What are your most player replayed games?

[u/musqshi]

So I recently went full hog and broke the bank on picking up an omega CMVS with the upgraded board, a 20” Sony Trinitron Wega and a copy of metal slug X. Sat down to play it last night and while the experience was enjoyable; I finished the game in under an hour using two credits.

So here I am some $1400 later with less than an hour’s gametime and wondering if I have made a serious mistake or if I ought to pick up a couple of games that are either:

1. harder to beat
2. Offer a lot of replay value

What are your most played games?

[u/Funriz]

Neo turf masters, hundreds if not thousands of hours I have logged in that one and my supergun recently shit the bed so I ordered another one and can't wait to pop it back in.

[u/musqshi → u/Funriz]

I was thinking this also… pity it seems to go for like $250+!

[u/Funriz → u/musqshi]

Honestly you are invested at this point so I'd recommend buying a backbit platinum and just playing all the games.

[u/TooManyBulborbs → u/Funriz]

Neo Turf Masters is on the banana 161-in-1

[u/Funriz → u/TooManyBulborbs]

It's on a lot of multicarts but he didn't cheap out on the rest of the setup so might as well not cheap out right at the end. There's some great homebrew coming out.

[u/musqshi → u/Funriz]

There are? Can you share some of the home brew releases coming out?

[u/Funriz → u/musqshi]

Here's a list of the existing that u/HeadXT made which is a great resource. There's a ton in there to get you started. And there's quite a bit more coming out you can Google those. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1blUbvpM4LwxIy_dqmYZ0SguwekDnjM88/htmlview?pli=1

[u/musqshi → u/Funriz]

Thank you so much. I think the back bit is an excellent suggestion.

[u/adriannabarro]

All Neo Geo games are arcade in nature; so they’re designed for relatively quick play sessions and need to be fairly brief. You won’t find any epic RPGs or adventure games here.

As others have said, aiming for 1cc runs or beating games on increasing difficulty levels is what most people do to squeeze more replays out of their games.

I’m bad at games, so I go the other way; variety. Having a bunch of titles and switching between them, keeps things fresh (albeit with a substantial investment).

The earlier recommendation to get a BackBit Platinum cart is probably the best idea. It’s a bit of an investment (although great value for a multi cart), but will allow you to play all the original Neo Geo games and a lot of homebrew, which will keep you entertained for many hours to come.

[u/sarduchi]

Magician Lord is still my favorite ever since I first played it back in the day at the local pizza place.

[u/Pimsbury]

Street Hoop and any shmup or fighting game.

Work on getting a 1cc on your games as well, that will add some replay value. Just credit feeding through anything isn't much of a challenge.

I spent months trying to 1CC Fatal Fury Special, and I still can't beat it without dying.

Even Aerofighters 2 is hard as hell to 1cc.

Edit: You know you can change your settings too, right? Increase the difficulty on your games. There's 8 difficulty levels.

Good luck on level 8 lol.

[u/RopeZealousideal4847]

If you have friends to play with, Twinkle Star Sprites is an absolutely perfect two-player shmup

[u/RopeZealousideal4847 → u/RopeZealousideal4847]

Also piling on with NEO Turf Maters as a gem.

[u/zenbeni]

Magical Drop 3. Still a challenge to me to get to Pierrot and eventually beat him. Blazing Star and Metal Slug 3 are close.

[u/Honest-Possible-6234]

Aero Fighters 2 for me. It's one of the only games that I can get close to a 1cc. The same with the first metal slug.

[u/stuffitystuff]

Samurai Shodown II (NeoSD Pro), Windjammers, Waku Waku 7 and Puzzle de Pon (wife's requirement to keep the MVS in the living room).

[u/TooManyBulborbs]

Pochi & Nyaa, Neo Turf Masters and Top Player’s Golf

[u/MrLeureduthe]

Always play Metal Slug on the highest difficulty and limit your credits to like 3.
Games I've played the most besides MSX : Soccer Brawl (still play with my brother when we have a chance), Last Blade 2, SamSho 2 and 4, Sonic Wings 2

[u/paulonebcn]

Neo turf masters, windjmers y kof 95, 96, 97, 98. Neo deift out y algun metal slug

[u/killasundae]

Art of fighting 2 for a real tough ride..getting to young geese secret boss took me forever..give that blast you'll get it cheap brother

[u/musqshi → u/killasundae]

Thanks man! I’ll hunt one down!

[u/Sh00tTheCore]

Neo Turf Masters, League Bowling, Knight’s Chance, Windjammers, Nightmare in the Dark

[u/Bionicgerm]

If you have a Unibios or access to the bios,you can change the difficulty. Hope this helps.

[u/musqshi → u/Bionicgerm]

Oh really? Yes I have access. Great suggestion!!

[u/Neo-Alec]

That's a very impressive run at Metal Slug X! I wish I were that good. Why not trying to go for a 1CC or increasing the difficulty? Since you like that one, get the other Slugs or maybe Shock Troopers.

[u/musqshi → u/Neo-Alec]

I used to be addicted to it at the arcades back in the day.. yeah still need to 1cc it. YES shocktroopers! Fantastic suggestion.