Neogeo CD questions

The Last Bandit

Is there any region lockout on the Neogeo (topload) Cd consoles ?

Can a Japanese console with a NTSC J CD play the game in english for example or is the language settings hardcoded to the console ?

Retr0gamer

I found out what the C in Neo Geo CD stands for, Don't buy it!

The Last Bandit

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I found out what the C in Neo Geo CD stands for, Don't buy it!

Too late

Found the answer I needed, jumper to add/remove. I'm patient enough, I can lash thru a few levels of Panzer Dragoon while waiting for stuff to load.

o1s1n

Life is too short for NeoCD load times!

safetyboy

Just looking at one of these

o1s1n

If this were some one off stand alone thing with it's own unique games then it would be worth owning.

I guess it's also worth owning for collecting sake.

But all of the games (bar Ironclad) are available in both AES and MVS format. AES is out of the question unless you're a millionare - but MVS can be very nicely priced.

If you want to go the Neo Geo route then buy an MVS 1 slot and one of those vogatek superguns. You're not talking about a lot of money either.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

But all of the games (bar Ironclad) are available in both AES and MVS format. AES is out of the question unless you're a millionare Steve SI - but MVS can be very nicely priced.

Agreed

CiDeRmAn

I had one, don't have it any more.
For the price of a NeoGeo CD you could have a MVS Board, Supergun and a MVS Multicart, more fun, less time waiting.
You may say to yourself
"The Last Bandit, you don't have to worry about that, loading times are worth it when the games are great"
And you know, once I may have agreed with you...
Except, I'll give you an example,
Turn on the system, game inserted into the drive,
Loading....
Up pops the main menu, select the Vs Com mode...
Loading....
Up pops the character select, pick the Ryu analogue and lets get to the fig...
Oh,
Loading...
Then the opening banter,"HA HA, I will defeat you little girly man!", here we go!!,
Bugger!
Loading....

And so on, it's a complete pig, a drag in it's entirety and takes all the fun out of Neogeo games.

I had it and a near complete range of *cough*backups*cough* but the loading times were a complete pig.

Get rid of it man, think of the children!!!

The Last Bandit

Bugger.

Ah well, it can't be worse than the Jaguar.

CiDeRmAn

You'd imagine so, and then....
But, like an Alfa Romeo, you can't be considered a true retrogamer until you own something branded NeoGeo, and no, the Pocket Color doesn't count!

The Last Bandit

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You'd imagine so, and then....
But, like an Alfa Romeo, you can't be considered a true retrogamer until you own something branded NeoGeo, and no, the Pocket Color doesn't count!

Ha ha, I own 2 Alfa's

Pyongyang

The Last Bandit wrote: »

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You'd imagine so, and then....
But, like an Alfa Romeo, you can't be considered a true retrogamer until you own something branded NeoGeo, and no, the Pocket Color doesn't count!

Ha ha, I own 2 Alfa's

I nearly bought an Alfa GTA. Then awoke from my coma!

alpahaeagle

I am just after buying an MGF......Had an alfa 146....My god did that eat the petrol....

alpahaeagle

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Bugger.

Ah well, it can't be worse than the Jaguar.

Now now dont bring the jag into this.....;)

Myrddin

alpahaeagle wrote: »

I am just after buying an MGF......Had an alfa 146....My god did that eat the petrol....

If I was you I'd order up the head gasket now

o1s1n

Public transport 4 life, yo!

Feck, even typing that depresses me

alpahaeagle

EnterNow wrote: »

If I was you I'd order up the head gasket now

True true......But Its a great car........had quite a few Rovers.....

400
45
75 * 2
MGZR
MGF * 2

Shame they went bang..........

and before anyone else goes on about the HG....all cars have issues.....

Myrddin

alpahaeagle wrote: »

and before anyone else goes on about the HG....all cars have issues.....

True, just some being a lot more than others

alpahaeagle

o1s1n wrote: »

Public transport 4 life, yo!

