Neo Geo CD in 2022 !... Affordable Way To Play ? 😳

[@Jerome-C]

i install NeoGeoCD SD kit today, and it's fabulous !!! 4x faster loading and cheat menu inside :) ... my neogeo lens was dead, now i can play again !! freaky awesome :)

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I should look into that to 😳

[@RetroMoments]

Even though I already own the AES, I would still like to get the Neo Geo CD. Definitely a charming system that allows for a coffee break in-between. That ain't bad haha!

[@TexasHollowEarth]

I run 'em on a modded PlayStation Classic running RetroArch. NGCD loadtimes are non-existent & performance is solid 👍.

[@kygentleman5870]

The ps classic is epic. I got the 3rd generation game box flash drive and couldn't be happier. Best 34 bux I ever spent. I also like the 4k game stick. It's cheap but u can play for hours and it works great.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@Wayne Kilgore - Awesome bro! Check out KMFDManic's channel here on YT. He still updates the emulation cores for mini consoles 👍. Modded mini consoles keep getting better. They even run the MSU-1 (CD audio) hacks for the SNES + Sega Genesis, after his latest update!

[@shootermcgavin1208]

More like a nap.

[@mrgonk871]

I’ve got an AES and the top loader Neo CD. I’ve had both for years when prices were still reasonable. I would definitely say the CD is worth having just because of the price of AES games now. Load times on the earlier games which are less than 100meg are quick and only load once though there is a slight delay sometimes on som games as the music track is streamed off CD before gameplay starts. Unfortunately though CD prices are now rising as well. With the CD and 161 cartridge for AES it’s the perfect set up for me.

[@hectormontalvo5565]

I remember the Neo Geo CDZ announced in videogames mags back in the day but never saw it in stores. The stores over where I used to live still carried the cartridge system. I think it was Electronics Boutique or Babbages that sold the pricey system and the games. The CDZ was costly but at least the games were affordable $50-$70 a far cry from the $200+ the cartridges commanded. Again I never saw one for sale anywhere. Great that you have the CD version in your collection. Good review and cool video Wicked!👍

[@phuang3]

I owned the CDZ. It's noticeble faster on game loading than Neo Geo CD. However, Neo Geo CD can do SD loading mod. This is a big plus.

[@El1988Che]

The little switch mode can be useful for changing regions! Also, the Neo Geo CD "Top Loader" is very back-ups friendly... Meaning you don't really need to buy anything, just burn quality CDs at 2x or 4x speeds and you're set. There's a handful of games that are protected, but there's patched versions available. That's what made me choose the CD, I own 3 retail copies and I made about 20 back-ups 😅

[@WickedGamerCollector]

For me it's when I collect I want to try to go all the way 🙄 Not going to pay 200+ euro for a game 🤓 Thanks for the tip 🥰

[@Digthemadscientist]

So you're saying they are just CDI ? 🤘🤓

[@Digthemadscientist]

If you take the disc drive out of a PS1 and replace it with a Sony disc man drive you get way better load times. I wonder if you can do something of the sort with neo Geo... anybody tried it?

[@irvingz.5261]

​@@Digthemadscientist get a neo SD loader

[@technischemaschinenfabrik5882]

The Neo Geo CD console was the only way to play the SNK games in the mid 90s. My colleagues had one. The prices for the cds were affordable. The cartridges weren't affordable. I remember the clicking sound of the controller. The Neo Geo CD controller was the best game pad i have ever hold in my hands.

[@SkateSoup]

My Polymega has let me start to dip my toe into NGCD, and it's so nice to not have loading when it's installed on the ssd hearing amd seeing all the pain with the original hardware. I'm not a huge fighting game person but it's got some good ones and there's a fair few good games in other genres for the system.

[@greggirons67]

Very cool, you're amassing quite a collection, Wicked ..! 👍

[@SkyScourgeGod]

I've owned my own Neo Geo CD alongside a nice selection of around 30ish titles for almost two years and its quite a fun system to play when you don't want to pay for AES or MVS carts. The arranged soundtracks many come with on CD are outstanding, easily a selling point for the NGCD. I'm used to playing lots of older CD based consoles like the PlayStation, 3DO and Sega CD so, personally, I didn't think the Neo Geo CD's load times were all that bad. In fact, a lot of games have great load times with some basically only loading once for the initial startup and nothing more afterwards. Most shmups and side scrollers like Magician Lord are like this. Honestly, it's only mid to late release fighting games that have longer load times or multiple annoying load quirks. The worst ones that many may consider unbearable are The Last Blade 1 and 2, King of Fighters 98 and 99 and Samurai Shodown 4. I personally don't mind Shodown 4's loading but the former 4 titles are really too much for the CD to handle. All others like older KoF games, Fatal Fury, Galaxy Fight, Far East of Eden and older Samurai Shodown titles are perfectly fine on the CD.

