The Cream Of The Crop
The Neo Geo’s reputation when it comes to fighting games is second to none: King of Fighters 98 and Fatal Fury/Garou Mark Of The Wolves might not be household names like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat but among fans of fighting games, they are arguably considered the apogee of the genre; SNK’s console has some of the best games in a few popular genres of the 16-bit era: beat them all, beat them up, and shoot them up.
The King Of Fighters
The legendary console is known for its fighting games and has been the home of some of the most revered franchised in the genre like Samurai Showdown, Art of Fighting, and World Heroes, but the SNK console can also boasts to have some of the most unique games in the genre including a spiritual successor to the Double Dragon’s beat them all, and the fondly remembered sequel to Galaxy Fight.
An Interesting Sports Games Variety
When discovering the Neo Geo library for the first time, the mix of sports game available is always a welcome surprise. If the console doesn’t have the quantity of games to match the library of the most popular 16-bit systems when it comes to sports, it makes up in quality as it doesn’t have any bad sports game.
Hidden Gems You Should Play
The premium pricing of the Neo Geo and the steep cost of every game made it that it was very difficult for smaller and weirder games to find an audience; these are some of the fun games that should not be missed when exploring this console’s games catalog.
Shoot Them Up
The Neo Geo being based on arcade hardware, seeing one of the most popular genres represented is to be expected but here again, SNK’s console not only has many quality shoot them ups; it also has a noticeably wide variety.
Some Of My Personal Favorites
I discovered the Neo Geo through emulation in the mid 90s; I got to play a huge part of its library; and these are the games that might not be the best or most known but they’re the ones I always go back to when feeling nostalgic.
The Ones Everyone Should Know
These are not the most expensive games for the console; they are the ones someone starting with a Neo Geo should play to experience how varied the console’s games library can be.
