Neo-Geo began its life on a cool morning in Spring 1990. It was an attempt by the SNK Corporation to bring the arcades home. By placing their machines in both arcades and for sale as a home console, everybody played the Neo-Geo at some point. I, myself remember pouring quarter after quarter into Samurai Showdown. Other great games included Metal Slug and, my all-time favorite, Bust-A-Move.

The only major problem with the system was its prohibitive price tag. With the console priced at $899.99 and games running between $200-$300 each, only the most spoiled of rich kids could have one in their home. But no, thanks to emulation, all us poor shlubs can have a go. Have fun!

KBMAME

As some of you may know, MAME can run Neo-Geo games as well. KBMAME was created for those folks who just want Neo-Geo emulation and nothing else. By focusing only on the Neo-Geo, KBMAME is updated more often and works better than MAME, and is also a smaller file. As always, you have to download ROMs of your favorite games in order to play (see below). Have fun!

DOS Only v.35 beta 10
• ftp://game-revolution.com/pub/files/kbmame.zip

GeoMAME

Mac Only v37b10b
• ftp://game-revolution.com/pub/files/geomame37b10b.sea.hqx

ROM Sites

Note: Due to copyright laws, it is illegal to download a ROM of any game that you do not own, unless you delete it within 24 hours. These laws also make it difficult to keep up with functioning ROM sites and often these sites are not available. Game Revolution does not host any ROM images on our site, nor does Game Revolution endorse piracy.

• http://www.emulazone.com/Roms/NeoGeo/index.html
  
• http://www.plasticman.org/emu/
  
• http://elrazer2.free.fr/