New NEOGEO / Dreamcast game: "NEO XYX" NG: DEV.TEAM 2013

[moh]

I have no interest in a 400 euro indie game.

If you think you can make custom physical cartridges cheaper while still paying the bills, go for it.

If you are looking for something more affordable, the dreamcast releases are always available.

now i dont claim to know too much about the manufacturing of the custom boards, but i dont think it would be too cheap considering such a small quantity are being made.

and hey! it takes a lot to invest the time and money they have into keeping such a niche market alive. they have to put a high price tag on these to keep themselves afloat.

I still wont buy one of the MVS carts, just because they're out of my budget, but I'd be more than happy to buy a dreamcast release just to support the cause.

THANKS NG: DEV.TEAM! WE LOVE YOU

[Ed Oscuro]

This has been discussed actually - the custom shells are plenty expensive, and they have a custom PCB manufacturing setup (ROM write + something else?); system11 is just being gentle with the response. Probably more gentle than a "hurf I show up to other peoples' weddings and complain about the size of the cake" type post warrants!

Question time: How many MVS / AES carts are out there in a typical release? (For Gunlord, that'd be two AES releases, given the Japanese and US-style ones.)

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Are they rewriting old carts or making new ones? Just curious.

[trap15]

Making new ones.

[Ed Oscuro]

Including custom PCBs (Gunlord, and probably this game also, has a mini-USB port for updates) and new shells. No "sac" parts here.

I've always thought it'd be darn interesting to see how somebody with years or even decades of experience would stack up against your typical late 80s-early '90s game programmed on the run...and there's no sign NGDev is slowing down, obviously; it feels like Gunlord was just released!

[MommysBestGames]

This is clearly NOT a Danmaku! It has fast aimed shots all over the place, mixed with fixed patterns of course for a tasty mixture. On high ranks the screen gets crowded though...

Thank you, this helped.

[MX7]

This looks absolutely gorgeous. Really hope I get to give it a go. The only NGDT game I've managed to play is the iOS port of Fast Striker.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

That's great news of a proper MVS shmup with tate...about damn time one was released. Makes me wonder if the original Neo-Geo dev team ever considered releasing such a proper tate shmup title during the MVS' heyday?

I do recall some questions asking if such a tate MVS shmup were possible during the development of MVS Fast Striker some time back here on the Shmups forums.

Will this MVS XYX LE Arcade Coin-Op version come with the proper coin-up/credit option this time around?

And will screen flipping option be included for those cab owners with older arcade cabs that have arcade monitors that rotate in the opposite direction? Is something to seriously consider. Some of those older Jamma PCBs from the late 1980s had such screen flip option so arcade owners/operators could flip the screen properly regardless of the monitor's rotation mechanism (i.e. Konami's A-Jax circa 1987 comes to mind which was quite versatile as it could accomodate a traditional upright cab or even a cocktail-table styled cab for that matter -- with the proper 180 rotated screen for players 1 & 2 taking turns, of course).

I recall that the MVS Fast Striker 1.5 LE version came shipped (always set on "Free Play" mode) without the coin-up/crediting option that was included in the rarer MVS Coin-Op version of FS ver 1.5. Of course, with the MVS Coin-Op FS, either Free Play or coin-it-up option was selectable on the Operator's Menu screen via dipswitch setting.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[RGC]

Tremendous effort there, NG Dev Team. Keep up the good work!

[ProcoTaito]

I think it's really cool that we still see games like this being made for the Neo Geo.
Much like the Dreamcast, it never truly dies.

GO NEO GEO!!

[mice]

Will this work with the Neo Geo X?

[trap15]

*chuckles*

[THE]

@PC Engine Fan X!

A screenflip option would require hardware support for it, which the NEOGEO does not have. We used the same degree as all Cave games, which should be pretty much the standard

Yes the game has full coin support, as every other of our games, except the first print of Fast Striker.

