Oh man, those photos of Babbage's in its heyday with wall-to-wall Sega and Nintendo shelves really takes me back. We didn't have Babbage's out here in Nevada but we had Electronics Boutique and Walden Software. What a magical time, when news traveled slow and surprises awaited during every trip to the mall. I wish I had picked up a Neo Geo in the early 2000's when prices were low. I had never seen a home version growing up but I remember the eye-popping price lists in the "Chips & Bits" ads in magazines.
Those were great times, indeed! I worked for Babbage's from 1989-1995. I was 17 when I started there part-time and still in high school. Made it all the way to store manager of the Haywood Mall locatio in Greenville, SC. Still the most fun job I've ever had.
Neo Geo stuff tends to constantly be on the rise price wise. I have a box of MVS carts in my garage (the carts that the arcade hardware used) that I got for pretty cheap quite a few years ago that are worth way more now. I really like Neo Geo games and I still play them to this day. Really great fun games with unique graphics and gameplay
My desert island Neo game (and one of my favorite titles of all time) is Neo Turf Masters. It's arcade golf perfection, but it almost transcends the genre. Windjammers is another great choice anyway!
I was a little kid when the neo geo came out in 1990, I just remembered that's "the console NOT to ask my parents for because it costs trillions of dollars" lol....i have one now and it still feels taboo and expensive lol
No need for any mod to any NEO-GEO console to play any game cart from any region, they are not region-centric at all. The region is dictated by the BIOS, and the cart will run in whatever region it is told to by the BIOS. Cartridges are 100% indentical internally no matter what region they sold in, only the sticker and box art varied. It was actually fairly common to see US and Euro region carts that have the US/Euro cart sticker placed right over the top of the Japanese sticker, and that is exactly how SNK sent them out. Nam 1975 and Ninja Combat are perfect examples of this, but a few others did that. The UniBIOS does allow you to switch regions, but it isn't needed. And some games even have the ability to switch regions in the options menu on home console.
I got my AES with a set of games a little over 10 years ago off eBay. Paid $435 after shipping. At the time I thought that was a lot; but the system & games were in great condition. Love the system and it’s got some great games. But as I saw someone say on a message board: You don’t collect games for Neo Geo, you invest in them.
That was a great buy and a great value! Yes, they are a lot like an investment. They've never really taken a nose dive since the launch all those years back. I think it will be interesting to see how contemporary games change in value over the years ahead. Something tells me they won't age as gracefully in terms of value. Time will tell. :)
Prices are going down now. Just got an AES for $350 with a memory card. I also purchased fatal fury special for $22. I saw plenty of AES boxed in like new condition for less than $700 and still no buyers.
Id be lucky getting a neogeo cd. At least i could afford the games. Its crazy how the games look after all these years yet their is nothing else like it.
i still have the neo geo my parents gifted me for Christmas in 1994 along with magician lord and encounters, a game i sold last year to a US collector for a really huge sum of money . i remember being envious of kids playing witg friends at their house instead me being a rich wealthy kid i used to be alone. i used to hate the aes
Wait, my wife actually has one of those! I'm going up to her straight away and demanding an AES as a matter of reciprocity and naterialistic equality. Now waiting for the smack to the back of my head. 🤣
Neo Geo will always hold a special place in my heart. I was lucky enough to have it way back when, and I absolutely loved it. And being the only one in town with it meant that my house was often a gathering spot. Makes me miss the days when we still did stuff like get together on the couch and pass the controllers back and forth. Nowadays, it's all "See you on B-net" or "Hit me up on PSN". To this day, a Neo Geo game remains my favorite fighting game. Fatal Fury Real Bout 2. I love that game so much, I've bought it 4 times. The AES cartridge, the Neo Geo CD release, the Battle Archives version on PS2, and the PSN release on PS4 (which transferred over to my PS5). Some of my other favorites were Shock Troopers 1 and 2, Real Bout Special, Mark of the Wolves, Rage of Dragons, and Sengoku 3.
It's NEO-GEO AES it was designed to bring the Arcades home. It's the only console in this world that doesn't mix graphics and sound on one single cartridge circuit board. Instead it's rather like two cartridges in one. You're going to pay pretty penny for something like this. No one deserves this state-of-the-art video game console dirt cheap.
It's an interesting ascertion that no one deserves this type of console cheap. I guess none of us actually "deserves" a game system at all. It's a luxury, not a necessity, and whichever systems we have of collect, we should be grateful to have them at all.
@@Forever8Bit hey wait a minute there buddy I never deserved the NEO-GEO AES for free or almost nothing... But I have earned a NEO-GEO AES since June 2015 now I have 13 games for it now. (🧢Fatal Fury Special holds a place in my heart💛) It was the childhood I never had, I worked hard for it and I appreciate it nice for you or you got here now subscribing thank you.... Stop and think about this, if everybody got NEO-GEO AES cheap back then none of these NEO-GEO's will be working right now because nobody would have took care of them because, they were dirt cheap. And because the price was high everybody took care of that system or try to
FYI, you probably know this already but you can go the MVS route for almost the same gaming experience and pay a significant amount less for original hardware. Nothing wrong with the AES, I have a console with a couple AES games, but to get the bangers I’ve gone with MVS to save on cost.
