The Neo Geo consoles were so badass. I wish collecting for them was more affordable and accessible.

Always appreciate your enthusiasm for these well known but hard to find retro consoles 👍

'i just happen to have the top loader' like oops where did it come from? Lol 🤣

Stone age gamer has new 3rd party power supplies, mine has worked perfectly for about a year now.

Great video Adam. I love these videos for consoles I’ll probably never own. Although the NG cd is on my short list of consoles I’d still like to find!

14:42 Bust-A-Move, not to be confused with my favorite Playstation game franchise of which I even bought the OST's for

I love this era of Neo Geo / SNK. They squeezed in essentially three or more region version of the same game like the video mentioned, and they did that for ALL of their consoles. This stuff also works for neo geo pocket color and aes the same way. It's unheard of. Who does that? Why? Lmao. I loved beating one game and then change the region into another and it gives a lotta new fresh new paint on the same game. Some games had different voices depending regions, like KoF 2001 and 2002. Some turned blood into vomit and vice versa. SNK really was nothing like anyone else in the business.

What a set of interesting circumstances regarding this console. Also that's fascinating it can straight up play the games in English if switched to that region. That alone convinces me to want to add this to my collection at some point. (That is if I can find one in the future) This was a great video!

"SNK made a lot of mistakes" The Hyper Neo Geo 64 was a mistake

What a coincidence my neo geo cd came in the mail yesterday and this video comes out today. I had the same problem with the power cable it has to be at an angle to work but I got a great deal so I don’t care that much. Anyways great vid; I don’t really have much use for the region mod since I speak Japanese but it was cool to learn about it.

One of the coolest thing on NGCD (and I think that it exists also on some AES games) is that no matter how is the Console region, you can play japanese/international games releases with no poroblems at all (of course, the display will present in the language of the Region).The NGCD models produced in Brazil display some games (KOF 95, Savage Reign) in Portuguese. My parents gave to me as a christmans present in 1997 and I still have today. Great Console. Cool video, Adam! Keep going and God bless!

Awesome stuff Adam! I modded my neo geo cd with just a Japan and US switch since I never see UK games ever.

R.I.P. Susan!! Good Shit as always brotha! I got your digial download code for switch and your pizza hut gift card right here for ya pal! (Just kidding , I know you hate those things) Happy New Year!

Man I love Neo-Geo games, I used to play neo-geo mvs games on a supergun (still have the carts but the board died on me) Great games for the time

I'll always enjoy these videos about these obscure consoles

This mod looks almost professionally done. And it's good to see you now have a 3 region Neo Geo CD. Nice picture in the background of the Nintendo Play Station possibly signed by Terry Diebold. R.I.P. Terry

I think that switch is the same one I have on my toe kick heater in my kitchen haha

13:02 The squirts are still there, but they're colored white. I guess they just bleed milk in the US version lol.

I'm only here for 18 minutes of top loader eye candy.

A simpler way to put it is that Neo Geo CD games work just like AES/MVS games in that your system determines what language or level of censorship you see. The difference is that the AES had different BIOSes for each region so you had to replace the BIOS to change the language/censorship of a game. The Neo Geo CD let's you move jumpers, which is not really much different than flipping DIP switches on MVS. I have a Bazilian top-loader and a Japanese top-loader but the Brazilian one also had a resistor added to the Sony CXA1145P (PAL RGB amp and composite/S-Video encoder) to put it into NTSC mode.

Thank you for making this video.

Very cool video Adam! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I myself own the model 2 top loader Neo Geo CD. It's a Japan import, but I love it! I never knew Neo Geo CD games had those differences depending on the region! You definitely taught me something!

I believe Dunk Dream/Street Hoop had a few differences in each region. Of course, the aforementioned name swap. Also, the US had NBA teams, while Europe and Japan had international teams.

The blockbuster 👕 shirt!

Console that I am very tempted to import or to buy in Japan when the world is back to normal

I have a front and top loader Neo geo cd like you and will just reference a screenshot from your memory screen so that I can delete files now from my Neo geo cd.