@Mice

It's way to early to think about the NEOGEO-X handheld. Before it has an install base of >10k it wouldn't be of interest anyway. Besides that, there are a lot of issues with this thing..

[mice]

Sorry, forgot the " ".
Playing tate on that thing wouldn't be comfortable, would it?

[Battlesmurf]

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthrea ... o-Preorder

If it matters to anybody- they were mentioning that it'd take about 25 pre orders of Fast Striker and they'd be able to do a re-print. Don't know if that matters to anybody here or not.

[Ed Oscuro]

I just had the insight that this game could use a better name. Something like ALTERED BLASTERS: LASER UPPERCUT

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthrea ... o-Preorder

If it matters to anybody- they were mentioning that it'd take about 25 pre orders of Fast Striker and they'd be able to do a re-print. Don't know if that matters to anybody here or not.

Gunlord?

Spotted something funny on the XYX product page:

May have bruises on cartridge shell. The shells are factory new though.

Anybody who complains about this needs to be bruised (so, how many Neo Geo forumers does that imply?) although I wonder if those couldn't be buffed out easily.

[EmperorIng]

I don't know man. It contains not one, but two instances of X, which is the X-treme of all the letters of the alphabet.

It's basically saying the game is EXTREME^2, which is about as EXTREME as you can get.

The only way it could get more in there is if there some Z's added, like if it was called ZXYXZ: THE QUANTUM RECKONING.

The record still remains with Xexex as the most extreme game ever created.

[Ed Oscuro]

XYX makes me think of chromosomes, actually...

NG:DEV team is too humble, they should actually set up a proper franchise around this instead of making it so anonymous. Well...I could be wrong about that. It's kind of hard to laugh at the name; it's not like Wii after all.

[trap15]

I don't know man. It contains not one, but two instances of X, which is the X-treme of all the letters of the alphabet.

It's basically saying the game is EXTREME^2, which is about as EXTREME as you can get.

The only way it could get more in there is if there some Z's added, like if it was called ZXYXZ: THE QUANTUM RECKONING.

The record still remains with Xexex as the most extreme game ever created.

Sorry, that title belongs to Xexyz (NES).

[thrall]

Looks freaking cool hurry up.....!!!

[Acid_Rain]

I don't know man. It contains not one, but two instances of X, which is the X-treme of all the letters of the alphabet.

It's basically saying the game is EXTREME^2, which is about as EXTREME as you can get.

The only way it could get more in there is if there some Z's added, like if it was called ZXYXZ: THE QUANTUM RECKONING.

The record still remains with Xexex as the most extreme game ever created.

Sorry, that title belongs to Xexyz (NES).

It's dangerous, it's devious, it's xevious

Really looking forward to Neo XYX… (DC version please)

[system11]

Enjoying the continuing drama at neogeo.com from people with poverty spec cabs that don't rotate.

[EllertMichael]

Enjoying the continuing drama at neogeo.com from people with poverty spec cabs that don't rotate.

Hey! My beautiful Big Red takes offense to that statement!

[moh]

Enjoying the continuing drama at neogeo.com from people with poverty spec cabs that don't rotate.

Hey! My beautiful Big Red takes offense to that statement!

LOL, just realised that this wont play in neo geo cabs


....they don't rotate, right?

[Ed Oscuro]

Enjoying the continuing drama at neogeo.com from people with poverty spec cabs that don't rotate.

Hey! My beautiful Big Red takes offense to that statement!

LOL, just realised that this wont play in neo geo cabs


....they don't rotate, right?

that is correct, sirs

[moh]

damn, ed. almost at 10,000 posts O:

[Ed Oscuro]

Damn spammers!

[Adderall]

LOL, just realised that this wont play in neo geo cabs


....they don't rotate, right?

should play just fine.............. as hori.

thankfully I'll be rocking it on an E2

[Ed Oscuro]

should play just fine.............. as hori.

Have another look at the thread.

[Adderall]

should play just fine.............. as hori.

Have another look at the thread.

where should I look?