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It lasted 13 years, but SNK has finally given up on the Neo-Geo and is moving to Sammy's Atomiswave.

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/493/493670p1.html

Quote:SNK to Atomiswave
Company puts an end to the Neo Geo.
February 20, 2004 - After first announcing plans last year to develop games on Sammy's Atomiswave arcade board, SNK Playmore delved into specifics at today's AOU arcade show, now running at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside of Tokyo.

The company revealed that it has finalized a partnership contract with Sammy. As part of the deal, SNK Playmore will put an end to development on its 13-year-old Neo Geo arcade board with the next installment in the Samurai Spirits series, due for Japanese arcade release this Spring. All future development from the company will take place on the Atomiswave board.

Sammy's Atomiswave board, first announced two years back as a low cost arcade board solution, makes use of a scaled down version of Sega's Naomi arcade chipset. So far, the board has received support mostly from Sammy itself, with Guilty Gear being the biggest name to appear thus far.

Getting things off to a big start on its new arcade home, SNK Playmore announced three titles for the board: The King of Fighters 2004 (tentative name), Samurai Spirits AW (tentative name) and Metal Slug 6.

SNK Playmore is promising to make use of the more advanced capabilities of the Atomiswave board to give these titles features that couldn't be achieved on the Neo Geo. King of Fighters will have upgraded sound, graphics and gameplay as well as new characters. Metal Slug 6 will feature network compatibility. Samurai Spirits AW promises some interesting changes, although the company wouldn't delve into specifics.

It was also revealed that development on the tentatively-titled The King of Fighters Neowave, announced by SNK Playmore for the Atomiswave last year, is still continuing. Details on the title were not provided at the show.

We'll have more as we learn it.

WOOO!

Sad, but it's kind of nice to see SNK finally get past the 16 bit era... :)

Why is it sad? The hardware sucks.

Exactly what I'd expect you to say... :)

It's ancient hardware!

So? Okay it's outdated but for 16-bit it looks great... okay the graphics have been just about static for years now (when the maxed out the hardware), and it is time to move on, but given how long they've been on that hardware of course it's sad.

Well, I suppose in a naustalgic way it can be seen like that... I'm in agreement with OB1 on this though. They needed to move on to more powerful hardware, and have needed to do that for some time. I'm not saying they need to abandone 2D, just take it up a notch.

BAM!

You're really friggin weird, ABF. Hey let's go back to SNES hardware since it looks great for 16-bit graphics.

And with the Atomiswave (which is esssentially a Dreamcast, but with carts), 'better 2d' is exactly what they will do... :)

And OB1, I wonder about you too. Can you have fun playing old games, without thinking really about their technical merits, or are you one of those people whoe are always saying 'well this is okay but I would like it more with better graphics'... you may profess to be the formers sometimes but you sure act like you're in the latter category. Kind of sad.

Okay so these Neo-Geo games are curernt games with these graphics, but if they're still fun... okay, if you pay like $300 for one of them it seems at bit absurd, granted, but despite the fact that for instance Metal Slug's gameplay has been the same through six versions now, the game is still immensely fun to play and the graphical style great so who cares? Oh sure they aren't the most high res 2d but if the game is fun and the graphics look cool (stylistic and funny in MS's case), I don't care much. :)

Though I will be interested to see what they do with better hardware, of course. They couldn't coast on the Neo much longer and while similar games are fun for a while it does get old after a while... I think they'd run out of ideas for the Neo, and definitely run out of any power to push the games arny farther, so this is definitely a good move.

Wasn't Neo-Geo actually touted to be 24 bit in it's heyday? I remember seeing ads for it espousing it's immense superiority to SNES and Genny. The home system, that is. Which also had a price tag that was beyond ridiculous. Weren't the games themselves like $150 each?

Yeah, from what I understand it's because the system lacked sufficient RAM so they packed all the RAM in the games instead. Talk about utterly inefficient wastes...

The last Neo-Geo game is coming soon. It's a improved version of the recent Samurai Shodown V... :)

And $150? Well... they start at over $300... then slowly drop in price. They'd have been more than $150 new for sure.

Why? Because the home console was identical to the arcade machine, unlike SNES and Genesis which were not nearly as good... if you've played Neo-Geo and then SNES versions of games like Samurai Shodown you'd know what I mean. The Neo version is a lot better.

