Hmm, you're right. It must have been Metal Slug X which was far more packed than what we have. So MS2 was already a slowing fest on the Neo Geo. No wonder why its on the lowest tier?

Pretty much. Though I still prefer MS2 to MSX so long as I can play it in MAME with CPU overclocking (This works without glitches because it was possible to overclock the actual Neo-Geo CPU), simply because all the arabian characters were replaced with generic Morden soldiers and the palette swapped stages don't look as nice as the originals.

And that is probably why they don't do it. I have copies of these games collected across various systems I've picked up over the years. I have paid for MOTW now 3 different times. The buy once, play anywhere, play forever strategy would be great as a customer, but companies don't tend to do what is good for us if it conflicts with what is good for them.

I also preferred 2 to X, I believe they also replaced some of the bosses with ones from MS1. In fact, my favorites are 1, 2, and 3. 4 and 5 didn't have that many exciting set pieces. 6 was okay.

This bundle certainly looks very interesting :)

Not all companies do it this way, hopefully :)
GOG.com is a nice counter example at least for DOS games. Not only games are DRM-free but the game data is untouched (mostly*) and stays available for any 3rd party program to run it instead of Dosbox.

*I said mostly because GOG.com DOS packages contain all the games files (which are easier to use with Dosbox anyway), but the original games came on a specific media which structure has been discarded. tl;dr: enough in most cases, but not a 1:1 copy. I hope one day they will be able to offer clean copies of the game, along with the easy to use, pre-installed and emulator-bundled copy.

Just played King of Fighters 2000 today, unlike Metal Slug 2, I didn't notice any visible slow down of any kind. The game played regularly and without issues. Now that I retrieved my DirectInput wireless gamepad, I could try it out and see whether there's multiplayer support or not. The game has most of the features I uploaded a while ago about Metal Gear 2, nearly the same publisher/developer/HB intros, the same menu structure with a different background, etc.

The following games have been added to the BTA tier:

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
The King of Fighters 2002
Blazing Star
Ironclad

All DRM-free. It's a shame that they didn't include Last Blade 2. Oh well.

Thanks, updated the main post.

No Super Sidekicks? I am dissapoint. ☹

I was hoping they would add King of the Monsters 2 and Last Blade 2 this week but they didn't. For $10.00 it is still an awesome bundle so I can't complain too much.

No Last Blade 2 or Windjammers....bastards. At least KoF 2002. I wonder if they're going to have a "NeoGeo part II" bundle.

I´m thinking buying the PWYW from this bundle. But i read some complains about controls, is really bad?

The main issue is the inability to modify them to your taste. The NEOGEO system only has 4 buttons so it's not like there are a lot of options, but not being able to do it your way is a big problem (especially for fighters.) They also don't line up KOF Steam versions; at least not for me. I'm not sure the controls are the same for everyone, since controllers aren't all that consistent for PC. There is a file that looks like it tries to identify controllers and map them in a consistent way, but who knows how well that one works.

There still may be options. The ability to use another emulator that does allow configuration is the best one. I guess one of those programs that can map keys to the controller might be another, but I'm thinking that will cause conflicts.

It's a dumb problem for us to have to deal with, and I think they deserve a little flak for not showing more forethought on that. That said I'm glad to have the games, and maybe we will get lucky and they will take some time to build in layout variations if not full configurations.

1. Install games
2. Copy ROMs (the zip files with the games' name) to emulator
3. Uninstall games

That also gets rid of the 4 unskippable splash screens and the 13mb wave files for their menu music.