Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
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| Developer(s) | SNK Playmore |
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| Producer(s) |
Eikichi Kawasaki Chikara Yamasaki |
| Designer(s) | Chikara Yamasaki |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade) |
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Arcade (Atomiswave)
PlayStation 2
Xbox Live Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Atomiswave |
| Display | Raster (horizontal) |
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (abbreviated NGBC or NBC) is a 2-on-2 tag team fighting game for the Atomiswave arcade board developed and released by SNK in 2005. The game features characters from several SNK and ADK titles. Subsequently a PlayStation 2 version of the game was released in Japan, North America, and Europe. The Xbox Live Arcade version was released worldwide on June 9, 2010.
The game system of the arcade NGBC, as previously mentioned, is a 2-on-2 tag battle, regardless of how many players are playing. While the two-player game system is similar to most tag-team systems of other games, the single player system is unusual.
The game's single play is more like a survival battle, where the player must beat enemy after enemy as long as possible. However, the game gives the player 300 seconds, and when time-out occurs, instead of win or lose, the player will face the boss (depending on how well they perform). Only at this point will time-out determine the victor.
During a single-play, the rule is to defeat either member of the team, not both team members. That is, unlike most tag-team systems (but similar to Kizuna Encounter or Tekken Tag Tournament), where all opposition must be beaten in order to win, in NGBC the player only needs to beat one member of the opposite team to win, without the need to fight the other member if the first is defeated.
The survival battles are divided into rounds of three battles, and after a player manages to clear three opponent teams, they are given a chance to use one of the three game services provided:
Additionally, if the player loses and chooses to continue, they are given the option of using one of three continue services to help give them a boost getting back into the game:
Also abbreviated as D-Assault, this is one of the new super moves in this game, when the character makes a rush attack that, if connected successfully, calls the partner to perform together a special tag team autocombo, similar to games like Marvel vs Capcom or Tekken Tag Tournament. In addition to this, certain characters have special D-Assaults. Here are some of the possible combinations:
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