King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)

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...
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Samurai Shodown (SNES)

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...
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Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis)

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...
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Fatal Fury (Genesis)

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...
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Art of Fighting (SNES)

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...
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Fatal Fury 2

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...
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World Heroes 2

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...
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Fatal Fury

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...
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King of the Monsters

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...
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Arabian Nights: Sabaku no Seirei Ou

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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