RAM? I don't know... but it does use massive ROM carts. Like, maxing out at ~750 megabit...

A Black Falcon Wrote:And with the Atomiswave (which is esssentially a Dreamcast, but with carts), 'better 2d' is exactly what they will do... :)

And OB1, I wonder about you too. Can you have fun playing old games, without thinking really about their technical merits, or are you one of those people whoe are always saying 'well this is okay but I would like it more with better graphics'... you may profess to be the formers sometimes but you sure act like you're in the latter category. Kind of sad.

Okay so these Neo-Geo games are curernt games with these graphics, but if they're still fun... okay, if you pay like $300 for one of them it seems at bit absurd, granted, but despite the fact that for instance Metal Slug's gameplay has been the same through six versions now, the game is still immensely fun to play and the graphical style great so who cares? Oh sure they aren't the most high res 2d but if the game is fun and the graphics look cool (stylistic and funny in MS's case), I don't care much. :)

Though I will be interested to see what they do with better hardware, of course. They couldn't coast on the Neo much longer and while similar games are fun for a while it does get old after a while... I think they'd run out of ideas for the Neo, and definitely run out of any power to push the games arny farther, so this is definitely a good move.

What an absolutely retarteded thing to say. But very typical of you, of course.

I compare games to others at the time of their release. I can enjoy Mario Bros. without thinking "man this is ugly" because it looked great when it came out. But if Mario 128 were to use that same engine I'd be very dissapointed since new games are supposed to keep up with the times. It's sad that you don't understant this very simple concept.

What if they made it look like the original for some huge artistic reasons, PROFOUND in their effect, like um... how Adult Swim's shows look terrible on purpose.

You mean as a joke game?

Yes, a game that basically takes everything bad games do wrong and combine it into one experience, and manages to turn all those things bad games do wrong into something FUN! It would be AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRT!

That could be fun.

You take it and you hold it up in the air...and it's ART!!

Yeah...

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Quote:I compare games to others at the time of their release. I can enjoy Mario Bros. without thinking "man this is ugly" because it looked great when it came out. But if Mario 128 were to use that same engine I'd be very dissapointed since new games are supposed to keep up with the times. It's sad that you don't understant this very simple concept.

Had you expressed it quite like that before? I'm not sure... not recently anyway. :)

But given how much you complain about graphics -- and it's a lot -- it makes me wonder...

As you can guess I just don't care as much about that as you. It's not not liking good graphics, it's not minding bad ones as much... oh in some cases I care but often as not there are gameplay reasons too... like no target sight, I think, in SNES Star Fox (third person)...

Oh and if you want a real example of a game using "bad" graphics, how about some of those backgrounds in SSB:M? :)

I remember reading the XBox conquers Japan thing before, but in retrospect, Steve Ballmer really, really reminds me of Howard Dean.

Did you write that, GR? Funny stuff.

Quote:Had you expressed it quite like that before? I'm not sure... not recently anyway.

But given how much you complain about graphics -- and it's a lot -- it makes me wonder...

As you can guess I just don't care as much about that as you. It's not not liking good graphics, it's not minding bad ones as much... oh in some cases I care but often as not there are gameplay reasons too... like no target sight, I think, in SNES Star Fox (third person)...

Oh and if you want a real example of a game using "bad" graphics, how about some of those backgrounds in SSB:M?

You just have really low standards when it comes to all things visuals-related.

Repeating things doesn't make them any more true, you know... do you ever actually LISTEN to what I am saying? Sure doesn't seem it.

You made yourself very clear. You think that graphics that were good enough ten years ago are still good enough today.

Okay, I give up of ever trying to get OB1 to understand me even when I make it very clear...

OB1 Wrote:Did you write that, GR? Funny stuff.

If he did, how would I remember reading it before? :D

Ah, I thought I had read it somewhere before.

Quote:Okay, I give up of ever trying to get OB1 to understand me even when I make it very clear...

What about my statement is false? You think that aging graphics hardware like the Neo Geo board are good enough by today's standards.

Quote:You made yourself very clear. You think that graphics that were good enough ten years ago are still good enough today.

