Game Crimes Episode 7 - SNK, VC & MBS Game Crimes Podcast

WE AIN'T DEAD YET - THIS IS THE 100 MEGA SHOCK!

The finale of our 3-part series on video game communities, we talk white-collar crime in video games and how it trickles down into video game communities via the history of SNK and their ever-popular Neo-Geo! What happens when a titan of the arcade industry is raided by a life-long corporate criminal? How much dirty money is cycling in the video game and pachinko industry? What does SNK's modern-day takeover by the Saudi government mean for the future? We tackle these questions in this brand-new extra-size episode, although you may not like the answers...

GAME CRIMES is a history project by Mike Bachmann (Greetings Adventures Podcast, Roll for Streetwise) and June Munford (SHU Podcast, Poor Skeleton Games) detailing the black market history of video games. Each podcast covers a single topic, provides some historical context and reviews a few games related to the topic. On the GAME CRIMES weekly streams, Mike and June answer questions, give how-to demonstrations and play unique games for the first time.

Games Reviewed:
The King of Fighters '98 (Neo-Geo) by SNK
SNK v Capcom: Card Fighters Chaos (Neo-Geo Pocket Color) by SNK

Music:
1. SNK Neo Geo Console Commercial (1990)
2. Bad Girl from Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo-Geo) by Yasuhiro Naka
3. Johnny Arcade Introduces SNK's Neo Geo
4. I Am Space Woman from Cool Cool Toon (Dreamcast) by SNK Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan
5. Goodbye Esaka (Arranged) from The King of Fighters 2000 (Neo-Geo) by Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, Yasuo Yamate
6. CIPHER 08 from The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (Arcade) by Hideki Asanaka
6. Kabocha to Piero from Art of Fighting 2 (Neo-Geo) by Yasumasa Yamada, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Mariko, Yasuhiro Naka
7. Japan Theme from Neo Turf Masters (Neo-Geo) by Takushi Hiyamuta
8. Nature's Banquet (So no ni Arranged) from Samurai Shodown V (Neo-Geo) by Haruhiko Kuroiwa,
Kennosuke Suemura

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Timestamps

0:00
A Brief Note

1:31
SNK Neo Geo Console Commercial (1990)

2:01
Introducing SNK, VC and MBS

3:23
Bad Girl from Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo-Geo) by Yasuhiro Naka

4:13
A Brief History of SNK

16:48
Johnny Arcade Introduces SNK's Neo Geo

17:25
A Brief History of Aruze, Pachinko & Kazuo Okada

36:15
I Am Space Woman from Cool Cool Toon (Dreamcast) by SNK Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan

36:41
SNK's rapid collapse and bankruptcy

57:32
Goodbye Esaka (Arranged) from The King of Fighters 2000 (Neo-Geo) by Hideki Asanaka, Hiroshi Yamazoe, Yasuo Yamate

58:01
A brief timeline of Aruze's takeover of SNK

1:09:18
CIPHER 08 from The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (Arcade) by Hideki Asanaka

1:10:02
Conspiracies vs Conspiracy Theories

1:16:43
Kabocha to Piero from Art of Fighting 2 (Neo-Geo) by Yasumasa Yamada, Yoshihiko Kitamura, Mariko, Yasuhiro Naka

1:17:14
Offshore holdings, real estate crime and Mohammmed bin Salman

1:38:29
Japan Theme from Neo Turf Masters (Neo-Geo) by Takushi Hiyamuta

1:38:47
Game Reviews:
King of Fighters 98 (Neo-Geo)
SNK v Capcom Cardfighter's Chaos (Neo Geo Pocket Color)

1:51:59
Signoff

1:56:31
Nature's Banquet (So no ni Arranged) from Samurai Shodown V (Neo-Geo) by Haruhiko Kuroiwa,
Kennosuke Suemura