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DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
The NEO-GEO hardware was utilized for applications other then just games.
In 1996, SNK decided to get in on the new re-birth of the picture machine craze.
Photo booths were making a comeback and started seeing increased interest and
improved revenues. The MVS hardware was used and modified to function with special
cartridges. Literally dozens of Neo-Print cartridges were designed. Some of them
with special themes such as Easter & Christmas for the holidays. It is not really
known just how many of them were manufactured and released. Most of them were
only for the Japanese market as the Neo-Print saw better success over there. The
Neo-Print cartridges however DO NOT function (play) when used on regular MVS or
HOME systems. They require a special MVS motherboard which does not even have a
jamma edge connector. They do attempt to "boot up" with some faint signs of video
movement, but then they simply shut down.
Click here to see an arcade flyer ADVERTISEMENT for NeoPrint.
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