The Neo-Geo chronicles, the madness of an uncompromising console | A Complete Neo-Geo Documentary

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In the 80s and 90s, there was a slogan that you could find everywhere in all advertisements for every gaming console-it was 'arcade at home.' Unfortunately, that was rarely the case, even though some companies like Sega came close from time to time, we were far from having the same quality in home console games as in arcade halls, and that's understandable because these were two different worlds that had little in common. However, one console managed to pull off this crazy idea of bringing the arcade experience home, something that seemed unthinkable at the time. Here is the the uncommon story of the Neo-Geo, a console so mind-blowing that, at its announcement, many thought it was a scam, yet it would go on to become one of the most unique consoles of its time.
Made by Sakharu, voiced over by Brad Ziffer.
0:00:00 • An obstinate company
0:00:57 • Part 1 A Strange birth
0:10:58 • Part 2 A Crazy Idea
0:22:04 • Part 3 A New Challenger
0:32:46 • Part 4 Rivalry for the belt
0:43:33 • Part 5 Against the ropes
0:55:39 • Part 6 Technical Knouckout
1:04:35 • An obstinate company
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@sakharubaguette 27 дней назад

I sincerely hope you enjoy this video, I loved working on it even if it's really hard to find some reliable sources for such an uncommon console! Sorry that my English is not perfect, it's not my native language. Made by Sakharu, voiced over by Brad Ziffer.

@earlusmcdivett 27 дней назад

We love it Sakharu! Your videos are amazing!

@LucaS-c1j 27 дней назад

I love your videos, @sakaharubaguette. Can you do the chronicles of the SEGA Dreamcast?

@princegroove 27 дней назад

The only retro console from this brand that I own is the Neo Geo Pocket Color, but I love it!

@McLovinMods 27 дней назад

@@sakharubaguette you absolutely crushed it! Every video you have made has been amazing! Keep up the great work!

@JasonJrake 26 дней назад

The only clue I heard that you are not a native speaker: You switched between present tense language and past tense language. A few modern American and British books try to do all present tense, but the standard is to speak in complete past tense, even if you are imagining or representing things as they happened. Examples: Present tense: Sega creatES the Mega Drive, it SELLS well. Past tense: Sega creatED the MD, it SOLD well. It’s still a great video, but changing this in future videos will make it more pleasant/professional sounding to a larger English speaking audience. Also, I grew up during this era, and you did a great job of capturing why we were enchanted by stories of this arcade-at-home system. Again, great job on this video.

@jcollins1305 24 дня назад

That was a legitimately interesting video! Thank a for posting. As a teenager in 1990, the neo geo was a world apart from anything we were playing back then. The thought of a $600 console and $200 games may as well have been a million dollars to us, but it was an amazing machine.

@kh7955 23 дня назад

Me and my friends were in the same boat but at least we had the MVS arcade machines

@TrangleC 12 дней назад

Yeah. It was like the video game version of a Lamborghini, or a Ferrari, totally unobtainable to regular kids like I was one too. I think my SEGA Mega Drive console together with a bundle of 4 games cost as much as a single Neo Geo game cartridge. I still vividly remember how I stared longingly at Neo Geo ads and articles in video game magazines. I was so obsessed with this stuff and would have sold my organs or my soul to be able to afford a Neo Geo, or later the first (front-loader) version of the SEGA CD. It was as if my whole life, my identity, my being would somehow depend on what consoles I had. Quite pathetic and embarrassing, looking back. As a little kid in the early to mid-80s, it was all about action figures and other plastic toys and then in the late 80s and early 90s, all about video game consoles. I genuinely got super involved and emotional about this nonsense too. The "16 bit War" between Nintendo and SEGA really mattered to me. I was a SEGA fanboy and hated Nintendo and I was genuinely proud of stuff like that the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Street Fighter 2 was 36 MB big while the SNES version was only 30 MG big. lol As if that meant that the SEGA version was better, 6 MB better to be precise. hehehe Maybe spazzing out like that in my childhood and early teens was a good thing though. Maybe this hyper consumerist part of my brain somehow overheated and burned out or something, because as a adult I relatively early figured out that buying and owning stuff doesn't really make me happy.

