elviticus

Damn!!! I'm definitely impressed. I have to ask... are you married? My wife is very understanding, but no way am I getting that many arcade games through my door !!!

I like the game quite a bit.... I got those 3 a couple years back, and I think Pleiades is the best of the bunch. Since playing the original on the Tecmo pack for X-box, I can say it's not too much like the original, but still fun.

2600 - the first home system I had....and I LOVED it !!!! It's fitting that it should be the last.

OK, I'm having a good time playing the Neo Geo I just got.... except.... The controller cord is WAY too short! How available are extension cords for the controllers, and how much should I expect to pay?

I hear you! I'm going to check a couple out today...

Thanks - already got it though. Yeah, it IS way better - I've got 3 too.... I'm kind of into playing through the series now that I have the Neo. Next I'll do Art Of Fighting, although 3 looks like it'll be expensive!

Just got a Neo Geo AES not too long ago, and I've been playing Fatal Fury 1 for the past few days. Pretty fun game (much better than SNES version I had!) but - is it just me, or is Terry's "Crack Shoot" really hard to pull off consistently? It seems like the timing is really weird, like you have to pause in the middle of the joystick motion.... or hit the button just right ... Anyone else? I also think it's weird (and kind of funny) that the booklet has all the moves written in.... but they're ALL wrong!

Thanks guys - good information. @ Crazy Climber: yeah, Q-bert would be a cool one to have! I've got a Donkey Kong, since that was my favorite growing up. Thing is, I've played it a LOT, and I really don't have room (wife won't let me ;D) get multiple machines... so .... I figure w/Neo Geo I can have a variety in one. Also, love 2D fighters.

So, I've wanted one for a while, and I'm starting to look around for a Neo-Geo upright. My questions to anyone who has one, or knows about them: Any tips on what I should look for/be aware of as I shop for them? I'm thinking of trading my Donkey Kong towards it - are the cabinets similar dimensions? What would be a good price? Any idea of good places to shop for them in St. Louis area? Well, thanks as always for any help!

Nope- no sound from the headphones either, unfortunately. Tried turning up the slider too.

Thanks for the replies! so.... how is best to clean the pins? Also, where could I get a mod kit, and does it come w/installation instructions ? Thanks again for the help.

Oh yeah - does anywhere fix these ? 4 Jays maybe?

OK- so I bought a Neo Geo with 2 sticks, a regular controller and 3 games: Fatal Fury Special, Fatal Fury 3 and Top Golf (or something). I got it for $250 shipped - a good deal, I thought. Anyway, it arrived today, all looked good, but the system has NO SOUND.... ugghhhhh.... So I'm reaching out for help to any who have or know about the Neo Geo AES. Some questions: Would it be worth trying a new AV cable - and how hard to get/where to look for one? Any other ideas for a fix? Ok, only 2 questions I guess. Judging by the price this stuff seems to go for, I kind of think it's an okay deal either way.... At least I'll have plenty of controllers and 3 pretty good games if I have to get another unit. Thanks in advance.

Congrats! I'm with you - I collect, but I love to play the games just as much. In this respect, M-Network is a great company, because the games are (overall) very fun and well made. Now, did you get Swordfight and Sea Battle from the store? After I completed the (official) releases, I had to get these. Although I usually lack a second player who wants to play these, I love the idea of getting games that were planned releases back then, and actually being able to play them now.

Well, I have a Dachsund - COMPLETELY crazy. But, I'm happy to say, when he was a puppy I yelled at him any time he got near any game stuff. Now he treats my game collection like it's poisonous - good deal.

I'm with you that it's cool to have the game variations on the Atari carts, but..... I don't think it would make the newer games much more fun, because a lot of them (in my opinion) aren't very much fun and are needlessly complicated as it is. I don't think various ways of playing would really help them!

Wow - people like 2600 Rampage?! I must have missed something. Time to pop that one in again.... then again, I'm not that big of a fan of the arcade game.... Solar Fox for me, definitely. I've also heard it's not that faithful of a port of the arcade game, but it is an excellent game anyway.

Yeah- it's a weird game, and not too fun.... You should probably check out the manual too, the rules are not very obvious. I don't think I'd compare it to Adventures of Tron, which I think is a GREAT game. For a $1.25 though, it's still a steal just to add to your collection. I got one a couple years ago, and I think I payed $8-$10.

Yeah- it's a weird game, and not too fun.... You should probably check out the manual too, the rules are not very obvious. I don't think I'd compare it to Adventures of Tron, which I think is a GREAT game. For a $1.25 though, it's still a steal just to add to your collection. I got one a couple years ago, and I think I payed $8-$10.

I'll pretty much agree with Jess on this one.... Not the BEST game of it's type on the 26000, but still pretty cool. In my opinion, it's worth the purchase. I recently got Tecmo arcade on the X-box, and Pleiades is on there. I actually enjoy the 2600 version more.

Agreed - very fun game.

Perfect - thanks Wrathchild! Makes a lot more sense now.

Hi all - still trying to figure out assembly language! I was hoping someone could tell me the purpose of one of the commands in this joystick reading subroutine I found in a book: 600:PLA 601:PLA 602:PLA 603:TAX 604:PLA 605:LDA $278,X 608:PLP ----------- This is the one I don't get.... 609:BCS $060D 60B:LSR A 60C:LSR A 60D:AND #$03 60F:SEC 610:SBC #$02 612:BPL $0616 614:LDA #02 616:STA $D4 618:LDA #$00 61A:STA $D5 The USR statement from BASIC follows: DX=USR(SL,0,0)-1: DY=USR(SL,0,1)-1 - SL is the Starting Location, the first number passed is <i think> which stick and the second (0 or 1) seems to be for determining right/left or up/down. What is the PLP? I believe it means "pull the processer status register off the stack" .... What is the purpose in this program? Thanks for any help.

That's great! I don't remember that one - it does make me want to play Centipede though. I remember the radio spot when Centipede came out.... "Centipede is from Atari, and it's the one to get!!" I went and got it.

Those DO look pretty cool..... Will Lik-Sang have them for sure?