Latest revision as of 20:58, 13 February 2024

Back then

These pictures are taken from an SNK corporate video [available on Youtube].

Graphics artist using an Art box. Is he drawing with a keyboard ?!
Funky shirt programmer
Development cartridges using JEIDA cards and a 68k emulator
More programming with green-on-black monitors
Old Osaka factory with inconspicuous sign
Electronics assembly chain, visibly not in the plant shown below. Where was that ?
MVS cart boards being populated in a pick and place machine
Mechanical assembly of MV4 slots
QA testing setup
SNK's own private sauna. No homo.

The official development system's manual can be downloaded here : File:Neo·Geo Base Unit Manual For Development.pdf

It describes all of the development features, but not the error handling program which allows for direct registry reading and writing.

Screenshots and explanations will be provided.

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SNK's Kobe plant and Esaka office seem to be still active mid-2015.

Video showing that the Esaka office is filled with doors, stairs and Coke vending machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EP6s7mDXdU

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 File:snkvideo10.jpg|SNK's own private sauna. No homo.
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+[[File:NEO-MVS_SYSTEM.png|200px|thumb|left|The Neo·Geo Base Unit for Development]]
+The official development system's manual can be downloaded here : [[File:Neo·Geo Base Unit Manual For Development.pdf]]
+It describes all of the development features, but not the error handling program which allows for direct registry reading and writing.
+Screenshots and explanations will be provided.
+.
 = Today =
-[[File:Snkkobe.jpg|frame|SNK's Miki (Hyogo prefecture) factory near Kobe in 2015, probably pushing-out pachislots nowadays.]]
+[[File:Snkkobe.jpg|frame|SNK's Miki (Hyogo prefecture) factory near Kobe in 2015, which is now a truck rental agency (Aktio).]]
 SNK's Kobe plant and Esaka office seem to be still active mid-2015.