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MSX and Neo-Geo games to be on Virtual Console photo

Now, I can’t read Japanese very well (translation: at all), but I did manage to catch the English words MSX and Neo-Geo amongst a sea of non-Roman characters on Nintendo’s official website.

What does that mean, you ask?

First, settle down -- stop knocking everything off your desks and screaming in eager anticipation. Confirmed by cubed3, Nintendo’s Virtual Console will now offer games from 80s standardized home computer MSX and classic (but expensive) 90s console Neo-Geo. Whether these additions will just stay in Japan is unclear.

This news is almost out of nowhere, but who are we to complain if Samurai Showdown is eventually only one awkward download away.

What do you think? Good news for more obscure video game fans? Or is this just another way for us to throw away our hard-earned money?


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Tino's Avatar
Tino at 02/23/2007 09:52
I absoultely LOVE Neo-Geo games. One fantastic little system.
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 02/23/2007 09:52
I hope they release games on time for it - and the good ones. I want my Waku Waku 7, dammit!
mandlebaum123's Avatar
mandlebaum123 at 02/23/2007 09:53
Any news of more games on the VC is good news. If they are good, and you haven't owned them before, the prices they charge are worth it.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 09:53
niero is my hero for having played waku waku seven. Dandy J FTW
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BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 09:54
GIVE ME GAROU: Mark of the Wolves and Last Blade 2!!!!!
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 09:54
magical drop 3
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 09:55
I'm going to have an aneurysm. sorry for mucking up the board.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 02/23/2007 09:57
Wow, hey Chad!
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primitiveworker at 02/23/2007 09:59
Magical Drop 3 is RIGHT! And Magical Drop 2, which I found to have more dramatic combinations, despite feeling like a beta release.
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-D- at 02/23/2007 10:05
it's going to happen.

Metal Gear Solid 4 on the MSX via the VC.

Exclusivity lost. Sony am cry.
galagabug 's Avatar
galagabug at 02/23/2007 10:07
waku waku waku! i hope this makes its way over, and is priced right.

just thinkin about it has me tingly.
windjammers? oh hell yeah.
puzzle de pon? yup yup.
0vertop? w00t!

make it happen!

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mwhead2 at 02/23/2007 10:08
The site says that MSX virtual console games will be available starting in the spring, and Neo-Geo in the summer. Great to have more support for the virtual console :)
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subnet6 at 02/23/2007 10:10
First, ALL video games are just another way for us to throw away our hard earned moneys. It doesn't take a classic game to earn that description. That being said, I am looking forward to this since I didn't own either of these systems and I'm always looking to expand my gaming experience. I've heard good thing about some of the titles on both of these systems so if I can get them for $5-10 bucks without hooking up another system or leaving the house, I'll probably grab a couple.
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Necros at 02/23/2007 10:12
Really, the only thing I can think of that I never got to play on MSX was the original versions of Metal Gear Solid and Vampire Hunter, the MSX version of Castlevania. The first two I already have on MGS3: Subsistence, and I don't particularly need the third.

Neo Geo, however, sounds awesome.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
CaffeinePowered at 02/23/2007 10:20
NeoGeo = awesome
Rosseh's Avatar
Rosseh at 02/23/2007 10:22
NeoGeo is awesome but it would be great if there was online for things like KoF. Ah well I still get to play Last Blade 2 awesomeness.
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bhive01 at 02/23/2007 10:27
Looking forward to seeing the Neo-Geo games on the VC. Only played those games in the arcades.
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Zankyo at 02/23/2007 10:42
Samurai spirits V special FTW!!!!!
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BluDesign at 02/23/2007 11:02
It's funny, I know a guy who has about $20,000 in Neo-Geo stuff. Like 4-5 spare consoles and sticks, a ton of games, maybe the whole lot of 'em, I dunno.

Anyway, he just got pwned by a small white box.

