I buy a lot of import games from a seller on eBay they are mostly Dreamcast games but I guess I’m not directly importing they do genuinely come from Japan as the have an Osaka postmark on them. There used to be an amazing shop in Manchester Arndale called Microbyte where I got my Japanese Mega Drive and Super Famicom from they used to keep the Japanese games and consoles in locked glass display cases

@h3s zombies are definitely in Metal Slug 3 mission 2 think they are mummy’s in 2 and X

It’s funny how the marketing people for these companies thought the Japanese artwork wouldn’t sell the games look at Rolling Thunder 2 on the MD the Japanese artwork is outstanding the western version is awful. It was definitely a theme though Strider MD , Shadow dancer and Gunstar Heroes all had amazing Japanese artwork and we got these lame inferior art pieces. I’m sure they modelled strider on Kevin Costner

That’s pretty cool, has a retro futuristic vibe to it I would definitely give it a play through

@smoreon it does look really impressive maybe it would be a lot of work to get it to look absolutely spot on. I wonder if the elevated camera will change the way the game handles it could quite possibly be a bit of a learning curve to get close to your own best times. I’m definitely downloading this I’m quite excited to give it a go

This is cool always wanted the single player to be like this my only concern is Mario looks like he’s had one of peaches nasty shrinking mushrooms all the time the other racers look a little bigger. The scaling looks a little off but when he overtakes they do seem the same size

@Blast16 it is really well made looks amazing on switch 2 in boost mode. I do really like the MD version had it for years I need to revisit it at some point it’s slow paced but it’s addictive

I had an Amiga at the time but quite a few friends in school had a master system I was always surprised by the games and graphics they were certainly better than the NES. I suppose one of the main reasons was price the NES wasn’t too expensive but the games were £50-£55 which was a hell of a lot back in the late 80s to early 90s. The Mega drive did really well in the uk so maybe the master system laid the foundation for Sega up until the Saturn that is

@ederenzi78 it is great I have it on switch and it came with a mini arcade cabinet that you build and put the switch screen into probably doesn’t fit the switch 2. I always enjoyed the mega drive version even though it’s completely different

Oh man everything is being delayed I hope the Nexus is still on track but I see in the article it says it’s still October 30th fingers crossed 🤞

@1040STF are you sure about input lag on the DC I’ve played practically every version of this on modern platforms and always return to the DC version because I prefer the way it plays it feels super responsive to me. The music and sound in general is far better on the Dreamcast version I feel like what you are saying is the complete opposite to how it actually is

I’m gutted about the AES+ being delayed so these will tide me over until it’s released. I’m hoping for some more metal slug games Neo turf masters would be nice super sidekicks 3 last blade king of fighters 98. The Visco arcade collections are pretty good arcade 2 is like a Neo Geo collection 4.5. Seeing as the AES + has been delayed I’ve ordered a nexus so looking forward to that

I would like to see a new version of final fight along the lines of streets of rage 4 I absolutely love that game and I’ve played it to death such a good reboot of the franchise. Cannon spike needs some love Capcom people know of it’s existence but I doubt that a lot of people have actually played it

@Axelay71 I simply can’t wait to get my hands on the AES+ feels like an eternity from my preorder I think this comes out just before may have to invest or maybe use that cash to buy more Neo Geo games

I get Dreamcast games shipped from Japan to the uk on a regular basis for around £4 each £6.50 if it’s 2 in the same package this seems extortionate

@Kev711 care to elaborate

It does look a little flat but I love Amiga visuals just look at that sky. Has a nice smooth flow to it like the lotus games. Would this in theory be playable on the A500 mini if so they should release it as a rom

@Martin_H I mainly use a Samsung odyssey g5 but it’s the same on my Toshiba 65” , lg oled 43” but my older Toshiba regza is fine as it has a vga input. The only thing that I found that remedies it is a kaico hdmi adapter but then I get swirl patterns on screen as if it’s internal noise. I’m fitting a Thunderdream psu at weekend to see if makes any change cos it drastically reduces internal noise

@Razieluigi I think maybe because it’s simply passing through I’m not upscaling it’s 640x480p so the image when it is centred has boarders either side and when on start up the screen appears to be full hence the reason I’m saying it’s filled out with pixels to give the appearance of a full screen

@PopetheRev28 yeah I’ve thought about doing just that as I have tried various hdmi converters which are just mostly lame resulting in odd colours or interference on screen are the results worth using that method ?

@BinaryMessiah it’s not really a cheap adapter and the image quality is absolutely amazing I have done a bit of research on this and apparently the start up screen is filled out with white pixels which is the cause of it. I have an older Toshiba tv which has a direct vga input and it doesn’t happen but on more modern displays it happens every time no matter what brand , I’m not 100% on what’s going on but it seems to be the norm.

Pretty cool but the annoying thing is they fill the screen with white pixels which results in an off centre image on modern TVs and monitors. I use a vga to HDMI converter and have to briefly unplug it and then reconnect to get the image centred

@Noone2025 the Dreamcast version is Sega Rally 2

That’s actually looking really good. Just hearing the music is such a nostalgia rush, it looks slightly smoother than the Saturn version but it definitely needs a speed boost great work though

That’s a shame but I guess it’s industry wide I always thought that the whole Evercade family of consoles and games were very reasonable in price so it’s nothing major. I will still definitely support Evercade I love to buy the games with the box and the great little manuals

Great game I really got into this at one point hopefully it will be available for the AES+ would love to own a physical copy

Neo drift out is a great game the over the top announcer is hilarious. Can’t wait to try out Drift Out '94: The Hard Order can’t say I’ve played this one. There are some good games between these 2 collections will definitely be ordering both