[@RunehearthCL]

Man I love that controller with the clicky joystick

[@braikingboss9137]

I've had my aes for like a year now and I'm in love with it🙌 I also bought a neo geo cdz and let me tell you!!! I'm actually loving that one more. The games are a lot cheaper, so I have more options of playing more games and the loading times are cut in half compared to the original version,

[@gettin_lit6594]

It's definitely cheaper to collect for. Also there is the Sdloader option .

[@beeaye7944]

I have the Neo Geo SD loader for mine--hard to find and probably too expensive now, but so worthwhile. Cuts the load times by approx. 75% and I have access to the complete library on SD.

[@Digthemadscientist]

I want one so freakin bad one day I will own original neo Geo goodies...one day 🤘🤓

[@marccaselle8108]

Awesome video wicked. I only played around with neo Geo CD via an emulator in the early 2000s. I play neo Geo CD on my RetroPie and the games load fast.

[@jacobbaranowski]

Bring the arcade home, SNK NeOGEO

[@bl1gh7y]

I used to have a Neo Geo CD that I swapped for a SEGA Saturn with a friend but since I already had a AES I didn't keep it however I did keep a whole bunch of sealed games for it, Unfortunately my X was a nightmare and when we split up she burned all my games.

[@NotMoreGames]

I recommend you do the language mod to your console by just soldering on a simple jump wire on the PCB switching it to either EU or USA console - it will play the game in English (if there is an English version on disk which there is with most games). The main console menu will also be in English following the mod.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

US + Euro regions are censored, though; Re-colored blood + nerfed boob physics! Uni-Bios is the best method of getting censorship removed, playable bosses, + restored physics.... on the International versions. I LOVE those Redbook soundtracks on Fatal Fury & KoF Neo-CD games 👍. Wish Magician Lord would have gotten one!?

[@michaeladams9807]

Awesome machine 👍👍

[@joncollins7730]

Awesome. Have heard about the load times on these but if it's that much cheaper then I'm pretty sure I could get over it

[@paulclinton6414]

You can emulate for free.

[@cesarprado6943]

I don't own a neo Geo CD but I got some neo Geo cd original games that I play on my modded original Xbox theres some emulators that supor playing games of disk but maybe one day I can own a neo Geo CD to play my games on original hardware for now Ill continue to play them on my original Xbox awesome vide wicked gamer

[@loganford3921]

You can rage quit If You are getting beat in a fighting game just hold the 4 buttons and then press start and it will take you back to the title and if press select instead of start it will take you back to the Neo Geo CD bout screen. I owned a Neo Geo CD since 1994 and the problem was the controllers always broke after a while and you couldn't go to your local game shop because they didn't sell them only SNES, Mega Drive and Saturn controllers. The only place that sold them was the import shop (CA Games) that was 30 miles away up in Glasgow Scotland and I couldn't go by myself at the time as I was a young lad so I had to wait till the weekend and drive up to the import shop with parents hoping they got the NG CD controllers in stock and sometimes they didn't lol.

[@johnmccain1460]

NG CD's load speed killed it for me. I had a AES at the time so I was very biased.

[@sharpsteel6272]

Always loved it

[@vasileios6301]

Neogeocd is pirate friendly,so just download the isos and burn them to cds and make cd covers with an inject printer. You can have the entire collection for few money in one single day and noone will care if they are backups or not,the optimal and practical result is the same.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

The Naughty way is a way 😂

[@ericochoa4034]

You need the SD loader by furrtek. It's like an ode you should check it out. It will definitely improve most of those loading screens.

[@ericthommerot7331]

I can't agree more. I own one and to be honest this is a must have because it improves the loading speed from cd rom x1 to almost cd rom x4 (no kidding) for less than 100€. Some PCBs also allow you to keep the cd rom drive fully functional. The back side of it, you need to be able to solder a few things. Personally I was able to find a shop selling them ready to go with a 64GB sd card. This is magic.

[@Colin_Ames]

Another nice addition to your collection. The Viewpoint game looks fun, I will have to try it in an emulator.

[@merman1974]

Yeah, it's a single speed CD drive in the original Neo-Geo CD - definitely takes it a while. Would love to collect for it but realistically it is much harder to find over here in the UK.