Fine, I'll repeat the same thing in different words for the five hundredth time and just hope that this time it gets past the wall you have between reading something and understanding it...

When a game has good graphics, I notice and like it. When I play Warcraft III I play it at maxed graphical settings. I only don't use a better graphics option if it has a downside -- like in RtCW I turned down character detail settings because with 128mb ram it slowed down way too much sometimes when an enemy appeared... or in Baldur's Gate II I or Diablo II didn't use 800x600 (and stuck with 640x480) because I didn't like how small everything was in those resolutions. Especially BG2. But I usually play FPSes at 1024x768... saying that I don't appreciate good graphics is insane. Your problem is that like usual you read what I say and don't take it to mean what I mean it to but what you want it to, and stick to that despite how much I try to tell you otherwise! It's INCREDIBLY frusterating.

See you seem to be thinking 'okay he doesn't mind playing games with poor graphics so he dislikes good graphics' or something stupid like that.

... okay, sometimes I do like older graphics better than newer... but often that's closely tied to style. Warlords Battlecry may have 'better' graphics than Warcraft II but it has such a bland style that I prefer WC2, by far. Or Disciples II vs HOMMIV, etc... For old games (like you said you do) I don't think of them in terms of modern games but in terms of the time... but if a game with "older" graphics is artistically better than a newer game, I'd probably call it better looking (overall) because style is so important... more than technical probably. Given how you act you don't seem to agree with that statement. When you talk about how good graphics are, you obviously focus on technical. I don't. That's what brought on our whole World of Warcraft arguement... YET YOU STILL SHOW A COMPLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF MY POSITION! That's only possible if you are not even trying to think about what I mean, but it's so blatantly obvious that that's how you operate that it's hardly surprising.

Your position is completely nonsensical! Your argument would make sense if SNK moving to the Atomsware hardware meant that they'd have to use a different art style, but that's not going to happen! Their art isn't the way it is because of the shitty Neo Geo hardware, Einstein! Moving to new hardware will only make their games look better! DAMN are you stupid! WOW. Simply WOW.

Quote:But I usually play FPSes at 1024x768

WOAH, don't go too extreme with those resolutions, buddy!!

Quote:WOAH, don't go too extreme with those resolutions, buddy!!

Oh some games I've played higher, but older ones have res maxes and for newer games I can only do so much with them... I mean I may have a P4 1.5GHZ with 384MB of RAM, but remember my video card is a 32mb GeForce2 GTS...

Quote:Your position is completely nonsensical! Your argument would make sense if SNK moving to the Atomsware hardware meant that they'd have to use a different art style, but that's not going to happen! Their art isn't the way it is because of the shitty Neo Geo hardware, Einstein! Moving to new hardware will only make their games look better! DAMN are you stupid! WOW. Simply WOW.

This is exactly what I am talking about. Did I say that I thought that the Atomiswave games would have worse graphics? NO! I did not! I said that the end of the Neo-Geo is sad because of how long it's been around and how many good games are on the system, but I also said that I recognize that they can't do anything new on the thing and that to be able to move into more gameplay possibilities, and to vary gameplay more, I recognize that they need to use newer hardware. So I said that it's a good move. I didn't talk about graphics at all on the Neo-Geo/Atomiswave issue!

Anyway... I've seen a few shots of KOF for Atomiswave. It looks nice. It looks good. Not a massive step up (still 2d of course), but good. You're right, in cases like this where it's the same art style but better graphics the improvement is generally welcomed... like QFG1 CGA vs the QFG1 remake -- I may like the remake a lot more because of the graphical interface, but the beautiful 256 color graphics are another draw to that game. :)

Oh and sometimes "better" graphics are not. In the PC strategy genre, look at HOMMIV or Warlords (III, IV, Battlecry, Battlecry 2...). Or Age of Wonders II. They have nice graphics, sure, but they have somewhat bland CG graphics. Unimpressive. Give me nice handdrawn graphics (like Disciples) any day. They may not be "as good" but they look better, for sure!

Quote:Oh some games I've played higher, but older ones have res maxes and for newer games I can only do so much with them... I mean I may have a P4 1.5GHZ with 384MB of RAM, but remember my video card is a 32mb GeForce2 GTS...

Still...

Quote:This is exactly what I am talking about. Did I say that I thought that the Atomiswave games would have worse graphics? NO! I did not!

