I don't think so. There was a modern LP release and the Metal Slug Complete OST Collection + Art Book on CD that was released a few years back. I believe that's it.
To me, MS3 was always obviously a new thing.
One of the interesting things about the Neo is how little they did to truly optimize or expand their hardware as time went on other than to just keep increasing their meg sizes. For example, while the Neo is obviously more powerful than a Mega Drive/Genesis, the tricks devs used to make impressive effects were amazing. The SNES has shit that the Neo couldn't dream of running because of helper chips and modes despite still being a less powerful console overall.
Hard disagree. As the programmers of SNK and others gained familiarity with the hardware, their bag of tricks expanded and they were able to milk old hardware into overtime. Familiarity with the hardware due to experience is documented in interviews.
Oh, totally agree. Some of the later SNES and MD games were graphically awesome, but I'm not sure it's totally fair to compare games like Star Fox and Virtua Racer with what the Neo did... personally I'm more than happy we did not see anyone try to put a polygon game on Neo hardware, and the closest anyone got to a 3D style fighter (Ragnagard) was bloody awful.
IMO it really didn't. At one point I thought of making a video showcasing neat tricks that Neo games do and I really couldn't find very many. Neo games mostly get by with brute force and a metric crap ton of graphic tiles.
Got any examples of really impressive tricks? I know that as time went on, the Neo got more detailed animation and sprite work especially as meg count increased. On the Genesis, look at games like Toy Story, The Adventures of Batman & Robin that pull off tricks that pass for a 32 bit console despite not having any special kind of scaling and rotation hardware.
I was going to bring this up, thanks. Have you seen the Sengoku 3 fighter?Or the KOF 98 demo? Damn impressive despite still being in alpha. Windjammers looks great as well despite the color limits. These days, you can stream CD quality sound on both the Gen and SNES with the right hardware.
StarFox and Virtua Racing are some examples, but also look at something like Winter Heat that can pass for a early PS1 game. Gundam Wing looks closer to a CPS2 game than the actual Street Fighter Alpha 2 SNES port. It's more about creative maxing out of the hardware which I would have liked to see more of on the Neo. Spinmasters had some nice effects and Super Spy was a good first try at a first person game. I can just imagine what a companies like Treasure or Konami would have pulled off on the Neo given enough time.
I was thinking in general that because the Neo lasted so long, it was forced to punch above its weight. Like Neo Geo fighters being compared to fighters on the CPS3 for example, But I do see you and @city41's point, it is mostly just memory and good use of art.
You're being generous. I would probably put it at 90% and that goes for every other system too.
Come on, I'm with Tak. Don't be so cynical. Neo Geo is famous for having a better ratio of quality to crap than most. Even the games that aren't perfect or aren't your cup of tea are still arguably worth checking out and have a lot of redeeming qualities.
It was great back in the day. Don’t rate much of it now. On further evaluation i am rating it 92% tat.
Agreed. I have my set of Neo games that are my absolute favorites - both games that have stood the test of time and those that may not hold up so well today but are personal nostalgic favorites. The Neo has a huge library for a piece of arcade hardware (the largest of any single piece of hardware to my knowledge), so not every game will be to everyone's taste even if it is well-like by others for one reason or another. And that's totally fair.