@djuanbenjamin9149 10 дней назад

There was always that someone who knew someone who had one lol😂

@Dorelaxen 23 дня назад

I absolutely adore the Neo-Geo. I will always remember my high school graduation night. There was a truck stop a few miles outside of town that had a little cafe in it that sold nasty, greasy burgers and had a small arcade. They had a 4 game Neo cabinet. Me and some friends spent the entire night playing World Heroes 2 and eating those nasty burgers. Damn, damn good times man.

@TheUderfrykte 22 дня назад

Wholesome

@onlypvpcaterina-6669 18 дней назад

Ah the neo geo mvs, Wish i had the pleasure of playing on one, Although i was fortunate to have played on neo geo arcades at my local arcade place, Such great memories 🥰

@Immorpher 16 дней назад

I still love World Heroes! I played it in a small cafe.

@PurpleTeamer 11 дней назад

those "NASTY BURGERS" and World Heroes 2 (or any Neogeo fighter ) Bliss.

@TheRealJohnHooper 11 дней назад

Now I want a burger

@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 24 дня назад

In school there was one kid whose father bought him a neogeo. I asked my dad and when he found out how much the games cost he just laughed.

@TheCrewExpendable 19 дней назад

We had a kid like that on our street. He had every console, including the AES. It was kind of sad because you could tell the dad was trying to buy his kids' love since he was a salesman and never around.

@poindextertunes 19 дней назад

fuuuuug my dad wouldn’t even buy me a snes or genesis. He wouldve shxt his pants if i asked for a neogeo 😂

@TomiTapio 11 дней назад

Amiga/AtariST guys enjoying super low cost games in 1991.

@jamescarter8693 9 дней назад

She was of the belief.If you don't work for something you're really don't want it

@lukasjozef1774 20 дней назад

Neo-Geo will be always a Rolls-Royce of the video consoles. Ahh tthe 80-90s i miss them so much.

@PurpleTeamer 11 дней назад

I think the console case was designed after the Lamborghini Countach...the absolute super car of the 80s but for some reason, the neogeo was always called the Rolls Royce of consoles.

@lukasjozef1774 9 дней назад

@PurpleTeamer because Neo-Geo was a luxury console only for very rich people and if you remember at the beginning the console was only for renting, hotels, etc...in Japan.

@Holammer 17 дней назад

I used to work for a mom'n pop's brick and mortar videogame store in the 90's. One day after work I visited a competing toy store to check their pricing. The owner recognized me and we had a chat, he points to an unsold Neogeo box on a shelf collecting dust and asks if I can take it off his hands for a mere 3000kr (roughly 300$/€). Even if we adjust for inflation it was still dirt cheap, so I rushed to the bank and got the money. Returned home with a Neogeo + Cyberlip, Magician Lord, League Bowling, Blue's Journey, Top Player's Golf & Puzzled. I paid less for all that than I paid for King of Fighters 94. Good times.

@helderricardocardosopereir3483 25 дней назад

As a kid, I only knew NEO GEO arcade games were simply the best! That NEO GEO startup screen is ingrained in my mind. I never knew they actually made a home console, and by the price of it, I'm actually thankful I wasn't aware of it, I would never be able to afford it. They wanted to make the Rolls-Royce of 16-bit consoles, and they did just that.

@FuzedBox 23 дня назад

They were mythical in the '90s. A lot of us wondered if they even existed. One day I was invited to a classmate's birthday party in '96. Her dad was a rich prop provider and had an little mini casino, with a Neo Geo and small library sitting in the corner. I spent a few hours playing Metal Slug and when I asked her dad where he got it, he simply said "don't bother, your parents will kill you if you ask for one". Nowadays you can just buy the console and flash cart or play on a MiSTer FPGA, both of which are pricey options. We really weren't missing out in that much, but it's cool to finally play it again.