Yes you did actually, by comparing those two games, one which uses a better graphics engine but doesn't look better because of the art style. That was the example you used.

Quote:I said that the end of the Neo-Geo is sad because of how long it's been around and how many good games are on the system, but I also said that I recognize that they can't do anything new on the thing and that to be able to move into more gameplay possibilities, and to vary gameplay more, I recognize that they need to use newer hardware. So I said that it's a good move. I didn't talk about graphics at all on the Neo-Geo/Atomiswave issue!

Uh, yes you did! When I said that it was about damn time you said "I knew you'd say that", meaning that I'm strange because I think the neo geo hardware is shitty by today's standards. It isn't a child, for crying out loud. You don't get sad over crappy hardware dying out.

Quote:Anyway... I've seen a few shots of KOF for Atomiswave. It looks nice. It looks good. Not a massive step up (still 2d of course), but good. You're right, in cases like this where it's the same art style but better graphics the improvement is generally welcomed... like QFG1 CGA vs the QFG1 remake -- I may like the remake a lot more because of the graphical interface, but the beautiful 256 color graphics are another draw to that game.

Why don't you post some screens?

Quote:Oh and sometimes "better" graphics are not. In the PC strategy genre, look at HOMMIV or Warlords (III, IV, Battlecry, Battlecry 2...). Or Age of Wonders II. They have nice graphics, sure, but they have somewhat bland CG graphics. Unimpressive. Give me nice handdrawn graphics (like Disciples) any day. They may not be "as good" but they look better, for sure!

Again you're going into subjective art styles, which is totally not the point. SNK is still the same developer!!! Yes Yoshi's Island looks better than Suikoden II but imagine how much better it'd look if it used that same technology!

Quote:Yes you did actually, by comparing those two games, one which uses a better graphics engine but doesn't look better because of the art style. That was the example you used.

What are you talking about? ... oh that. I wasn't referring to the Neo-Geo vs the Atomiswave there...

Quote:Uh, yes you did! When I said that it was about damn time you said "I knew you'd say that", meaning that I'm strange because I think the neo geo hardware is shitty by today's standards. It isn't a child, for crying out loud. You don't get sad over crappy hardware dying out.

So you've never been sad when any of Nintendo's platforms have ceased to be supported. Uh huh.

Quote:Why don't you post some screens?

I will.

Quote:Again you're going into subjective art styles, which is totally not the point. SNK is still the same developer!!! Yes Yoshi's Island looks better than Suikoden II but imagine how much better it'd look if it used that same technology!

Well... mostly the same developer... remember after the bankruptcy in 2001 they had a bad period and lost some people...

As for your point, yeah, it is subjective, that is true, but it's the part that I pay the most attention to when I say what graphics I like most... sure older games with modern technology in many cases would look better, but if you take that to 'the old game used to be fun but because of those old graphics it isn't that much anymore' or 'they should remake the old game, it'd be better with better graphics'...

Sword of Mana is great, but it hasn't made Final Fantasy Adventure one bit a worse game.

Some Neo-Geo games

Last Blade 2


http://www.neogeoforlife.com/reviews/Las...shot1.jpeg (doesn't seem to work as an image)

Garou


KOF 2002 (don't seem to work unless you click links...)
http://www.neogeoforlife.com/reviews/the king of fighters 2k2_files/kof2k2shot1.png
http://www.neogeoforlife.com/reviews/the...2shot2.png
http://www.neogeoforlife.com/reviews/the...2shot3.png

KOF NeoWave (guy says not to link images so I won't)

http://www.snk-capcom.com/forums/showthr...ge=5&pp=15 (a couple posts down)
http://www.snk-capcom.com/forums/showthr...ge=1&pp=15

Oh, while SNK is making KOF 2004, Metal Slug 6, and probably Samurai Shodown 6 for the Atomiswave, this KOF NeoWave might be being made by Sammy (Guilty Gear), not SNK itsself... the graphics anyway are clearly based on a few older KOF games (2000-2001 maybe). Oh and someone (the American SNK studio maybe, I don't know) is making a 3D KOF for PS2.

Quote:What are you talking about? ... oh that. I wasn't referring to the Neo-Geo vs the Atomiswave there...

