View Full Version : Did they make Neo Geo cd systems in the usa or just japan? Are they all imports?
garagesaleking!!
08-04-2007, 07:40 PM
Hey today i found a neo geo system and im trying to undertand it. All the ones on ebay say japanese import, it looks to be in english so is it a ntsc version? Were all neo geo systems imported from japan? how did the games work? were they us released games? thanks.
Captain Wrong
08-04-2007, 08:53 PM
1) Japan and USA are both NTSC
2) The systems and games were released in Japan and USA
3) Japanese systems are more common
4) Games will work across regions but will play in whatever language of the region of the system you own
5) Google (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_CD) is (http://www.egameaddiction.com/neogeocd/reviews/faq/neogeocdfaq.html) your friend. (http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2346)
Bonus points: Yes, the load times suck. Yes, the CDZ is better. No, neither of the CD systems are as good as the cart based systems.
CosmicMonkey
08-05-2007, 01:06 PM
The only real difference is one internal jumper setting. Attach a switch to said jumper, and you can switch between English and Japanese language. Which also affects the censorship on the game; blood and bouncing Mai ftw!
sharp
08-05-2007, 02:01 PM
There are even pal systems, games were sold worldwide, some games in europe even had a french manual added. Complete games include an obi/spine card, also for western european and usa releases
Ze_ro
08-05-2007, 10:05 PM
Can you make an NTSC system output a PAL signal via jumpers as well?
--Zero
Cinder6
08-06-2007, 03:01 AM
blood and bouncing Mai ftw!
?
*pops in KoF '95*
Looks pretty bouncy to me...
*lacking a unibios, downloads an emulator and sets the region to Japan*
Looks the same. Am I missing something here, or just not looking at the right game? Is there a list of games that differ, depending on region, somewhere?
CosmicMonkey
08-06-2007, 03:04 AM
Can you make an NTSC system output a PAL signal via jumpers as well?
--Zero
Indeed you can. Although most people would want to remove the jumper, and get full 60Hz output from their machine.
MF_Luder
08-06-2007, 02:07 PM
It seems that most people end up buying the JP consoles because they are easier to come by. Assuming one doesn't add the jumper, will the JP text be prohibitive to the overall experience? It seems like most JP games I've imported for other systems have a lot of English text anyways... and the fact that most SNK games were arcade-style should make the text a lot less important anyways. But I was still wondering if this was a huge drawback over the US console.