@robf 13 дней назад

@@FuzedBoxI did this as an adult. Finally got my Neo Geo and flash cart. It was still expensive 😅

@kunaak 15 дней назад

The Neo-Geo may have had a short few years at the top - but my god, when some kid told you they had one, it was like dropping an atom bomb on the conversation. It's hard to put it into words today, because the difference between the best console today, and the best PC doesnt feel that vast. But a Neo-Geo felt like a quantum computer from the future by comparison.

@earlusmcdivett 27 дней назад

THE BEST IS BACK!!!! Can’t wait to watch ANOTHER awesome video game retrospective!! Thank you, Sakharu!

@celebrity292 27 дней назад

Neo Geo the holy Grail of my childhood. I always loved their cabinets because most often they were never more than a quarter.

@marccaselle8108 18 дней назад

I was lucky to grow up in upstate New York. We had loads of arcades in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Every arcade in the 90s had either a 4 or 6 slot, neo Geo arcade machine. Typically the selection was a sports game (baseball stars or street hoop) a puzzle game (puzzle Bobble) a fighting game (fatal fury or art of fighting or samurai Showdown) and a side scroller like metal slug or cyber lip or magician lord.

@jinstinky501 12 дней назад

This beast was around $600 cdn when it came out... I used to stare longingly at it and curse my mom for not being a millionaire, lol

@TrangleC 12 дней назад

I am a veteran of the 16 bit Wars and I remember how I longingly stared at Neo Geo ads in video game magazines. The thing and especially the single game cartridges were just crazy expensive. If I remember correctly, a single game cost like 300 to 400 Deutschmarks (150 to 200 US Dollars), which was about as much as a SEGA Mega Drive (Genesis) bundled with 4 games cost back then.

@atmaweapon2803 7 дней назад

This was my dream console. Well, this or the TurboGrafx-CD/PC Engine CD. I was happy to actually play a Sega CD at a friend's house growing up.

@blueshirts0819 10 дней назад

Neo geo was something I wish for as a kid but the cost of one just a dream.

@gregorypeck876 8 дней назад

When I was a kid the Neo-Geo was the holy grail of consoles, most only dreamt of the console, luckily we had an amusement arcade on the block fully stocked with the same games

@hadamana 23 дня назад

I remember drooling over screenshots of Metal Slug in Babbages catalogs way back in the day. I lived in a very low income area, and never knew anyone with a Neo Geo, but I knew from those screenshots that it had to be something amazing. I didn't actually come across an MVS unit until maybe 2002, and I dumped 5 or 6 bucks into Metal Slug 3. This is a very well researched and informative video, and I appreciate the effort that you put into it. Cheers, Sir!

@cajampa 16 дней назад

I hope you played all those great games on emulators for free later when they became avaliable. If you haven't, just download them and check em out.

@InfectiousGroovePodcast 24 дня назад

I remember seeing the box for the Neo Geo at Babbages for the first time. I'd read about it in EGM but somehow the enormous box really hit home that this was arcade equipment. Then I saw the price and thought "Oh, well I've never play that" lol

@ghfjfghjasdfasdf 8 дней назад

I miss Babbages so much!!

@InfectiousGroovePodcast 7 дней назад

@@ghfjfghjasdfasdf oh, me too!

@theoppositeopinion9290 25 дней назад

The Video Game Crash was USA only, the rest of the world including Japan was thriving. Its well document, just Americans keep on saying a global crash when it was limited to USA

@johnsimon8457 15 дней назад

Right. The US console crash didn’t have any effect SNK. There was even an arcade crash around that time when too many operators bought cabinets that didn’t pay off. But SNK was only a minor player in the US.

@palasta 15 дней назад

But why was it limited to the US? And... why do we see a similar development in the video game market for several years now today?