[@mrsnaglepops1876]

i just use my mister fpga for that now days

[@WickedGamerCollector]

That is of the many ways to play 😄

[@waynecuff3140]

Luckily I own one of these beasts, love it, love the NEOGEO tech.

[@Dronetothetop]

That Bang in the woods tv is so good :D

[@daveryan2148]

Thanks for the video!

[@dareason7581]

The only thing that made the Neo Geo stand out for me was the zoom in / zoom out feature in games like Samurai Showdown and the Characters were much bigger than on SNES and Genesis for some odd reason.

[@zockeromi1970]

Beautiful 😍

[@klausschneider9963]

I got a Neo Geo CDz with around 30 games for 400€ like 15 years ago or so. And a EU CD Unit with four games for around 150€. Thought this was a good price back then. I‘m looking for some new controllers, the original ones are worn out over the time.

[@jamesburchill7522]

The custom bios you are using is notoriously buggy. The NEO CD is worth owning just for unique soundtracks. You could even say.."it's worth the wait."

[@WickedGamerCollector]

ok, maybe that explain why that error / reboot happens.

[@CaptainWrong]

@@WickedGamerCollector also could be the laser/CD drive. Same thing started happening on mine and just got worse to the point where it wouldn't load anything. I guess this is pretty common and replacement kits are fairly cheap. (I botched mine trying to install an SD Loader so unfortunately, I'm out of the game for the moment.)

[@AshWilliams-v3e]

Nice

[@JD-vs3do]

Love them loading screen time. Lol

[@myquietreviews]

I’ve seen videos on KZbin where people have this system modified & all their games are on micro sd cards & the games load super quick

[@StriderVM]

Yeah, I was able to play with a NGCD for a very long time. Load times are horrible but having arcade perfect ports is the result. One of the most egrerious offenders in load times is KOF94 which they Preload ALL SIX characters. But its awesome to see no loads for six characters, you'll never see the PS1 do that. =) Also Samurai Shodown RPG, but it was eventually ported to the PS1/Saturn anyway. Lastly, I hate the Dpad controller, to the point we tried modding an SNES controller to an NGCD one.

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Keep to the initial early AES releases like I've mentioned and the NeoCD pays for itself instantly compared to AES prices. Use an MVS for the humungous meg titles.. ✌️

[@Muryohken]

If it only had better speed to read discs, this would have been a must have back then.

[@MrVoorhees1234]

I also own an NeoGeoCd. Maybe it sounds strange, but I like the loading times. It reminded me of my childhood and youth where loading times are common, especially on homecomputers. But of course I also own an AES; MVS and consolized MVS. So, there are options. ;-)

[@ProdByASAC]

Don't forget: The original xbox can play Neo Geo discs with mods albeit it will be emulated.

[@OnDaWestsidezz]

I remember games costing $100 and up for the system.

[@MaximusJohal]

Yeah thats why i never bought one, always wanted one. Now that people make man caves perhaps we can now start buying them on the cheap?

[@paulclinton6414]

200

[@visionop8]

Ive got a Neo Geo CD and CDZ along with the AES and it works out pretty well. Fighting games have the worst loading times on the CD systems so I use the AES for those. Expensive shmups like Last Resort and Pulstar are much cheaper on CD and I use the CD/CDZ for shmups/sports/puzzle games. The reason is because a lot of those games only have one load screen at the beginning like Last Resort and League Bowling and they never stop to load again. I would highly recommend the CDZ as it is reallly effective in cutting down load times but I bought all this stuff a long time ago. These days the CDZ seems insanely overpriced. It actually costs more than an AES. If you love Neo Geo Hardware and game on a CRT, my recommendation is to get an AES console and a 161-in-1 cartridge and call it a day.

[@gumdeo]

Ah, Samurai Shodown II what a beautiful game 🥷

[@starpier]

I saw this console in Japan, maybe next time I am there I will pick it up. I love double dragon, it is such a wonderful game. By the way, I hear a dutch accent :)

[@JustPeasant]

"Did you owned Neo Geo CD back in the day"? Dude, before the wide adoption of broadband IP, I didn't even heard of SNK or Neo Geo!😄 As for the Neo Geo CD itself. If you're the type of guy who plays fighting games a lot, your regular Neo Geo is a better choice. The CD game versions characters are animated with less frames than the cartridge one. Addendum: When you see a game screen and it reads: "Now Loading" the developers are telling you: "Yes. This game is made by Japanese🇯🇵." 😅😅😅

[@alexojideagu]

Fatal Fury, King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown are famous arcade games and were ported to almost every console, they first came out around the same time as street fighter 2

[@JustPeasant]

@@alexojideagu I know.

