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Review of the Official SNK Book – NEOGEO: A Visual History

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When you grab hold of a tome by Bitmap Books you immediately feel its quality in your hands. Like every other Bitmap Books publication, the high standard in aesthetics extends to great content within.

We found that with each page turn of the NEO-GEO: A Visual History book our pupils were dilating in joy at the eye popping and gorgeous visuals (the photography and artwork throughout this book is simply sublime) and the content on each page, like the rare interviews with key SNK staff (Yasuyuki Oda, Tatsuhiko Kanaoka and Hideki Asanaka) and the brilliant master games list for NEO-GEO, among other great content, simply elevates the book to bible status.

It is easy to see that the NEO-GEO: A Visual History book was a labour of love for its creators. The loving and painstaking detail that has gone into each of the 400 pages makes the reader stop and absorb it all before turning to the next eye popping page. With SNK’s official blessing, this is the one and only definitive English language book you will ever need based on the great NEO-GEO video game line, from the MVS, AES, CD to the Hyper 64 and NEO-GEO Pocket systems, and the aforementioned master games list. This book will be a permanent fixture on your coffee table for ease of access to great content and reference (oh yeah, and to show off its beauty to your friends).

If you are a NEO-GEO fan (or even if you are not!) or know of someone that is a NEO-GEO fan, this book is an absolute MUST GET! With Christmas around the corner, you can’t go wrong with this as a gift for yourself or for that SNK fan you know will appreciate this fantastic publication.

If you can only buy one video games related book this year, then let me make your decision quite easy, get NEO-GEO: A Visual History now!

NEO-GEO: A Visual History Collector’s Edition is available from:

  • Pixel Crib $109.99 AUD (free Australia-wide delivery)

What you get in the NEO-GEO: A Visual History Collector’s Edition:

  • The book comes protected in a full-colour heavy duty board slipcase
  • A set of 5 high quality A4 art prints protected within a card wallet
  • Comes with a 25mm black plated soft enamel pin badge
  • A sticker set comprising 2 A6 stickers of famous Neo-Geo logos

You better hurry, as the Collector’s Edition book is in limited quantity and will never be produced again!

The NEOGEO: A Visual History book (only) is available from:

Do yourself a favour and get this now. You won’t regret it!

NEOGEO: A Visual History was supplied for review by Bitmap Books and Pixel Crib

 

Awesomely Cool SNK Neo Geo Attire At Fangamer!

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*GULP* Hope you are all sitting down, cause you gotta check out the official SNK Neo Geo attire available now on Fangamer!

The only problem we can see is, which piece of clothing to get? Actually, there is an easy answer, ALL OF THEM!

Which one do you like?

image source: Fangamer

 

€200,000 Will Get You A Complete Neo Geo AES Games Library

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Have you recently won the jackpot in the lottery? If you have and you want an instant and complete Neo Geo AES games collection, then you are in luck!

For a cool €200,000 (AUD$285,716), you get the full-set of the Neo Geo AES Japanese games library which is all 100% original! Phwoar, if only we didn’t spend the lottery money on that red Ferrari!

Now if €200,000 is a tad too much, perhaps the microwave sized Neo Geo Deck: Compact Amusement System at US$59,997 (AUD$79,912) may be a bit more palatable.

Oh yeah, you can make an offer on either one of these Neo Geo eBay auctions *winks*

source: eBay

source: eBay

 

The Rise And Fall Of SNK

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Back in May 2002, US digital cable channel G4 (aka: G4tv) aired the video gaming documentary series, Icons. For four seasons Icons focused on the key people, companies, products, history and major milestones in the world of video games. In season five, which was its last, Icons broadened its scope by featuring general pop culture content.

From the many Icons video gaming documentaries, we loved their look at SNK Corporation (season 3, episode 12), from its humble beginnings to becoming an arcade gaming behemoth with their Neo Geo products, only to see it all crash and tumble a decade or so later.

Step back in time and get a dose of some video gaming history!


source: KonamiGamer

DISCLAIMER: We are well aware that SNK lived on via Playmore, but this article focuses on the old SNK Corporation that produced arcade games and home gaming systems.