@atomicskull6405 27 дней назад

The Neo Geo graphics hardware was very weird everything is made up of sprites that are 16 pixels wide and up to 512 pixels high. The hardware is not tile based it uses 16 bit color (5 bits each for RGB + a "dark" bit so the leftover 1 bit doesn't go to waste) with 12 bits per pixel. Basically it works like VGA 256 color mode but on steroids i.e. there are 4096 16-bit pallet entries and the 12-bit pixel values point to a specific entry and will be displayed using the 16-bit color value stored there. There are no graphics tile layers at all only a non scrolling text layer to be used for the HUD. There are 380 sprites with a maximum of 96 per scanline or 1536 sprite pixels per line. The Sega Genesis by comparison had 80 sprites and a maximum of 320 sprite pixels per scanline) Basically the Genesis could display an entire screen width worth of sprite pixels and the Neo Geo could display just shy of five times that (4.8 screen widths). Though that's not as insanely high as it sounds because you had to build your background sets out of sprites too where other contemporary hardware would use multiple tile layers for that purpose. But there were far less restrictions on parallax scrolling for example you could have a cityscape in the background where every building scrolls by at a different rate and overlap with each other.

@DancesRainyStreets 26 дней назад

When working with sprites only, there's usually less repetition in scenery and it's easier to make evironments look more active and alive with animations. Also, the Neo Geo's total color palette is 65536. Creating a game for this console requires some serious artistic effort, if the goal is to make it look like a Neo Geo game at least.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt 26 дней назад

Why do Jump’n’Runs and RPGs always use tiles? Neither Amiga, ST, PC ( Keen and Tux ) have tiles. The genesis is genius. It renders sprites in the border back to front. Then on the screen it renders on tile background and on top of this one tile foreground. So a single buffer is enough to keep the renderer occupied. But it needs kinda z values of the sprites. Pure z order as in NeoGeo and Jaguar allows translucency.

@atomicskull6405 26 дней назад

@@DancesRainyStreets 65536 is 16-bit color, each pallet entry used 5 bits for red green and blue which is only 15 bit, the leftover 1 bit is used as a "dark" bit. Unlike 16-bit color in the PC world where it was 5-6-5 color with green channel having an extra bit of resolution (green was used for the extra bit because the human eye is most sensitive to green)

@poindextertunes 19 дней назад

they knew what they were doing. neogeo games are beautiful

@PaulXMann День назад

As a big NeoGeo fan, I have to say this is one of the best videos of SNK history I've ever seen... and with some nice voiceover work, too. Well done!

@cesargz83 27 дней назад

It’s so nice to see a part of our gaming proto history so well documented. Greetings from a national champion of Sega Virtua Striker from Argentina 🇦🇷!

@PurpleTeamer 20 дней назад

Got my first Neogeo back in fall 1994 with Fatal Fury Special and League Bowling in mint condition for only 150$ (of the time). I remember being blowed away by the graphics and the sound. 30 Years later, I own 4 of them, about 20 AES carts of the game I played / I cherish the most. That's the only gaming system I have. everything else is played on PC.

@bigshorty4855 15 дней назад

I got 1 as a kid from a friend for cheap as well (200 with 2 joysticks and 2 games). Had to return it in a week after I told my mother what the games cost. This was in 92, I was 11 back then.

@ramrodbldm9876 15 дней назад

You sound like a bozo

@PurpleTeamer 11 дней назад

@@bigshorty4855 real neogeo fans, I mean those who actually play with it or grew up with it, not the youtube retro-hipsters with 2000$ GAROU Cart in their shelf, were all 11 or 12 in 92 ;)

@ks-qu4kj 6 дней назад

Neo Geo successfully brought arcade machine quality into the home tv screens. Sadly the age of arcades died out and was replaced with a totally new home console culture.... they couldnt keep up with the new world. like arcade games, Neo Geo has its place in gaming history and I respect them for keeping to their original values. I grew up playing arcade games at every chance i could get, and i always have nostalgia for those happy days❤ I give a salute to Neo Geo - thanks for the memories!