The games were never region locked. Any CD game works on any console regardless of region. The reason Euro was good to have (aside the regional variance on some games) is that some games had timers count at different rates due to the 50Hz Euro region affecting speeds of certain things. Neo Drift Out was one that did, and until this was discovered there were significant time variations between top time runs on that game if Euro region was played at 60Hz, resulting in multiple parallel high score tables for that game based on region. The game ran the same speed on 60Hz on all three regions, but the time counted diferently. Some games did vary between regions, even 3 different variations on one game for some games. Some games didn't change the gameplay at all apart from language. Some games have a region option in the menu and the region switch does nothing if that setting is changed. Samurai Shodown 3 is one of them. The blood is still there on Europe and US, the colour of it is changed to either white or green for the Samurai Shodown games. The front loader has a DIP BIOS and is very easy to socket it and put in a DIP EPROM pretty near the same as the MVS boards and home cart consoles. Different size chip used though, but same job. There was only 1,000 front loaders made.

Love my neo Sd loader

Just like setting jumpers on the arcade cabinets changes the language

Ty! Answered a question of mine 👍

A bit late to the conversation, but the Saturn is actually pretty similar. The saturn, just like the NGCD has the same type of jumper setup for region locking. And just like the NGCD, certain individual games can have differences dependant on the region of the console has been set to The jumpers and the bios exist separately. While the bios includes the code for the region locking, and a custom bios can cut it out all together, the region that system is locked to is actually dependant on jumpers just like the NGCD And like said console: games can actually check the jumpers and act differently accordingly. Only a very very few games take advantage of this, the one that comes to mind being Soukyugurentai. Which runs in an unfinished english mode if the game is run with US jumpers. If you play the Japanese game on a US jumper system with either a universal bios, or with an action replay: it will detect the US jumpers and play accordingly. Whereas physically altering the jumpers to match the region you want, as far as the game is concerned *is* the other region's system. Games can't read the bios once they start, so they can't alter themselves based on that. Interestingly, this actually extends backwards to the genesis as well. Most models (not sure about the 3, or the aiwa but pretty much everything else) like the Saturn and NGCD has nice big labeled spots on the motherboard with jumpers denoting regions. Now, most games don't care about this at all: seeing as the console already had region lock out in the form of the cartridge shape. But some devs did go the extra mile. Mickey mania for example will halt on bootup if it detects that the jumpers don't match the region of the game. And funnily enough, if you swap to the correct region while this error is displayed you get a cheeky message from the devs. (I probably wouldn't reccomend doing that though) Going forward in time, the GameCube also has a similar situation. Big fat labeled pads denoting what region the system should be. Every gamecube actually has bioses for every region built in, just deciding which one to use based on it's jumpers. And the bios does the rest of the checks for what games can and can't play. tldr: this was actually pretty common, and it's interesting to see how many systems implement similar lockout technology. I've said region and jumpers so many times they don't even sound like real words anymore :P

What an interesting video! I remember the Japanese version of SSIII on the ps1 have loads of blood Perhaps neocd racing games have the speed in km/h for Europe and mph for US

Each disc doesn't have 3 different builds of the game. The code checks for the region and reacts accordingly, same way it checks for the press of a button.

I have a CDZ and I think since it was Japan exclusive I don't think it has region jumpers to my knowledge

Huh, I didn't know that Neo Geo CD games also had all three builds on the disc like the AES/MVS cartridges. But Adam, couldn't you have just installed Uni-Bios into the NG-CD and have been able to soft-set the region from the menu like you can on an AES? I got my "guy" to install Uni-Bios into my AES and thats how the region switching is handled. He also offered to install into my NG-CD so i'd assume that region could be switched through the menu as well. Also just for reference, despite having an AES and CD I'm not loaded or bragging, just got some good deals in Canada. Edit: commented before the end of the video, woops guess you know about Uni-Bios haha.

Good video man, your neo geo videos make me want one so bad lol

It's kind of like the Arcade MVS/AES Neo-Geo Roms, where all versions are in the same rom, so changing the region in UNI-BIOS (either on emulator or modded AES console and MVS arcade machine) will change the game version and language.

