Neo-Geo
See also: Neo-Geo (homonymy), AES
Neo Geo is a system of arcade and a Console of video game conceived by the Japanese company SNK. The system of arcade, called Multi-Video System (MVS), appeared in first and was declined in family version in October 1990, under the name Advanced Entertainment System (AES).
History
In the beginning, the AES was only in the hotels or in hiring but vis-a-vis success met, SNK finally proposed it with the sale. The version arcade was a historical success in the medium and version AES became worship. Its capacities 2D out-standards and its prohibitive price - in 1990, it was necessary to count 3000 Francs French for the console and approximately 1500-2000 francs for a play - in made an object of phantasm for many players. Neo-Geo was often called “Rolls Royce of the consoles” and targeted obviously a niche market.The system Neo-Geo (as well in arcade as in console) is that which, with the Atari 2600 (1977 to 1991), was longest exploited (by its original security company) of the history of the video game, exceeding even the Game Boy. Its last play left on October 19th, 2004, although it is always sold in certain retailers, this date marks the end of the era of the 16 bits.
System of arcade/MVS
The system of arcade Neo Geo called MVS (Multi-Video System) consists of a mother chart equipped with 1 to 6 sites for cartridges of play so that the player can select by a button the kind of play which it wishes. According to the models of mother chart, the connector being used for connecting it on a terminal of arcade is with the format JAMMA or jamma+. The possibility of having several plays on the same mother chart allowed better outputs for the owners and an important space saver.
It is even possible to safeguard its part on a memory card and to continue it on the console of living room. This memory card was besides the very first one of the history of the video game, and this idea was largely taken up on the consoles of living room of the generations suivantes.
The only difference between the cartridges of arcade and living room is the length of the connector, which makes them incompatible one with the other. Thus, the owners of arcade could not use the cartridges AES which are much less expensive than versions MVS (Cartouche MVS at present dimensioning between 5 and 100 Euros, Cartouche of living room between 15 and 1000 Euros).
Today still this system has a strong coast near a public collector and/or hardcore-gamer, on the one hand because one does not find any almost more in the rare rooms of arcade in Metropolitan France, on the other hand because its price is exaggerated generally less than its equivalent, the AES.
Comfort living room/AES
The domestic version of Neo Geo is known under the name of AES (Advanced Entertainment System), probably by analogy with the Nintendo Entertainment System which dominated then the market of the consoles 8-bit.One will also note that certain plays in European version are extremely snuffed collectors, such as for example Metal Slug , Neoturf Master , Ninja Master or Kizuna Encounter and Ultimate 11 . One counts less than 10 known copies of plays such Ultimate 11 and Kizuna Encounter in European version. The price which can, following the general state of the play, to border 5000 to 12000 euros.
SNK declined its console in other models;
Initially to make the console more accessible financially by using the support CD-ROM for the plays:
- Hyper Neo Geo 64 only left in arcade because awaited success did not arrive and the version console was born never.
Two portable consoles also were born:
- the Neo-Geo Pocket
- the Neo-Geo Pocket Color
Plays
See also: List of plays Neo-Geo
The system Neo Geo is famous for its plays of quality which continue to be appreciated many years after their marketing. Among hundred about fifty left plays, several series of plays was dissociated:
- Art off Fighting (combat)
- Fatal Fury (combat)
- King off Fighters (combat)
- Magical Drop II and Magical Drop III (play of puzzle)
- Metal Slug (action)
- Money Puzzle Exchanger/Money Idol Exchanger (play of puzzle)
- Neo Racing Masters/Big Tournament Golf (play of golf)
- Samurai Shodown (combat with the saber)
The last play to have been born is Samurai Spirits Zero Special , marketed the October 19th 2004. Certain series however continue to live on other systems of arcade, like the Atomiswave, or other game consoles.
Technical specifications
The initial specifications envisaged of ROMs up to 330 megabits, from where the message “MAX 330 MEGA - PRO GEAR SPEC” with the starting of the plays. Nevertheless, the most recent plays ( The King off Fighters 98 was the first) circumvented this limitation to reach not less than 716 megabits with The King off Fighters 2003 . These plays start with message “GIGA POWER”.The detailed specifications of the machine are:
- Made Sound: YM2610 - (8 MHz)
- 3 votes PSG
- 4 votes FM
- 7 votes PCM
- 1 vote ADPCM 4 bits from 1,8 to 44 Khz
- 6 votes ADPCM 4 bits with 18 Khz
- graphic Resolution: 320x224 pixels
- Pallet: 65536 colors
- simultaneous Colors: 4,096
- Sprites simultaneous: 380
- minimal Size of the sprites: 1x2
- maximum Size of a sprite: 16x512
- Many plans of posting: 3
- RAM: 64 Kio of working memory,
- RAM: 74 Kio of video memory
- 64 Kio of principal video memory
- 2 Kio of " fast video"
- 8 Kio of " RAM" pallets;
- RAM: 2 Kio of memory dedicated to Z80
- Safeguard: removable memory card
See too
Internal bonds
- List of plays Neo-Geo
- List of plays to the launching of consoles of video game
External bonds
- Neo-Geo Fans, community of fans of Neo Geo French-speaking Net surfers: FAQ , tests, current events and forum.
- Neo-Arcadia, News in connection with the arcade, Neo-Geo, of the tests, a forum.
- Neo-Geo.com, international community of fans of Neo-Geo.
- Planet-SNK: All butt SNK and NeoGeo
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