Present & accounted for.
How have all you accorn loving Phags been the last few years?
Just tipped the 20 year membership scale for myself.
When covid hit & the lockdown began we were all forced to slowdown & one of the things that I started to remember was coming out of my teens & into my twenties at the turn of the century, having discovered the neo ponly a few short years earlier & then diving headfirst into it (and arcade gaming in general) while leaving the home based game systems behind in most regards. That included joining this forum & the enuing shenanigans.
I really meant to come back here & start posting as I remembered what fun I had given the subject material & how it was more toward the begining of the internet (you know, when the net was still fresh & fun), but unfortunately, not only was the pandemic unprecedented but so was the reactions of many people who do not process fear that well. We all saw that on TV & i'm sure some of you saw that up close with family & friends as I did. It was like watching rabid animal react while feeling cornered.
I can't believe that some much time has gone by already.
When I logged back in I checked out my profile as I was curious as to when I had posted last & when I saw a date of Sept, 2014 I could not believe it. It made me feel a bit sad to be honest. All things considered though it makes some sense as
Fuck, I remember it being the turn of the century, SNK USA proper was still operating. I was graduating high school. The internet was coming out of it's infancy. I had already been introducted to the neo & was getting into it through the DHP, this site & SNK themselves.
Shit, remember all of that.
- Clearence neo deals from SNK.
- Taking half of columbia up our nostrils while throwing down benjamins for an NGFJapan magazine collection at sorority house full of hot chicks.
- Their staff asking me (a kid) if I wanted to buy home carts in bulk at discount.
- The closure of SNK USA proper & the flood of new old stock.
- The launch of the Neo Geo Pocket
- The 2nd run or metal slug 3 home carts
- fooling the pope
- Candy cab group buys
- Meet up's at J&L Game & (the original) China Town Fair in NYC
- Drama, drama & more dama.
As previously noted: this site has stayed, for the most part, the same for upwards of a quarter century.......a very welcome thing in a worl that seems to be, in many ways, for change just for the sake of such with no real need behind it.
The neo & this scene have been a big part of my life as there has been nothing quite like it.