In a nutshell: I'd like to discover a few Neo Geo games. Fully uncensored (with blood, bouncing breasts, swearing and so on) and featuring English text (menus, post-battle quotes, endings).
I know such versions of titles I'm interested in were re-released on PC and current consoles (The Last Blade 2, Samurai Shodown V Special, ...).
However I don't like playing SD sprite-based games upscaled on a HD screen. It just looks ugly to me. They weren't meant to be displayed in such a way IMHO.
I still own a CRT, so I decided to look for PS2/Wii collections. Unfortunately most of these Western releases suffer from censorship (i.e. Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2, The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match) or from poor emulation (i.e. Metal Slug Anthology). Or they weren't even released in the US/Europe!
Then I learned there are several romhacks that are fully uncensored and feature the English translation. However a few of them alter the games too much for my liking (color edits, gameplay changes, ...). I just want an English uncensored game (with playable bosses).
The Wii seems easily hackable so I wondered if I could use it to play these romhacks. So could people knowledgeable about Neo Geo games answer the following, please?
Is the Wii powerful enough to properly emulate the games listed hereafter?
Which emulation method should I go with ?
Which versions/romhacks of said games should I be looking for in order to experience them uncensored and in English?
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
Real Bout Fatal Fury 1, Special, 2
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Metal Slug 1-2, X
Samurai Shodown I-IV, V Special
Samurai Shodown RPG (French fan translation)
Sengoku 1-3
The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout
The King of Fighters '95-'98
The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match
The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle
The King of Fighters '99: Evolution
The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
The Last Blade 1-2
I know such versions of titles I'm interested in were re-released on PC and current consoles (The Last Blade 2, Samurai Shodown V Special, ...).
However I don't like playing SD sprite-based games upscaled on a HD screen. It just looks ugly to me. They weren't meant to be displayed in such a way IMHO.
I still own a CRT, so I decided to look for PS2/Wii collections. Unfortunately most of these Western releases suffer from censorship (i.e. Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2, The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match) or from poor emulation (i.e. Metal Slug Anthology). Or they weren't even released in the US/Europe!
Then I learned there are several romhacks that are fully uncensored and feature the English translation. However a few of them alter the games too much for my liking (color edits, gameplay changes, ...). I just want an English uncensored game (with playable bosses).
The Wii seems easily hackable so I wondered if I could use it to play these romhacks. So could people knowledgeable about Neo Geo games answer the following, please?
Is the Wii powerful enough to properly emulate the games listed hereafter?
Which emulation method should I go with ?
Which versions/romhacks of said games should I be looking for in order to experience them uncensored and in English?
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
Real Bout Fatal Fury 1, Special, 2
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Metal Slug 1-2, X
Samurai Shodown I-IV, V Special
Samurai Shodown RPG (French fan translation)
Sengoku 1-3
The King of Fighters '94
The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout
The King of Fighters '95-'98
The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match
The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle
The King of Fighters '99: Evolution
The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
The Last Blade 1-2