NEO-GEO EMULATION HISTORICAL RECORD

DETAILED DISCLAIMER
On August 31st, 2022 I posted the following to a French NEO-GEO webpage known as: neogeo-system.com This is a copy of the post for the historical record in case my post is ever censored or deleted. The words shown here are what I said. The responses, misquotes, misdirections, and false accusations which will surely follow are NOT my words. It took me several days of my time to write this article and to put all of this information together. And so I want this properly documented and permanently displayed here where none of it can ever be altered. Thank you.

INTRODUCTION - PLEASE START HERE
I would like to begin by welcoming RoU to the NEOGEO community. There is absolutely no reason or justification for those who have mistreated and insulted him. Those of us who actually understand and appreciate the significance of acquiring information on the unreleased NEOGEO proto games are grateful to RoU for having come forward and sharing this knowledge with us. Thank you.

Now, with that said, I would now like to discuss a few things and ask a few questions. RoU: feel free to address and/or ignore any topic I bring up and feel free to answer as many or as few questions as you wish. It is entirely up to you. Because in reality, all of my KEY questions that I had for you have already been asked and answered by you in the previous forum. And again, I thank you for that. But while I do believe that everyone here will benefit from the content of this post, I know that your participation in it would make it even better. Thank you.

DISCUSSION POINT 1
I have been keeping detailed records of NEOGEO protos since 1998. And my webpage has been online since 1999. During the passage of time, several people with neogeo rom files on emulators have come forward. You are not the first, and you likely won't be the last. I kept all of this information on hand and with you coming forward, I decided to compile it into a visual aid to assist with the discussion here. The discussion centers around the details of exactly who has come forward and when and with what. The comparissons are quite interesting and I will share them with you now. Thank you.

DISCUSSION SUMMARY 1
As you can see, there are several similarities among the various individuals who have come forward over the years with neogeo proto rom files on the emulators. It is also important to note, that a handful of neogeo protos have yet to be found anywhere on anyones emulators! Granted, there is still the possibility that these individuals have long since obtained additional files, and Magic Master is the best example of that. Because as you can see below, Xacrow provided us with these emulated pictures of Magic Master back in 2005. So anything is possible. Perhaps even you may have other rom files that you simply have not found or added yet to your list. But of course, for that, we can move to the questions that I would like to ask you. Thank you.

QUESTIONS ?
My first area of question is in regards to the subject of these rom files themselves. How did you come to acquire these files? Did you retrieve the data from your own physical cartridges that were lost to the Tsunami storm? Or did you acquire these files slowly over the passage of time? Or did you acquire them all at once or relatively quickly? Did they all come from the same person and if so, was that person an employee of SNK? Or were you part of some kind of club or group of individuals whose membership comes with the requirement of each member contributing 1 unique rom file for which the sacrifice is then rewarded by granting the new member access to all of the groups combined files? As you can see, there is no shortage of theories making the rounds among the public. Thank you.