Neogeo Emulator information

At VTE we are gearing up for a possible Neogeo section. It's been a long time coming. However, we don't post emulators on VTE unless we've used and evaluted them first, so I was wondering if anyone might know a bit about typical Neogeo emulators. Here are my questions. They are fairly generic. Feel free to add your own two cents if there is anything else I should be keeping in mind.

1.) do most Neogeo emulators need a BIOS rom to run?

2.) Do emulators that support NeoCD games need a SEPARATE BIOS?

3.) What types of roms do Neogeo emulators use? Typical MAME arcade type roms, or are they Neogeo specific dumps?

4.) Whenever MAME is updated, so are many of the ROMs. As you may be aware, the supported mame roms get a “Version number” of sorts to show they are the supported up-to-date ones. Is there any particular release number Neogeo emulators prefer?

5.) Do Neogeo emulators tend to have GUIs or are they mostly command line driven?

6.) Are there any details about specific Neogeo emulators I should keep in mind as a VTE Editor? (was it the first at anything, is it the best at anything, does it emulator 99% of the game library perfectly, etc)

7.) The Rage/NeoRage people seem kind of bitter about people hacking their emulator without permission. Can anyone give me more info on the how's and why's of this? Feel free to name names lol.

Thank you very much for your time,
Wesley Pollow
VTemulation.net

Wow, thanks for the info. Good stuff. Feel kind of bad for those Rage/Neorage people. Sounds like the fan community basically stole their closed-source code. I can see why they'd be outraged. Much to my dismay, it seems most things involving that emulator have fallen off the face of the planet. Their webhost email boxes are full and unattended. One of my biggest pet peeves. Come on guys, just take down those email links... Let's not be lazy lol. Thanks again for the info, folks.