[@alexojideagu]

@@JustPeasant So you never saw a Neo Geo arcade machine? You must be very young.

[@JustPeasant]

@@alexojideagu Before the internet, I didn't know back then what the Neo Geo is or was. I do live in Eastern Europe. If the age of 40 is being "young", then I guess I am :))) I've was aware of Capcom, Konami and Sega, but non of the arcade cabinets available had any markings or marquee.

[@alexojideagu]

@@JustPeasant Yes I thought you must be in Eastern Europe! I'm 41 lol I live in the UK so I could play these arcade games in the 1990s. Although the console was not in major shops to buy, the reviews were in all the games magazines and you could order the consoles by mail order and small game shops.

[@marccaselle8108]

The Neo Geo The fighting system lol

[@barebarekun161]

Remember I got a boxed Junk Neo Geo CD from Hard-Off for $40 what a steal that was. Too bad I'm not into fighting games which are the majority of games on Neo Geo. Well at least I got to enjoy Far East of Eden Kabuki Klash for cheap. Loading times are not bad for early non-fighting games and sports games.

[@SuperGamesLegend]

I had one. It's a good system. Slow load times but more time to roll fat ones. Go for it!

[@nostalgiabarn4072]

Just got neo rage emulator with every game available for the system. Works fine, brilliant infact. Totally free

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Keep to the lower meg games and the NeoCD is perfectly fine 🤠✌️ Ie. Last Resort, ASO2, Mutation Nation, Ninja Commando, Sengoku2 etc are all a Single 40 second initial loading only.. 🤠

[@hiawa23]

I have the NEO GEO CDZ system, but the affordable way to play is just about every NEO GEO game has been released for the Switch Xbox and Playstation and they are like $7.99 each.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

LOL, yeah that is a other way to go... Only wanted to dedicate this to real neo geo hardware to be honest 😀

[@raymxslappedyall1891]

hey wicked can the aes be modded if u take out the single speed drive put the laser on say a 6x that's same size as original pop it in with the geo laser soldered in it place?

[@jasonaragon2766]

I recently bought a translation hack of Samurai Showdown RPG.

[@El1988Che]

You bought!!?? I posted a iso you could burn yourself on the Neo Geo FB group. But the translations isn't 100% perfect (because it never got fully completed by anyone).

[@michaelzoran]

Unfortunately, the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG Load times made the games virtually unplayable.

[@johnhamill7358]

Can I use in the UK the same Stepdown transformer for either the CDZ or Cd Console. Thanks, ahead of time.

[@MrSolidtiger]

Looks like yours is running the CDZ bios.

[@hectormontalvo5565]

Is it me or does Viewpoint reminds me of Zaxxon!😀

[@dangunheadachron1603]

It's a Zaxxon + R-Type hybrid to me

[@hectormontalvo5565]

@@dangunheadachron1603 oh el robot de Go Nagai! Yo tengo varias versiones en Español en DVD y Blu-Ray y tambien en Japones. Mi serie animada favorita de todas.👍

[@returnofmerenguespersempre]

Im thinking about starting collecting neo geo, still opting between aes and cd. Are cd readers reliable on these? With those incredibly long loading times i can only assume that reading speeds arent overly impressive on the cd reader - which in theory should equal to less wear and tear. Are these prone to failure?

[@humansrants1694]

Slower read speeds would mean it has to spin for a lot longer.

[@xXanwarXx]

I hope you have metal slug

[@DJeimaXe]

I want to get a chance to relive the real time loading times on each game, *but you will not let me.* Infact, your lens is experiencing the same PS1 deterioration.

[@Dosunceste]

The irony about the Neo Geo CD, considering Neo Geo fame, is that it is worthy but only if you are interested in playing earlier Neo Geo non-fighting games on real hardware and with some great arranged soundtrack. Magician Lord, Last Resort, Sengoku 2, Street Hoops, Neo Driftout, Puzzle Bubble, Sonic Wings 2, Metal Slug, Top Hunter, Crossed Swords 2 all fun games for which loading times aren't a problem. From my experience the better fighting games in term of game quality/shorter loading times are World Heroes Perfect and Fatal Fury Special. The real issue for NGCD aren't long loading times per se because if they were one off like in Last Resort they would be manageable, the real problem is when they are long AND frequent, which is a combo that happen often in fighting games.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Many NGCD games lack Redbook audio-quality, tracks! Magician Lord has the same soundtrack as the cart version. Fatal Fury & KoF games have actual, Redbook audio tracks.

