Isn't there a Neo Geo home system available??? I know SNK is still in
business, i was considering buying a Neo Geo cabinet until i found the
wonders of the classic Nintendo NES. Come to think of it, are +10 year old
game consoles and arcade machines considered "classic computers"???
-Lanny
----- Original Message -----
From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: Collecting vs. My Wife
>Zane H. Healy skrev:
>
>>>It's too bad SNK went under a few months ago. Now who will tend to my
2D
>>>gaming interests? Arcade halls will never
be the same again. =(
>
>>Say, what?!?!?! I know they pulled out of the US, but as far as I know
>>they're still alive and well in Japan. In fact they just released
"Metal
>>Slug X" for the Playstation 1.
>
>I really hope I'm misinformed, then. Could be unprofessional journalism
at
work.
Probably bad from, but I'm going to reply to this a second time with some
news I found out last night.
http://www.neo-geo.com/ is a site dedicated to all things Neo Geo (best
site I've been able to find btw). On their front page they have the
following news items that indicate SNK is still around as of a couple
weeks
ago.
6/29/01 A reproduction of Metal Slug 3 home carts is under
consideration by SNK.
6/06/01 Sengoku 3 released for MVS in limited quantities.
The game weighs in @396 megs.
In other news I'm finally having some luck on finding a Neo Geo cabinet.
One of the local arcade chains has some, including a couple with
"Metal Slug 3", the current value of MS3 makes those two machines worth
what they want the others (except one) aren't really worth what they want.
MS3 is one of the games on the top of my list that I want.
Zane
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