NGF history and snk buyout details

[wheelaa]

Depends what is meant by future, and worth I suppose.

Is any future better than no future.

I think people should be applauded for effort though, and to be fair the games from the last few years aren't that bad at all. Better than some official games for sure.

[Pannolino]

Depends what is meant by future, and worth I suppose.

Is any future better than no future.

I think people should be applauded for effort though, and to be fair the games from the last few years aren't that bad at all. Better than some official games for sure.

for sure,

and there' are actually pretty good examples.
But to be honest in the neo scene, all i could see till the most recent release (Gunlord, which is a good path to walk for the "future") is just milking

When a decent game hit the market a the right price it's not a problem i agree applauding the effort (even better if you are honest with yourself and release the game for , well, NGCD)
but when a pile of crap comes in for an awful amount of money, there's nothing which can be called homebrew scene
ask Dion about teh rare release of Diggerman é___é

look at the Treasure of Caribbean thing
or Fast Striker (which is disgunting, imho)

[pza]

[BUMPING OLD THREAD]

For anyone, who hasn't seen it yet, racketboy put up an interesting interview with Dion on his site: racketboy.com

[retro]

Hey Dion, I was going through some old threads on NG and came across this quote:

Quoted From Dion's Post:

The hard facts is all about the term AES and how NGF popularized it.

There are people here that fully know that statement is 100% true and they can't deny it. I am not claiming to have invented that word, I merely coined the term for the consumer aka HOME cartridges back in mid 1999. Up until that time everyone, including myself, called the consumer cartridges "Home carts." Ask people like Mikhail, Pitt, Thacker, and many others. They are honest enough to say that "AES is a term first started and used by Dion." Just ask them or check the DHP archives.

Since my argument was that any cartridge in the home could technically be called a home cartridge (MVS) we needed a better description for our "consumer" cartridges. Since the NeoGeo was the "Advanced Entertainment System" and used the acronym AES on some boards and parts, I started referring to "home" carts as "AES carts." The rest is history.

Funny how things change, eh? Especially you calling Geddon and Billy honest people back then! :) Ah well, it WAS nearly 10 years ago! ;)

Any chance of a photo of your entire personal collection?

I saw one in this thread but since you have everything I was expecting a whole wall with games instead of bricks. LOL.

Neo Geo games ARE bricks! :P

[kenshir0]

Dion, when will you be quitting the neo geo scene for good? :D

[GodofHardcore]

Dion, when will you be quitting the neo geo scene for good? :D

For the good of all things SNK, I hope so

[Cyantist]

For the good of all things SNK, I hope so

Oh man, GoH's knee slappers make me laugh.

[Dion]

I think people should be applauded for effort though, and to be fair the games from the last few years aren't that bad at all. Better than some official games for sure.

Wheelaa and I may not see eye to eye on other issues, but both him and I do agree that homebrew efforts should be applauded, if they so deserve it.

there's nothing which can be called homebrew scene
ask Dion about teh rare release of Diggerman é___é

look at the Treasure of Caribbean thing
or Fast Striker (which is disgunting, imho)

Diggerman and Treasure of the Caribbean = early jamma board games
Some people still wonder about the origins of both the Diggerman and TotC.
Diggerman was an unfinished game from Face, much the same as Treasure of the Caribbean was unfinished.
Both were based on early Face jamma board programming.
Diggerman is basically a copy of Boulder Dash (which has many clones):
Rockfall, Rockford the Invincible, Rocks and Diamonds, Dangerous Dungeons, Diamond Caves, Diamond Dash, Get the Gems, etc....

Various videos
Boulder Dash - various systems: http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCS5x-cBZuTX4
Diggerman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKojvfhBo5s
Get the Gems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsvV0...feature=relmfu
Dangerous Dungeons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XemLkl1D2rE
Rocks and Diamonds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns3EC...eature=related


Diggerman is an official game listed by SNK-Japan, SNK-Playmore, and US Federal Court.
Face had agreements and planned to port and release Diggerman and Zupapa onto the NeoGeo system.
SNK-Japan sold us exclusive rights for Diggerman AES sales with the NGF corrected insert.
Playmore Press Release stating games sold by SNK-Japan to NeoGeoFreak and authorized for sale with corrected inserts
(lists all Face games: Diggerman, Gururin, Money Puzzle Exchanger, Zupapa)

official Face NeoGeo titles:
Diggerman, (1989 jamma, 1994 neogeo port) - finally released in 2001)
Gururin, 1994
Money Puzzle Exchanger, 1996
Zupapa, 1994 - (finally released in 2001)

Diggerman


As far as I know, Treasure of the Caribbean was never planned as a neogeo game.
It was only planned and scheduled for non neogeo jamma board release.


**FOUND PHOTO: circa 1998: page 16, post #319
I found the old photo of former SNK-America president and myself during Irritating Maze: NGF release 1998: page 16, post #319

[Rori]

After reading a bit of this thread, I feel jealous I have absolutely no business acumen, especially in regard to something I enjoy (video games). I can't even afford a used AES at the moment (hey i'm saving up!), how can people get $90k to buy games XD. Must've been one hell of a business plan!

[Mendel]

Even if you don´t have 90 on your pockets, I´m sure many banks would agree to give such a loan for a business if you can convince them you are likely to make at least hundreds of thousands if not millions.