- Playmore announced they will release the Neo Geo home version of SNK Vs Capcom: SVC Chaos in Japan on October 9, for 39800 yen.
So, it really is an MVS cart. A poor, defenseless MVS cart... strolling down a dark alley in little more than an "I'M DAN HIBIKI GODDAMMIT!" T-shirt... lost and surrounded by the creeping, groping tentacles of dumpers worldwide...
I'd love to know what the Hell they were thinking when they decided what format to put this game on. They've released their last few games on MVS carts and watched them become emulated almost instantly, all (supposedly) under the idea that they had to release them on MVS carts because they didn't want to alienate the arcade owners that have kept MVS cabinets around. Now they release SvC on a JAMMA board that requires cabinets that aren't multi-slot, but still make it an MVS game, ensuring its emulation.
It looks to me like they just alienated some of their customers AND made the game ripe for emulation, killing two of their own birds with one stone. Am I missing something? I hope so.
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Shin ATproof
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"Re(1):SvC Home Version Announced"
, posted Fri 1 Aug 04:57
From what I understood was that it was a slightly modified MVS cart so suppoedly it is harder to crack and emulute...
Oh BTW...the US release is supposed to be 1st Quarter next year...so said the SNK reps at the test site I went to.
OYashiroForever
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"Re(1):SvC Home Version Announced"
, posted Fri 1 Aug 12:20
quote: So, it really is an MVS cart. A poor, defenseless MVS cart... strolling down a dark alley in little more than an "I'M DAN HIBIKI GODDAMMIT!" T-shirt... lost and surrounded by the creeping, groping tentacles of dumpers worldwide...
The arcade release is a Jamma board, not an MVS cart. Should be interesting to see how the AES/home cart conversion turns out. I would imagine they probably put it on a Jamma board to curb HK piracy. (though I'd imagine it'll still be dumped within 6 months)
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pointystick
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"Re(2):SvC Home Version Announced"
, posted Fri 1 Aug 13:06
quote: The arcade release is a Jamma board, not an MVS cart. Should be interesting to see how the AES/home cart conversion turns out. I would imagine they probably put it on a Jamma board to curb HK piracy. (though I'd imagine it'll still be dumped within 6 months)
Six months? I give it six weeks or less. Anyway, since the PS2 version is supposedly going to be released in a timely matter this time, even if I had an AES I would probably wait for that one.
Fuchikoma
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"Re(3):SvC Home Version Announced"
, posted Fri 1 Aug 13:25
SVC Chaos uses a new kind of protection. Anyway the bootleggers would lose their business if the roms were publicly released... so yeah it will likely be dumped within 6 weeks, but the roms wont' be publicly available for months... the home ports will be about before the roms.
OYashiroForever
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"Re(3):SvC Home Version Announced"
, posted Fri 1 Aug 13:28
quote:Six months? I give it six weeks or less. Anyway, since the PS2 version is supposedly going to be released in a timely matter this time, even if I had an AES I would probably wait for that one.
Whoops... I meant released within 6 months. However, like Fuchikoma pointed out, the console ports will most likely be out within that time frame anyways.
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"SvC Home Version Announced" 
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