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Posted October 05, 2017
Re-enter the Arcade.


Say goodbye to your allowance! 8 essential SNK NEO GEO classics are now available, DRM-free on GOG.com.

Join us as we take a closer look at the shiny new cabinets around the GOG.com Arcade.


-In the side-scrolling beat em'up SENGOKU 3, you'll pick your character and join a ninja clan that fights against an evil emperor, then proceed to dispense justice in the form of complex combo chains and unique special attacks.

-REAL BOUT FATAL FURY 2: THE NEWCOMERS is a stylish fighting game where you duel it out until you're the last man standing from its formidable roster of skilled martial artists.

-PULSTAR is a frantic shmup set in the distant future, where a lone pilot may be humanity's only hope to survive the overwhelming alien forces that decimated Earth.

-ART OF FIGHTING 2, the game which introduced the "rage gauge" to the series is widely celebrated for its hard-as-nails A.I. that will make you work for each K.O.

-Want to take two strokes off your golf game? Pick one of six available players and go practicing in the NEO TURF MASTERS' courses, located in Australia, Japan, USA, and Germany.

-Top-down bullet hell action is the way to go if you want to stop the evil terrorist organization DIO in SHOCK TROOPERS 2ND SQUAD. The game also supports GOG Galaxy features, like multiplayer, achievements, cloud saves and more.

-Introducing new systems to customize your fights and fighters, GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES remains one of the most celebrated games in the Fatal Fury series. Comes with implemented GOG Galaxy features, as well.

-IRONCLAD is a horizontal shmup where your trusted high tech ship stands as the resistance's best hope of stopping the invading Iron Mask Republic.


Everything is -50%, or -75% when you complete a game pack ( SNK Fighting Pack, SNK Action Pack, SNK Arcade Pack) each chock-full of new arrivals and greats from the METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, FATAL FURY, THE KING OF FIGHTERS cabinets and more.


The GOG.com SNK Arcade never closes – but the special offers will only be around until October 9, 10 PM UTC.
Posted October 05, 2017
It does use MAME. As I said, it's an older version. Look it up for yourself.
Posted October 05, 2017
I don't want the sports games so I will wait for an individual discount for Sengoku 3. The new action pack games are a nice addiction. Got them. And yes, I play with MAME. But for a small fee I am happy to get those ROMs legally here and I would love many others to come, like Three Wonders. Do you think there is hope for Capcom games to come here on GOG? Oh I just saw Street Fighter Alfa 2. So there is hope.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geGQjHkGYYU

You can vote Three Wonders in the wishlist here:
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/three_wonders

Man! Magician Lord, Willow, I would get them all gladly...
It is true that these emulators are not good generally speaking, and the interface is mostly awful. But the discounted price is reasonable.
Post edited October 05, 2017 by Dogmaus
Posted October 05, 2017
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DoomSooth: It does use MAME. As I said, it's an older version. Look it up for yourself.
All I've found is multiple discussions pointing to DotEmu using MAME without permission in Raiden Legacy, and that their Neo-Geo humble bundle ports use an unlicensed hack version of the Nebula emulator.

This is actually the best case scenario, because if these actually do run on MAME, then DotEmu are even more incompetent than I thought.
Post edited October 05, 2017 by ReynardFox
Posted October 05, 2017
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DoomSooth: It does use MAME. As I said, it's an older version. Look it up for yourself.
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ReynardFox: All I've found is multiple discussions pointing to DotEmu using MAME without permission in Raiden Legacy, and that their Neo-Geo humble bundle ports use an unlicensed version of the Nebula emulator.

This is actually the best case scenario, because if these actually do run on MAME, then DotEmu are even more incompetent than I thought.
I think half the point here is actually buy them to run them on MAME. It would be disappointing if they didn't.
Posted October 05, 2017
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ReynardFox: All I've found is discussion pointing to DotEmu using MAME without permission in Raiden Legacy, and that their Neo-Geo ports use an unlicensed version of the Nebula emulator.

This is actually the best case scenario, because if these actually do run on MAME, then DotEmu are even more incompetent than I thought.
If that's all you've found then you didn't look hard enough. You could always ask MAMEDev directly, if you don't trust any other sources.
Post edited October 05, 2017 by DoomSooth
Posted October 05, 2017
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Dogmaus: I think half the point here is actually buy them to run them on MAME. It would be disappointing if they didn't.
If the MAME romsets update (and they eventually will in one way or another), these versions would become invalid, negating their worth entirely.
Posted October 05, 2017
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Dogmaus: I think half the point here is actually buy them to run them on MAME. It would be disappointing if they didn't.
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ReynardFox: If the MAME romsets update (and they eventually will in one way or another), these versions would become invalid, negating their worth entirely.
Yep that's true. Couldn't one still use old romsets though?