Feck, even typing that depresses me

Public transport sucks......I drive 50 miles each way to work......

For me to use Public transport I would have to:

drive/walk to train station 3 miles......

catch train to dublin...

Catch luas to O'connell street

walk/bus to stephens Green

Luas to sandyford....

and then that back home.....

Bugger that.

alpahaeagle

EnterNow wrote: »

True, just some being a lot more than others

Know a garage that will do the HG for @ 300 euros and thats upgrading the HG....;)

Yeah I know look at Renualt.....:p

Myrddin

alpahaeagle wrote: »

Public transport sucks......I drive 50 miles each way to work......

For me to use Public transport I would have to:

drive/walk to train station 3 miles [normally in the p1ssing rain]......

catch train to dublin ...

Catch luas to O'connell street [and prepare your stab jacket]

walk/bus to stephens Green [more rain or else bus germs & junkies]

Luas to sandyford....[Luas germs, junkies, usually both]

and then that back home.....

Bugger that.

Public transport? Give me a rover/MG anyday

OwaynOTT

o1s1n wrote: »

Public transport 4 life, yo!

Feck, even typing that depresses me

Hey could be worse, you could be driving a renault megane coupe. I only wish I never crashed by clio:(

CiDeRmAn

You could have had my old C5, now there was an expensive car to repair...
Then so is my Scenic II, heap of sh1te,

I buying a Hilux next time, if the Taliban reckon they're good enough to lug a 50cal around the desert in, and without a regular service arrangement, its good enough for me!

Retr0gamer

Why the Neo Geo CD sucks dick:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-mkMq9U6s

The Last Bandit

Ah cool a juggling monkey

Console was cheap enough, my only regret is not buying more stuff to make the most of the shipping costs. Edge emu are dropping their neogeo isos soon so gotta get busy.

CiDeRmAn

They aren't that big, I seem to remember them being a little awkward to burn, hope you understand cue sheets!

K.O.Kiki

The other reason the Neo Geo CD is to be avoided...

The internal mechanism is clever but it'll die after a few tens of hours use. And the reason is a silly one. Unlike Nintendo and Sega and NEC and basically every other pad manufacturer, SNK didn't use a durable fulcrum. Instead of a hard plastic hemisphere against a hard PCB, SNK has the end of the d-pad's shaft resting in a soft plastic bowl, and like every N64 user will tell you, plastic rubbing on plastic creates a lot of dust. In the SNK pad, this dust gets into every part of the d-pad, including the partially-sealed switches, and it basically stops working.

o1s1n

Wow, that's some bad design!

Megadrive D pads didn't use the dome until later in the console's life. (Think Megadrive model 2 with the red start buttons, although I've seen some without I think)

Most of the early ones I've come across have a rubber pad under the D pad. These wear out in a similar way to those Neo Geo ones.

They don't spew dust all over the pcb though!

CiDeRmAn

And yet, both SNK have a rep of untold controller goodness...
Another reason why only an AES or MVS will do, and not to messing about with half measures like CD systems!
That little pad was nice too.
Actually, I have both the full size AES stick, which is awesome and has a lovely cracked knob and I have a the excellent and some feel even better Neo Geo stick that was, ironically, released at the same time as the CD System. It's more compact than the full AES and still is very well built.

The Last Bandit

Well armed with this I'm sure I'll figure out a suitable replacement controller if needed.

No stop wrecking my buzz... damn thing won't arrive for a few weeks..

CiDeRmAn

He he, waiting for the misery to arrive, you should have known better than to tell us before checking it out online, finding what we were likely to tell you.
I, at least, have personal experience of the thing.

And, on a brighter note, the likes of Blazing Star and Pulstar play just fine, with not too much loading.
And think yourself lucky you didn't buy the CD-Z.
That has more ram and a faster cd-rom drive but is prone to technical issues and is not as reliable as the top loading version.