1796: NGPC games: Unitron 2, Golf, Battle de Paradise, Cotton, Faselei, 21, NeoCup, Slugger, Tennis!
1Quick plays of a bunch of Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color games in Mednafen!
My other NGP games playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZO3OPzPjIzMrVsRX667tvV52IbZOtNyU
0:00 - start
1:06 - Kikou Seiki Unitron (aka Biomotor Unitron 2) - w/ translation patch
15:38 - actual gameplay
32:53 - Neo Turf Masters
47:24 - The King of Fighters: Battle de Paradise
1:05:18 - Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
1:12:53 - Faselei!
1:28:32 - Neo 21
1:33:30 - NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus
1:46:01 - NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus Color
1:55:01 - Dynamite Slugger
2:09:04 - Pocket Tennis
2:18:28 - Pocket Tennis Color
Kikou Seiki Unitron
JP-only RPG sequel by SNK 2nd party Yumekobo. My old notes say this came bundled with a Japanese "slim" NGPC I wanted, that I had only played the first game, Biomotor Unitron, very briefly, and that I wasn't impressed with the "Pokemonesque" gameplay here, greatly preferring the likes of Card Fighter's Clash. That will probably still be the case. Nice presentation though. Translation patch from romhacking.net only does 1st few minutes of intro, and menus. Could be a decent RPG.
Neo Turf Masters
Saurus' (SNK 2nd party?) version of Nazca's Neo Geo golf game. Doesn't have RPG stuff like Mario Golf but I was getting into the actual golf part. Some wild course stuff like being atop a huge waterfall. Can't save mid-course in-game? Emulator solves that I suppose. Want to play this more. Waitasec, I have MVS/AES version from the Humble Bundle NEOGEO collection. Well now I gotta try that (I think I thought at some point MVS/AES ver had flashing FX? Not seeing them at the moment).
KOF: BdP
Your avatar hops around a board triggering King of Fighters-themed button mash minigames, most of which aren't very fun. (There's a pretty fun hidden game if you put the cart in a b&w NGP, haven't done that yet, need to use an older emulator.)
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
Amusingly drawn cutscenes with a silly young witch; boring horizontal shooting.
Faselei!
Rather lovely solo mech tactical strategy by Sacnoth. "Program" your mech's next series of moves by socketing action-specific, upgradeable "chips," then watch them play out alongside the enemy's moves. Lush presentation. (Oh the NA version was canceled, I have the EU version. ; D)
Neo 21
The card game in slightly jank graphics.
NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus
Initial, b&w version of...
NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus Color
Kinda cute national team tournament soccer w/ absurd clothing stat-boost items to collect (don't get too attached--thieves will steal them). Gameplay's a bit maddening as it seems nearly impossible to pass to your CPU teammates, who a) are usually offscreen and b) always seem to run the other way than you'd expected; meanwhile, the CPU always has 2-3 players right on you. Back in the day I found a spot to shoot from pretty far out and to the side that goalies couldn't block; darned if I remember where it was. ; )
Dynamite Slugger
Seems like a pretty good baseball game by ADK and I am terrible at them, specifically here the very streamlined pitching, and the fielding where I always press the wrong base button to throw to. Not as flash-screen heavy as the "Baseball Stars" games (Saurus did the NGPC version of those), but there is a strobing effect for a home run. : P Nice graphics. Maybe some day I'll have an inning where I hold the CPU scoreless...
Pocket Tennis
Earlier, more challenging version with fewer characters and less animation--more challenging because serving is touchier and your character has a shorter reach. : P
Pocket Tennis Color
By Yumekobo. Movement feels good until you try to coordinate it with hitting the ball, at which point I encounter mysterious whiffs, dives that take me away from the ball, and hits that often don't go in the direction I wanted. Feels more like ping pong than tennis a lot of the time. Some weird courts with hard-to-read nets. : P My old notes point out that the CPU doesn't move on defense, so you just hit it past them.
Of these, the games I have marked to come back to are Neo Turf Masters (the MVS one, at least, and possibly this one to compare), KOF:BdP for the b&w hidden game, and Dynamite Slugger.
2/24/24
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