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The Neo Geo is a video game platform developed and designed by SNK and supported from 1990 to 2004. It was released in three different iterations: a ROM cartridge-based arcade system board called the Multi Video System (MVS), a cartridge-based home video game console called the Advanced Entertainment System (AES), and a CD-ROM-based home console called the Neo Geo CD.
The Neo Geo CD (ネオジオCD, Neo Jio Shī Dī) is a home video game console produced by SNK Corporation, released on September 9, 1994.The system is the same platform as the cartridge-based Neo Geo released four years earlier, but converted to the cheaper CD media format which retailed at $49 to 79 per title compared to over $200 for the equivalent cartridge.
The Neo Geo AES was originally released solely as a rental console for video game stores in Japan called the Neo Geo Rental System, with its high manufacturing costs causing SNK not to release it for retail sale. This was later reversed due to high demand and it was released at retail as a luxury console.
The Neo Geo version was later re-released as part of the SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 compilation for the PS2, Wii and PSP, as well as for the Wii Virtual Console. [1] The game has also been ported to the PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , and Nintendo Switch by Hamster Corporation as part of their Arcade Archives series (under the title Big Tournament ...
Neo-Geo Released by SNK in 1990, the Neo Geo was a home console version of the major arcade platform. Compared to its console competition, the Neo Geo had much better graphics and sound, however, the prohibitively expensive launch price of $649.99 and games often retailing at over $250 made the console only accessible to a niche market.
NAM-1975 [a] is a war shooting gallery arcade video game developed and originally published by SNK on April 26, 1990. [1] It was one of the launch titles for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and Neo Geo AES (home) platforms, in addition to being the only title in the system that does not feature the Neo Geo boot screen in its attract mode, as well as one of the pack-in games for the AES.
The game was ported to the Neo-Geo CD with several additions, such as a Versus mode and a music video starring Blue Mary that is shown after the credits when Arcade mode is completed. This port also saw a release for the Sega Saturn , using the 1MB RAM cartridge expansion of the system to retain sprite animations.
In addition to the ports for the Neo Geo home consoles, Karnov's Revenge was released for the Sega Saturn exclusively in Japan on July 4, 1997. [4] The Saturn version allows players to assign all four basic attacks into a single button (C and Z by default), which is required for certain characters in order to perform certain special moves.