Golden Axe on Neo Geo

[h0ffman]

Update.. CD Version is coming along nicely.

 

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Just tried playing golden axe again on the goobesis CD. What is it i dont get about this game? …
Other than i am retarded.
The music is very muted.
The attacks are awkward.
The rideable mounts are super cool for the time, excellent. But you get knocked off a lot because they too have awkward attacks.
I dunno, its probably just the aesthetic. Ive basically realized that throughout my entire life if i dont like what i am looking at, im never gonna commit.
Sorry Roker’s mom

 

[Neo Alec]

Just tried playing golden axe again on the goobesis CD. What is it i dont get about this game? …
Other than i am retarded.
The music is very muted.
The attacks are awkward.
The rideable mounts are super cool for the time, excellent. But you get knocked off a lot because they too have awkward attacks.
I dunno, its probably just the aesthetic. Ive basically realized that throughout my entire life if i dont like what i am looking at, im never gonna commit.
Sorry Roker’s mom

I think I prefer the Genesis soundtrack to the arcade one. The Sega CD version uses the arcade music. I agree, it seems muted on the CD compared to the cart.

Was your apology to roker's mom referring to the rideable mounts?

 

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I think I prefer the Genesis soundtrack to the arcade one. The Sega CD version uses the arcade music. I agree, it seems muted on the CD compared to the cart.

Was your apology to roker's mom referring to the rideable mounts?

Not gonna commit. Tired of riding as well

 

[Johnny16Bit]

Just tried playing golden axe again on the goobesis CD. What is it i dont get about this game? …
Other than i am retarded.
The music is very muted.
The attacks are awkward.
The rideable mounts are super cool for the time, excellent. But you get knocked off a lot because they too have awkward attacks.
I dunno, its probably just the aesthetic. Ive basically realized that throughout my entire life if i dont like what i am looking at, im never gonna commit.
Sorry Roker’s mom

It's its own thing - unlike most of the post Final Fight offer.
Long start up & recovery times, committing combos, particular AI.

I agree with Neo Alec, try the Goobesis cart version instead, the music is fantastic on that one. The gameplay may feel a bit rough today, so just enjoy the melodies, the sound, the designs, and that 1980s flair. No commitment needed, especially as the game is short and not difficult ; it's a pure retro trip. Go get an original japanese CIB copy and max out the goobiness.

 

[kernow]

..or just play better games omg

 

[NeoSeeD]

Just tried playing golden axe again on the goobesis CD. What is it i dont get about this game? …
Other than i am retarded.
The music is very muted.
The attacks are awkward.
The rideable mounts are super cool for the time, excellent. But you get knocked off a lot because they too have awkward attacks.
I dunno, its probably just the aesthetic. Ive basically realized that throughout my entire life if i dont like what i am looking at, im never gonna commit.
Sorry Roker’s mom

The Sega CD version is a huge fail and has less features than the Genesis version. It's not even a co-op game. With the CD storage and scaling abilities of the CD attachment, Sega could have made it near arcade perfect, but cheaped out. Also, compared to the arcade, the enemies are way more aggressive about rushing your character from the very start of the game.

Golden Axe Plus 2.0 hack is the way to go on the Genesis. If the CD soundtrack suits you better, then the 32X MD+ version is the way to go. Personally, I like what h0ffman is doing with the NCD version. Arcade perfect (The Dwarf's axe is actually GOLDEN like the name of the game! Imagine that!) with a sweet CD soundtrack.

 

[KGRAMR]

This was explained as impossible due to the beast busters board having far greater capability than the neo geo can provide.

Which is weird too because Beast Busters came out prior to the Neo Geo. Oh well, at least we have MAME to play the game. I know it was ported to European microcomputers but was the original arcade version released elesewhere.?

 

[KGRAMR]

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Not sure that would really be a problem. Resizing the graphics opens up a world of pain but clipping the edges would work much better. Text layer would need some work for the HUD and the scrolling routines would have to compensate for the edges but you have to re-write those for the NG anyway.

Speaking of CPS-1 games on the Neo Geo, someone is already doing a port of the Three Wonders minigame Midnight Wanderers.

Capcom's 'Midnight Wanderers' Is Being Ported To The Neo Geo

Midnight Wanderers was originally included in the 'Three Wonders' arcade compilation

www.timeextension.com

 

[Valt C]

Well done @h0ffman ! The credits as an intro undoubtedly makes it more special. Happy to see such a upgraded CD version with such a soundtrack!