You were using it as an example of how better hardware can be a bad thing, which doesn't make any sense at all since those were from two different developers. If the same developer made the same game twice, one with crappy hardware and one with good hardware, the one on the better hardware would look better.

Quote:So you've never been sad when any of Nintendo's platforms have ceased to be supported. Uh huh.

Why would I? I look forward to their future! The old games will always be there, it's not like they pack up and leave or anything like that.

Quote:Well... mostly the same developer... remember after the bankruptcy in 2001 they had a bad period and lost some people...

As for your point, yeah, it is subjective, that is true, but it's the part that I pay the most attention to when I say what graphics I like most... sure older games with modern technology in many cases would look better, but if you take that to 'the old game used to be fun but because of those old graphics it isn't that much anymore' or 'they should remake the old game, it'd be better with better graphics'...

Sword of Mana is great, but it hasn't made Final Fantasy Adventure one bit a worse game.

Of course it not, because it had its day in the sun. If it came out today looking like that however, it would definitely be considered pathetic.

And I meant that you should post some Atomiswave SNK games.

Quote:And I meant that you should post some Atomiswave SNK games.

I posted two links to images of KOF NeoWave for Atomiswave! Blurry shots sure but they're there...

Quote:Of course it not, because it had its day in the sun. If it came out today looking like that however, it would definitely be considered pathetic.

It's still a great games that is very fun to play and unique within its series... I'd certainly say FFA is still a great game.

Quote:Why would I? I look forward to their future! The old games will always be there, it's not like they pack up and leave or anything like that.

Sad...

Quote:You were using it as an example of how better hardware can be a bad thing, which doesn't make any sense at all since those were from two different developers. If the same developer made the same game twice, one with crappy hardware and one with good hardware, the one on the better hardware would look better.

KOF NeoWave looks like it isn't by SNK but is by Sammy so the way you interpreted my example is more accurate than either of us thought... :)

We don't have any shots of any other SNK Atomiswave games yet so this is all we got.

And you are right that if the same developer made the same game twice the second would look better, but as I said last time we had this discussion doing that without affecting gameplay is absurdly rare. Of course just graphically the update is better (since when it's by the same team usually it is an improvement and maintains the graphical style) but if you factor in gameplay it isn't as certain. :)

Quote:But I usually play FPSes at 1024x768...

...no fucking way!

Quote:I posted two links to images of KOF NeoWave for Atomiswave! Blurry shots sure but they're there...

Crappy shots.

Quote:Sad...

Yeah it's so sad that I'd rather see new Gamecube games than new N64 games, or that in 2006 I'll be looking forward to new N5 games.

Quote:KOF NeoWave looks like it isn't by SNK but is by Sammy so the way you interpreted my example is more accurate than either of us thought...

We don't have any shots of any other SNK Atomiswave games yet so this is all we got.

And you are right that if the same developer made the same game twice the second would look better, but as I said last time we had this discussion doing that without affecting gameplay is absurdly rare. Of course just graphically the update is better (since when it's by the same team usually it is an improvement and maintains the graphical style) but if you factor in gameplay it isn't as certain.

It does not look like Guilty Gear. It still looks like KOF. And unless it's a leap from 2D to 3D, changing graphics engines have absolutely nothing to do with gameplay.

Quote:Crappy shots.

Magazine scans are all we got at this point.

Quote:Yeah it's so sad that I'd rather see new Gamecube games than new N64 games, or that in 2006 I'll be looking forward to new N5 games.

Sad that you don't fully appreciate older systems, it seems. Oh you like older games but why hate so much the idea of still making games for them? Oh sure newer hardware is better but that's not always the most important factor for making games...

Quote:It does not look like Guilty Gear. It still looks like KOF. And unless it's a leap from 2D to 3D, changing graphics engines have absolutely nothing to do with gameplay.

Because as I said it's basing its graphics on a few of the more recent KOF games... one of those characters gets a new costume every year (Athena) and she's in one of those pics with a costume she had a few years back.

Jesus, ladies. Calm down. :confused2

They sound like bickering hens don't they? :D

That's why we love them!

Quote:That's why we love them!

W...we do...? When was this decided? Why don't you guys ever wake me up for the important meetings?!