@brazilianmegaman258 27 дней назад

Thank you Sakharu for another incredible video, you're one of the best to ever do it! ❤️

@Tuberuser187 7 дней назад

The presentation of the history is great, really does this unique Console justice. The Neo-Geo is such a great design aesthetically, so premium and understated and its aged like the finest Wine.

@haroldadams3951 4 дня назад

I know this was focused on the Neo Geo, but I think the entire piece was a great review of the golden age of console gaming and arcade gaming. Enjoyed this one a lot.

@Tripplebeem 27 дней назад

This video is another banger of a history lesson, it's a nice niche as there aren't a ton of videos about this topic, well at least not as many as other launches. Keep up the excellent work!

@bigshorty4855 15 дней назад

Even knowing all of this and having lived through it, I still watch these vids. Nowadays, it's hard to grasp just how much the evolution of gaming has been in the past. From huge paper floppy disks and atari to 8 bit, to 16 bit, and 3d with 16 and 32, to actually good looking 3d in the ps2/xb era. The pa3/360 era was the last era where console upgrades were huge. Everything from ps360 onwards is only marginally better looking ganes. The innovation and huge difference from previous generations is gone.

@matamarcianos7596 12 дней назад

I feel the same. The huge leaps are far behind. I own a ps5 and meh, the games are good but they haven't advanced so much. We have better resolution and reflections, of course. The gameplay is the same as in 360/Ps3.

@bigshorty4855 10 дней назад

@@matamarcianos7596 exactly, it's only marginal nowadays from ps360 onwards.

@contrivedresident5917 24 дня назад

Another fantastic video! I especially liked how this was a story I never heard before-Neo Geo is a relatively obscure topic but vastly interesting, and it’s great to see someone like you bring it to attention like this. Always a pleasure to watch!

@xk4l1br3 7 дней назад

Man… growing up this console had like mythical unicorn Sasquatch vibes. You’d hear about someone who had it but never saw it yourself. It wasn’t until I was in my 30s that I had the chance to play one. Felt good man.

@damond2803 26 дней назад

This is the first video of yours that I've seen. I just want to tell you what an amazing job you've done. Can't wait to see more.

@yyr_ 22 дня назад

Around 37:10 it's mentioned that Neo-Geo AES games often had unlimited Continues, but I remember it being different; I'm pretty sure that the AES versions of games usually limited the player to a total of 4 credits. In many games, this could be worked around by using a memory card and simply loading a mid-game save with a fresh set of 4 credits. But the default behavior (thankfully) didn't simply allow credit-feeding every time. Anyway, this video was very entertaining, so thank you very much for producing it =)

@turdferguson2 9 дней назад

I'm 40 and the Neo Geo has been #1 on my most wanted console list since I was like 10. It was just so insanely expensive back then. Not to mention a lot of stores didn't even carry it.

@ghfjfghjasdfasdf 8 дней назад

Get you a flash cart and a remade system and you’re good to go with ROMs these days!

@samali9342 18 дней назад

Back in the early 90s Neo Geo was a myth, a creature of legend; the holy "32" gb grail that some kids in the neighborhood claimed to have played when they went to visit their family who just happened to live on the other side of the country. Like claiming to have found a Shaq rookie card in a random Upper Deck pack, or claiming to be able to hack the cable box so that the Spice Channel would come through perfectly clear, claiming to have played with the Neo Geo was a bragging right for us. A way to let all of the other good for nothings in the neighborhood know that you were top dog.

@duncanmagee 8 дней назад

i think it was 32 bit

@Zerogata 7 дней назад

The Spice Channel! 😆 Now there's a fuzzy, distorted blast to the past...

@morgansimpson315 20 дней назад

The amount of footage and information you found is the best I’ve seen about this console. Excellent work. I’ve subscribed!

@cammelspit 5 дней назад

Astonishingly massive amount of work for this one I am sure. 100% worth the sub on just this one video alone. You have my respect good sir.

@Yeahhhhthisisgood 27 дней назад

Let’s goooooooooo I love this channel Can’t wait to see more stuff get translated

@matthewcoreyhall 20 дней назад

Perhaps the most focused and timeless 2D games/console. The combination of uniqueness, rarity and art style, driven by both the hardwares capabilities as well as its constraints, really created something special.