 

[tcdev]

Can we get a Neo port of Manic Miner? I'm sure the Neo could handle a ZX Spectrum game, no?

You mean something like this?

Getting the colours right

Again, Real Life has been putting a serious dent into my spare time but at lunchtime today I finally managed to get the palette right on the...

retroports.blogspot.com

I've been looking for a new project... Manic Miner you say...

The problem of course is that the ZX Spectrum has a bit-mapped display. If Manic Miner treats all graphics objects as tiles/sprites, then it's not an issue. But when it starts drawing arbitrary pixels (spiders?), you have a problem. I needed a specific hack for the 'scroll' display areas at the bottom of the screen on Knight Lore, for example.

 

[tcdev]

Someone did that to Xevious if you missed it (the original PCB was a z80 IIRC).

That someone was me, and it is 3x Z80s. Two (@3MHz) for code, one for the sound. The two code CPUs were transcoded to 68K and interleaved in software on the 68K. The 68K also decodes the map in software on-the-fly. The sound code was more-or-less discarded and samples were used with Blastar's sound engine.

 

[NeoSeeD]

You mean something like this?

Getting the colours right

Again, Real Life has been putting a serious dent into my spare time but at lunchtime today I finally managed to get the palette right on the...

retroports.blogspot.com

I've been looking for a new project... Manic Miner you say...

The problem of course is that the ZX Spectrum has a bit-mapped display. If Manic Miner treats all graphics objects as tiles/sprites, then it's not an issue. But when it starts drawing arbitrary pixels (spiders?), you have a problem. I needed a specific hack for the 'scroll' display areas at the bottom of the screen on Knight Lore, for example.

IIRC, you were working on porting Donkey Kong a while back.

 

[UsagiRu_]

 

[KGRAMR]

The Neo Geo port of Golden Axe is now available to try

Golden Axe - Neo Geo Port by Hoffman

The Sega classic, now available for the SNK power house

h0ffman.itch.io

 

[Takumaji]

I'm having difficulties writing the data to CD-R, maybe it's because I'm using a USB burner with ImgBurn on Win11. Gives me a write error but doesn't actually write anything, CD-R is still empty afterwards. Had the same problem with the first release of Shinobi, then the updated version was released and I burned it without a problem.

Any tips what to do here?

 

[NeoCverA]

Just for shits and giggles - MVSX and Arcade Stick Pro covers

 

[Burning Fight!!]

now we just need a hack to remove the intro and put back in the actual game soundtrack

edit: jokes aside, check out the guy who posted custom labels on the itch.io page. What an ego for what amounts to grey boxes and text.
Nicely done @h0ffman, I really need to make a cart of this for real hardware. I especially like the samples re-ripped from First Blood et al. lol

 

[h0ffman]

That someone was me, and it is 3x Z80s. Two (@3MHz) for code, one for the sound. The two code CPUs were transcoded to 68K and interleaved in software on the 68K. The 68K also decodes the map in software on-the-fly. The sound code was more-or-less discarded and samples were used with Blastar's sound engine.

Top work pal! Speaking from experience transcoding Z80 to 68K isn't the easiest thing to do at all.

 

[K1ngArth3r]

Played this earlier on AES and loved it. Thought it was a little easy but maybe need to check the difficulty level in options.

Hoping someone on Ali-Express sells the MVS cart at some point so I can put it in my 4 slot.

Really appreciate the efforts in porting these classic system 16 titles.

 

[smokey]

@h0ffman Thank you for this! Really nostalgic game for me and to see it running on my Neo! Much obliged!

 

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@h0ffman Thank you for this! Really nostalgic game for me and to see it running on my Neo! Much obliged!

Belgoobian, stop wearing out the tate monitor just for photo ops!!

 

[Burning Fight!!]

how can I hate a forum that gave me the context needed to use the word "Belgoobian"

 

[smokey]

Belgoobian, stop wearing out the tate monitor just for photo ops!!

I use it for fake stereo Sadly I can't turn of the image seperatly from the sound. Also when I'm playing my one year old can turn the nobs on the tate monitor while I can enjoy the game on the other monitor or visa versa

 

[Neodogg]

@h0ffman
Thank you for this, what a great way to spend my bday!