My dear! After the annoying intro, I began playing Pulstar. I pressed my controller left trigger and this quit the game. It is so idiotic! I forgot it happened with the old ones too.
Post edited October 05, 2017 by Dogmaus
Posted October 05, 2017
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DoomSooth: If that's all you've found then you didn't look hard enough. You could always ask MAMEDev directly if you don't trust any other sources.
Then by all means, point me to where it explicitly says MAME was licensed by DotEmu because what I'm finding is the Humble releases were based on a version of Nebula licensed by GameTap, and the GOG versions are in many ways identical (except with far worse performance) to those.
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Dogmaus: Yep that's true. Couldn't one still use old romsets though?
As long as you're willing to stick to an old version of MAME sure. Also welcome to DotEmu's quality releases. ;)
Post edited October 05, 2017 by ReynardFox
Posted October 05, 2017
Why would DotEmu have to license anything from MAME if the license had changed to allow for commercial use? Did you forget the part about the license changing? Even if it didn't use MAME, the ROM sets for these releases can be used with older versions of MAME, unless you update the BIOS files included with those sets to use newer versions of MAME. Also, look up who created Nebula. It was Elsemi. Take a guess what other emulator (MAME) he worked on before being hired by one of the companies that made some of the arcade games Elsemi emulated.
Posted October 05, 2017
Ok, this will probably be a really stupid question, but with gaming industry today you can never be too sure: do the Metal Slugs have local co-op multiplayer?
Posted October 05, 2017
Nice one!

Now please add the soundtracks for Metal Slug 3, Fatal Fury Special, Art Of Fighting 2 and Samurai Showdown in both mp3 and flac and decrease the price by a further 50% and *BOOM* gog customers will finally get the same bang for our bucks as the people who bought the NEOGEO bundle on Humble 2 years ago.
Posted October 05, 2017
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Enebias: Ok, this will probably be a really stupid question, but with gaming industry today you can never be too sure: do the Metal Slugs have local co-op multiplayer?
Sure Joey, em, Enebias. I just tried it on MS 3 and it worked.
Posted October 05, 2017
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DoomSooth: Why would DotEmu have to license anything from MAME if the license had changed to allow for commercial use? Did you forget the part about the license changing? Even if it didn't use MAME, the ROM sets for these releases can be used with older versions of MAME, unless you update the BIOS files included with those sets to use newer versions of MAME. Also, look up who created Nebula. It was Elsemi. Take a guess what other emulator (MAME) he worked on before being hired by one of the companies that made some of the arcade games Elsemi emulated.
I get your point about MAME being free to use if you have obtained the rights from the game publisher, but you explicitly claimed that DotEmu uses use MAME, I found evidence to the contrary and you've just shown me you were speculating.

I know who made Nebula, I used Nebula for years and it hasn't used MAME code for a very long time, in fact someone just pointed out there's a neogeo.dat in the GOG release of Metal Slug that contains the string (MultiPart: Nebula 2.25 NeoGeo Romsets (Based on Mr-J RomData). Nebula 2.25 has no ties to MAME at all, it is entirely Elsemi's work.
Post edited October 05, 2017 by ReynardFox
Posted October 05, 2017
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ReynardFox: I get your point about MAME being free to use if you have obtained the rights from the game publisher, but you explicitly claimed that DotEmu uses use MAME, I found evidence to the contrary and you've just shown me you were speculating.

I know who made Nebula, I used Nebula for years and it hasn't used MAME code for a very long time, in fact someone just pointed out there's a neogeo.dat in the GOG release of Metal Slug that contains the string (MultiPart: Nebula 2.25 NeoGeo Romsets (Based on Mr-J RomData). Nebula 2.25 has no ties to MAME at all, it is entirely Elsemi's work.
Where do you think Nebula got its NeoGeo code from? It was derived from MAME's NeoGeo driver. Those guys aren't going to do more work than they have to do. If DotEmu decided to use any Nebula code at all then that would explain a lot but the SNK Anniversary Bundle sets work in MAME up to .171 or so without the new BIOS files. Use ten year old code or use code that's about two years old? I know which one I'd use. Then there's the fact that the SNK Anniversary Bundle was released just a few months after MAME's license changed.
Posted October 05, 2017
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Enebias: Ok, this will probably be a really stupid question, but with gaming industry today you can never be too sure: do the Metal Slugs have local co-op multiplayer?
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Dogmaus: Sure Joey, em, Enebias. I just tried it on MS 3 and it worked.
Thank you! :)
I have just what I need in the store credits wallet left from a previous purchase, I could buy the first one and play it with my sister.
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