[@paulclinton6414]

Almost all of the games were great.

[@johnboydojo]

Super easy to mod. Love my Neo Geo CD

[@jerry526-n7r]

I have the cd console is not expensive but the cd games is expensive . Most of the fighting games are not valuable.

[@BeatemupMaster]

I have the Neo Geo CDZ Konsole!

[@stanley923]

12:13 no aero fighters 3 and no blazing star

[@peterparker346]

That console failed on games also if you want to play Neogeo games then buy them digital from Nintendo xbox PlayStation stores or Steam on PC SNK just can’t seem to know how to make a better console Nintendo defeated SNK and Atari go play these games on the PS5 and xbox series X not old consoles that weren’t as great as the arcade

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Not all NeoGeo games are available on newer platforms. No Breakers games on the Switch, I know right off-hand. No CD versions with their enhanced soundtracks, either.

[@Suhadisgood]

@@TexasHollowEarth who cares about all the Neogeo games that you can just hack on your NES classic or PC what you don’t understand is the console wasn’t great the king of fighters games weren’t the same as the arcade version up to PS1 until finally PS2 was released that’s when the Neogeo games played perfect your looking at a console from the 90’s that failed

[@samamir8765]

@@TexasHollowEarth so what if their not on the Switch go complain then to Nintendo who was always a failure bringing arcade hits to console but the graphics of this console Neogeo was really bad SNK never made a powerful console in 2000 like Microsoft Sony Nintendo did that’s their problem cause SNK didn’t have street fighter games going their console Namco no one was interested in buying this console you can’t just expect someone to buy a console that plays only SNK games you don’t see xbox making their consoles playing only Microsoft games and Sony making their consoles playing only PlayStation exclusive games and Nintendo only playing Nintendo games that’s why the Neogeo failed

[@bhok5228]

emulation is the way

[@kieranjohnstone6197]

Mister Fpga is king 😁

[@darrien1859]

So is the SNK Neo Geo Cd only in Japanese ?

[@DeadMouseis]

Have You Looked For Neogeo Cart To Cd Project?

[@bedrichhh]

Do you guys think that the NEOGEO CD library will get inflated and ridiculously priced within the next few years? Im already having a hard time looking for games for a decent price here in the US :/

[@WickedGamerCollector]

So far i can see Neo Geo is expensive and will always be sadly. There are some cheap games to pick up here and there. You can maybe sometimes directly import them from Japan with Ebay maybe ? Or rmaybe local conventions ?... did pickup a pile of them there.

[@bedrichhh]

@@WickedGamerCollector unfortunately it is. I’m up to about 22 titles so far and ultimately I’d like to collect a full Japanese set. Just wondering if perhaps the prices would go down a little bit or if it’s best to just roll with the punches as I break my piggy bank for my goal. I’ve tried multiple conventions and they’re so obscure I’d be happy to even find basic NEOGEO pocket titles! Dallas, TX is a little dry on these CD games

[@GlassICE]

I never was into NEOGEO cause i was never into Fighting games, the only Fighting games i would play today are Tekken and Mortal Kombat, aside these, i've played none However i own a NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro so i can emulate arcade games in it

[@luisreyes1963]

The NEO-GEO CD would have been a great system had it not been for 2 flaws: it's very expensive & the games suffer from long loading times. 😕

[@LastExpert]

very long loading times

[@gamecww4775]

this console is good but you always waiting for loading……loading……

[@yllib2012]

Best way to play Neo Geo in 2022 is emulation. I have original hardware and still prefer emulation.

[@reservoirdog1]

And why is that ?

[@Pagaugezero]

That’s ridiculous. Emulation always has lag.

[@humansrants1694]

@@Pagaugezero not nowadays. The Switch is perfect.

[@mohammedibrahim42]

To speak the truth Playstation is best console ever exist even neg go cd can not compete with it🤔

[@AkiraElMittico]

CDZ was a biiiiiiiiiiit faster 😁

[@josebrisenojr665]

Nah only on dreamcast because overlooking is better

[@lullylew9083]

God it looks crap on an LCD. Much better on the CRT.

[@青草茶青]

Polymega

[@青草茶青]

Neo Geo CD - Even Faster Loads

[@user-gh6me9ld6z]

hack no jam