Whats the current status of the Neo?
Though everyone has been wrong as to the demise of this system, SNK’s demise will spell the end of this system. Home cartridges from now on will be hobbyist, non-official releases, and the arcade development will cease in about 24 months. The Neo had a good run, but the system should have been canned in 1997 when Last Blade was supposed to be the last fighting game. Jeff Ferrier’s startup Vektorlogic states, however, that they can fully reproduce the Neo boardset without SNK parts; Playmore and SNKNEOGEO (interested parties in SE Asia) have even threatened the company with lawsuits because they have been successful at duplicating Neo development kits. Several other entrepreneurs are aiming to produce home releases of MVS only cartridges, but it may be futile; I tried to get into the market in late 2000 to no avail. I offered Breakers Revenge for $250 w/quality (not garbage, archetypal) insert, manual, and everything else, but the advent of emulation and the game’s lack of appeal killed
