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Ora, ora...
Just wanted to drop a few newbieish (not timid <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> lines and introduce myself. I got my first video game in 1980 (a pong variant), and since then I am an avid videogaming and arcade regular, despite the fact that the arcade and its games aren't that popular here in Germany.
Anyway, I moved on to something more sophisticated and bought a VCS2600, shortly followed by a Commodore C=64 and Amiga 1000 (all hail to the king of micros!), but still looked for a way to play real arcade games at home...
The first game console I bought was Sega's unfortunate Master System which mainly suffered from aggressive marketing methods of big N, then, shortly after its release, a Genesis entered my living room, which I love till today (the Genesis, not the living room), nearly as much as my Neo Geo CD and the Dreamcast. My latest babe is a Neo Geo Pocket, and after playing through Sonic, KoF R2 and Metal Slug 1st I think it knocks the GBA to the ground. Spirit over skill.
I'm not so much a collector of ultra rare games and hard-to-find accessories than a 2D-crazed game addict with a solid preference for fighters and action games, that's why I own only 21 Neo CDs, 23 Genesis carts, a dozen Dreamcast GDs and a crate full of 4- and 8Bit stuff. I play through my small collection regularly... still breaking hiscores of Wonder Boy/SMS... one of my jump'n'run all-time faves... Shit, I wish I had only a fraction of all the bucks I pushed into such arcade machinery... <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
What ties me to all my ancient consoles and micros is the fact that most of the games of these systems are highly playable and transport the arcade feeling into your home. That's why I would never buy a console which has no counterpart in the arcades. That's why I wouldn't even touch a piece of hardware with "Nintendo" on it... <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> What's more, most of these old consoles and computers have been abandoned far too early by their "(l)users". Fortunately, the Neo Geo, like the Amiga, still lives on and will (hopefully) do so if we all keep on supporting it. For example by buying our games, not pirating them.
I'm looking forward to a nice time at this site. Kudos to you, the Neo freeks, and to the makers of this site for existing. It's this spirit we so badly need to keep the fire aflame.
T
Just wanted to drop a few newbieish (not timid <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> lines and introduce myself. I got my first video game in 1980 (a pong variant), and since then I am an avid videogaming and arcade regular, despite the fact that the arcade and its games aren't that popular here in Germany.
Anyway, I moved on to something more sophisticated and bought a VCS2600, shortly followed by a Commodore C=64 and Amiga 1000 (all hail to the king of micros!), but still looked for a way to play real arcade games at home...
The first game console I bought was Sega's unfortunate Master System which mainly suffered from aggressive marketing methods of big N, then, shortly after its release, a Genesis entered my living room, which I love till today (the Genesis, not the living room), nearly as much as my Neo Geo CD and the Dreamcast. My latest babe is a Neo Geo Pocket, and after playing through Sonic, KoF R2 and Metal Slug 1st I think it knocks the GBA to the ground. Spirit over skill.
I'm not so much a collector of ultra rare games and hard-to-find accessories than a 2D-crazed game addict with a solid preference for fighters and action games, that's why I own only 21 Neo CDs, 23 Genesis carts, a dozen Dreamcast GDs and a crate full of 4- and 8Bit stuff. I play through my small collection regularly... still breaking hiscores of Wonder Boy/SMS... one of my jump'n'run all-time faves... Shit, I wish I had only a fraction of all the bucks I pushed into such arcade machinery... <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
What ties me to all my ancient consoles and micros is the fact that most of the games of these systems are highly playable and transport the arcade feeling into your home. That's why I would never buy a console which has no counterpart in the arcades. That's why I wouldn't even touch a piece of hardware with "Nintendo" on it... <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> What's more, most of these old consoles and computers have been abandoned far too early by their "(l)users". Fortunately, the Neo Geo, like the Amiga, still lives on and will (hopefully) do so if we all keep on supporting it. For example by buying our games, not pirating them.
I'm looking forward to a nice time at this site. Kudos to you, the Neo freeks, and to the makers of this site for existing. It's this spirit we so badly need to keep the fire aflame.
T