@-wc- yeah I tried but I ended up being greedy and downloading full sets for all the consoles I could, I did however keep the consoles to a minimum. It’s just since I got the Alpha it’s become my preferred way to play . I have ordered the AES+ don’t know what your stance is on the ownership of SNK but I know I’m gonna enjoy it as it’s been my holy grail of consoles but if it gives me that authentic feel of the og console then I will be very happy with it. I’m not saying this to spark political debate I’m just super happy to be able to get my hands on a Neo Geo

@-wc- you are in control of what you download but I’ve done that myself and just ended up staring at dull menus and being overwhelmed be the sheer amount of games available to me . I have a sd card full of emulator’s and games for my steam deck oled but just find myself playing what’s on my favourite list . At least with Evercade you get a story about the background of the developer and the games and it’s made me play games that I wouldn’t necessarily have tried in the first place. I did have an exp-r and didn’t enjoy it as much as I do with the Alpha maybe because of its form factor or maybe those little insights in the manuals have made me consider different games as to what I normally would play. I don’t believe there is a definitive way to play retro games on modern hardware everything available seems to have some drawbacks but I love the Evercade alpha it’s just like being at the arcade albeit on a smaller scale

I have an Evercade alpha and it’s a great little system and a really nice way to play arcade games gives a very authentic experience. I love collecting the cartridges the manuals are excellent very nostalgic. Yes you can download emulators and roms and sit there overwhelmed by the amount of games and go through the menus and then can’t decide what to play and end up switching it off or you can buy some legal Evercade carts which are a very reasonable price and enjoy some retro games you will actually wanna play

@mjparker77 it is a high quality one on the switch 2 , the ips screen that’s on the Evercade alpha seems to be good quality nice vibrant colours and a decent image so maybe they will use something close to that 🤔

Wanting an oled screen on a device that costs £170 is a bit of a stretch lcd screens have definitely moved on in the last few years. Take a look at the switch 2 it’s screen is great and doesn’t have over saturated colours. I would be all over this but I have an Evercade alpha which I’m very happy with maybe look at this in the future

@Damo I was never a fan of any of the game adapters I ended up selling my Amiga and bought a Super Famicom there was a couple of shops in Manchester at the time that sold import games so I was well catered for. In hindsight I should have gone for the Super Famicom in the first place. Love these articles they bring back so much nostalgia

@Damo was your adapter one of those where you had to put in a pal game as well as the import game you were playing. I always felt as though those things were gonna melt my console. The graphics were superb on this game but I always felt the Devil crash on the MD was superior and it’s a game I still play regularly to this day. Great article by the way 👍🏻

@MSaturn either that or they plan on subsidising the steam machine in a similar way to get the machine out there and sales up

Did valve subsidies the steam deck originally cos this seems like a massive price hike got to be around 40% and people hate on Nintendo for hiking the price of switch 2 by a fraction of this I’ve had my steam deck oled for around 18 months seems like it was a bargain compared to these prices I’m worried for the price of the steam machine now

That was actually quite tough but you have to love this type of advertising it belongs to an era takes me back they look like movie posters we used to get from the local video shop.

This is awesome it sounds amazing still has that distinctive mega drive twang to it but I love it . The MD is on fire recently what with this and the outstanding final fight md long may projects like this continue

This will be perfect timing for the AES+

@h3s can’t say I’ve noticed any bad emulation I think they run pretty well the hamster versions on switch definitely have an input lag and sometimes the music is off but I agree about the AES mode are you using a super pocket cos I think you can change the mode on the exp-r I just use the street fighter Evercade alpha so I’m not sure what settings can be applied on the handhelds but on the alpha you definitely can change the mode and they seem to run great

These Neo Geo collections are outstanding value for money I’ve got my preorder in I have 1,2 and 3 already they are great on the Evercade alpha some good games on there too blazing star is awesome also I really like robo army don’t think it gets much love but it’s great

@WaveBoy I think lag on mini consoles is probably more a problem of modern tvs rather than the console itself I have SNES mega drive and pc engine mini which all play amazingly well on a monitor but I was using various tvs and they all have a lag whether you use so called game mode or whatever ever options the tv has they all have problems even when using a PS5 switch to a monitor and no such problems on any system that I’ve tried modern tvs are just lame when it comes to gaming no matter what brand or how much you spend

I love my vmu pro but one really annoying thing is that it doesn’t always select the right card as in you can load a game or go on the memory management screen on the DC itself and it’s blank and I’m so used to just loading a game with standard vmus and it just loads your file automatically I’m constantly seeing would you like to create data or failed to load data why does it not select the appropriate memory card

These are actually pretty cool yesterday when I read the teaser I wasn’t sure but seeing them I’ve changed my mind but I must resist having ordered the anniversary Neo Geo gonna make me skint 😂

Ninja masters, matrimelee, kizuna encounter and for sports games street hoops, windjammers and I would love to have Neo drift out

@Kenoddis that’s good news just can’t wait to get my hands on the finished product fingers crossed that this is the real deal

I just hope this turns out to be as close to the original as possible I’ve preordered the anniversary edition and I simply can’t wait hopefully this will give the Neo Geo the respect it deserves it’s amazing that a product like this exists. I have the spectrum which is pretty much just like the original so I have faith in Plaion

@mjparker77 ha ha 😝 exactly my story it has to be done I just couldn’t resist ordering

@rhester72 if you look at the box contents it clearly says that it comes with a wireless dongle plus a 15 pin wire and a usb c charging cable which says to me that it can be connected either way

@NeonPizza I was thinking the same but if you read the description on the site it also comes with the 15 pin wire so it can be used both wireless and wired I had my reservations thinking it was wireless only but it definitely states that it can be used either way