Let's have a thread to celebrate the unique period in time when Neo Geo had official representation outside of Japan.Favorite NGF releases? Did you ever got a signed photo from Dion upon purchasing 3 games at the same time?
never fucking heard of it. of course, i didn't ever hear about neo geo at all while it was an active system. i think the first time i ever saw the phrase "neo geo" was sometime in like 2004. i don't think it had much of a presence in bumfuck tennessee.
lol brookie
>>12040053What's the context of this image? I keep seeing it around?
>>12040220Neo Geo Freak owner, Dion, demanded that all original japanese Neo Geo box art and inserts be destroyed and replaced by his own prints, which included a Neo Geo Freak logo, an US flag and lower quality art and logos (for extra soul)
>>12040227So, did he take this kid’s poster and shred it in front of him?
NGF were losers trying to keep neo geo alive well into the 21st century, the a similar lost cause fanbase that Amiga people also went through in the late 90s and early 2000s.>w-we are still relevant!>we have a letter from SNK letting us legally make fan artwork replacement inserts for japanese only titles>that will be $600 plus tip
>>12040232Not posters. Thats cardboard insert is the orignal case art the game came in. They publicly destroyed real neo geo game packaging with a shredder and then printed their own fanart to replace it. They destroyed a lot of rare late era NG game packages for their vanity project.
>>12040232Yes, you'd order a Neo Geo game from them ($199,99 a piece) and they'd replace the original japanese inserts in front of you, and gave you a NGF boxart for free.
It will make me laugh so hard knowing that these guys tried making a name by ragebaiting and will ultimately be forgotten for it
The insert shredding, the fake Last Odyssey proto, the limo pics, the baby blue Porsche shill bidding fiasco, the police raids to reclaim the stolen NGL merch, the utter lies about the alleged contract they had with SNK, the resulting lolsuit, KOF2k, the tiered purchase system... I could go on for days...Holy shit, these asshole were comedy gold for years. Only real BigTymers remember.
Real OGs remember that the wizard tilts the table.
This can't be real
LMFAO
>>12040227But why
>>12041580Who the fuck knows. Dion was just a rich jock that saw money off of exploiting desperate nerds I guess, and he was sadic enough to enjoy making them suffer while at the same time making them pay for it.He didn't even like video games.
Didn't Dion hold that sick kid in a headlock and bullied him?
>>12041676Yeah but "as a joke". The kid was highly tiered as a ngf customer
>>12040235>>12041591I need a qrd. Why did he own NGF if he hated games and how did any of this shit make him money?
>>12040235best I can do is just the tip
My favorite bit of Neo Geo trivia is the fact that Newgrounds started as a Neo Geo fanzine back in 1991 or so. How rich was Tom Fulp's family if they could afford it?
>>12044435How did you figure that?
I wish I could smoke rocks with Dion
>>12045668That's a hot fire
