Adroitone

For any games on the Neo Geo, instead of the Hori Arcade stick, I would highly suggest getting the Neo Geo arcade stick. The way the buttons are lineup on the Neo Geo stick matches the original Neo Geo layout. Doing moves with the Hori Arcade stick on most Neo Geo fighters are impossible due to the fact that the Neo Geo fighters required a bunch of 2 or 3 button presses at the same time (use Hanzo in SS1 and SS2, then you will understand).

Keep in mind that most SNK collection have crappy emulation.

Have any of you played the great Neo Geo version? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzEuKHW08tQ

I see we have some super dodgeball fans, have y'all played the Neo Geo version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzEuKHW08tQ

The 360 version does not look better, matter of fact, if you don't turn off the terrible filter, it looks far worst. Also, since they didn't take the time to update the sprites in the game, it cannot look better than what it looks like on the VC since the VC is pretty much prefect.

I think you need to read post 91 buddy. Plus, I was saying that jokingly.

Naaaw, I meant the Castlevania franchise, sorry about that

I don't think any of the games that's able to come to the VC contain blood in them. I don't even think the series contains blood in it regardless. Having said that, if it did contain blood, it's minimum.

You can beat SMW in 1 day, if it took you a week then it must have been challenging for you .

Special Stages, however, definitely were not easy.

It really saddens me to see that SS2 did not make the the top 20. How is SS1 going to make the top 20, but not SS2?

It can get a little challenging later on, but nothing that will frustrate you or anything.

The game is moderately hard. It'll just take a little getting use to control wise. Super Mario RPG is played from the same isometric view.

There's no story, and it's not as hard as GX. There is death race which is a great mode though. I believe it's as good as GX which means it's one of the greatest racers of all time.

@swordplay

If you have someone else to play with, it'll definitely make the game easier. You see, the thing is, you have to spend a bunch of time collecting money to buy armor, other equipment and more health so the side scrolling levels would be much easier. It's an outstanding game though, outstanding. It just requires a little patience

@WittyManOfStyle
That is EXACTLY the question I've been asking since S-E said such BS. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Of course they would make more money

Why, the Neo Geo version is by far superior, since, you know, SNK made the game for their system.

Whoa whoa whoa, neither Last Blade or Garou are button masher fighters. Last Blade does have a good heavy combo focus if you set your character to Speed instead of Power. Speed makes your characters weaker, but makes it easier to chain combos together, plus, your super move in Speed is pretty much like (is it X-ism, the custom combos) in Street Fighter Alpha. Power makes your characters stronger with a focus on single strikes, with minimum combos.

The super moves in Garou are much easier to do than in Last Blade, but Last Blade has a little more focus on defense since it has guard impacts just like Soul Calibur.

Corbie, hmmmm, Garou over Last Blade huh. Well, can't go wrong with either, but I like Last Blade over Garou. Both are the best 2D fighters of all time though so hey, like I said, it's pretty much a toss up

Have you played Matrimelee and Rage of the Dragon?

Oh, and forget the tag lines, I do my own junk talking

Demon, SNK has always had a little balancing issues, but when it comes down to fighting, SNK always win hands down. I see you didn't like SS2 , it's not my favorite in the series since SS4 takes the cake, but, nothing beats Last Blade 1 and 2, Garou, Real Bout series, King of Fighters 96 and above, Rage of the Dragon, and Matrimelee.

Street Fighter 2 does suck compared to most of the Neo Geo fighters available. SNK are much better making fighters compared to Capcom in my opinion.

If you are comparing it to the first Street Fighter 2, it depends on preferences. I really like the special bar, the hard hitting moves, and the bigger sprites in AoF1 and AoF2

Well Bass, even with those flaws (I wonder if the loading issue could be resolved due to it running on the emulator), the gameplay in any Alpha is better than the main series (in my opinion).

You know people, plenty of fighters on the Neo Geo surpassed pretty much all of the Street Fighter games. I'm a hardcore fighting fan, playing most of all fighters that has ever existed. Street Fighters are great fighters, but they are doggone sure no where near the best. So all those hating on Neo Geo fighters needs to open your eyes. Neo Geo has two fighters that surpass any of the Street Fighters we have on the VC (Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters 94).

Art of Fighting 2 is a great game, and I'm sure that many would actually like better than Street Fighter 2.

