POLL POLL: Did You Ever Play The Neo-Geo In The Arcade Back In The Day?

I don't have any memories playing (or seeing) one growing up, but I really do love playing the games now. Metal Slug, Neo Turf Masters, League Bowling, Blazing Star, etc etc.
 
Most definitely, and one of the more memorable '90s games. Godfather's Pizza in my hometown had a game room with a 4-slot, I remember SS1/2, KotM, Fatal Fury, Puzzle Bobble, Metal Slug a few years later. They also had SF2 and some classics, I remember Jr. Pac-Man and Outrun, but there were definitely others.

I specifically remember thinking how much better the MVS was than the PC10. I dropped one quarter in a PC10 in my life and walked away disgusted. Super Mario, but you don't get enough time to have a half decent game. I guess it's a nice way to play NES titles these days, if you have one on freeplay, but I thought they were the hugest piece of shit games ever back then.
 
I was probably the sole reason why our local Time-Out had a Neo-Geo presence which lasted seven years. :) I used to play KOF '94, FF2, SS, SSII, AOF 2 and Bust-A-Move. That arcade is the reason I now own a Big Red, Goldie, home cart system, Neo CD and Neo Geo Pocket Color. Neo-Geo forever!
 
Seen a lot of these in 7-11's in SoCal and I did play the hell outta Puzzle Bobble. There was a last gasp
of Multi-game Neo Geo cabinets (Mostly 2-4 game) as they started to fade from places like restaurants
and laundromats.
Yep, this exactly. As some of you other California guys have pointed out, I've really not seen these too much in real arcades, but they seemed to be virtually everywhere else you could throw a cab into. Nearly every low end Mexican restaurant, generic burger joint, pizza place, liquor store, ice hockey rink, and laundromat had one. It's like there was a rule where they required most of the shops here in the L.A. area to have at least 1 Neo Geo cab in the 90s-early 00s. This is likely why they don't seem too expensive around these parts...

Some of my favs were Puzzle Bobble, Aero Fighters, and Baseball Stars 2. As far as availability back in the day goes, it seems nearly every single Neo Geo cab I encountered had Puzzle Bobble and or Metal Slug as the standard. Any other game beyond those two was left completely up to chance. Good stuff.
 
I remember seeing them, but similar to the pc10 etc I had zero compulsion to play them. I do own one now (it was cheap and I bought it out of curiosity). It's ok I guess. I don't care for fighter games so this isn't really my cup of tea. To be fair, after sfce (and the sexier mk I and II) most "fighting games" all seemed the same. Even Clay Fighter, which I have a fondness for, is kick punch kick punch special block BARAKA!
 
I played one briefly at my local arcade. I think it had four fighting games that seemed like cartoony sf2 rip offs. I played world heros with a friend. After that, I kind of ignored them, but I would play one again though.
 
I know I played Metal Slug back then so I'm thinking probably. I definitely want to get a gold cab at some point.
 
I'd wager that the voting corresponds pretty closely to age. It's funny to me how many players hardly remember playing (or even seeing) them, but then again I dropped off arcades for a bit in the late 90s. It makes sense that some players lost track of arcades for a bit in the early 90s too.

It really held its own against the consoles of its time, and everyone I knew would've killed to have the AES BITD.
 
Well at first I was thinking I hadn't played many neo geo games buy seeing all the ones people have listed I can say I have played a lot of them, mostly fighter games. The samurai showdowns, art of fighting, world heroes to name a few. All my neo geo experience happened in various arcades in and around Portland OR as a teenager. Moved to California when I was 18 in 1993 and I can honestly say I don't think I've ever seen a neo geo cab since
 
I'd wager that the voting corresponds pretty closely to age. It's funny to me how many players hardly remember playing (or even seeing) them, but then again I dropped off arcades for a bit in the late 90s. It makes sense that some players lost track of arcades for a bit in the early 90s too.

It really held its own against the consoles of its time, and everyone I knew would've killed to have the AES BITD.

With some notable exceptions...I think the 90s was the pinball age. I distinctly remember losing interest (in arcades) around the dragons lair/nes release. Dragons lair was clearly over priced and a miserable slog to play. And the nes was possibly better than most arcade games. I do remember seeing neo geo's everywhere. But by then I was a young adult and chasing tail. No time for neo Geo Dr Jones!
 
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