No doubt! I really like the idea of the consolized MVS systems as an alternative to the AES. They make a lot of sense, especially since the carts aren't interchangable directly between MVS and AES. I once had a 4-slot MVS cab in my home arcade and it had all four slots filled. I think I sold it for like $400 or something absurd by today's standards. Whoops!
I miss Babbage’s so much. I used to buy all my pc games there in the 90s. It turned into an EB Games and I scored a Dreamcast on clearance there circa 2002. I think it cost about $70.
I have never seen this system in the wild where I live. Oh sure, the arcade cabinets were ubiquitous, but the home console version could never be found and neither could you find the games. I always wanted one, but I am happy to play the recent ports of most of their games on modern consoles.
It's great that they're a thing, those ports. Helps bring those games to both new generations and to those that never got to play them back in the day.
It's worth having Neo Geo. I have a ton of MVS carts, but they're going to be in my collection forever. Glad to see Ninja Commando getting some very deserved recognition. And why did you choose Fatal Fury 2 over Special?
I captured it through an Elgato 4K60, but it defaulted to "HDR Mode" without my knowing it. Had to set "SDR Mode" in Fincal Cut Pro X to reverse the color damage. It could only be fixed to that degree. It's a small setting in the Elgato's text doc. Lesson learned for me.
I think it would be if it's complete in box. You can grab a loose one for around $300 these days. Well worth it, keep an eye out for a bargain and you'll be glad you did.
That would have been a better than average deal. But they're still out there, just a little pricier. At least you can get one for less than the $5K that one guy spent. :)
You could spend several hundred dollars on a Neo Geo AES, or you could buy a Neo Geo MVS (the arcade version) for about $100. MVS games are generally much cheaper too. You do have to put in time and research to get it running on a supergun if you don't have a real arcade machine, but superguns have gotten better and cheaper over the years.
Some of these games you listed like Blazing Star and Metal Slug X are super expensive, and really tough to obtain unless you have very deep pockets. You should've mentioned that in your video for potential collectors.
I remember seeing the Neo Geo in a front window display at my local Software Etc back in 1991. I asked my parents for it & they of course said no. It ended up being my grandmother who got it for me for my birthday that year. Software Etc sadly did not carry the Neo Geo very long. After about a year, they put all remaining systems/games on clearance and never re-stocked them. The only other local shop that carried Neo Geo was a small mom & pop shop in Oceanside, CA called "Game Adx". Sadly, their Neo Geo selection was not that great. I recall seeing an ad in the back of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" for a store in Los Angeles called "Japan Video Games". I ended up ordering most of my Neo Geo games from them. I recall calling them once and it sounded like an old lady answering the phone "hello?..." then I heard some guys' voice in the background say "it's for me mom." heh... At any rate, those were great times and I dearly miss the 90s. Oh, and as far as game pricing went... yes, a lot of games were $199. Although "latest releases" (as well as newer games further down the road) were regularly $249.99 & even $299.99 - btw, I still have my Neo Geo Gold system complete in box. Still have a bunch of games for it also. These days I will pick up a game here & there off of eBay... although I tend to be picky with what I buy and will examine the games to make sure they are legitimate as there is a huge bootleg scene for the Neo Geo.
Oh, I get it. Definitely in line with value. I just find it interesting that they hit that level of value in the first place. Nice work if you can ge it.
I'm happy with my Neo Geo CDZ. Imo, a consolized version of the MVS > the AES. Imagine paying all that money back in the day to then find out your games are censored...like what happened to me a few years ago when I picked up the Neo Geo mini international version at release expecting to get MVS roms and getting western AES roms instead.
Best part of the CD versions of the games? The incredible soundtracks. If you want to hear some all time bangers, Arastashi Saxophone 2 (Iori's team music) from KOF 96 and Rhythmic Hallucinations (Team Orochi's team music) from KOF 97. The first is one of the most iconic songs of the series and the other is one of the best boss themes ever.
That is an american system which always seems to go for quite a bit. The Japanese systems are much cheaper. They are priced more like a Series X or PS5. I picked up an American system earlier this year for about $1,700. It is the most expensive game item I have ever purchased but am happy to have it and happy to have everything in English. The U.S. systems look great with HD Retrovision Component cables with the adapter. I don’t have the Jail Bar issues that alot of the Japanese systems have when trying to use Rgb. The system also came with an Mvs copy of Metal slug. Glad I got it when I did. With inflation, it is a little more than what I would have paid back in the day. I hope to get a memory card soon, the Hori Turbo stick, and a couple of the Neo Ceo Cd game pads. I currently only have two games for the system with how prices are. I have Magician Lord and Samurai Shodown 2. Both are U.S copies Cib. I enjoy them both and really only plan on getting one new game a year or so.
Awesome! It's a great system to have. Sounds like you got in at the right time. It's a good point you've brought up about the JPN variant. One can easily get the UniBIOS installed and play to their heart's content. Or their wallet's content, at least. 🤣
@@Forever8Bit Very true! Lol. It was the only system I didn’t have that I wanted and so I just went for it. I kind of want to get a Everdrive for the system but they are expensive too.
