The BeharBros just announced a new supergun specifically designed for use with Neo Geo MVS boards, called “Shogun“. This is BeharBros‘s latest addition to their on-going line of Neo Geo related paraphernalia that includes the VGA16, RGB16 and the upcoming consolized MVS. While all Neo Geo MVS boards communicate with arcade setups (cabinets or superguns) […]
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Furrtek decapped the PC Engine platform’s (PCE/TurboGrafx-16/CoreGrafx/SuperGrafx/Duo/etc) video generator chip, the HuC6270, back in November, and he just published an extremely high resolution map of the chip with the help of John McMaster that can now be used for reverse engineering. Decapping is the process of removing the casing of an integrated circuit, usually via […]
Behar Bros just announced, through their official Facebook page, the completion of the VGA 16 project, a 480p outputting solution for Neo Geo MVS boards. Following the reveal of their dual-ouput (VGA & RGBs) consolized MVS earlier this year, the Behar Bros have decided to release the FPGA-based line-doubling RGBHV VGA board, used with the […]
Project Neon, a recently announced Neo-Geo shmup released a public “Caravan Demo” that is playable on real hardware, MAME, and the MiSTer. The proposed game, which we covered recently on this blog, is set to be a co-op a bullet hell shmup with selectable levels when completed. Developer release notes are as follows: Project Neon […]
The first official release of the Neo-Geo core is now available for the MiSTer platform! Thanks to the hard work of Furrtek, Sorgelig, Greyrogue, Rysha and other contributors, installing it is as easy as choosing the update option in the scripts menu of the MiSTer. Users that prefer to who do not have network connectivity […]
A developer who goes under the screen name Coin feeder on the arcade-projects forums has recently revealed that he is developing a new “tate” style shmup game for the Neo Geo MVS. I had to the opportunity to video chat with him, where he demonstrated a very early version of this new game running on actual […]
Magic Trashman has written a tutorial on how to padhack a Neo Geo Mini controller to DB15 (arcade/Neo Geo direct connection) and add a clicky microswitch d-pad to it. It’s a relatively complex mod involving custom 3D prints, but MT has been offering pre-modified controllers for sale through Twitter. I bought one of these from […]
Darksoft has just released both a menu and firmware update for his MultiAES Neo Geo ROM cart. The posted changes are as follows: * Added support for monitor test tool. The tool must be placed in the folder “montest” * Loading DDR of games and menu only when we exit menu, so we avoid loading […]
TR Fight Stick is creating a metal shell for the Neo Geo MVS motherboard, For those who use the MVS as a home console. I recently covered how cheap MVS are, and how easy they are to treat as an AES. I have previously covered TR Fight Stick’s other heavy metal creations for the Capcom […]
This isn’t exactly news, since real Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware has been cheap for over a decade, but I just published a video outlining how to buy a real Neo Geo for $35/shipped. A lot of us arcade hobbyists in the know have been buying one-slot Neo Geo motherboards from China for as far […]