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Fourth Set of NeoGeo Titles Available on PSN

King of Fighters 96 and Metal Slug 2 make their debut on the service.

SNK Playmore USA is continuing to release titles for their NeoGeo Channel on the PlayStation Network. Today the company announced that two more titles will make up the fourth set, bringing the total available to 16. The King of Fighters '96 and Metal Slug 2 are now available for $6.99 and $8.99 for the PSP and PlayStation 3, respectively.

The King of Fighters '96, or KOF 96, is the third installment in the once yearly series of fighting games. Players select a team of three combatants and fight through the ranks to win a tournament. The preceding games, KOF 94 and KOF 95, are also available on PSN. Metal Slug 2 is the second installment in the successful series of side-scrolling action games and is considered by many to be the highlight of the series. Like King of Fighters, its preceding title is also available on PSN.

Press Release


SNK PLAYMORE USA to release its fourth pack of nostalgic NEOGEO titles downloadable on "NEOGEO Station" from Oct 11th, 2011!

Metal Slug 2 and King of Fighters '96 Joins the Growing Library of Classics

October 11, 2011 -SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company President & CEO: Ryo Mizufune) is proud to announce the release of PS3™ Ver. & PSP® Ver. "METAL SLUG 2" and "THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96", as the fourth set of downloadable game titles for "NEOGEO Station", via the "New Releases" category and the "SNK NEOGEO" Featured Publishers page available on SONY's
PlayStation®Store, from Tuesday, Oct 11th, 2011.

"NEOGEO Station" is a commemorative project that allows players to enjoy the many nostalgic fighting, action, shooting, sports and many other NEOGEO titles released after 1990, exclusively on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems. The first,second, and third set included classic titles such as "BASEBALL STARS 2", "KOF '94", "KOF '95", "METAL SLUG", "SAMURAI SHODOWN", which are all currently available on the PlayStation®Store as well.


This time, 2 more new titles have been released for a total of 16 titles.
For more information please visit our official website http://neogeostation.snkplaymoreusa.com/na/, and become a member of our official Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/NeoGeoStation !"


List of the titles available to download on "NEOGEO Station" from Oct 11th, 2011.

GAME TITLE
Release Date
PS3™ Ver.
SRP
PSP® system Ver.
SRP
METAL SLUG 2
October 11th, 2011
$8.99
$6.99
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '96
October 11th, 2011
$8.99
$6.99


 

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I'm going to go ahead and assume Anonymous was going to say that $9 is a little steep for Metal Slug 2. He is correct.

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SNK PLAYMORE USA to release its fourth pack of nostalgic NEOGEO titles downloadable on "NEOGEO Station" from Oct 11th, 2011!

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