Farewell to SNK

pliew writes: "There's a good article over at classic gaming with a reader's digest version of the history of SNK. I'm sure all readers here have at one point experienced video games on the neogeo console."

Bomber Man

[flollywebfrog]

Neo Geo came out with the first version of the famous Bomber Man [dotcomnotcom.com]. I will miss that game.

Re:Bomber Man

[CmdrSanity]

I though the first version was on the NES? [hypermart.net] I remember playing it when it was first released.

Re:The Neo Geo

[Cuthalion]

The Neogeo wasn't intended to be owned by consumers. Originally it was only a coin-op platform. When demand.. demanded it, they released hte home version, but even that was intended to be rented out to consumers rather than sold to them. $600 is not so much for a rental place. Unfortunately who the hell wants to do that, so they would up just selling them.

It amazes me that as of 2000 people were still making new games (KOF2000, for instance) for this 10 year old hardware. And that they didn't look all that dated!

Though I have to say my favorite game for the neogeo (and really any platform) is Money Puzzle Exchanger. Such bliss!