The neogeo.zip was a success during the 1990s due to the cabinet’s low cost, six ROM slots, and compact size. Several successful video game series were released for the platform,In 2009, the Neo Geo zip was ranked 19th out of the 25 best video game consoles of all time by video game website.
Download the MVSPSP v2.3.1 (PSP Fat) emulator:http://www.gamergen.com/telecharger/mvspsp-v2-3-1-psp-fat-52301
Unarchive and upload it into your PSP:
/PSP/GAME/mvspsp
Find a correct
neogeo.zip
file on the internet, then upload it into:/PSP/GAME/mvspsp/roms
Upload
.zip
games roms into:/PSP/GAME/mvspsp/roms
ISG Selection Master Type 2006 BIOS. Isgsm.zip: 9.95 KB:: System GX. Register now and enjoy. Ad-free browsing; Rom recommendations tailored to you (the more roms you rate or add to your collection, the better the recommendations become). Accepted File Extensions:.7z.zip. Place Neo Geo ROMs in: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo BIOS. Neo Geo ROMs require a neogeo.zip BIOS file with the exact same MAME or FB Neo version as the emulator you select. Place the correct neogeo.zip with your ROMs in: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo.
Some games must be pre-processed with the romcnv
tool. If you are on windows, use the romcnv_mvs.exe
executable provided. If you are on linux, you have to compile it yourself.
And if you are on a mac, you can use a docker
container:
Install docker
Put your games roms into
~/neogeo
Fetch emulator sources
Launch a temporary docker instance in interactive mode
[inside container] Setup build tools
[inside container] Build the
romcnv
tool[inside container] Convert games roms
[inside container] Move cache files to your mac filesystem
[inside container] Exit and delete the docker container
Now you can upload files that are in
~/neogeo/cache
into your PSP:/PSP/GAME/mvspsp/cache/
Enjoy
Over the last few months we’ve take a look at nesDS and Lameboy for excellent ways of playing NES and Gameboy games on our DS, but NeoDS has also arrived so we can play a number of impressive Neo-Geo games on our portable as well.
Special thanks to Ivo in writing the installation tutorial
Neo Geo Emulation Off To A Great Start
So far there, there is only one Neo-Geo emulator for the Nintendo DS, but it is quite impressive for such an early release. Compatibility can be a bit hit-or-miss at this point (download the compatibility list for details), but it plays many games (including some newer titles) quite well. In fact, I think the quality of the emulation will impress a lot of people. Feel free to read this developer interview at GameSetWatch for more interesting details.
Installation Process
The NeoDS installation isn’t quite as easy as nesDS or Lameboy, but it’s not too bad if you follow the directions below. The main things to remember are that everything needs to be in the root folder, ROMs need to be converted with the included utility, and you need the Neo Geo bios file included.
Retroarch Bios Pack
- Download the emulator package at official NeoDS Google Group
- Extract the compressed file contents into a folder using zip utiliy of your choice.
- You will need to use a couple of files from the uncompressed folder – “NeoDS.nds” is the emulator itself, and there is also a tool “NeoDSConvert.exe” which you will need to use. There are detailed instructions in a “readme.txt” file (although if you follow these steps you probably won’t need to read it).
- Get the Neo-Geo ROM files you want to use, in .zip format (this is similar to MAME). The system ROM is usually named “neogeo.zip” and is necessary to run the emulator, and any games that you want to play on the emulator (for example, Metal Slug is usually “mslug.zip”).
- Convert ROMs to NeoDS’s special format. You will need to use the supplied tool “NeoDSConvert.exe”. Copy or move all the ROMs you want to use into a folder (including the system ROM). Then place “NeoDSConvert.exe” (copy or move it) to the same folder, like this:
- Execute “NeoDsConvert” (double click it). After a brief showing of the process through the command line, you will have a .neo file for each .zip you started with:
- If you system ROM is not named “neogeo.neo”, you will need to rename it.
- Copy or move “NeoDS.nds”, “neogeo.neo” and any other converted ROMs (in .neo format) to the root of the flash cart (it must be placed in the root).
- Then turn your DS, run the emulator, load any ROM (don’t bother running neogeo.neo though).
Video Tour of NeoDS
To get a better feel for how NeoDS handles, I’ve recorded a quick video that walks through some of the menus and shows a few games in action.
Neo Geo Roms Archive
NeoDS’s Best Features
- Decent compatibility, but runs a number of heavy duty-games quite well
- Full speed for many games
- Support for large games such as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves and KOF 2003
- M68000 cpu (cyclone), Z80 cpu (DrZ80), All forms of NeoGeo protection/encryption, Graphics, ADPCM audio, and PSG audio are all emulated
- Ability to customize button mapping
- Decent screen scalling
- Closing the DS pauses and puts into sleep mode.
- Able to switch between games easily
- Ability to lower CPU speed (actually speeds some games up)
Complaints & Limitations
Neo Geo Bios Zip
- Some games just don’t run well right now — check compatibility list for details
- No save states yet
- FM audio, Raster effects, Memory Card, and Multiplayer are not yet emulated, but dev team is working on them
- Dev team also admits that some timings are not accurate