 

Interview With The Neo·Geo Collector

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There are Neo·Geo collectors, and then there is Frazer Rhodes – he is the real-deal, as he is known as the Neo·Geo Collector on Twitter. Having rebuilt his Neo·Geo collection countless times, it is hard to argue Frazer’s loyalty, determintation and passion towards SNK’s Neo·Geo family of systems.

As is normal on social media, we met Frazer on Twitter – it was his handle and avatar that caught our eye. His collection is second to none and as fellow Neo·Geo fans, we knew we had to grab Frazer for an exclusive interview. Get yourself comfortable and start reading!

(WARNING: some drooling will be inevitable!)

AUSRETROGAMER [ARG]: Welcome Frazer, let’s start with, how old were you when you got into gaming? Do you remember your first system and first game?
Frazer Rhodes [FR]: I started to get into gaming when I was 8 or 9 years old with an Atari 800XL. The Atari was bought second hand but came with loads of games on tape and also the large floppy disks. I spent hours on that computer. I don’t remember what my first game was, but I vividly remember playing Green Beret, IK+, Ghostbusters and Pole Position to name just a few. Other friends had Spectrums, both the 48K and 128K models, but we all quickly moved on to 16 bit machines. Most of my mates opted for the Amiga, and I stuck with Atari and went for a 520STE. The one game on the ST that I always recall is Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders – I loved that game!

ARG: When did you first play on a Neo·Geo? Do you remember the first Neo·Geo game you played?
FR: The first Neo·Geo I ever played was an Electrocoin 4 slot (MVS) machine in Manchester. It had four games, NAM-1975, Magician Lord, Baseball Stars and Top Players Golf. I elected for NAM-1975, which is still one of my favourite games today. That would have been around 1991. I bought an Electrocoin 4 slot in 2009 and added those four original MVS games. The machine currently resides in my kitchen alongside a Sega Astro City!

ARG: What was it about the Neo·Geo that got you hooked?
FR: At the time I played on that Electrocoin, a limited amount of information about the Neo·Geo was starting to appear in video game magazines. The machines were available on grey import but it wasn’t that easy to find information on the machine or the games. Some magazines, C&VG in particular, would give initial snippets of information on the Neo·Geo, and it wasn’t till 1992 that they started to review many of the games as they were released. By this time, the Neo·Geo had officially launched in the UK.

Some of the gaming mags at the time gave the console a really hard time and very critical reviews. Let’s be honest, the price of the games was always going to be an issue, especially the new releases, but at the time, the SNES games were creeping up in price – I recall Street Fighter 2 for the Super Famicom being around the £90-100 mark on import, so the Neo·Geo games weren’t too far from that price point.

The Neo·Geo AES was like no other console – the carts were enormous, the joysticks were chunky and felt just like those at the arcade, it had a memory card to save your games….the list goes on.

At the time, the gulf between arcades games and home computers and consoles was considerable. Here was a console you could own which was exactly the same as the arcade – no compromises of any kind. I was hooked, I had to own one. I worked during the holidays at a screen printing factory – not particularly glamorous and not well paid either but nevertheless, I saved hard. I think my parents, now thoroughly bored of me going on about the Neo-Geo, realised how committed I was to owning this console. The system had just been released in the UK and one evening after work, my dad picked me up and rather than heading home, he said we needed to go run an errand. We arrived at a house not too far from home. Turns out my dad spotted a for sale advert for a Neo·Geo in the local paper and we’d come to buy it. I had a fair bit saved up and my dad put the rest towards it. I couldn’t believe it, not only was I going to own a Neo·Geo, but the machine came with two control pads plus Fatal Fury and Robo Army, the two games which had just been reviewed in C&VG – they happened to be the titles I wanted the most!

ARG: Your Neo·Geo collection is extremely impressive – when did you start collecting and how long did it take to complete your AES collection?
FR: Having picked up that Neo·Geo in around 1992, I built up a modest selection of games – around 15 titles by 1994. We then of course had the release of the Neo·Geo CD. All the signs indicated that this would be the future, after all £40 games versus £200 was a no-brainer (or so I thought).

