Neo Geo

playstation 2

World Heroes Gets Gorgeous!

Anyone out there remember World Heroes, Alpha Denshi's not that great fighting game for the Neo Geo platform? There were only a handful of them, with sequels like World Heroes 2 Jet and World Heroes Perfect hitting arcades throughout the early nineties. Fortunately for those who have fond memories of the 2D fighter, SNK Playmore is releasing a collection of four World Heroes games for the PlayStation 2.

And it might just have the best name ever: World Heroes Gorgeous! The emphasis is mine.

Seriously, does it get any better than "gorgeous"? No, I don't think it does. Please take a few minutes to enjoy the ultimate fighting game name and mourn the loss of "turbo" and "hyper." They were good to us.

7:20 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By Michael McWhertor
5,157 views, 36 comments

on the horizon

SNK's Neo Geo Titles to Hit VC Tomorrow

We announced the imminent arrival of SNK's Neo Geo titles on the Virtual Console last month but now it looks like we have an ETA. According to IGN, Fatal Fury, World Heroes, and Art of Fighting will be arriving tomorrow morning on Wiis everywhere. So keep your eyes on the little white box and get ready to beat the crap out of each other Neo Geo style.

2:00 PM on Sun Oct 7 2007
By fdemarco
1,909 views, 42 comments

no love

SNK Stop Neo Geo Support

SNK has decided to stop offering maintenance and repairs for the Neo Geo home hardware, accessories and game cartridges as well as Neo Geo CD, Neo Geo CDZ and the Neo Geo Pocket. SNK left the console business by the year 2000, but continued to support its hardware. Starting August 31st, it won't. The reason? Getting parts has become increasingly difficult. Sega, likewise, announced earlier this year that it would no longer service its consoles starting this fall. It's the end of an era. Officially. Brian Ashcraft More »

12:00 AM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,017 views, 42 comments

Latest by Runna: @izarate: O yeah I forgot about clones! Also too the arcade systems will be the cheapest as most people will try to just get rid of those and may not even care about the going price for it. Also too more »

the king of fighter collections

SNK Bringing Fatal Fury Archives To PS2

Rehash specialist SNK Playmore will never be accused of neglecting its 2D-fighting fanbase. In addition to the recently released Art of Fighting Collection for the PlayStation 2 (with Wii and PSP versions rumored), the company is dredging up Neo Geo memories to bring yet another collection to the PS2 in Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1. The game will collect Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3 and Fatal Fury Special in what is expected to be a budget-priced package. More »

7:20 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,304 views, 22 comments

Latest by cherrybomb: samurai showdown II damnit!!! more »

who's the game master now?

The Custom Captain N Varsity Jacket

Reader Stephan, who's a bit of a Captain N cosplay snob (and I like that) just sent us pics of his custom made jacket that he says features "cartoon accurate coloring (solid white trim on the collar, solid red trim everywhere else)." Hardcore, man. More »

9:00 PM on Thu May 10 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,570 views, 21 comments

art of fighting

Art Of Fighting Collection For Wii, PSP, Too

While news of SNK Playmore bringing their Art of Fighting Collection to the States wasn't exactly surprising, news of the anthology making appearances on both the PSP and Wii might be a bit more unexpected. But that's the case, as the ESRB recently rated the game for both platforms. More »

5:40 PM on Tue Apr 24 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,340 views, 22 comments

virtual console

Japan's VC Gets Neo Geo and MSX

The Wii Virtual Console in Japan is set to add another two console selections to its lineup — the fighter friendly Neo Geo and the MSX. The Neo Geo is SNK's baby and home to King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Metal Slug, and various other masterpieces of the 2D gaming age. The MSX is of course Japan's early-80s attempt to standardize the world computer market. The effort didn't pan out despite brisk sales, but as a game platform it excelled, giving birth to such esteemed series as Metal Gear, Bomberman, Parodius, and Puyo Puyo. More »

9:20 AM on Fri Feb 23 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,560 views, 46 comments

Latest by RJG: Oh pretty pretty please. Pretty please? more »

collecting

The Holy Grails Of Video Game Collecting

Wait. Holy grails? Isn't that like naming your band The Lone Rangers? Shouldn't there be only one? Whatever. Racketboy's excellent Retrogaming site counts down the most sought after—meaning extremely expensive but not exactly good—video games from the last 30-odd years. More »

8:05 PM on Sat Oct 7 2006
By Michael McWhertor
579 views, 41 comments

metal slug

Slugs of Pure Metal

Well, it held out longer than Pac-Man, Frogger, and even Pong, but the Metal Slug series is finally extruding into the third dimension this June. Screens of the SNK shooter are available at The Magic Box and, well, that's a 3-D shooter all right. More »

6:40 PM on Thu Apr 20 2006
By kotaku.com
292 views, 6 comments

neo geo

The Neo Geo Portable

Ben Heckendorn, portable game hacker extraordinaire, managed to hobble together a portable Neo Geo with his usual panache. Heckendornuses phrases like no-brainer and "I scoff at difficulty" in his write up of the process, so don't go thinking you're go to read his walk-through and then plop down and build your own porty NG. More »

8:27 AM on Fri Aug 5 2005
By Brian Crecente
1,357 views

Kotaku

Manga Coming to Japanese Wii

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