Golden Axe on Neo Geo

lithy

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Burning Fight!!

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"Afternoon peeps.
Seems like a nice place here..."

neo-geo.com goobery scares another good user away from it yet again
 

Takumaji

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Great news, his Shinobi port is amazing, been playing it like crazy.

Eh, we treated him nicely. I think.

Please don't get scared away, H0ffman, we're all bark and play, no bite. This Kraut here loves your work so I'm gonna rain down helllll and damnation on everyone who does not!1!
 

Xavier

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I wish there was some way to add the level/levels from the Megadrive oart.
The arcade game has a some more details here and there but that extra content makes the Genesis version the winner IMO.
 

h0ffman

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Great news, his Shinobi port is amazing, been playing it like crazy.

Eh, we treated him nicely. I think.

Please don't get scared away, H0ffman, we're all bark and play, no bite. This Kraut here loves your work so I'm gonna rain down helllll and damnation on everyone who does not!1!
Hey, if the pub has a reputation for being a bit rough, I'm still going for a pint!
 

smokey

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Hey, if the pub has a reputation for being a bit rough, I'm still going for a pint!
It's not rough persé, it those smelly annoying bum like creatures that talk to you and stand way to close.
 

Metro City

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The idea is good, but don't you think it's better to convert the old snk games or the new neo geo games for the cd version? :giggle:
 

kernow

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The Neo Geo hardware is very similar to the Genesis (68000 & Z80), so it should be possible to do good ports of Genesis games. Or even, where the graphics & sound are improved from the original.
Lol
 

wikipejoe

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The idea is good, but don't you think it's better to convert the old snk games or the new neo geo games for the cd version? :giggle:
You'd think it would be possible to design software that can automatically convert a Genesis game into a Neo Geo game (or between other systems). Whichever game you gave to the conversion software, it would convert it from one system to another.
 

yagamikun

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You'd think it would be possible to design software that can automatically convert a Genesis game into a Neo Geo game (or between other systems). Whichever game you gave to the conversion software, it would convert it from one system to another.
I mean, I like the sentiment behind this idea but a simple exploration of 68000 based hardware from the 90's can tell you that this is not a simple cut and paste job.

Not all 68000's are like for like and could be configured internally a number of different ways to hit specific performance targets for a piece of hardware and/or used in tandem with other 68000 CPUs or other chips and hardware features that are unique and/or bespoke to a particular piece of hardware (like the Neo's fast 24-bit data bus along with a 12mhz 68k and Z80 co-processor).

Good idea in theory, but there are too many variables to make this a viable reality imo (unless somebody with far more knowledge of the internal workings and configuration options of the 68k thinks otherwise?)
 

Takumaji

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In re: wtf

Sure you can play Shinobi, Golden Axe or Chelnov on other systems or via emu/Mister but now you can play friggin' awesome original arcade games on a friggin' awesome console for friggin' free, in your own home, courtesy of enthusiastic coders who ported the games in their spare time. I really, and I mean really can't see what's so silly about it. Seeing my NGCD booting a Sega arcade game and then playing it just blows my mind, man.

Get with the programme, folks, and show some love. 😍
 
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