Who else remembers the Neo Geo?

[ChadFL]

I do and I have very fond memories of it. Ya, the price was far too high for most kids to own, but the system was light years ahead of it's time. One of my friends with a wealthy family actually owned one and we had some amazing times playing it.

The Neo Geo AES was an absolute beast with arcade perfect ports. At one time the maker (SNK) of Neo Geo was one of my favorite game developers. They produced countless great games and series such as Samurai Showdown, King of Fighters, Baseball Stars, 2020 Super Baseball, King of the Monsters, Metal Slug, World Heroes, The Last Blade and Fatal Fury just to name a few. Even if you don't remember their amazing home console you probably remember playing their games in the arcade if you are around my age.

Sadly their consoles largely flopped due to the high price tag of the console and standard $200+ cost of games. SNK also made a Neo Geo CD console, but that flopped as well largely due to aweful loading times and poor marketing. I'm actually considering buying a used AES console and some of their classic games. SNK still does make games these days but they are mostly very poor quality.