A long, long, long time ago I saw something, somewhere about the Neo Geo. The NES was out at the time - I remember, because the bit on this programme (I'm thinking it might have been Bad Influence(?) on ITV, some **** games show, anyway) said that there was a new console coming out which would cost ?300, and the games would cost ?99 (hence it being NES-era - I remember thinking "that's how much our NES cost!"). They briefly showed a few games, one of which showed a sort of wizard walking along an isometric level, chucking bombs. I think the protagonist was dressed in a blue or purple Gandalf-style outfit. Any ideas?
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Magician Lord?
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Bad Influence was later on than that, wasn't it?Comment
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That's it. Funny how you remember stuff - could have sworn it was isometric. Is it any good? The graphics nearly melted my brain at the time.Comment
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defo Magician Lord, i even remember the program
i think i still have it on vhs!
do you have a Neo Geo CD?
if so i might have the game kicking around.....
its pretty good, (for its time) but it gets rock hard in later levels.Last edited by beecee; 10-04-2006, 16:18.Comment
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It looked pretty nice at the time but the jumping is horrific and it's generally just a bit naff. IMO like.Comment
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You're right, I think it was. When did Gamesmaster start? It could even have been Newsround. Maybe not (although last time I saw it, it was a wall-to-wall advert for Harry Potter - the BBC's policy on advertising is pretty fluid).Comment
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Nah, I've never even played on a Neo. It's just always stuck with me. Now I've seen it with more discerning/jaded eyes some (all) of the magic has gone. Some sort of life lesson in there somewhere?Comment
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do you have mame?Originally posted by PeekayComment
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I only have an Internet connection at work at the moment, unfortunately.Comment
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It's actually pretty OK verging on good imo. I believe it was the first Neo-Geo game. There's an excellent feature on the Neo on this site by Treble and I believe it mentions the game. I have it on MVS
Check about halfway down in the recommendations.Comment
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I think the first Neo game was NAM?Originally posted by MadburyIt's actually pretty OK verging on good imo. I believe it was the first Neo-Geo game. There's an excellent feature on the Neo on this site by Treble and I believe it mentions the game. I have it on MVS
Check about halfway down in the recommendations.Comment
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Magician Lord is ace. Everyone who plays it initially whines that it's too hard, but I think it's like ThunderForce IV or Ninja Gaiden or the story mode in F-Zero GX in that yes, compared to most other games of their time, they're hard, but they're entirely doable if you sit and concentrate and don't have kids/nagging/interruptions.
Having said that though, I can only get up to the end of level 3 of Magician Lord on one credit so far
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Aye, I believe so. Cat. number for NAM 1975 is NGH-001Originally posted by crazymadone
Magician Lord is still pretty decent. It's one of the better early games (along with NAM).Comment
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