The unmoderated NEO GEO thread

I did notice that blur motion thingy years ago. I would also add that the dudes at the back of the picture doesn't seem to give a shit about someone being headlocked in front of them. But, hey, "Dion would and should have been sued for this !". Lol.

 

I think you can have a good action shot without blur on occasion though and Dion was obviously buff and the guy a little bit skinny, but I don't think even with Dion's grip strength he could single handedly wrestle someone that badly - the arm doesn't even look that twisted and the angles look odd, I doubt it was even painful.

Still it would be nice to hear from the chap in the pic directly too, not a repost, quote or secret message though and maybe a pic of the wrist before and after for marks, if any. If you're going to take a pic of an assault, surely you would take pics of the after effects and show the bruising too? I would expect a complaint to be filed with the police as well.

The last strange issue though, after the other stuff, is the lack of NGF watermark on the pic Though perhaps if you're just fucking about, it wasn't a promotional issue so not necessary.

That said even if he didn't commit assault, I'm sure there are times Dion probably did want to thump some of his customers as we all snap (even the people thinking merry merry thoughts) - we are only human after all. I've personally broken peoples bones, but I've never whacked anyone that didn't have it coming to them and casual violence is not my bag.

 

I think it would have been funnier to see the reverse in the picture. Have this stick pole of a gamer getting you in the headlock.

Of course some people would not believe that was staged would and make fun of you for it...

 

legit: if I remember correctly, the buddy on the picture has passed away couple of years ago.

 

Dion, how many games did you release without creating/including a manual in the end (like Shock Troopers)?

Could you provide a list of them to help for future reference?

If not, I think previously you said that you commissioned manuals for 6 mass release titles, and that those manuals were professionally done using offset printing plates.

Could you list those games to help, too?

If I understood correctly, you said you repacked the english version of Pulstar with the instruction booklet from the CD version. Is this the only game you did this for, or are there others, too?

TIA

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGd0gD0QNE

 

Great questions Juste.
These questions should have been asked in the NGF History thread. (I'll copy it there for readers not wanting to sift through this "unmoderated thread."

Most of the retrofit conversions did not have a manual.
Some fans later on made homemade manuals, so people do have options if they really desired some type of a manual for aesthetic reasons.

Asterisk (*)
Here is a link to our old price lists. Game with a single asterisk (*) are with no manual.

List from 2002
http://www.neogeofreak.com/cartridge_prices.htm

List from 2000
http://replay.web.archive.org/200101232212/http://www.neogeofreak.com/ngfstock1.htm

Official NGF mass release with offset printed manual
The mass release games we did with full manuals are:
Bang Beaqd, Bust-a-Move, Diggerman, Irritating Maze, ZedBlade, Zupapa.


Bang Bead


Bust-a-Move


Diggerman


Irritating Maze


ZedBlade


Zupapa

Official English Pulstar price on the rise
At the moment I seem to recall that being the only game we sold with the english cd manual. This game is actually starting to fetch high dollars in the collector market. The official NGF English Pulstar sold on ebay for $1800! (more than double the price of the official japanese version)(with NGF distributor sticker and NGF authenticity stamp to prove it's an official version, not some aftermarket copy of our insert and sticker)

Pulstar



Just as years later the english KoF2000 is extremely sought after and desirable, and selling now for $3500-$5000, it's safe to speculate that the other NGF official releases may also be in very high demand and become just as costly.


King of Fighters 2000


The english KoF2000 is currently the 3rd most expensive aes cartridge.
With complete confirmation that only 100 units were made, I predict it will soon become THE most sought after and expensive game for collectors world-wide, far surpassing Kizuna Encounter.
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Dion, you may have had a successful life, but you missed a trick.

You should have been a Peter Andre lookalike!

 

LOL!! I see the resemblance in that photo. Who is he?

Anyway, I don''t know if it would be believable. I'm 5'11"/220 lbs. That guy looks to be 140-150lbs.
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haha that's the best answer I heard all day. Those of us who know of him think the same thing.

In the mid-90's Peter Andre did a couple of crappy songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9YHg07NLLc

A decade later he was on 'I was a Z list celebrity has been get me into here to reboot my career' where he met then later shagged a pretty hot former page 3 girl Katie Price aka Jordan (though she looks like dogshit after all the plastic surgery now, shame really when she was younger she did have some natural beauty but it is long since ruined).



They got married, then divorced. That is about it for his life story.

 

ive been very silent about what happened. as i wasn't involved i don't say anything.

every time i contact dion to try to get more then grainy art. he posts the same tired crap that does no one any good.

look dion we dont care if you think this makes ngf a historic company or a you a historic person. we dont care.

start releasing something more then tired videos of your only glory day.

 

see that why you are scum. i did not demand anything i requested and i got glad handed and posted trash video links.


everything seem to be about money with you and throw backs when you thought you was the center of neogeo scene. preservation isnt something you have ever been into.

we simply dont care what you felt you did for the community. we know what you did to it thou.

so thank you for showing what you really are.

 

you havent shared at all... so dont fucking make shit up. most are too politically correct to just tell you to fuck off.

padding your wallet for something that shouldn't require it is something i certainly wont do.

im sure you willing to hold out you hand for money. thats why you are scum.

your only insulted by the lack money going into your pocket. if i was trying to insult you wouldn't have to make an accusation.

 

Why are you starting shit again?

Go and look at the NGF thread - you'll find artwork there. Shared by Dion. Go look, then come back and apologize to him.

As I've told you before, you are entitled to precisely FUCK ALL. Quit begging. If you want something and the owner doesn't want to share it for free, fucking buy it or keep your mouth shut. That goes for prototypes, betas, artwork - whatever.

 

you are known by the company you keep

 

Just read through the entire thread with a neutral view of everything and all I can say is..... that's 35 minutes of my life I will never get back!

 

Thanks for the detailed reply Dion. It helps a lot.

 

I just had a gander at this

http://www.neo-geo.com/snk/masterlist.htm

It has got to be one of the strangest lists ever seen - note how pretty much every official SNK MVS to NGF AES conversion has been boycotted by not being dated as an official release when the SNK Playmore list shows the rights to distribute games?

NGF distributed an english version of Garou Mark of the Wolves, but for some reason they accept that as official? Didn't NGF sell KoF2k1 and 2k2 to N-G and that list also accepts them as official?

Note how many of the titles NGF probably sold to N-G they accept as official are convenietly for sale in the N-G store... but many similar out of stock titles are conveniently unofficial?

The bigger hypocrisy still is the same people who didn't believe NGF were genuine went and bought from then anyway - WTF! If you think somone is a fraud and you don't want fraudulent products, you don't go and buy the bullshit off them, then complain you got bullshit! What kind of sense does that make?

The lack of rights claims earlier make no sense. They say NGF have no rights, yet they list some titles whch NGF produced in english form as official titles.

Am I missing a trick or does no rights mean NO rights, or do they just mean no right to do MVS to AES conversions, but rights to reprint japanese games into english with corrected inserts and ultimately failed to articulate this point? Even then no proof was ever offered to support their allegations so