Well I'm sure that many of you will have seen that we were hacked again over the past day or so. I won't go into what happened exactly but to put it simply someone decided it would be fun to totally nerf the site. I took steps last time to stop it happening again, but I missed something and it seems they took advantage and managed to do it again, but a little more serious this time.
You may notice some glitches (missing images etc) at the moment but I am currently in the process of re-uploading all the content which is taking a while as there is a lot of stuff! If you spot anything that isn't quite right please post a comment using the link below and I'll make sure it gets sorted out asap. We are also missing any posts that were made on the forum on the 28th of July (Monday), so if you posted that day I'm sorry but there wasn't much I could do to save those posts. Not too much of a big deal though I guess, the main thing is that the site is back!
Like I say, if you do spot any glitches (anything at all) please let us know so it can be fixed!
This one is for all of you social networking type people (myself included!). Shiny setup an official NeoGeoForLife.com Facebook group today, so if you are a member of said networking site then feel free to hop on over and join us on the group! If you have anyone on your friends list that might be interested, then invite them to the group as well as the site itself and introduce them to the wonder that is SNK and the Neo Geo!
I may as well mention that we also have a Myspace page and a Youtube page. They haven't been mentioned too often in the past so you may not have seen them yet. Any videos we upload are always put onto Youtube and will also be uploaded to the new Facebook group in the future! I've finally added links to them all on the navigation panel! :)
Another week, another new games to discuss! This time it's yet another often overlooked classic... Twinkle Star Sprites!
It's a very unique game and there's certainly nothing else like it on the Neo Geo! Head on over to our discussion thread for media including screenshots, videos and music!
I felt I should share these really awesome (and insanely cute) KOF renders made by Emo Fairy! Click the image for full size.
Let us know what you think of them in this forum thread! I'm sure Emo Fairy would like to know what you think of them, and as she is currently making some more you could possibly even request some new ones that you would like to see! :)
These are actually a follow up to ones she made last year. You can view those at the link below (her official site).
I'm quite surprised it won last weeks poll, but Nightmare in the Dark is our new Game of the Week! I might be surprised that it beat Twinklestar Sprites, but it is a good fun game, if a little too short.
Check out our Game of the Week forum thread, especially if you have never played the game before as we have screenshots and other media for the game. If you have played it then come and give us your impressions on it. Don't forget to also vote in our NitD poll on the right! :)
Ruckage sent us another custom moves list, this time one that I requested he make and he very kindly obliged! This one is for Samurai Shodown II.
I will definitely be printing all of these out (this one in particular!)... I have a terrible memory so having easy access to a moves list is always handy... plus these look very pretty of course! :D
Check them out and let Ruckage know what you think of them via the comments link at the bottom of this post, or via the comments link in the gallery itself!
After an overwhelming victory in our poll, KOF '94 is now our game of the week! It's amazing that it took us this long to have a KOF game as the GotW really!
I don't need to say too much about this game - I think all of you know all about it! Come to our discussion thread to talk about it and reminisce about your memories of this classic game! We also have a video of the game in the thread with a new intro that Atomduck made for our Game of the Week feature - check it out!
I have changed the poll for next weeks GotW, so you can vote on what game we will cover. The voting will end on Saturday July the 5th and the winner will be featured next week. As Nightmare in the Dark and Twinklestar Sprites are such popular choices, I have kept just those two games as selections, so it will be interesting to see how the voting pans out over the course of the week!
Apparently Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS is to be published by Ignition Entertainment in the US this Autumn (sorry I mean "Fall" for you US guys and gals! :). Quote from 1-Up:
"Truth be told, I have a pink DS and was embarrassed to play it in public. Now with Metal Slug 7 loaded, I have no qualms," quipped Ajay Chadha, president of Ignition Entertainment. "Needless to say, and in all seriousness, we are very excited to announce our partnership with SNK Playmore USA to give both core and casual gamers a whole new insight into the unique, all-action, eye-popping world that is Metal Slug."
I must admit that despite being a huge Slug fan, I don't hold much hope for this one I'm afraid, but I am still hoping to be pleasantly suprised as it may yet turn out to be great! I still wish they would give us a completely new Slug game for home consoles with all new sprites and gameplay additions, but I highly doubt it will ever happen.
Ruckage, one of our members, has made some excellent high resolution custom moves sheets for Neo Geo games. I have uploaded them into a gallery for people to download and print out. I highly recommend that you check them out!
So far there are moves sheets for both The Last Blade 2, and Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Many thanks to Ruckage for making them!
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match for the PS2 is now finally out in Japan, and shipping from most retailers like Play-Asia. I will have the game pretty soon so I'll post a few impressions once I get it. I'm really looking foward to this one!
The Sunsoft Collection is also available now! It's a bit disappointing that it only includes two games (Waku Waku 7 and Galaxy Fight), so I'm not 100% sure it's worth it, but I should get to try it soon... again, I'll post my impressions of it once I do. I really hope WW7 includes the arranged soundtrack from the Sega Saturn version of the game as an option...
If you would like to vote on our next Game of the Week, you can do so by heading to our new webpoll. I've added a seperate poll to the one on the right which anyone (including non registered visitors) can vote on once a day. Whatever game is in the lead on Sunday will be our GotW for next week.
I'll try and put this poll in the sidebars next time, it's just I am having a bit of a problem in getting it to show up without making the rest of the page go fubar... for now, just go to the link below, until I fix it! :)
SteveDave 08/27/2008 06:01 Cool site Will, don't know how I missed that one
candycab 08/27/2008 05:50 @Will... Pretty cool site there dude ! I will be checking that out when I have more time
candycab 08/27/2008 05:48 @Kaz...RUSH, Moving Pictures is out for Rockband on the 360 ! I will be all over it at the end of the week when it hits PS3
Will 08/27/2008 04:39 Come visit [URL] any place, any time.
priest 08/24/2008 15:41 @DestronPrime: -
Sounds like you had a good time
The wedding I attended was a little less traditional too.
The Bridesgroom wore a kilt, which isn“t that common in SWEDEN.
DestronPrime 08/24/2008 15:31 I had an awesome time. Dancing, partying, watching my gramma get drunk. It was a blast. It was all done outside, and was a little less tradition than some weddings after the ceremony ended.
priest 08/22/2008 07:33 ...After the ceremony we celebrated the couple
on a boat.
EDIT: This line fell out
priest 08/22/2008 07:31 @DestronPrime: - I hope you had an equally good time, my friend.
priest 08/22/2008 07:30 @DestronPrime: -
Not what you may think, I left the ceremeny to "someone" more genuinly religious to handle. I had a really good time
After the ceremony we celebrated the couple
DestronPrime 08/22/2008 00:41 Hey, preist what did your job at the wedding happen to be?
It just so happened I went to a wedding the same day. Awesome coincidence eh?
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The wedding I attended was a little less traditional too.
The Bridesgroom wore a kilt, which isn“t that common in SWEDEN.
