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[isamu]

A nearly exact replica of the original NeoGeo CD gamepad, that comes with KOF '94 Rebout for the PS2. Only this time has the VERY useful addition of two extra face buttons that resemble the Saturn pad.

I've got a serious hard on for this gamepad and in my opinion the original had the best D-pad ever for Neo Geo fighting games. This new pad would be a DREAM on Mame and Kawax via a psx to pc converter! Or how about an xbox?

So anyway I am interested in buying one sperately. Anyone know anywhere I can buy it without buying KOF 94?

Also, what do you think is the better pad, this one or the six button Saturn replica USB pad that comes with Puyo Puyo Fever?

 

[zmet]

Right now you only get it with The King of Fighters 94 Rebout Premium Pack ($85 as NCS)

 

[Lyte Edge]

It's better than the Saturn pad. It's the "clicky stick" that does it! The buttons are smaller than the original Neo Geo pad, but it works great and playing Capcom games with a Neo-Geo controller is weird, but works so damn well.

I read that SNK plans to sell the controller on its own, but no date has been given yet. The controller comes in its own box separate from KOF '94 Rebout, BTW, so it should definitely be coming sooner or later.

 

[President Reagan]

Damn, I would love to have one. Can someone link me to the place that sells it?

 

[CO_Andy]

I've never played an actual NeoGeo, but would you guys say this pad iz better for fighters than Nuby's SFAnniversary controller?

 

[boutrosinit]

My god. I remember owning two of these glorious devices in my youth. The best d-pad thingamy EVAR!

WHERE can I buy them?

Please deliver us unto a link.

 

[FortNinety]

BTW, how is KOF Rebout anyhow?

 

[Spazbiohaz]

BTW, how is KOF Rebout anyhow?

HARD. But I think it is the best looking 2D sprites I have seen. There is not one pixel, if SNK keeps up that quality nothing can compare.

 

[The End]

HARD. But I think it is the best looking 2D sprites I have seen. There is not one pixel, if SNK keeps up that quality nothing can compare.

Better than GGX2?

0.o

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

My god. I remember owning two of these glorious devices in my youth.

Certainly it didn't have 6 buttons then, why would it have six buttons now? The stick they are putting out does not.

 

[vesuvious]

HARD. But I think it is the best looking 2D sprites I have seen. There is not one pixel, if SNK keeps up that quality nothing can compare.

Does anyone know if Rebout is coming to the US?

 

[Mr_Furious]

Does anyone know if Rebout is coming to the US?

Not by itself. Maybe packaged with other KOF games as some kind of compilation. Don't hold your breath though.

 

[Lyte Edge]

HARD. But I think it is the best looking 2D sprites I have seen. There is not one pixel, if SNK keeps up that quality nothing can compare.

HARD?? N00B!! :lol

The sprites in Rebout look very nice. They are the original sprites, but with touched-up/redone faces and a new filtering technique done to them to make them high-res. But keep in mind that Rebout is still KOF '94. It is NOT a remake of the game, so the animation is exactly the same from 1994. In other words, you have these nice-looking sprites animating like crap. :/

New features to the game are 3D backgrounds (you can also choose the original 2D backgrounds), team edit mode, Rugal and Saishyu (from '95) added as playable characters, color edit, and some new survival modes. The game also has a brand new animated intro, and two mini-movies about the storylines of KOF '94-'97 and '99-2001. There's also online play, but before you get excited...it's for Japan only. You might be able to get on anyway, but they charge a monthly fee to play online.

IMO the hardest thing about KOF '94 are some of the super move input motions, and SNK added a button that does them automatically, which works great.

Here's some pics I captured of the game:

I wish SNK had done the high-res sprite filtering to KOF 2003. It also got new 3D backgrounds, a brand new arranged soundtrack, a classic KOF 3-on-3 mode, and other features added, but the sprites aren't enhanced.

 

[mint]

Wow it doesn't look bad at all! More pics please!

 

[isamu]

Damn. I am so pumped to get this gamepad, but man, talk about a disc that gonna turn into a major dust collector! I cant even play it cuz my PS2 aint modded Ebay it I guess? *shrug*

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

HARD?? N00B!! :lol

[then]

the hardest thing about KOF '94 are some of the super move input motions, and SNK added a button that does them automatically, which works great.

Ooooookay

 

[Lyte Edge]

Ooooookay

Older SNK games had some difficult timing for some of the super moves. The extra button is a nice addition. SNK improved things a lot in '95.

Also "Hard" refers to A.I. difficulty, not game play.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Older SNK games had some difficult timing for some of the super moves. The extra button is a nice addition.

Also "Hard" refers to A.I. difficulty, not game play.

Allriiiiiiight.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Allriiiiiiight.

 

[boutrosinit]

Certainly it didn't have 6 buttons then, why would it have six buttons now? The stick they are putting out does not.

I am aware of this.

I'm glad for the six buttons and you're wrong about the stick. It does have four additional buttons, but they are on the side of the classic four button setup.

 

[Defensor]

isamu, drive down to Game Star in Montery Park, aka Japanvideogames.com

They have it for $49.99 standalone if you don't want to buy it with KOF. I haven't been to the store in a while.

 

[isamu]

isamu, drive down to Game Star in Montery Park, aka Japanvideogames.com

They have it for $49.99 standalone if you don't want to buy it with KOF. I haven't been to the store in a while.

WHAT WHAT WHAT

That was my stooooore man! Jim was my homie. Haven't been down there in years! He's the one that hooked me up with Tao(MAS) and my first SuperGun. So they have it alone for $50? Damn...sold like a muthafucka.

