squidget

After years of collecting dust in the corner, I finally was able to get my neo geo fully operational! (after getting a monitor chassis, fixing the mobo, and replacing the joysticks)

I need some games, folks! I have fatal fury in there now, and I plan to pick up Metal Slug X & Puzzle Bobble. Looking for some more ideas, so what are you're favorites?

(paging pixy, repeat paging pixy)

Lastblade

King of Fighters 98, 2003, maybe 2002

Lastblade 1 & 2

Real Bout, Real Bout Special, Real Bout 2

Mark of the Wolves

Samurai Shodown 1 & 2

Metal Slug 1, 3, 5

Neo Turf Masters

Windjammers

Super Sidekicks 2/3

Top Hunter

Pulstar

Blazing Star

Twinkle Star Sprites

Waku Waku 7

Ninja Master's

Kizuna Enoucnter

Nightmare in the Dark

Captain Tomaday

Money Idol Exchanger

PixyJunket

Ah, my services are requested.

As a (former) Neo arcade owner I'll give you my favorite non-fighting games.

Twinkle Star Sprites is probably one of the greatest games ever made. If you've never heard of it, think of a vs. puzzle game, ya know when you make a good combo, blocks are sent to your opponent's field. But instead of a puzzle game, it's a SHOOTER. Words are not enough.. get a friend (two players is REQUIRED) and try it out.. it's so good, the $100~ it sells for on eBay is well worth it (but since you're looking for Metal Slug X, I take it costs isn't an issue, hehehe..) If you need to, come back and ask for tips, I consider myself a TSS expert. [/ego]

I have to give a shout-out to Neo Turf Masters, but if you don't dig golf move along.. (it's a FUN game, dammit)

Pulstar and Blazing Star are "okay".. nothing special IMO if you've played a lot of the newer shooter games (Ikaruga, Shikigami, Espgaluda..) but nonetheless, both are nice additions to a Neo library, considering it was an overlooked genre on the machine.

Top Hunter is a really cool game. Looks like a simple beat-em-up platformer, but has a lot more depth if you want to explore it (each character has a TON of un-documented moves by doing fighting-game style controller+button combos).

Windjammers is Pong to the eXXXtreme.. and lots of fun.

Oh, and if you get any fighting game, Samurai Showdown 2 is the must-have.

Joe Molotov

squidget

what game is this?

Pixy,
Thank you for the info. I actually have twinkle start brites on my want list but I can't seem to find it. (i did a quick search on fleabay and nada)

Lastblade,
I keep seeing Waku Waku around on ebay, what type of game is it? Is it in english?

thanks

PixyJunket

Magician Lord is a pretty cool platform game.. Castlevania-like? Maybe.. it's been a while.

Waku Waku 7 is a fighting game that doubles as a parody of anime (either parody or the designers were REALLY unoriginal).

No Twinkle Star on Yahoo! Japan either.

Fanboy

It's Magician Lord. And I second it's nomination. Nice platforming that has aged reasonably well.

I think part of the problem with you not finding anything on eBay might be due to you searching "twinkle start brites" rather than "Twinkle Star Sprites".

Not meant as a sarcastic question, but are you visually impaired and using a text-reader?

squidget

Not visually impaired but I am notorious for bad spelling/grammer. Even when proof-reading, the mistakes correct themselves in my head and I never see the difference until its pointed out. (i have no idea why that is)

I did search correctly on ebay though, no MVS carts, just saturn stuff.

I'll add magician lord to my want list. thanks for the recomendation

goLUCKY

samurai showdown

squidget

which cuisine reigns supreme?

what I mean is, 1 vs. 2 vs. 3

Been hearing that 2 is the best of the series. True or False?

PixyJunket

True, true and more true.

Lastblade

Waku Waku 7 is a fighting game. It is Japanese only (but does have English text), at least for home release.

It is a pretty cool 'offbeat' 2D fighter, not at all serious like KOF, SamSho's or FFs. In fact, the last boss is pretty funny!

I do like it alot tho.

Debaser

I liked the Nam '67 game. I couldn't really get into Magician Lord although I really wanted to. I couldn't get used to the rythym of the controls. Maybe I just sucked hard at it.

Ralph Wiggum

Metal Slug 3 is one of my favorite games, period.

jessecrx

Samurai Shodown 2 is the best of the series.

I like Garou Mark Of The Wolves also

squidget

so many games to get, not enough mola

so pixy, why did you get rid of your cab?

PixyJunket

It was my roommate's.. he moved.

darkside

I loved the Neo Geo Pocket. I put 100 hours into Capcom Vs. SNK Card Fighters Clash.

Never had the Neo Geo console though.

I just wish Nintendo had copied the joystick the Pocket had for the Game Boy. The Neo Geo pocket was an amazing handheld to play fighting games on.

Spicollidriver1

What no baseball stars? I am also iffy on magician lord its not a bad game but not great either if you can get it for realitivly cheap then get it. For some reason I also liked world Heroes 1+2 not overly innovative as far as fighting games go but fun anyways. I also liked Cyberlip which should be another cheap game was kind of fun it was kinda like metal slug before metal slug. And there was a top view plane shooter, actually probably more then one that I like but dont remember what it was called.

squidget

Not really into sports games, so baseball stars probably won't appeal to me.

cyberlip? never heard of that one. will keep an eye out if the price is right

thanks