It hit Japan first, in 1986, then in North America on May 1st of 1987. Since RGM is a North America based site, I go by the USA release dates unless it is a Japanese exclusive title.
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It was aimed at the arcade owners who wanted to get out of the rising costs of new games. Those owners could buy the MVS Neo Geo and then just swap out cartridge PCB's and some machine marquees and have a new game at a much lower cost.
The home unit though, man that was just out there due to the price. It was horribly over priced and it is indeed a mystery who their market was at $200+ per game.
I agree. The price of the system was the deciding factor for many gamers at the time. Even today, many of the games go for nearly $100 on Ebay, used but complete.
By the time SNK was able to work out SNK vs Street Fighter their time in the spotlight had passed and honestly, Street Fighter was not such a phenomenon in gaming either. Had they swung that deal around 1994 to 1996 then it would have been a game changing move.
I also agree with you that it did...
There are a lot of great games on sale over on Origin right now.
In the Ebay link provided at the end of the article you can find most of the versions available (Anthologies, Re-Releases, etc).
I was mistaken, they simply dissolved their agreement with Tommo over the Neo Geo X. My apologies.
I believe SNK Playmore (which evolved out of the ashes of the original SNK) is, sadly, no more.
I am glad that this article is hitting so well with fans. It is an under rated game for sure and one that was easily skipped.
Yeah, that was a typo on my part. I confused time travel with traveling between Light/Dark World. Thanks for reading and catching that.
It is a good game, just quite a bit different than the console versions and much more enjoyable on a better screen like the GBA SP or Game Boy Color (anything other than the original Game Boy).
Ah, the days of innovation and trying to go the extra mile with games. I miss these days.
There is a fan translation available. I will be making an article detailing it later this weekend. Too bad Nintendo didn't officially bring it over.
It is a good game. It is the first game that I bought for my Game Boy Color when I finally got one in 2002 or 2003 (I had the game before I had the portable).
In the arcade it ran me a good dollar or two to get past him, then there is the cop at the end of that later level that cost me some cold hard cash to pass too.
Me too. I remember having gotten my SNES on day one (saved up the whole summer prior) and seeing this on the store shelves later. It was a long couple of weeks as I saved up yard work money to buy it.
I probably spent enough to buy several copies of it in the arcades over the years. Loved this game.
Every source I could find for the Sega CD Final Fight release has it listed as being released on the 3rd.
The speed is off but otherwise it is an interesting port. There are more of these that we are planning on discussing soon.
Yeah, I was planning on this review going live three days ago but figured it would be better to wait a few. I hope the new game is just as carnage heavy as this one was.
The second one was more cartoony and lost some of its edginess in the process. It was still fun using the electric shock ray (not sure we can say the name here).
Thanks, we have received a lot of positive response on this cover so far. Hopefully sales will follow. Either way, the PDF will be free.
It is just a familiar game in a new format. Much closer to the original games than say, Dr. Mario was to the Super Mario Games.