I'm seriously thinking about getting a Neo Geo AES system in the near future.
Does anyone have suggestions as to what I should know before I buy?
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I'm seriously thinking about getting a Neo Geo AES system in the near future.
Does anyone have suggestions as to what I should know before I buy?
Mortgage your children. :)
Don't get one. I got one and got Samurai Shodown 2 for like 20 bucks and then realized that everything else worth getting was amazingly expensive.
If you can find one, get a consolized MVS. It'll cost you about 100 more than an AES but all the games are $10-30 instead of $100-300 and they're literally the exact same games as the AES in different casing.
Tks, Puffy.
Could you elaborate a bit about this "consolized MVS"? Does it accept all carts from both systems?
I'm still a n00b when it comes down to Neo Geo...
It's an arcade board that has controller ports and AV ports added. The Neo Geo arcade cabinets took carts just like the MVS did. They were the same carts but they had different pin connectors so the arcade operators couldn't buy the cheaper AES games. However, as time went on the MVS carts became way more common than the AES ones and therefore cheaper. For example, Metal Slug for the AES goes for about 3 grand because it had such a limited print run but the MVS version is like 10 bucks because there are thousands of them floating around. Here's what one looks like:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kollision
http://www.jamma-nation-x.com/jammax/images/2cmvs.jpg
I agree with puffy. The NEO-GEO AES is a collector's whore. There's simply no fun in collecting for the home system because of the shady and expensive collector's scene. A consolized (or full sized cabinet) NEO-GEO MVS is a much better choice. Me personally I wouldn't get an MVS either simply because it's too damn hard to get all the hardware and software necessary to get a collection going. MVS carts may be cheap but where are you gonna find them? Especially ones that aren't bootlegs? Also pre-assembled consolized MVS systems can be just as expensive as a NEO-GEO AES. MVS boards with a supergun are less expensive but again, cost and availability are a big factor.
However, if you like older Genesis games like Revenge of Shinobi (which for all intents and purposes, hasn't aged well), the NEO-GEO's earlier games would be up your alley. They are the cheapest games available for the AES. Almost all newer titles are stupidly expensive.
you might also search under the term "supergun" as that's what console-ized arcades are often called (don't ask me why). Another option (though somewhat pricey) is to get an AES and then get the ~$200 AES->MVS converter, thus letting you buy MVS games for an AES. That way, you get the clean looks of an AES with the cheaper games of an MVS. You could also opt for the bootleg multi-cart that features just about every Neo Geo game of interest and only costs something like $100. It's not really authentic to some camps if you do that, but from what I've heard all of the games are 100% bit-for-bit dumps of the original cartridges, so you can still claim 100% gameplay accuracy.
I would look into it alot before taking the plunge though, an AES/MVS probably has the worst quality/price ratio besides the Saturn. That's not to say AES/MVS games are bad by any means, but I find it a hard sell to pay $100 for a game that can be beaten in 30 minutes. Unless you're 100% sure you MUST own a real Neo Geo, I would first look into the SNK PS2 re-releases or MAME as the Neo Geo seems to have some of the best emulators out there.
If you go the emulation route, an X-Arcade works perfectly if you map the middle 3 buttons and the lower leftmost button as ABCD.
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You can find a consolized MVS for pretty cheap if you're patient enough. I traded my xbox 360 for one which I consider to be a damn good deal because the xbox was worth 150 at most :rofl:. The carts I get off ebay or Neo-geo.com and I've never had a bad experience at either one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
I have an AES. Yeah it's expensive. I just buy the games I really really had to have. I would buy an MVS converter but I don't have the need for it. I'm good on any of the KoF or Metal Slugs. All i need is Baseball Stars 2 and Magician Lord. It's a good system if you don't try to get every game ever made for it. It is a collector's system and i'm happy with it.
Things aren't always easy though. Pirate carts are rampant on the MVS. I'm just trying to warn the OP that starting an MVS collection isn't as easy as Genesis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffy2k316
Of course it's not but then again nothing is :p.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
All things considered it's easier than collecting for the AES though which it seems like he was already prepared to collect.
I also forgot to mention that the original arcade version of Bust-A-Move is an MVS game but it never got an AES release. Think of Bust-A-Move!
There's the neo CD if you can put up with loading times, plus I think it's totally lockout free. However, soem games do seem to suffer from slowdown the cart versions lack. (perhaps the RAM is slower than the ROM of the original carts or something)
Neo Geo CD doesn't have a lot of later games either. If you want to play Garou or Metal Slug 3 you're SOL
Here's a consolized version of the MVS Atarix777 owns. Very awesome:
He could always spend a stupid amount of money on a Super Neo Converter 2 or whatever it's called. You can use it to play MVS games on an AES. Best of both worlds. A badass looking console and affordable games.