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Python tools for extracting ROMs from games and investigating files
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Neo Geo Rereleases - Amazon Games has more than is listed. #75

Open TheNametag opened 3 months ago

TheNametag commented 3 months ago

The most recent batch of Neo Geo titles from Amazon/Twitch Prime was not all of the releases of Neo Geo games they have done. I'm not sure if my collection is entirely complete, but here's a list that I have in my Amazon Games account:

Marked "N": 3 Count Bout Alpha Mission II Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior Crossed Swords Ghost Pilots The King of Fighters 2003 King of the Monsters 2 Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle Last Resort Magician Lord Metal Slug Metal Slug 4 Metal Slug X Mutation Nation Ninja Commando Ninja Master's Over Top Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers Robo Army Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge Sengoku Sengoku 2 Soccer Brawl Super Sidekicks The Super Spy Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy

Marked "Y": Art of Fighting 2 Baseball Stars 2 Blazing Star Fatal Fury Special Garou: Mark of the Wolves Ironclad The King of Fighters 2000 The King of Fighters 2002 King of the Monsters The Last Blade* The Last Blade 2 Metal Slug 2 Metal Slug 3 Pulstar Samurai Shodown II Samurai Shodown V Special Sengoku 3 Shock Troopers Shock Troopers 2nd Squad Twinkle Star Sprites**

*There are two copies of The Last Blade in the Amazon library. The first you install, regardless of order, installs as "The Last Blade", and the second as "The Last Blade 1". They are both from DotEmu, though one appears to be copied from a GOG release and has more menu options, including Multiplayer and Leaderboards.

**There are two copies of Twinkle Star Sprites in the Amazon library. The first you install, regardless of order, installs as "Twinkle Star Sprites", and the second as "Twinkle Star Sprites 1". One of these has NeoGeo 30th Anniversary branding and is done by DotEmu, the other has NeoGeo 25h Anniversary branding, and is done by DotEmu, but also appears to be copied from a GOG release and has more menu options - including Multiplayer and Leaderboards.

Some of the games are DotEmu with the files under resources/game, but I cannot tell if they are ROM files or not. Some of these games are DotEmu with the ROM in a .zip in the base directory, along with a neogeo.zip BIOS. Some of these games are Code Mystics, with the ROM under Data/rom but they are not in the standard format.

Three games were not on the list. The King of Fighters '97: Global Match The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match

The latter two may be ports, given the file structure, and are done by Code Mystics. King of Fighters '97: Global Match has the same Data/rom folder as some of the games above.

RealRelativeEase commented 3 months ago

The Neo Geo games on Amazon done by Code Mystics are also ROM-based, including KOF'97 Global Match, and the Neo Geo ROMs can be extracted using these scripts: https://github.com/lioneltrs/goncommand

Metal Slug 4 and KOF 2003 haven't been decrypted, so there's no scripts for those two games, but they can be sourced from other releases.

Feilakas commented 2 months ago

Just wanted to mention that GOG also just added the 24 "missing" titles mentioned above: https://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_yet_again_joins_forces_with_snk_to_release_over_20_classic_titles_and_a_publisher_sale

Would be great if these games were also added to this tool. Would/should also "close" the following "issues": https://github.com/shawngmc/game-extraction-toolbox/issues/69 https://github.com/shawngmc/game-extraction-toolbox/issues/73

and then, MAYBE also integrate this as well: https://github.com/shawngmc/game-extraction-toolbox/issues/63