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Some people call Neo CD games “ports” of the real thing (the cart versions) – are they right?

April 26, 2017cart CD Games NEO people ports right thing versions

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Some people call Neo CD games “ports” of the real thing (the cart versions) – are they right?

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No, they aren’t. Porting means transporting a piece of code like a Neo game that was made for the Neo’s M68000 CPU and all its co-processors to a different hardware platform, say the Sega Dreamcast or Sony Playstation. Since the Neo CD has the same CPU and auxiliary processors as the Neo Geo homecart or MVS systems, Neo CD games are no ports but simply versions of the cart original, only with a different method of data access.