For a second there I was about to have a heart attack thinking you were going to say you gutted a Sega CD model 1 and put it in the Neo Geo CD. I can't decide if it would be worth it, but if it went that way I was going to write there has to be another way! That would be a Sophie's Choice of video game systems if I ever heard one. Thank Odin it didn't happen that way.

Blood is not so important... Mai Shiranui's "additional animations" are :D

You know how much of a nerd 🤓 you are when nobody else on the Internet knows what you know. That's why we love what you do 👍

Nice one dude I did own one of these for a while I still do console mods just got my self a new job now buddy :) I may get my forklift license in the near future 😉

Don't even have a neo geo cd or aes. Difficult to get a PAL one over here in The Netherlands. I did see them in Paris, but otherwise never. If there is one for sale, it is usually a Japanese one.

Next time on Gamerade: Chris installs the SNK Neo Geo CDSDMODELoader with built-in UniBIOS and completely replaces the S-video/composite AV jacks with SNKDigital HDMI, courtesy of Dan "CitrusPSI3000" Kunz Next time on Playload: A new homebrew game for the SNK Neo Geo CD where the European BIOS mode boots up _Tigerpunk 2077,_ the Japanese mode boots up _Turtlepunk 2077,_ but the American BIOS boots up *Midge Pinciotti Memorial: Tanya Roberts Legends*

You have my favorite console mod videos. As much as im capable of more and following other guys like Mr. Mario like for xbox and such. Sometimes I just want someone to tell me in the dumbest way possible, what something means. Or how to set it up. Its easy to forget that some people dont instantly recognise a setting or some obscure term. You manage to talk to the hardware guys usually and get them to translate nerd to normal.

後ろのコレクション素晴らしいですね👍😊

It is the Same with the Game Cube with Jumpers by US or JP console 😉👍

1:03 Because I realize the Neo Geo CD is not the most well-known console 18:14 It’s a surprisingly well-known console

I have a Neo Geo AES and just like 4 games, I wish I could afford more, but they are so freaking expensive, so I'm just waiting to start this new job and I'm gonna try to get me a Neo Geo CD z.I've seen them on eBay and they sell them with games and everything, Hopefully I can get myself one of those with the collection already set up

Does the Samauri Showdown RPG play in English? I have a neo geo cd and that game so I would love to know

Yeah the front loader and the Sega CD model 1 have the same issues with a disc drive. Not too hard to fix once you know how but can be a pain. P.S. You can also do a FRAM mod.

awesome

Alright, an Optiplex SSF 7040 for Windows 7 64 bit UEFI style with my personally installed GT 710 2GB GDDR5 and removed the internal DVD drive to make room for my 4x4GB CL16 RGB memory which honestly, USB blu-ray drives can read just about anything at this point. The USB blu-ray drive I got reads 3D blu-rays because I have a passive 3D TV and polarized 3D glasses. I'll transcode the 3D movies to Xbox 360 Xvid+AC3 and stream the 7.5GB AVI through Media Player 11/12, even VR/PSVR does 3D movies. Imagine Tintin 3D on an Oculus Quest 2.

I guess I need to get a mod for my JP Neo Geo CD games to become readable in English.

8:19 "America is 1 country" You did that to piss me off didn't you?

I like turtles

Luckily on a Japanese Saturn you can actually change the menu language in the settings

Cool video tech talk lol yes ok yep oh ok adam

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Hey Adam, have you tried taking your phone with google translate and pointing it at your screen to translate the Japanese text? Im not sure how useful or if that would even work but just a thought to try to take a little bit of the guess work out of playing Japanese titles

it's about as common here in the uk as it is in america, it's expense means the same people who owned one, tend to still own the same one xD that aside if you're in the uk and looking for one, you can get a boxed one here entertainmentstation.co.uk/shop/neo-geo-cd-console-pad-boxed/

Will you get a Polymega so it can load up your Neo Geo CD games almost instantly?