Major props for the heads up dude.

 

[Lyte Edge]

$49.99 for the pad by itself is ridiculous, Isamu. KOF '94 Rebout by itself is only about $20-$25 cheaper than it is with the controller included.

You can see on the Japanvideogames.com site that the standard Rebout is $70 and the premium pack is currently going for $95.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

you're wrong about the stick. It does have four additional buttons, but they are on the side of the classic four button setup.

For what it's worth I wasn't wrong about the stick. I knew of those four slivers, but they're not exactly arcade play buttons now are they?

 

[boutrosinit]

For what it's worth I wasn't wrong about the stick. I knew of those four slivers, but they're not exactly arcade play buttons now are they?

not unless you have fingers like spider's legs.

 

[isamu]

isamu, drive down to Game Star in Montery Park, aka Japanvideogames.com

They have it for $49.99 standalone if you don't want to buy it with KOF. I haven't been to the store in a while.

Won't be long before I pick mine up from JVG! :rock: :fudance:

 

[isamu]

isamu, drive down to Game Star in Montery Park, aka Japanvideogames.com

They have it for $49.99 standalone if you don't want to buy it with KOF. I haven't been to the store in a while.

I wanna give mad, MAD props to Defensor for hooking me up with the Gamestar tip! I wen down there today and picked it up for $43 flat! I just took it out the box just to feel it but haven't plugged it in yet. The pad itself feels orgasmic in my hands!!!

Impressions later..........

 

[DJ_Tet]

definitely post some impressions

I need a good PS2 compatible pad for emus as well. My DS controller works great, for 3-d games, but it would be nice to have a GOOD pad to play these arcade classics.

 

[bjork]

I wanna give mad, MAD props to Defensor for hooking me up with the Gamestar tip! I wen down there today and picked it up for $43 flat! I just took it out the box just to feel it but haven't plugged it in yet. The pad itself feels orgasmic in my hands!!!

Impressions later..........

is the front of the store still filled with cardboard boxes?

 

[Defensor]

is the front of the store still filled with cardboard boxes?

Yes.

 

[belgurdo]

isamu, drive down to Game Star in Montery Park, aka Japanvideogames.com

They have it for $49.99 standalone if you don't want to buy it with KOF. I haven't been to the store in a while.

Goddamnit, STOP IT

i already have a storage box full of controllers, don't make me get another one to feed my compulsion :lol

 

[Fongul]

Better yet, Play-Asia has the KOF 94 Rebout Premium Pack in-stock for $49.90 which you can click here for. The Premium Pack also comes with a 80 page reference book...

There's also a special Darkstalkers edition Sega Saturn Pad that will be available next week as well (it's purple instead of black.

 

[isamu]

O.K. I just got back from a few rounds with the pad, in Samurai Shodown and SFA2. The D-pad fucking rocks. Best D-pad in the history of D-pads.Gen-an's fire roll for example, comes out almost everytime! Aaaaand, I'm on Kaillera....playing from WORK!!! :lol :lol :lol :lol

When you got a job kicking back and you can mess around on your new laptop and play fools on kaillera via the free wifi hotspot right outside, j00 gotta......

 

[DJ_Tet]

The pad looks thin.

Have you had any hand cramping?

I can't tell the size of it, is it SNES size or something bigger?

I've had some bigger pads that were pretty skinny, and they got uncomfortable over time.

 

[isamu]

The pad looks thin.

Have you had any hand cramping?

I can't tell the size of it, is it SNES size or something bigger?

I've had some bigger pads that were pretty skinny, and they got uncomfortable over time.

It's like medium size. About the size of a US saturn pad. Haven't had any hand cramping at all so far.

 

[Fongul]

Play-Asia just knocked down the price of the KOF 94 Premium Package to $39.95, which you can click on here

I finally broke down and picked one up (along with a long sought out GC Component Cable...wooo boy!)

 

[Lyte Edge]

Play-Asia just knocked down the price of the KOF 94 Premium Package to $39.95, which you can click on here

I finally broke down and picked one up (along with a long sought out GC Component Cable...wooo boy!)

Damn, that's a good price. Isamu got ripped man! :lol

Makes me want to order the package again; wouldn't mind a second Neo CD controller.

 

[isamu]

Thats a good price but it's all good. I'd of never played KOF 94 anyway.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Thats a good price but it's all good. I'd of never played KOF 94 anyway.

RIPPED RIPPED RIPPED RIPPED RIPPED RIPPED RIPPED

 

[djtiesto]

I'd love to have one of these for Xbox, for when SNK releases their KOF and SS ports...

 

[Baron]

Thought I'd post in this thread rather than start a new one.

I bought one of these pads last week - I mainly play 'shmups' (hate that moniker) and IMO the stock PSX pad is woefully inadequate for the quick, accurate movements needed for the manic nature of shmups. I have owned an old ASCII pad for years that had what thought was a decent dpad - better than the stock pad for sure...but it was giving me problems while playing Raiden recently. I figured the clicky-stick on this pad would be a fine alternative...and it is, but the pad has its shortcomings.

For shooters requiring multiple button use, for example, R-Type Delta, I was screwed - the buttons lack any tactile differences between one another, making it difficult to find a particular button by touch. I was constatntly pressing the end 2 of the 6 buttons, buttons not tied to any function, and I had trouble with this. If you can get over this, the fluid pad is really great, though.

 

[Baron]

Can anyone tell me if the stick on this pad is analog or digital? I can't tell, as I've only played it with games that use digital control so far, i.e. older PSX shooters.