The Neo Geo was a 24-bit game system that played the same set of games at home and at the arcade. Owning a Neo Geo was like having an arcade in your house, so getting a new Neo Geo game had this special magic to it that you couldn't get from the Genesis or SNES. The Neo Geo was mainly famous for its state-of-the-art, one-on-one fighters, which were hugely popular in the early 90's. The system also made its mark with its intense shooters and over-the-top sports titles. The Neo Geo was the greatest 2D videogame console ever, despite the lack of titles and variety. Too bad the development community didn’t hop on the Neo Geo bandwagon, because there is no reason why the system couldn’t have delivered superiority in platform and role playing the way it dominated fighting.
The Neo Geo never became very popular because of it's incredibly high price at the time it was released, something like $700 for the system and $200 for games (each!). The Neo Geo was always a play-thing of the rich. The home console (known as the AES in Neo lingo) ran the same games as the arcade machines (usually called MVS), just in a different casing.
The Neo Geo never became very popular because of it's incredibly high price at the time it was released, something like $700 for the system and $200 for games (each!). The Neo Geo was always a play-thing of the rich. The home console (known as the AES in Neo lingo) ran the same games as the arcade machines (usually called MVS), just in a different casing.