Obviously we know different now but I sold the AES, picked up a CD machine but never felt the same way about it as the cartridge machine, so I moved on to buy a Sony PlayStation on the day of its release. I began to get back into the Neo·Geo around 1997 having missed the games and I picked up a boxed Neo·Geo Gold System. Slowly but surely I started buying back games, which were relatively cheap back then. I bought English versions of the games and by 2002 had built up a collection of 84 English Neo·Geo titles. At the time I was looking to buy my first home and had the dilemma to either sell the Neo·Geo games and move on or stay put. With an offer from Holland for over half the collection, I took the deal and bought my own place. Fast forward to 2004 and I was again missing that Neo·Geo collection.

The English variants of the games by this time had started to rise in price considerably. I was now settled in a house with a decent income so I decided I wanted to try and get a full set. Two trips to Japan in 2006/07 certainly helped, as the games were still plentiful over there and I’d come back with a suitcase full of titles. Slowly but surely I managed to pick up the titles I needed through a good network of contacts and trusted suppliers. The collection was featured in Retro Gamer (Issue 61) in early 2009 and I was 5 titles short of the full Japanese set at that time. Not long after that article, a fellow collector and friend sold me 4 of the 5 I was short, with the final game, Overtop, purchased from a seller in Japan. In total it took around 5 years to get the complete set.

ARG: Do you have a favourite game or genre to play on the Neo·Geo?
FR: Choosing a favourite title is a challenge. I do love fighting games and with the Neo·Geo its safe to say I’m spoilt for choice. KoF98, Last Blade 1 and 2, and Mark of the Wolves are some of my favourites. Outside of fighting games, it’s NAM-1975, Magician Lord, Metal Slug 1, X and 3, Pulstar, Shock Troopers and Baseball Stars. I’m also a big fan of the NGDevTeam games.

ARG: Are there any Neo·Geo items you are still hunting?
FR: There are a few items I’d like to find. I’m always on the lookout for any early material from the rental period in Japan (1990), and I’d like to pick up some of the third party joysticks made by Hori. The ultimate collectors piece is the Neo·Geo Deck, sometimes referred to as the Hotel system – a machine that was only released in Japan, which is very rare and very awesome – I’d love to own one.

ARG: You mentioned you have been to Japan – what has been your highlight(s)?
FR: I’ve been fortunate enough to have visited Japan on three occasions. I’d always wanted to go ever since poring over those video game magazines and seeing all the consoles and games being released out there. On my first trip there, it was everything I’d ever hoped it would be. My highlights would have to be video games shopping in Tokyo and Osaka (of course!), taking a trip up the iconic Tokyo Tower, exploring the temples and traditional parts of Kyoto, seeing the stunning Mt Fuji, visiting the peaceful temples at Kamakura and a visit to the Sapporo Brewery to name just a few.

ARG: Do you play on others systems? If so, which one(s) and are there any particular games you like?
FR: I have quite a few other systems, all of which are rigged up and ready to go in my games room. My other favourite systems would have to be the Super Famicom – so many memories from my childhood with games like Super Mario World, Pilotwings, Contra and Street Fighter 2. The other favourite is the FM Towns Marty – again, another one of those machines where there was little information available from importers at the time, which had some superb games; Kyukyoku Tiger, Tatsujin Oh, and a great conversion of Viewpoint. They even released a copy of Zak McKracken on the Marty, which I’m still hunting down!

ARG: Do you have any projects that are either imminent or on the go you can tell us about?
FR: I’m working on something really special at the moment which is Neo·Geo related. I can’t share any details at the moment as we have a Non-Disclosure Agreement in place. All I can say is stay tuned and all going well, there will be some exciting news for all Neo·Geo fans in Spring 2017 (northern hemisphere).

ARG: Where can people reach you or keep track of all your collecting and project activities?
FR: You can find me on Twitter – I am NeoGeoCollector.

As we pick up our jaw off the floor and wipe away the drool, we manage to thank Frazer for making time to talk to us about his love for the Neo·Geo and his video games playing days.

 

Metal Slug: The Complete History

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metal_slug_tDo you know how many games are in the Metal Slug series? Would you believe there are over 30 ‘Slug’ games? Yeah, we are in disbelief too.

Luckily for us all, Daniel Ibbertson from Slope’s Games Room has collated all the information and produced another great ‘Complete History’ video on one of our favourite SNK gaming franchises.