Anything you are aware of as far as being able to play the entire library on the Neo Geo CD? Coming possibly?

i hope one day someone manages to mod a faster cd drive on the slow models.

doesnt the megadrive do this as well? play japanese versions of games if you mod a genesis or european megadrive to Japanese mode

I wonder if it cost $18.00 just so they could break even on the game that got stuck in it 😆

I thought this was going to be about the sd loader.

Hi ADAM, can the Neo Geo CD read burned CD-R games? you know, cough, cough, back ups?...

You have a hyper 64?

European would do the mod to USA to have the game full screen without the borders.....exactly the same for the Megadrive

Hey Adam my Modded OG Xbox that I got for Christmas is reading Error 16 what should I do? Do you know anyone that can Fix this?

I hate region locking of any kind

Your Chris guy, do you think he could fix a PS3 CECHE-01 from Yellow-Light? Would that be in the realm of expertise?

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We have one of the 20th or 30 thousand initial run of front loaders only cheaper fop loader and z variants thereafter. Will rise absurdly in rarity and value. 20000 neo cd model 1s. Proh half that if now...

The Neo Geo CD looks really interesting, but I've been turned off by the horrendous load times. There's the option to use the NeoSD Pro to play CD games on an AES or MVS, but I hear the support is spotty and the sound is only mono. I wonder if Analogue would consider making a Neo Geo FPGA system with CD support, similar to what they are doing currently with the Analogue Duo.

is the Atari VCS a new generation console

Very cool story and never got into snk. Would like to get the cd or Aes but so expensive. Best thing to do is get a Japanese console of either. I like to stick to my own. Region but most games are fighting so don't miss that much

We use American mode because we want 60hz English

Samurai Shodown RPG is only in Japanese. If you can switch to US mode, would it have an English Translation?

First off, Li e the blockbuster T-shirt, I remember the renting games and vhs day's, that's a big part of what made us at home happy and surely logically made game sales go down to the ground. No consoles failed back then as many say, it's the manufacturer of the consoles that failed, they didn't manage their money properly, it was at a time where it was always impossible to make a profit on the machine, the profit would come from software sales which again blockbuster didn't help, not blockbusters fault, renting games did encourage many to purchase the game because there's only so long one can rent the game for, many customers kept the game or majority blockbusters didn't set time limits so certain games were never returned for others to borrow to the point had to visit another store or Hollywood video or a local veo shop you would have to sign up a membership to and live relatively close for the application to be successful, my local video shop interestingly had arcade machine in there and would get whatever games in asked for on the arcade in due time and also ordered imports for me to purchase and rent if the only received one copy. . Nothing died, just the manufacturer's pockets did and typically when that happens they pack up and blame it on wrong pricing when really its more trying to make too much profit. . We have to remember when manufacturers make any product at least half vendor's who then sell on to us in the high street stores have paid upfront for the units, other stores don't and have a pay when sold agreement which in turn majority stores when feel they have to push the product further for sales because they haven't lost any money. Maybe too went too deep. I lived the time, my main point nothing failed, nothing failed up until this new generation of consoles after the ps3 and xbox360 regardless of sales, we true gamers adore all the old systems obviously we better than others, ps3 in my opinion was a far far jump from ps2 for sure in graphics, latency and for sure loading times etc install data from blueray. maybe I'm the only one who thinks ps2 was not as good as even the ps1, I think I'm more about software ideas and during those times software devs were still hungry for innovative recognition, now it seems like hardware hasn't made devs entirely lazy, rather they simply think games ideas are limited maybe by graphics it seems and they're not, it's just that the need for realism for some reason has been the main goal for a long time slowly gradually only because virtual reality item prices still at a high. Control sets need way less cpu and ram to execute as it's been a standard bios for the longest time since the start, so controls since the motion has halted and is a great feature for new gamers to maybe purchase a system too, this hardly happens so main focus on graphics as always due to lack of character control scheme ideas, and let me wrap this up here, the majority in any manufacturering company whom have say in the company would agree that investors etc understood at that time that the more a game could simulate or emulate reality is worth investing in without a second though.. Ramble over.. #djlnr #djlnramble

This inspired me to mod my front loader thanks! imgur.com/gallery/g8IiB7X

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