Neo Geo CD Double Speed?

[Adrian]

I hope the author releases the source code, I want to play KOF94 CD on my Xbox (the AST is amazing).

[seen]

The source code was released and I read it. It could easily be ported to another system. It is called the Kick Ass Neo Geo CD Emu and it was coded by Fabrice Martinez. I was thinking of porting it to DC myself, but the lack of real debugging and development tools dissuaded me from it. Plus it is hard as hell to get something running on DC. Maybe XBox is easier. I fucking hate GNU.

The only glitch in the emu is that it sometimes doesn't resume the CD-DA sound when un-pausing the emu or starting a new level. Other than that it plays at full speed, and everything is accurate.

[Kinopio]

Originally posted by Click_Stick

Don't bother. With either CD system.

The NEO CD is awesome as long as you stay away from KOF. The arranged BGM in games like SamSho IV and Last Resort are amazingly good. Most games have about as much loading time as a PSone game. With the money you save from buying Neo CDs over carts you can buy a Jap PS2, Jap DC, KOF 98-2001, and Metal Slug 3.

[Daisuke Jigen]

The CDZ has an expanded cache for the CD-ROM controller, allowing it to stream data off the disc in larger chunks, making it load faster.

[Blaine]

Screw the CD.
Buy Jigen's MVS board and supergun it.

MVS is better and competatively priced. Plus it has more games than CD (CD does have SSRPG and IronClad if I'm not mistaken, but eh.)

[Jeremy]

Was 3 Count Bout ever given a Neo Geo CD release? Just off-hand.

[Blaine]

Yes.

[Jeremy]

WAHOO! That increases my desire to own one tenfold.

[Blaine]

Originally posted by Jeremy
WAHOO! That increases my desire to own one tenfold.

Alright but...why?

I've never understood the facination with the Neo CD. The only possible reason I could see is if you have to play one of the handful of games that were CD only (really, Samurai Shodown RPG and Crossed Swords 2 are the cream of that crop. A couple puzzles, mahjong and assorted bonus CDs).

If all you're interested in is a less expensive way to play the Neo•Geo games then the CD should be your third option.

Get a good MVS board (like I said, like the one Jigen is selling, you can plug the controlers right into it, hook up the Memory Card module if that's what you want and his has some bad ass mods).

Jigen is selling his for $150 shipped. You're gonna pay at least that for a Neo CD if you get a good deal (a boxed one in perfect shape can cost double that). But remember, that's the 1x speed CD! People are telling you how bad the load times are on the 2x one! Imagine how bad they are on the regular CD. Some info on the load times. And ready for something no one has mentioned? The CDZ really doesn't load a whole hell of a lot faster and it has a tendancy to overheat. To what degree? Games can crash after only 30 minutes of playing and there have been reports of overheating so extreme that it destroyed the disc.

The double speed CD (CDZ) can be found, but sometimes they're from Japan and pretty expensive. I've seen these things go for all over the price spectrum. Whatever it's going rat is it's probably NOT going to be cheaper than what I suggested.

You can get Jigen's Mobo for $150. You can get a SuperGun for a hundred bucks if you don't mind searching or building one yourself. A cursory search right now and you'll find one for another $150.

And to top it off... you want 3 Count Bout? Only place you can find them easily (that I know of) right now is neo-geo.com, and Shawn is gonna charge you $30 for a copy.

3 Count Bout on MVS will cost you about $10. Hell, if you call the right person the wrong name, they'll probably throw them at you they're so fucking common. Just catch one and run away.

In either case, to get this thing started for yourself, you're paying over $200. If you're ninja super lucky and can score a CDZ for $250...the extra $50 is still worth not having to fuck with load times BEYOND the fact that the NeoCD doesn't have nearly as many games as the MVS (which has even more than the Neo Home system).

Like I said, unless you need Samurai Shodown RPG, there is no reason to get a CD.

[Jeremy]

Well, I loved 3 Count Bout in the arcades, and I'm looking for the cheapest way to play it at home.