Neocartman - Where's my NEO cart, man?

Welcome to Neocartman. You can click (or toggle with the T key) to show the navigation toolbar and begin using and reading about neocartman. Clicking the link below will load up the cart list and all the serial data. There is a lot of it, so please give us a few seconds to load it all in after clicking.

To search for a particular game, simply hit the "s" key. This will take you to the search utility. Start typing the name of the game you are looking for and it will display an autocomplete result list as you continue. You can then use the arrow keys or your mouse to select the game from the list, or continue typing, and hit enter. The game you have selected with then be retrieved and displayed.

For more help you may hit your "=" key to show a quick functions set or you can browse around the navigation bar by typing "t" or clicking on the "Click to show toolbar" indicator above.

Thanks for stopping by and using Neocartman.

xiao_haozi & Xian Xi

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Fill in the form below to submit your cart.

Templates for lots of additions may be downloaded here: open office format or excel format.

Please send the mass templates back to us as an email attachment. Email to: Mass Submissions

What is Neocartman?

Neocartman is a project that was initially envisioned by Xian Xi of Jamma-Nation-X to be able to see the legacy of Neo Geo (MVS and Hyper) cart ownership by serial number. The actual product, the site you are currently visiting, is a collaboration between Xian Xi and xiao_haozi of Mutaku. Xian Xi handles all the data collection and xiao_haozi designed and maintains the code and site.

Collecting the Data?

The initial data was collected by Xian Xi by various scraping methods. Currently, data is mainly generated through user submissions which can be done through the submission form through the main toolbar.

But What Data is Collected?

What you see is what you get. The database contains serial, location, and date data. We don't keep anything personally identifying. The main objective here is to be able to find your cart and see where it's been in the world.

What about the Code

Neocartman is generated using a few tools. The initial data collection and list are done using Google Documents. This online database, so to speak, is then fed into the main handler written in Python. The Python handler updates our MySQL database with any new or updated entries, and then generates static html files that are displayed here. The HTML front-end is simply jQuery(javascript)+CSS+AJAX to handle the various views and search methods.

Summary of software used:
• Lighttpd - webserver
• FreeBSD and Slackware - operating systems
• Python - everything
• MySQL - data storage
• jQuery and CSS(3) - HTML stuffs
• Google Docs - form handling
• Nano - coding

All code, layout, and design was done by xiao_haozi. For more information on the code or design of the back-end or front-end, head over to Mutaku and check out the projects section.

Things are Jacked in my Browser.

Using IE? Well step into the 21st century and get a real browser (see). Neocartman should work just fine on all standards compliant browsers such as those using moz, webkit, or CSS3 in general. Since this isn't our real job, we care not to take the time to hack up code just to support a browser that's stuck in the past (- cordially, xiao_haozi). If you have a real browser and have an issue, please contact us through the form via the toolbar and we will try to jump on it as soon as we can.

Neocartman should work just fine on mobile browsers (tested on iPhone/iPad and Android-based devices). There are a few simple layout glitches that are currently being tended to, however, these should not affect usage.

I Don't Like X. You Should Change Y.

While we welcome constructive input or ideas on new features, we do this out of love for the Neo and simply because it's fun. So comments trolling the setup, or not liking how we designed things, or complaints about why you are sad with life, these will mostly be ignored.

Cheer up and have some fun. We aren't professional web dudes. We are two guys who have jobs totally unrelated to the interwebs or the computing thingies and merely run Neocartman for fun. You should have some too!

But I Still Don't Understand Something.

This is normal in life and tends to keep things alive and interesting. If you have any further questions about Neocartman, Neo Geo, coding and how things are run here, or really any other questions about life and living it, feel free to contact us through the toolbar above and we will answer as best we can and be sure to confuse you further. Unless your question is 'How can I be more of a nerd?' we usually can't help you much.

Note: all Neo and Neo game images including cart labels are copyright and trademark their respective owners which is mostly SNK.

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Feel like helping out?

We have an affilate account with Amazon. If you do any of your shopping with Amazon, consider using our link below as your bookmark to the main page. That gives us a little cut of all the purchases made through the link and helps us in getting those critical funds to try and keep the servers going and pay for the bandwidth to run sites like Neocartman. We don't get any personal information from your using the link, just a small cut that we are incredibly greatful for receiving. If you use the link of the banner below, you will be doing just that and we greatly appreciate your help!

And, of course, donations in the form of game hardware/software are always most happily received :)