@gogreengameon2146 24 дня назад

I loved my Neo Geo Pocket. Saved and bought it from an import store, and used to take it to secondary school.

@OmegaBlack999 6 дней назад

Oh, man.. this a great episode... Thanks, guys! Love you!

@RetroGameJunkie-cn4gk 12 дней назад

Wow, this is a very high-quality documentary. Thank you for your hard work.

@DarthEquus 27 дней назад

Amazing video, top notch production. A very enjoyable watch. Thank you.

@dpwood44 9 дней назад

Dude.. Absolutely love these videos!! Please keep up the awesome work.. Looking forward to the next ones!

@TheDannylarson 16 дней назад

Great video bro, this really helped pass the time at work, I think I might break out the old neo geo cd when I get home 😊

@PeteOliva 19 дней назад

The Neo Geo was so awesome. It was essentially a "Switch" idea for arcade. Whereas Switch was a home/portable hybrid, Neo Geo was a home/arcade hybrid. It was genius, and honestly only held back by the sheer expensiveness of the realities of bringing this concept home at the time.

@poindextertunes 19 дней назад

it was definitely ahead if its time

@scavone72 3 дня назад

I would’ve given my right arm for a neo geo in 1990. But i knew it was a pipe dream. Only dads with suits and car phones could afford that kind of toy. To this day I’ve never seen one in person.

@BURRITO44 24 дня назад

Awesome video !!! One of the best I have seen !!!

@BlakeIzayoi 23 дня назад

What an incredible documentary!! It's very well made and kept my attention for the entire time. Great work!

@adz8883 3 дня назад

Always wanted the Neo Geo, and my dad said yes we could buy it but when we got to the shop and they said it was like $1,500 for console and over $500 (in Australia) he said no way. I would like to find one of those hand held ones from 2012 now if possible. Awesome video.

@bredenis5 26 дней назад

This was an absolutely phenomenal video. I want to sincerely thank you for the effort and dedication to excellence you put in to making this.

@gameboardgames 7 часов назад

What a fantastic video, thanks! Really well put together, great writing and research, and an interesting story at its core.

@bxsolx5086 22 дня назад

Another 5-star console documentary like the Nintendo 64 chronicles. Thanks for the excellent content!!

@McLovinMods 27 дней назад

I have almost no interest in the Neo Geo but all of your other documentaries have been so amazing I just can't pass it up!

@AnthonyRiddle 24 дня назад

Have you ever played any Neo Geo games?

@rasmadrak 6 дней назад

Thanks for this lovely walk through memory lane!

@a.f.warrick0404 19 дней назад

This was an excellently put together documentary of a key piece of video game history. Well done!

@yourmaninlondoncollecting5749 15 дней назад

The problem for SNK was that they were Torned between being an arcade machine and trying/not trying to cater to the masses....

@nerodante1980 8 дней назад

Subscribed. I love these types of content. Thank you for a great video.

@DOOMocrat 23 дня назад

Making a small supposition to convey emotion or importance instead of just doing it to fill time is a trap many documentarians fall in into, and you don't at all. This is an excellent job, the source graphics gathered & scaling work to make 'em look good is on point, and I'm going to go and watch the others. Killer stuff.

@Madvizion 26 дней назад

This was a fantastic video. Having a Neo-Geo back in the day was the ultimate flex. I've always wanted one and they are just as expensive today as they were brand new.

@JjJetplan 23 дня назад

An MVS (not sure if thats the right acronym) version was the hardware in the actual arcade machine. It also used carts, if im not mistaken i think it can play the home console carts as well? In any regard its the same exact game, for a fraction of the price, i mean like lmao a fraction its the diff between 500+ usd.

@JjJetplan 23 дня назад

Im not sure about these days, my buddy had one when i lived in Australia back in 9th 10th grade in 2004-2005. The mvs carts at the time were 50 bucks average for 900 dollar home versions. I cant imagine the prices now, im not even going to google it bcuz my wife would kill me cuz id buy it.