Quote:Sad that you don't fully appreciate older systems, it seems. Oh you like older games but why hate so much the idea of still making games for them? Oh sure newer hardware is better but that's not always the most important factor for making games...

There are only disadvantages to making games for older hardware instead of newer hardware. I really don't understand your whole "ugly games are better" train of thought. Better technology gives you more freedom, and you can do bigger and better things with it. You can also make games just as ugly as old ones as well.

You're so weird!

Quote:Because as I said it's basing its graphics on a few of the more recent KOF games... one of those characters gets a new costume every year (Athena) and she's in one of those pics with a costume she had a few years back.

You just said it looks like a Sammy game...

It's still using the KOF art style.

Quote:They sound like bickering hens don't they?

That's why we love them!

You think I like this? That idiot gets on my nerves! And he's always so wrong that I can't help but argue with him. I know I know, I should be the bigger man and let him say the idiotic things that he does without responding to his nonsense, but then I might as well leave TC altogether. He's everywhere! I come to TC for the other people here, because a lot of time we have fun and can have some interesting gaming discussions. It's like eating a really tasty burrito but having to deal with diarrhea every now and then. ABF is like that diarrhea.

Better hardware isn't just better graphics you can also have more things on screen and still keep the game at a good framerate. Just look at Marvel vs. Capcom 2. It could NEVER work on the SNES simply because the processing power it takes to keep everything running smoothly and switching characters during battles would be too much for the SNES.

How did you like the metaphor I used for ABF?

Interesting, to say the least. :D

I like it. :D

Quote:You just said it looks like a Sammy game...

It's still using the KOF art style.

Oh, you misunderstood me. :) I meant that I think Sammy is developing the game.

Quote:There are only disadvantages to making games for older hardware instead of newer hardware. I really don't understand your whole "ugly games are better" train of thought. Better technology gives you more freedom, and you can do bigger and better things with it. You can also make games just as ugly as old ones as well.

You're so weird!

Every system has its own charms and ideosyncracies that make it different and not just 'newer = better in every way'...

Oh and I'm just a mild 'liking older games' person. I don't even have any old consoles! There are lots of serious classic-games gamers... for some relevant to this look no further than http://www.neo-geo.com . A whole website (huge membership too) devoted to "strange" people who not only play old games but buy $300 Neo-Geo games regularly!

Quote:You think I like this? That idiot gets on my nerves! And he's always so wrong that I can't help but argue with him. I know I know, I should be the bigger man and let him say the idiotic things that he does without responding to his nonsense, but then I might as well leave TC altogether. He's everywhere! I come to TC for the other people here, because a lot of time we have fun and can have some interesting gaming discussions. It's like eating a really tasty burrito but having to deal with diarrhea every now and then. ABF is like that diarrhea.

Funny, I think similar things about you... you are infuriatingly annoying... you NEVER listen. You never listen! I know I say it a lot but it's so, SO true. You do not listen. Oh you read, I guess, but you don't really interpret... at times it's almost more than I can take. I HATE explaining things thirty times and having you STILL THINKING THE SAME (wrong) THING AT THE END! Even when I know beyond any shadow of a doubt that you are wrong, and even when I have proof...

I'd love to just be able to discuss things, but then you come along and make the atmosphere extremely hostile and start slinging insults and once you latch on to a position nothing will ever change it no matter what... arguements where you are not involved can be much, much more pleasant to be in. Even if they would be a lot shorter. :)

Quote:Every system has its own charms and ideosyncracies that make it different and not just 'newer = better in every way'...

I agree with ABF on this one. While I don't find it <i>really</i> sad that these systems are outdated, I still sometimes wonder what it would be like if people still developed for it. Nostalgia for a particular console plays a humongous part in that, I'd say.

It's a feeling you get when you play an addictive NES game for the first time (one that you never knew about before) and adore it. You realize that since no one is developing for the system any longer, there's a limit on the number of other NES games you could discover (when I say that, I mean discover for yourself), and that thought is a little depressing. I realize how illogical that sounds, since the new systems can all show prettier graphics, but for pure nostalgia and that alone, it isn't the same.

I'm not getting sucked into this silly argument, though. I don't expect you to understand, OB1, so go ahead and insult me until your fingertips turn black and blue, if it really makes you feel better. I don't care.