Shinobi on Neo Geo

GohanX

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I dunno, but his Twitter handle is h0ffman (with a zero)
 

Catoblepa

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Welcome! Congrats for the amazing job (love the Knightmare Amiga port too) 🍺
 

Takumaji

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Chapeau, h0ffman, this is excellent.

By the by, Romeo Knight called and said he was better than you back then!1!! :D j/k

What about Golden Axe?
 

h0ffman

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By the by, Romeo Knight called and said he was better than you back then!1!! :D j/k

He still is! :D

Quick update on bugs and shit...

* Broken backgrounds
This is actually my fault! You may have noticed the title screen says "THIS IS FREE". The idea being if some enterprising chap runs off a bunch of carts without permission they probably want to remove or alter that message. So, I implemented a few hidden rom checksum routines dotted around the place. If the checksum fails then it breaks the backgrounds on purpose. Was working fine here but I didn't anticipate that the flash carts might patch the vector base addresses once the ROM is loaded into RAM. Good news is looks like I've fixed this now and I still keep my anti-tamper protection.

* Crash starting game after watching the ending
New ending was writing to ROM, which is RAM on CD and Flash Cart, thus killing the game after. Fixed

* That bloody Shuriken SFX!
This one is probably not fixable. The original game triggers that sound effect on every hit, it's just that the resulting death sound effect on single player hits ends up muting it. On NeoGeo, I'm using all 6 ADPCM-A channels for SFX to allow for multiple sounds at the same time, which is needed because FM and Voice samples are now all played by the same mechanism. Been racking my brain for a hack but can't seem to come up with one.

* Other random crashes
Could well be down to my hiscore saving and other somewhat hacky methods for determining if its an MVS/AES/CD system. To prevent any further issues I've removed hiscore saving and forced changed softdips to just be settings you access from the menu.


New version is in testing with someone how owns ALL the carts! Once all confirmed good I'll get the "final" release out.
 

Takumaji

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Romeo Knight made Enigma Gun and I fear that can never be topped by anyone ever (maybe Jeroen could do it, dunno) but your Amiga DJ sets are second to none.
 

GohanX

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Noice. What are you using to make those sexy CD covers/labels?
I work in a printshop, this is called "bored at work." It's just regular paper and Memorex CD labels printed on a machine that cost more than most cars.
 

Raph4

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Edit: I have created Box art & CD book art and flyer for use it on ES-DE
 

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Raguy

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Hi Hoffman, you made a wonderful job during 7 weeks for the completion.
It's arcade perfect, neo geo has some limits for sprites on the same line.
We can see sprite disappearance on the same line during the explosion of the second boss. (helicopter)
Perhaps, you can make something for the sprite priority.
7 weeks, man you're a genius.

Don't know what is your next neo geo project ?
I wonder if it is possible to do the same thing for sega system 18.
It's more powerful than system 16...
We are all thinking about moonwalker, shadow dancer and alien storm.
But, i am also thinking about a conversion of Laser Ghost.
There is zero gun-shooting game on neo geo.
It's a lack for the neo geo library while snk was famous with beast busters.
 

Ralfakick

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Yeah, but not the arcade original IMO, the Genny version is far superior in almost any aspect, gameplay but also visuals and sound.

I'd love to play Alien Syndrome on Neo, also a System 16 game, iirc.


Yes it would have been better if it was the Genesis Version very true
 

Catoblepa

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It might be my nostalgia talking, but I'd personally love a Tough Turf conversion for the Neo. The game's got a bad reputation (if it's got a reputation at all), but I think it's a very fine and quite underrated Double Dragon clone. I remember collecting a ton of 500 liras coins and completing it with my brother, it's still one of my fondest arcade memories... we loved the idea of the hidden weapons that you could pick up behind a crate or a silo.
 
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