I think it's cool. Bravo to Nintendo for finding a way to bring MORE backwards compatibility to the Wii, seeing as how some other people (Sony?) think less is more.
velcroman's Avatar
velcroman at 02/23/2007 11:16
wasn't this already confirmed a long time ago, or an i just imagining this?
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Chad Concelmo at 02/23/2007 11:43
I do remember reading something about this a long time ago as well -- this was the first I have heard of it confirmed, though.
... and Kannon -- I am a huge Nintendo fan (just ask my Princess Peach tattoo). You have to admit, though, the download service for the Virtual Console is very lacking and could be improved. Other than that ... Wiiiii!

***I really don't have a Princess Peach tattoo -- please don't start any vicious rumors.
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908peruvian at 02/23/2007 11:50
damn it!
i can't find any Wii points anywhere!!

meanwhile i have excess Microsoft points without anything
good to buy!
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 02/23/2007 11:59
Princess Tattoo? Does this mean I can tell people about my Link in skimpy tunic tattoo? Suddenly, I dont feel alone!
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 02/23/2007 12:00
Oh yeah. Peruvian use a debit/credit card. Easier.
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 02/23/2007 12:04
Kokomo has a Princess Peach Tat? That's dedication.


The Peach loves you back.
908peruvian's Avatar
908peruvian at 02/23/2007 12:25
i'll do that today.
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Blaine at 02/23/2007 12:41
Neo-Geo games are as close as we're ever gonna get to a "Virtual Arcade".

I have a Neo-Geo MVS cab in my house and a lot of the games still hold their own a decade later.

NOW, if they're gonna give me Fatal Fury and World Heroes. I won't lie, I'm not buying.

I'm also not buying Fire Pro Wrestling, Nam75 or Joy Joy Kid.

I WILL, however buy (the aforementioned) WakuWaku7, Twinkle Star Sprites, Garou:MOTW, Super Dodge Ball or any number of games that would cost me $100+ for the cart.

So... I'm not paying $5-$10 for a download title that I can get for $10-$20 in real life. It's the standard VC problem.

But if you offer me Twinkle Star Sprites for $10 (which runs about $90 in MVS form and is none-to-cheap for Saturn and Dreamcast) - I'm alllllllll over it!
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apc_35 at 02/23/2007 12:43
great....now they just need a new solution for storing these games.
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Im OK at 02/23/2007 12:52
Do people really still say "Dag!"? I remember hearing people say that back when I was in, like, middle school or something, and that was... one... two... carry the two... well over a decade ago.

Anyway, MSX and NeoGeo games on the VC would be awesome.

Which reminds me... I should probably get around to buying one of those Wifi thingers one of these days, so that I can finally connect my Wii to the internets.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 13:17
Ooo dag
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 02/23/2007 13:17
Ooo dag
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 02/23/2007 14:16
I'd think it was more like "dag nabbit." You wascally Wabbit!

[img]http://apavlik0.tripod.com/sunsetblog/ElmerFudd.jpg[/url]
bhive01's Avatar
bhive01 at 02/23/2007 14:16
I suck

Civnerd's Avatar
Civnerd at 02/23/2007 14:54
OMG, neo geo by summer??? I just hope it's not like 20 bucks a damn game.....
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jamisu at 02/23/2007 16:37
FINALLY! A reason to play with my Wii! Though I already own a home Neo-Geo console, supporting it is hella expensive. If they keep up with the game releases, I'd rather get my SNK fix on the Wii. Let's just hope they make a CDZ controller to use instead of that classic controller.
esaks's Avatar
esaks at 02/23/2007 19:53
NEO GEO. that is fucking awesome.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 02/24/2007 00:11
I would definitely throw down for Windjammers and League Bowling. I hope they're at SNES prices instead of N64 prices.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 02/24/2007 07:35
SNK is Lazy the games won't be out until 2008 if they ever come at all.

Where's Fatal Fury SP on 360 we were promised months and months ago?
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The-Excel at 02/25/2007 14:39
I want them to release the Metal Slug games on the Virtual Console. It's ironical, sure, but it would look better than the Anthology versions.
xPRESS's Avatar
xPRESS at 07/01/2007 23:38
Sounds like you guys never heard of winkawaks or Neorage X
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