Which Metal Slug game is your fave? Tell us now on Twitter or Facebook.


source: Slope’s Games Room

SNK: The Future Is Now

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SNK are going back to to their glorious gaming past by shedding their SNK Playmore Coporation moniker and becoming SNK Corporation, with the awesome slogan, ‘The Future Is Now’! As announced on their website, the change becomes official on December 1, 2016!

The press release from SNK states: This change of corporation name to “SNK”, and slogan to “The Future Is Now” marks a return to SNK’s glorious gaming history. Through the huge success of many of its game franchises in the past, SNK is still a brand supported by countless fans from around the world to this day. The new corporation name chosen for this turning point, signifies both a return to the origins of SNK, and revival of our pioneer spirit to always offer long-time fans of SNK, as well as newcomers, entertainment of an even higher quality moving forward.

Let’s hope that the Neo•Geo is resurrected in some way, shape or form in the (near) future!

snk_1source: Twitter

 

The Exotic Neo Geo Console

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I am a big fan of creative (and talented) peeps that tinker and create wonderful gaming gear, especially the one-of-a-kind creations!

As you may have guessed, we are huge fans of SNK’s Neo Geo range, especially their MVS and AES systems. We had recently been stalking the Neo Geo market for something special and different. To our pleasant surprise, we stumbled upon a country that seemed to be the hotbed for exotic Neo Geo creations – Spain! Yep, Spain! Those Spaniards don’t cut corners when it comes to making their wares standout, a case in point being this sleek and shiny consolized Neo Geo MVS beauty!

Shiny and sleek!
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With great effort going into the presentation of the console, its metallic case and gorgeous curves ooze contemporary industrial design that even Xbox and Playstation owners would be envious of! To compliment its great looks, this consolized MVS beast has video (SCART/RGB/S-Video) and audio (stereo composite) outputs that would definitely raise the hairs on the back of your neck when playing your favourite MVS titles!

Before you ask about the controls and other internals, the console has two SNK Neo Geo AES/CD joystick ports, with credit buttons for each player to rack up the play credits (Ed: woo hoo, no more 20c coins required). Oh yeh, the rig is complimented with Universe BIOS (UniBIOS), giving you a feature-rich list of options.

When it comes to playing games on this console, the visuals are a tour-de-force on any old-school CRT and even on newer TVs (plasma/LCD), we kid you not! We can finally put away the AES and Phantom-1, as this one-of-a-kind MVS console provides us that Neo Geo gaming hit we need!

Turn me on, baby!
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Rack up the credits!
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A voluptuous rear end
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SCART me!
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Match cartridge with arrow, or else!
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The Thrill Of The Chase: A Saucy Red

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There is something about the colour red. It invokes very raw emotions. As other thrill of the chase have come and gone, this latest chase was quite special. On one hand, I had found the exact Neo Geo MVS cabinet I had been lusting after (Ed: red = lust), and more importantly, I had my mum and dad in tow while I was criss-crossing the suburbs of Melbourne to pickup this red beauty.

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The sun was searing, I was sweaty as hell and upon arrival, the seller was nowhere to be found! Alas, one phone call later, and things were sorted – the seller had gone out to the shops. The 4-slot MVS cabinet was easy to manoeuvre and get onto the trailer. I would have to say, it was the easiest cabinet I had transported.  The saucy red is now sitting pride of place in the yet-to-be-transformed-into-a-games-room garage (more on that another time). Let me just say, anyone that plays on her, they are instantly smitten.

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This chase was personal for me. Not only did my parents provide me with company, they provided memories, not just for being there on this occasion, but on plenty other countless occasions. My parents aren’t young like they used to be, so any occasion where I can spend time with them to create a memory, I cherish it. This chase is dedicated to you, mum and dad.

Now let’s play some NAM-1975!

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Interview with Steve Riner: Neo Geo Guru

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I keep on getting asked, why do I like spending time on Twitter and what do I get out of it. The answer is quite simple – I like socialising with like minded people. When geography gets in the way of socialising in person, the next best thing is to get on an online social medium. This is where Twitter excels – it has the power to bring like minded people together anywhere in the world. There are no borders in Twitter!