Well I'm glad many people are saying Top Gear because I doggone sure was going to mention that one . Also, it's nice to see Beetle Adventure Racing (my favorite racer of all time) and Stunt Race FX. Even World Championship Racing is mention, I thought everyone forgot about that game. Having said all that, I did not see anyone mention San Francisco Rush. I'm extremely surprise no one mentioned that one. Also, what about Extreme G?

Actually Fatal Fury 3 is by far the best in the regular series. Then the Real Bouts took Fatal Fury to the next level. The Garou just pretty much destroyed almost every 2D fighter ever created (except Last Blade ).

Street Fighter is a much more easier fighter to get into. Once you get use to those, you can upgrade to one of the better fighters on the Neo Geo. If you are just getting into fighters though, stick to Street Fighter for the time being.

Well it's good that he did a top 10 Neo Geo list since most of you are uninformed about the Neo Geo since the only thing most of you know is Nintendo consoles. This shows many of the great games that came out on the Neo Geo and why the Neo Geo is a good thing on the VC.

That's a great list Corbie, but for me, I'll have to put Shock Troopers, Matrimelee, Rage of The Dragon, and Blazing Star, and Samurai Shodown 4 in the top 10. Last Blade is definitely the best 2D fighter of all time, no question. I've played around 90% of all fighters to ever exist and 2D wise, I don't believe there's any contest. They are pretty much 2D Soul Caliburs. Last Blade 2 was outstanding as well, but I didn't like how they dubbed down the Speed Mode.

Matrimelee and Rage of the Dragon, oh, and also Ninja Masters (the first game the Last Blade team created) are very overlooked but outstanding fighters that everyone should get. Kizuna Encounter as well.

To the person who said all the fighters look the same, I think you need to youtube those fighters. They are nothing alike.

Last but not least, Garou is definitely the best Fatal Fury, no question, however, lets not forget the outstanding Real Bout series. All of those games were top of the line as well. Fatal Fury 3 was no slouch either.

@firebrand, good answer.

Many people thing Street Fighter is the only series worth getting. If those you like Street Fighter will break out of the norm, they will see that Neo Geo was the king of 2D fighters. Last Blade, Samurai Shodown, Matrimelee, Fatal Fury 3-up, King of Fighters, Rage of the Dragon, Kizuna Encounter, all games I consider better than the Street Fighter series.

Yeah they are, they made them easier in Special though

@ Bass X0, yeap, because it's not Nintendo. One of the greatest fighters in the world will be complete crap because it doesn't have Nintendo's name on it.

Also, Fatal Fury 1-2 Special aren't the best fighters in the world, but starting at Fatal Fury 3, that's when the series got better than any Street Fighter.

Also, Fatal Fury 2 is not on the collection, Neo Geo had way more than 16 games people, and like Adamant said, Neo Geo AES is really an arcade unit transformed into a home unit. Fighters dominate (in which is why it's considered the greatest fighting game console of all time) with shooters right behind it. If you don't like the genres, then that's fine, but I don't see how many can play SSBB but not care about getting a much deeper experience with traditional fighters.

It's the best Street Fight but no where near the best fighter. King of Fighters 94 and Samurai Shodown smokes this game.

Wow, so after this one releases, there will be World Heroes 2 Jet and World Heroes Perfect left. World Heroes Perfect is by far the best in the series. Huge improvement over the previous ones.

The great thing about KoF series is that everyone seems to have different favorites, many love 96, most love 98 and many like 99, 2000, 2003. The problem I had with 2001 and 2002 was bad art, they simplified it, and bad music. The game wasn't even made by SNK (since they went bankrupt) it was made boy Epoch.

Yeah, you can't compare SS to the Soul series. The only 2D fighter that compares to SC is Last Blade. SS is it's own beast.
The fatalities y'all thinking of was in SS2, not one, just to let you know.

Man, some of you didn't like KoF94 . It reminds me of the old days when you either hated Street Fighter and loved King of Fighters, or vice versa. I hope y'all don't give up on the series though, it gets much much better with every installment (except 2001 and 2002).

That video seems normal to me. The reason why when you hit someone, or when you get hit, the game seems to stop is because SNK wanted to emphasize the impact.

The arcade version is the Neo Geo version (Neo Geo is an arcade unit and a home system with the same arcade specs). I have to see what this lag that y'all speak of. That video seems normal to me.