@jan-niklashoffmann4683 23 дня назад

If you just want to play and aren't so deep into collecting, a consolized MVS is a cost effective solution. You could get the 161in1 cart, which has most of the games. If you have extra money to spend, you could get a Neo SD Flash cart or Darksoft flash cart.

@gcolombelli 16 дней назад

AES and MVS carts are not directly compatible, the electrical connections are the same, but it's mechanically different. To this day, MVS carts are a lot cheaper than AES ones, just because MVS hardware was produced in much larger numbers. Or you can save yourself a ton of money and just get an Analogue Pocket or MiSTer FPGA, both of which run Neo Geo titles perfectly at a fraction of the price.

@cajampa 13 дней назад

@@JjJetplan Dude, if you want to play the games just use an emulator. The games are all available to download.

@chad0x 14 дней назад

Price was astronomical at the time but dedicated gamers were happy to pay it. The Neo Geo was on another level to anything else.

@drakewaterston7447 24 дня назад

Man idk how you compile this all but this is some great stuff. If I ran a class of videogame history we'd be watching your videos as precursors

@josevillouta4588 26 дней назад

Excellent work! I really enjoyed this one, and learned a lot more of this console. Cheers!

@kajraske2002 16 дней назад

I didn't quite realize this came out around the same time as the SNES, thought it was mid to late 90s. Must've been mindblowing.

@TheOldest 9 дней назад

I remember seeing an ad for a Neo Geo and got really excited. Then I found out how much their games cost and I knew it wasn't happening.

@eliasvargas1267 22 дня назад

Great video, Neo Geo was an amazing machine, love most of their games like Blues Jouney, 8 Man, King of Monsters 2, Metal Sug, Fatal fury series and The King of Fighters series

@guillaumesandmayer7053 11 дней назад

Ahh such sweet memories. All those people I swindled and buried under grimly circumstances in order to obtain a Neo-Geo with only one hand controller back in the day. Rather noble pursuit mind you - All I can remember is them croaking - Sengoku - Just as I was shovelling the dirt above. Good times.

@sterlingbrown963 17 дней назад

Brilliantly crafted documentary! This was an absolute treat to listen to. Thank you!

@louiseogden1296 3 дня назад

Awesome video. Thanks! I was dimly aware of this when I was a kid but I had an Amiga growing up so missed out. Still not the biggest fighting game fan (don't have the dexterity for it and Streets of Rage 4 made my hands sore for days afterwards) but it is an important piece of gaming history. I have bookmarked your whole channel and am looking forward to listening to more of these essays. Keep em coming!

@MrTylerStricker 20 дней назад

Great documentary! Very well put together and narrated. I've always enjoyed when the less mainstream gaming consoles are given a fair shake. Looking forward to seeing what's next!

@sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317 13 дней назад

“Back in the day” I would’ve gladly helped Hans Gruber plunder Nakatomi plaza if there was a Neo-Geo console in it for each of us

@annekarice1587 5 дней назад

Great video well researched and presented. Subscribed!

@BlackbirdProjectOne 21 день назад

Neo Geo had a sort of mythical status among my friend group back then as none of our parents could afford to buy us one.

@poindextertunes 19 дней назад

my cousin was older than me and a huge gamer and the fact he had a neogeo cd console was epic. He had a 3DO too which I was obsessed with bcuz of road rash lol

@gamebit9063 12 дней назад

I remember my brother and I in the early 90s heading to the mall straight to Software Etc with months of money saved up. When brought home we were literally blown away from the difference in graphics and sound for the time. We were also the most popular kids in the neighborhood for some reason! 😁

@bman8363 26 дней назад

Subscribed. Thank you. I think this is the best NeoGeo history video uploaded to youtube. Keep up the research.

@ShrimplyPibblesJr 7 дней назад

Neo Geo was a legend in its time. Only ever saw the arcade version as I was far far too poor, as were my friends.