As mentioned in previous interviews, I have met so many wonderful people I am proud to call my friends – even if we have not met in person! One particular person I would dearly like to meet in the flesh, is none other than the SNK Neo Geo guru, (Harry) Steve Riner. I have conversed with Steve and his wife (Emily) so many times over the last year, it feels like we have known each other for ages. I have been meaning to get an interview with Steve for some time, and finally, that day has come. Just like others that have a passion for video gaming, Steve is an awesomely cool and super-friendly guy that goes out of his way to engage in conversation and also assist with queries, especially anything in reference to SNK and the Neo Geo.

We sat down with Steve, thousands of miles apart, and probed him with some hard hitting questions:

AUSRETROGAMER [ARG]: So, Mr. Harry Steve Riner, tell us how your love of video gaming began? What are your earliest memories?
Harry Steve Riner [HSR]: I began gaming when my parents bought my brother and I a NES for Christmas 1987. To this day, I am unsure if the NES was for us or for my dad and his friends! Earliest memory I have of playing was watching my mom get completely destroyed by level 1-1 on Super Mario Bros.

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The SNK family: some of the SNK hardware in full glory

ARG: Were you a brand loyalist or did you jump from one make of console to another?
HSR: I was very much a Sega fanboy. When I got to an age to make gaming console decisions, it was all about Sega. The first console I asked for was the Sega Genesis. The CD add-on was requested shortly thereafter. I followed that up with a Saturn for Christmas. I love Sega.

ARG: Were you ever into gaming on home computers, like the C64?
HSR: I got into gaming on PC for a short period when we got our first PC. I only played FPS games back then. Weird thing is, it seemed that the best games on PC were from that genre. My favorite was Unreal Tournament. I have tested a few TI99/4A’s and played a game or two on them. I played educational themed games when I was younger on 5 1/4” floppy disks, like Number Munchers, Oregon Trail and Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego.

ARG: What was your favourite video gaming generation?
HSR: Easily the 16 bit era. It felt like the Wild West back then. It was as if anything was possible and all the companies in the industry were VIDEO GAME companies! All the hardware companies were gunning for the title and the only true winner was us, the gamers. By this time I was armed with more gaming information via magazines, so I found it was a lot easier to make a decision on what to buy and on which platform. So many classics, on so many different platforms, it was easily the best era in gaming for me.

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This is how you transport arcade cabinets!

ARG: When did your love of SNK’s Neo Geo begin? What was it about the Neo Geo that put a stranglehold on your heart?
HSR: My first exposure to SNK was the same as almost everyone else – in the arcades. It was truly love at first sight. King of Fighters 95 did it for me and I have lusted after the hardware ever since. I knew about the AES back then (from reading EGM), but I also knew there was no way I was going to be able to convince my folks into getting me one. It wasn’t until about a year ago I started to look into collecting SNK stuff seriously. Now, here I am stuck in its very tight “stranglehold” – I like how you put that (smiles). I grew up playing cartridge based games. I was always looking for the biggest and the best cart based games. Once I found out that SNK had made a home console from their arcade hardware, I knew it was game, set and match on the cart based world! Its appeal was immediate – aggressive advertising, big bright red cabinets, large character sprites on screen, amazing graphics and intense audio. It all seemed larger than life and geared towards only the most hardcore of gamers.

ARG: You got me into Shock Troopers 2nd Squad (thank you very much for that), what is your absolute favourite SNK game?
HSR: Glad you are enjoying it. The Shock Troopers games are brilliant and have all of SNK’s signature ingredients! My favorite SNK game has got to be King of Fighters 97! No matter what, I always find myself coming back to it. As great as KoF98 is, and as much as everyone has labeled it the crowned king of the KoF series, it’s the additional elements of the Orochi Saga story arc coming to an end that sets it apart from KoF98 in my eyes. There are so many amazing games available for the SNK hardware – it’s really hard picking just one. I’ll do a top 3, because I feel the other two deserve just as much attention as KoF97:

1. King of Fighters 97
2. Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
3. Prehistoric Isle 2 (MVS only)

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Someone likes The King of Fighters just a bit

