OK, this sounds kind of awesome. The SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION (seriously, they write in all-caps like that) announced plans to bring a gang of Neo Geo games to the PlayStation Network in the form of the Neo Geo Station. The available information isn't clear about how this will manifest once it launches. I'm assuming it'll surface as a separate section of the PlayStation Store, rather than requiring you to download a Game-Room-like front-end first. But I've got an e-mail in to ask about that, so we'll find out soon enough.

Anyway, the Station will launch on December 21 and will allow PS3 owners to purchase ten different Neo Geo games for $8.99 each. The PSP side of things will start a bit smaller, with only Metal Slug and Fatal Fury appearing on 12/21. The PSP versions will be sold separately for $6.99 a pop. Where appropriate, the PlayStation 3 versions will be updated to allow online play. Multiplayer on the PSP will be limited to local players only.

• Fatal Fury
• Alpha Mission II
• The King of Fighters '94
• Samurai Shodown
• Baseball Stars Professional
• Magician Lord
• Metal Slug
• League Bowling
• Super Sidekicks
• Art of Fighting

OK, this sounds kind of awesome. The SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION (seriously, they write in all-caps like that) announced plans to bring a gang of Neo Geo games to the PlayStation Network in the form of the Neo Geo Station. The available information isn't clear about how this will manifest once it launches. I'm assuming it'll surface as a separate section of the PlayStation Store, rather than requiring you to download a Game-Room-like front-end first. But I've got an e-mail in to ask about that, so we'll find out soon enough.

Anyway, the Station will launch on December 21 and will allow PS3 owners to purchase ten different Neo Geo games for $8.99 each. The PSP side of things will start a bit smaller, with only Metal Slug and Fatal Fury appearing on 12/21. The PSP versions will be sold separately for $6.99 a pop. Where appropriate, the PlayStation 3 versions will be updated to allow online play. Multiplayer on the PSP will be limited to local players only.

• Fatal Fury
• Alpha Mission II
• The King of Fighters '94
• Samurai Shodown
• Baseball Stars Professional
• Magician Lord
• Metal Slug
• League Bowling
• Super Sidekicks
• Art of Fighting

Actually sounds neat.  Perhaps what Game Room should have been. Also Metal Slug <3

metal slug is awesome

MY BODY IS READY

Ok, it's official. I need a PS3.

Seems rather pricey, but non the less a nifty feature.

Bring on the retro game quick looks! 

When I saw this headline I was really hoping that Mark of the Wolves would be on here, but sadly it is not :(

Is this gonna make Jeff happy?

The console war is alive and kicking which means more stuff for us! I currently have Foxtel cable TV running through my X360 via WiFi and it's really good!

I DEMAND GAROU AND KOF98.

NEO GEO RIDES AGAIN!

" I DEMAND GAROU AND KOF98. "

Oh man, I really want Neo Turf Masters. That game is great.

Metal Slug on MY PSP? Yush please <3

Isn't money puzzle exchanger already on that ps1 import store?

EFF YES WINDJAMMERS. 
 
I got... into that game on a totally-legit...erm...PC version during college. No idea why.

Should I wait for "Sam-Show II"? Or the first one is the definitive one.
Sam-Show...I hope I get that right :1

I already envision the quick looks:
Jeff starts the first quick look with "Ooooh, the potential!"
He then starts quick look nr.8 jaded by all the Intellivision games.

I'll be waiting for Samurai Shodown 2 and King of Fighters 98. And Windjammers, of course.

Omg Metal Slug.  So excited.

This has been a long time coming. There's been multiple format sorting on the PSP for about a year now and they've been unused. Totally buying all the good ones!

FUCK YEAH WHO ELSE IS GETTING THAT BOWLING GAME!!!!??

whoa?! Waku Waku 7?? Sign me up for that. Also, I'd like all Samurai Shodown,  both The Last Blade and Garou: Mark of the Worves[sic]. No onions, please.

Garou pluz.

alpha mission 2 = best space shooter ever made ( i lost all my money as a kid in the arcades....ahhh old times :) )

no on has ever wrote anything for the league bowling page?

I'm going to wait and see about this. If it's not an accurate emulation I'm just going to buy an MVS motherboard and fill a shelf with carts again :/
 
 
 @fjor said:

" alpha mission 2 = best space shooter ever made ( i lost all my money as a kid in the arcades....ahhh old times :) ) "

Money Idol Exchanger was released as a PS1 Import classic a couple weeks ago

A decent start but it's going to need more better games very soon after it's launch. This includes games that were released on other platforms - Arcade and other consoles after the Neo Geo ceased to be.

Sounds nice, but also too expensive for old games like this, even if they're mostly classics.

$9.00 a pop for those games on the PS3 is pretty laughable. Those games were great in their time, but they should be like $2.50 each. To each his own I guess, but if you got all ten of those games for $90.00 would that feel like a good deal to you?

NeoGeo is awesome. =]

I've hoping for Last Blade 1 and 2.  I'm not very good at fighting games but I loved that series' style.

Last Blade series! I played the hell out of those.

When I first saw the picture I thought this was a massive blog post by Jeff.

Are we going to se "Station" Quick looks? because "people need to know!"

I can't wait for Can't Stop the Neo Geo Station Quick Looks.

" $9.00 a pop for those games on the PS3 is pretty laughable. Those games were great in their time, but they should be like $2.50 each. To each his own I guess, but if you got all ten of those games for $90.00 would that feel like a good deal to you? "

Its good to see SNK paying more attention to the PS family of systems. XBL has Garou, Battle Coliseum and '02UM while all PSN has is the shitty PS1 port of KoF 99.

NEOGEO Metal Slug that isn't a billion dollars!!!!!! Oh My God!

" Its good to see SNK paying more attention to the PS family of systems. XBL has Garou, Battle Coliseum and '02UM while all PSN has is the shitty PS1 port of KoF 99. "

Sweeeeet. Looks like I may have to hook my PS3 back up. 

" I'm going to wait and see about this. If it's not an accurate emulation I'm just going to buy an MVS motherboard and fill a shelf with carts again :/
 
 
 

@fjor

said:

" alpha mission 2 = best space shooter ever made ( i lost all my money as a kid in the arcades....ahhh old times :) ) "

It's up in the top two in my heart now (#1 is Viper Phase-1), the audio and the visuals and the gameplay is way up there, especially with how enemies actually *aim* at you rather than spew memorizable batterns. Gave it so much playtime when I had it. Here's a five-six year old video I made of it on one of my cabinets complete with wonderful clicking from sticks and buttons:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPftIqcCNK8 "