The Neo-Geo's announcement and first ads
I've been on a little Neo-Geo kick lately, so I thought I'd scan some
of the first ads for the NG arcade and home units, starting way back in
April 1990. I have a real soft spot for the early Neo games too, before
fighting contests took over the whole damn system.
SNK efforts like Nam 1975, Baseball Stars, and Cyber-Lip were full of
gratuitous voice samples, Motley Crue guitar licks, and inexperience with
the new hardware, while Alpha Denshi products like Magician Lord and Crossed
Swords had great, moody music and gobs of giant, rainbow-coloured sprites.
Enjoy the first look at a game platform that quite accurately
dubbed itself 'the system of the '90s!' |
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