ARG: Being a family man, I know how hard it is to make time for our passion. How do you make time to play video games? Is the family into it too and do they like the old stuff?
HSR: I do most of my gaming when the kids are at school or after they go to bed. Good thing is, the wife and kids all play games to some extent. The littlest ones, my 4 and 5 year olds, love playing on the arcade machines. They aren’t really big gamers – my son is too busy playing with his Lego. My oldest is a Nintendo fangirl through and through (laughs)! She enjoys a razzle on the MVS from time to time, but most of her gaming is done on her 3DS or the WiiU. She is currently playing Pikmin 3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. My wife is as big of a gamer as myself. All her free time goes to gaming. She plays a good mix of all things current gen: 3DS, WiiU and PS3. She is currently play Pokemon Y, Monster Hunter 3 (3DS & WiiU), and will be soon starting The Wind Waker. With all of them gaming, they don’t mind dad stepping out for a few seconds to grab a credit or two on the MVS.

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Keeping it in the family: Steve’s eldest daughter enjoying some fighting action

ARG: What other classic retro systems do you own? Are there old systems you are looking at adding to your vast collection?
HSR: I currently own: NES, SNES, Genesis, JP Victor Saturn, JP Sega Dreamcast, PS1 and PS2, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, GBA, GBA SP, Neo Geo CDZ, Neo Geo CD (top loader) and a Coleco Telestar Arcade. I am currently looking for a PC Engine Duo R or Duo RX, and of course an AES. It’s weird that I don’t have an AES, but they are going for crazy money right now. I have a few others I’ve wanted for years, but those two are on the top of the wish list. I’m also looking into expanding my arcade PCB collection.

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Steve’s favourite disc based console

ARG: From our chat the other day on Twitter, we noticed that you had been busy hunting down numerous arcade cabinets – can you tell us more about this – how you came to this great haul and are you thinking of opening up a ‘Steve’s Joint’ arcade parlour?
HSR: I had stopped at this nearby place about two years ago to look at a used car, an old yellow Mercury Grand Marquis. While trying to find someone there to talk to about the car, I noticed through the full glass door that there were heaps of arcade machines inside. I left my contact details there several times and had never been able to catch the owner, until recently. About a week ago I stopped in while he was there and started talking to him about the cabinets. It was then that he told me he was trying to get rid of everything he had, and quickly! My mind immediately went to Neo Geo MVS mode – where is it and what did he have on offer. So this is how I’ve come to acquire the two new MVS converted cabinets. I worked out a deal with the guy for a few more cabinets;  a cocktail table and all SNK/MVS/Neo Geo stuff. There is plenty more in there and I’m attempting to work out a deal for the others – a sit down or some dedicated cabinets. So there may be more excitement to come. No plans of an arcade parlour right now, I’ve got one of the MVS’s lined up to be sited at a friend’s tattoo shop. I’m restoring the cocktail table for my father in-law for Christmas. He wants it done in Ms. Pac-man guise. Not sure on my plans for the other cabinets I picked up, maybe a classic multi-cade PCB setup. As my plans are still up in the air, I will keep you posted on what I come up with.

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Jealous? You should be! Steve’s recent arcade haul

ARG: Do you have any plans to come to Australia (we would welcome you with open arms)?
HSR: I’d definitely love to travel to Australia. In fact, I’d love to be able to set foot on all continents. I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to visit another country.

Right, time for some rapid fire questions:

ARG: Favourite console of all time?
HSR: Sega Saturn.

ARG: Favourite console game of all time?
HSR: Legend of Zelda /Mega Man 2 on NES.

ARG: Favourite arcade game of all time?
HSR: King of Fighters 97.

ARG: Joystick or joypad?
HSR: Joystick, but some genres need a pad.

ARG: PS4, Wii U or Xbox One?
HSR: WiiU. But it also depends on which systems publish the games I like to play.

We thank Steve for his time today. We definitely feel like we have got to know him much better. There were a few surprises in there, but that is what makes it exciting when speaking to a fellow gamer, especially one as cool as Steve. We can’t wait to hear more about his restoration project(s) and future arcade cabinet endeavors!

You can follow Steve’s exploits on all manner of social networks. Check him out on Twitter and Instagram.