@SUCRA 16 дней назад

This was a great video, thanks a lot!

@TheBarrymanfan 10 дней назад

An absolutely wonderful video. Thanks.

@mercster 13 дней назад

Great video, thanks.

@sandorclegane3658 20 дней назад

Awesome video. Thoroughly enjoyed it

@FrankCostanza-u4b 15 дней назад

I grew up in the 80's and went to arcades often. Neo Geo games cost more to play, and looked great, but weren't so much better than other games that I would spend the money on them.

@georgebishop4941 12 дней назад

A truly excellent retrospective - well done!

@SerpentNight 27 дней назад

I didn't own a Neo Geo but I got all the collections I could in the PS2/Xbox era. KOF is my go to fighting series these days. Street Fighter was really good up through III but after that it just wasn't the same for me.

@MaxiZamac 14 дней назад

Such a great video about this console! Top stuff.

@RetroMoments 25 дней назад

Excellent video of NEO-GEO's history! Thank you for 1 hour of enjoyment :D

@gamebit9063 12 дней назад

I was surprised with the added overall video game history. Subscribed!

@atomicskull6405 27 дней назад

The Sharp X68000 had pixel perfect arcade conversions before the Neo Geo did due to several japanese companies (including Capcom) using it as an arcade development system. But it was also even more expensive than the Neo Geo.

@DancesRainyStreets 26 дней назад

From what i've read it seems true that it was used to develop arcade games, even if the (more advanced) games ran better on the dedicated pcb they were designed for.

@TheBeetle1 25 дней назад

This is an extremely well made doc. Thanks.

@sirmi9868 14 дней назад

Nice video dude

@rolandbaron5813 23 дня назад

The neo geo aes is a must add to my collection. Such a masterpiece.

@retrofootballgames 17 дней назад

Just discovered your channel and watched all the videos, amazing videos with lots of details on the history of the consoles, great work! Totally subscribed

@Robert-G 17 дней назад

thx, that was a ride and a half!

@zombee38 12 дней назад

Great video ...well researched !

@misterretrowolf1464 22 дня назад

A most excellent video. Congrats on the quality of documentary.

@BigRico. 24 дня назад

What a great video. Always been a SNK fan. Love all the work you put into this. Thank you. 😁😁

@8bitsnkboy472 25 дней назад

I Love the Neo Geo and my fondness and appreciation for SNK and the quality of it's games and consoles has only grown over the years. I've gone from picking up a £20 Neo Geo CD system in 2016, to owning an AES cartridge system, Neo Geo Pocket color, MVS MV-1C motherboard and even Hyper Neo Geo 64 Motherboard rev 2 (another bargain at £14 back in 2017!!). Honestly, I cannot begin to explain how much pleasure SNK and their games have given me across so many systems and formats over the years - especially the SEGA Saturn, which had some incredible neo geo ports. Thanks for such an entertaining Video - Great to see Vanguard too, as I absolutely loved that in arcades back in the day!!

@niveketihw1897 25 дней назад

Fascinating and thorough piece of history!

@Harp00nX 20 дней назад

Very nice video btw watched the whole way through :)

@Retroloft556 11 дней назад

One of the holy grails. I just took the plunge, have an AES coming in from Japan, can`t wait.

@brassknucks9221 9 дней назад

Enjoyed that trip down memory lane. I never knew anyone who actually owned a Neo-Geo... there were rumours, but mostly urban legend. Great video. Subbed & shared.

@cabbitkisser2620 26 дней назад

the first time i saw the neo geo was at e.b electronics. what shocked me was the price. the games were $200 & the system was almost $1000. i couldn't afford that

@SirPootaso 21 день назад

Neo Geo AES is still a grail for a lot of people, and for us who grew in the 90s, it has a main spot in our gaming memories, even if most didn't even touch one. Great video!

@PurpleTeamer 11 дней назад

It was really cheap in the early 2000 and until the COVID farce and the retro hype cancer happened. At least in Japan. Now prices are thru the roof.