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January 2, 2026 No Responses

King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Takara Release: 1993 Genre: Action The Neo Geo’s technical superiority to the SNES and Genesis meant that even the simplest genres seemed more grandiose due to the outstanding production values. I am not much...

November 14, 2025 No Responses

Samurai Shodown (SNES)

Developer: Monolith Corp. Publisher: Takara Release: 1994 Genre: Fighting Of all of all SNK’s innumerable fighting game series Samurai Shodown might be my favorite. As one of the first weapons based fighting games the visceral combat was...

May 14, 2025 No Responses

Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis)

Developer: Gaibrain Publisher: Takara Release: 1994 Genre: Fighting Takara’s initial ports of SNK’s Neo Geo games were a mixed bag of quality. King of the Monsters was okay but Fatal Fury was not particularly good, especially the...

September 25, 2024 No Responses

Fatal Fury (Genesis)

Developer: Gai Brain, Apsect Publisher: Takara Release: 02/93 Genre: Fighting Takara were a god send for those of us too poor to own a Neo Geo. Hell I am a grown man with a job and I would...

May 31, 2024 No Responses

Art of Fighting (SNES)

Developer: Takara Publisher: Takara Release: 12/93 Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always occupied a weird spot in SNK’s fighting roster. Not quite Fatal Fury but also not analogous to Street Fighter it brought many unique systems to the...

June 2, 2023 No Responses

Fatal Fury 2

Developer: Takara Publisher: Takara Release: 04/94 Genre: Fighting As a fan of Neo Geo games in the arcade I looked forward to the first SNES and Genesis ports. There was no way in hell I would ever get the...

January 27, 2023 No Responses

World Heroes 2

Developer: ADK Publisher: Takara Release: 09/94 Genre: Fighting Takara were a god send for fans of Neo Geo games during the 16-bit era. For those that wanted to play SNK’s games at home the prospect of owning the...

July 30, 2021 No Responses

Fatal Fury

Developer: SNK Publisher: Takara Released: 1993 Genre: Fighting Anyone gamer who grew up in the 80s and 90s coveted the Neo Geo. A console with perfect arcade conversions was like the Holy Grail. The problem was no one could...

April 2, 2021 No Responses

King of the Monsters

Developer: SNK Publisher: Takara Released: 07/31/92 Genre: Fighting In 1991 the thought of owning a Neo Geo was preposterous. At $600 I would have had to rob a bank to afford the system, let alone the games. But...

March 29, 2017 No Responses

Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei Ou

Developer: Pandora Box Publisher: Takara Released: 06/14/96 Genre: RPG The Magic of Scheherezade is not only my favorite 8-bit RPG but also one of my favorite NES games of all time. Part of that comes from its setting; Arabian themed...

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