who won't pay $700, don't have an AES, etc, once all the people who will pay $700, have paid $700. All that is required in "doing an MVS version" is soldering the chips to different boards.

Come on, get real man. MVS carts are still going to cost some coin. They will not be "cheap" by any means. A DC run is a much wiser decision. Just look at the DC scene over the last 5 years.

SpamYouToDeath · Nov 12, 2006

ORPHEUS said:
Come on, get real man. MVS carts are still going to cost some coin. They will not be "cheap" by any means. A DC run is a much wiser decision. Just look at the DC scene over the last 5 years.

But a DC port requires work. An MVS port is just "okay, now send us MVS boards to sac instead of AES boards".

Orpheus · Nov 12, 2006

SpamYouToDeath said:
But a DC port requires work. An MVS port is just "okay, now send us MVS boards to sac instead of AES boards".

I see where you are coming from but chips & boards add up. The amount of MVS carts sold would no doubt be dwarfed by DC sales. Just look at the sales that the dreamcast games have done since the system was axed. They are very solid & respectable. hell, Ikaruga was NCSX's best seller EVER for them. It shatered records.
Face it, there are simply alot more people with DC's out there than MVS's (at home that is, not on route). The higher sales justify some additional programing.

SpamYouToDeath · Nov 12, 2006

But still, with the MVS version requiring zero effort, why not at least do both? Or release an MVS release while working on the DC one?

Gotenks326 · Nov 12, 2006

bloodhokuto said:
Downloading games that are currently on sale by the creators = not on.

$700 for a faux neo game - it's the neo geo, if you don't like the price, you don't buy it (or buy the DC version).

People aren't expecting another game by the creators, so it's not the same. Killing an existing game and lowering the chances that a developer will make another game are 2 VERY different things...

$700 for a homebrew game (Blah, blah, it looks professional; the reason why people pay butt loads of money for expensive AES titles is because of their value and 100% authenticity as an original SNK(Playmore) title) still is out of the traditional Neo-Geo pricing. It's even worse when you know for a fact that the game will be ported in BETTER forms to other formats (There's no more exclusive quality for the title; you know that you're basically paying butt loads of money for an inferior version. The developer's used this version to see what people didn't like about it, and then made those changes to this cheaper DC port).

I'll still buy it (and the OST if one comes out), but I'm just offering this alternative perspective on the issue.

Oh, and I expected them to do an MVS release as well for max profits (You should release different versions of the game from most expensive to least expensive to maximize profits; first get all the people that'll pay $700 for it, then all the people that'd pay $300 (Guessed MVS price), then all the people that'd pay $60 (Guessed NGCD price), then you have the cheap DC release).

AppleiDog · Nov 12, 2006

But isn't there Legal stuff relating to Making Mvs, Due to the reason for Mvs is to make money.

norton9478 · Nov 12, 2006

ORPHEUS said:
l, Ikaruga was NDSX's best seller EVER for them. It chetered records.
Face it, there are simply alot more people with DC's out there than MVS's (at home that is, not on route). The higher sales justify some additional programing.

Yep, Everyone not on NG.com doesn't give a shit about the Neo Geo.

Shumps fans included....

Neo Geo is the apitmy of Niche.

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