Neo Geo

When i was 10 or so the home version of the Neo Geo system was released, one of my friends actually got one as a gift(Makio, whom i've mention in previous post).  Looking back on it is when i realize what a fucking little brown-noser i was.  Makio was more of a friend of a freind; he lived across the cul-de-sac from Jerry's house(where i had as many sleep overs as humanly possible through out my middle school life).  While i was there, i was usually bugging Jerry to call Makio and see if he could bring over the newest greatest Neo Geo games.  Jerry had a Neo Geo too, but with the games being $200 a pop, he only had 3 games.  One Neo Geo game was more expensive than my Super NES, which i had to beg my Mom for for a good year before it was released.  At one point or another i convinced a reluctant Makio to record a Magician Lord, Ninja Combat run on VHS for me.  I still have this tape, and i must have watched it HUNDREDS of times.  I was amazed at all the pagan imagery contained within one game, it was disturbingly beautiful.  And the music has been bouncing around my head since then.

Magician Lord was one of the flagship games for the arcade Neo Geo MVS.  The genre is fantasy/anime, the atmosphere is dark and moody,  and the bloody pentagrams are freshly painted.  My impressionable 10 year old mind was uncontrollably drawn to it, how could i not be.  I dropped SO MANY quarters on this game at the local 7-Eleven in my youth.  The score is synthesized electro-funk, with some fantasy-rpg-esque melodies mixed in, in the flavor of Phantasy Star 2.

check out:

• Level 1
• Level 2
• Final Battle
• End Credits
• Prolog

Recently title has been added to the Wii Channel. The graphics don't look half bad for being a 15+ year old game. Still a fine example of some of the best 2D graphics out there. Well worth the points, despite being rediculously difficult. Do yourself a service and check out the Magician Lord Soundtrack in the meantime

This is a wallpaper that i made a while back. Magician Lord is a paganistic platformer released only on NEO GEO. The music is quite good, and the game sports bloody pentagrams and demon overtones, which is never a bad thing in my book. :P