Dumb question about Neo·Geo...

[SignOfZeta]

Well for one thing American console and arcade games in general were pretty much thought of as jokes up until the last 5-7 years or so, which would have included most of the Geo's life. If some hack at Aklaim or Activison or EA was getting his ass kicked kicked in the $50 game market by Nintendo, Sega, Square, Konami, Enix, etc then trying to sell $250 games wouldn't be a very good idea in general.

I mean, how many western developed PCE/Turbo games are there?

Camp California
Yo Bro
Darkwing Duck
Tailspin
Night Creatures
Ghost Manor
Impossamole
Lords of the Rising Sun
Shape Shifter
Beyond Shadowgate
John Madden Duo CD Football
It Came From the Desert
Shermatlock Holmes 1 & 2
Shadow of the Beast
AD&D Order of the Griffon
Addams Family
Champions Forever Boxing
Davis Cup Tennis
Turrican
Ballistix
Hit the Ice
Andre Panza Kickboxing/The Kickboxing
Lode Runner
TV Sports Football
TV Sports Hockey
TV Sports Basketball
Battle Royale
Dungeon Master Theron's Quest
Jim Power
Loom
Klax
Hatris
Falcon
Gunboat
Hawaii Girls 'games'
J.B. Harold Murder Club
Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf Hu & CD
Wizardry I - V
Might & Magic I & III
Prince of Persia
Sim Earth
Builder Land
The Manhole
Populous Hu & CD
Stratego
Lemmings
Baby Jo
Skweek
Faceball
Mine Sweeper
Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Shanghai I - III
Slime World
Bonk 3 CD

And of course:

Implode
Meteor Blaster DX
Mysterious Song


Also, Double Dragon V is a western developed Neo Geo game.

Well, that is a bigger list that I could think of, but still when you consider the PCE/TG-16s total library is hundreds of games, and that many of the ones you mentioned aren't any good, it just proves my point. I mean, Nightmare Creatures is enough of a reason for American's to leave the game business forever...and its loads better than Darkwing Duck!

I've played good non-Japanese console games before for sure, like Earthworm Jim, Uniracers, etc, but they are certainly the exception, not the rule.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure Earthworm Jim is the best American game I've ever played.

[Joe Redifer]

Wasn't the Turbo version of JB Harold Murder Club programmed in Japan?  I know they have more JB Harold games over there for various systems.

[Kitsunexus]

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure Earthworm Jim is the best American game I've ever played.

0_o


Please seek out: Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Deus Ex, Diablo, Starcraft, Fallout, Crash Team Racing, and much more...

Actually just the first 3 rock my world the hardest, but the others are great too.

[SignOfZeta]

Please seek out: Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Deus Ex, Diablo, Starcraft, Fallout, Crash Team Racing, and much more...

Actually just the first 3 rock my world the hardest, but the others are great too.

I really hate FPS...like...a lot. I played CTR and...well, it was better than other cash-in kart games like Rockman Battle and Chase, or that Bomberman game where they race on those dino/roo things, but it was forgettable x10. It seems kind of weird that someone would actually mention it.

Starcraft is nice. I also liked Warcraft II, and III.

My argument that American games suck was based on the console perspective, but I knew someone would bring up computer games. Personally, I don't care for them, but the "western" developers do rule that market, which isn't exactly a surprise since all the Japanese Windows games I've seen are either Y's remakes, doujin shooters, or hentai. The Windows market is pretty damn dead these days from what I've seen thanks to...FPS re-hash, mostly, and also WoW. There was a time when computer games were something very special, full of true innovation, and the consoles had all the re-hash. That situation has totally reversed itself.

[WoodyXP]

You said 'quality control'... hahahahah... you just reminded me of two gems on the Neo...
'Ninja Masters' and 'Mutation Nation'.. some proof that Neo quality control was pretty
lax.

[SNKNostalgia]

American companies definitely had no chance in the market with the Neo Geo. Maybe Midway could have done something neat with it. Still, these would have to be arcade type games since there are no AES exclusive home titles ever. I wish Technos and Data East made some more games with the Neo Geo.

Speaking of companies like Acclaim/LJN, eishhhh. In the NES days they were pretty decent. Then the 16bit and 32bit days they went to complete crap with ridiculously impossible challenge levels and had the same exact gameplay styles even mimicking MK controls in some games. Sure there were the Mortal Kombat games that were decent, but there were also those crap movie and comic superheros games. Let us look back: 16bit - Time Cop, Batman Forever, Demolition Man, many others. 32bit - Batman Forever Arcade, Fantastic Four, Ironman XO Man of War, and some others as well. Bad memories of rentals I have regretted.

[SignOfZeta]

You said 'quality control'... hahahahah... you just reminded me of two gems on the Neo...
'Ninja Masters' and 'Mutation Nation'.. some proof that Neo quality control was pretty
lax.

I quite like Ninja Masters. Most people would cite Legend of Success Joe as a bad Neo Geo game.

I don't know if there was much quality control needed for Neo Geo just due to the nature of the market. While there are a few lame Geo games, more or less the ratio is fantastic. Much better than...probably any system ever. Same goes for the Neo Geo Pocket. Almost every game on the NGP is at least playable, if not amazing as hell. Only the Pachinko titles and Dive Alert are worthless.

[Michael Helgeson]

Ninja Masters and Mutation Nation both are very nice Neo carts. Esp Ninja Masters,and it actually tends to be one of the more popular non-franchise fighters.

[Keranu]

Mutation Nation rocks.

[esteban]

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure Earthworm Jim is the best American game I've ever played.

0_o


Please seek out: Unreal Tournament, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Deus Ex, Diablo, Starcraft, Fallout, Crash Team Racing, and much more...

Actually just the first 3 rock my world the hardest, but the others are great too.

Exactly. Thank you.

[Joe Redifer]

Run, naked silver man!  It almost has you.  Run!!

[Keranu]

The facial expression and body motion of that guy are simply to die for.

[Kitsunexus]

You said 'quality control'... hahahahah... you just reminded me of two gems on the Neo...
'Ninja Masters' and 'Mutation Nation'.. some proof that Neo quality control was pretty
lax.

I always think of Ranagard or Shinoken, myself...

[Necromancer]

The facial expression and body motion of that guy are simply to die for.

Isn't that the preferred facial expression of all the finer blow-up dolls? 

[Michael Helgeson]

Yea Ranagard is for those people that like junk like Twin Goddesses or dirty CG graphics. I am still surprised Ranagard had enough of a following to get a port to the Saturn.