I own a Big Red Neo Geo arcade and own several game switch the cases. I have been selling my collection because I got a Mistercade that’s allows me to play all the Neo Geo games from the AES, MVS and CD. The games play flawlessly with no lag and perfect translation of the games. I can even play two players on two different arcades to play two or more players games. I can play Ninja Turtles 4 players on two or more arcades.
The only time you would want to lay that kind of money down is on a real Neo Geo AES or MVS cab. I paid a considerable amount of money for my Neo Geo AES but only because it's extremely rare and no, I'm not talking about it being simply rare because it is an AES in box. Check this out... My Neo Geo AES was made in early 1990 (possibly 1989 before they released). The date says 1990 on the console but...the box and instructions all say 1989 on them. Now, this is where it gets really interesting. In all of my years of being a Neo Geo collector I have never seen one like mine. The box is completely white. On the box the name Neo Geo is printed in bold black lettering set on top of two different colored boxes. The top box is a golden yellow and the bottom is like a Halloween orange. The box itself has a white plastic carrying handle and it opens via a giant flap. Basically you don't have to slide the console out as it gets completely exposed once you open it and remove a huge styrofoam cover. Inside the box flap it has a stamp that says Property of Hilton Resort. Basically it was one of the original consoles before they began selling them to the public in mid to late 1990. Mine came with Ghost Pilots. Addendum- No, it is not nor will it ever be for sale. ;)
@@Forever8Bit Same man! The only place you could play a Neo Geo AES in America at the time was through a rental service while staying at a Hilton Resort. They apparently unloaded them sometime around the N64's introduction into the market. They rented those machines out as well. That's nothing.... No, what I really, really, really want is one of the Hilton Resort's multi-cart Neo Geo machines. The single cart consoles *regular Neo Geo AESs were only the first ones used by Hilton. SNK built versions of the AES that came in a huge rectangular concave box with 4/6 slots and a multi-switch button. This enabled you to rent the machine and up to 6 games at a time in one unit. Each game had a lock see-through case and could be changed at will by Hilton employees with the proper key. I have never seen one in my life but I have heard many SNK collectors talking about it before. It is the Neo Geo Holy Grail and whoever finds a working one may as well have won the freaking lottery. Can you imagine how much a real one in perfect working order would be worth?! It would have to be exactly one dump truck units of money. I wouldn't care...if I had one I'd never sell it.
@@Forever8Bit My friend, there's something I want to bring to your attention. WATA apparently is now grading reproduction games. There is a repro copy of Castlevania Rondo of Blood with a WATA rating of 9.4 on Ebay. Whoever the scammer is they're asking 3K for the game. I watch another channel from a guy called MadLittlePixel who is covering this right now. I encourage you to give it a watch. He covered his bases so well the scammer is now trying to scare him off by threatening legal action. Check it out man...we as retro guys need to fight this kind of stuff.
Absolutely agree don't get me wrong original hardware is awesome but being able to play the entire Neo Geo library on my Anbernic handheld is so wicked 🤘
I'm glad i ditched the aes decades ago in favor of a consolized,mvs.When i was buying for the mvs that setup save me a ton of money.These days at least there's plenty of ways to play the neo-geo officially arcade archives,compilations etc.Beside if you want to play on the original hardware without buying a single game there's the neosd,flashcart.
It's awfully nice to have access to emulation these days. Helps preserve these great systems and games and bring them to all new generations of gamers.
You can automatically play the Neo Geo AES American or Japanese on any system doesn't matter if it's Japanese or American because I I used to play them all🎮🕹😀👍🏾
Agreed. Same from the other comment: I captured it through an Elgato 4K60, but it defaulted to "HDR Mode" without my knowing it. Had to set "SDR Mode" in Fincal Cut Pro X to reverse the color damage. It could only be fixed to that degree. It's a small setting in the Elgato's text doc. Lesson learned for me.
Rather take your NeoGeo gaming on the go? ➡ th-cam.com/video/aynBSy9wx94/w-d-xo.html
Oh yeah appreciate every console that was ever made actually.
Oh man, those photos of Babbage's in its heyday with wall-to-wall Sega and Nintendo shelves really takes me back. We didn't have Babbage's out here in Nevada but we had Electronics Boutique and Walden Software. What a magical time, when news traveled slow and surprises awaited during every trip to the mall. I wish I had picked up a Neo Geo in the early 2000's when prices were low. I had never seen a home version growing up but I remember the eye-popping price lists in the "Chips & Bits" ads in magazines.
Those were great times, indeed! I worked for Babbage's from 1989-1995. I was 17 when I started there part-time and still in high school. Made it all the way to store manager of the Haywood Mall locatio in Greenville, SC. Still the most fun job I've ever had.
Ours was EB as well!
Neo Geo stuff tends to constantly be on the rise price wise. I have a box of MVS carts in my garage (the carts that the arcade hardware used) that I got for pretty cheap quite a few years ago that are worth way more now. I really like Neo Geo games and I still play them to this day. Really great fun games with unique graphics and gameplay
As a kid I drooled over this system in EGM ads. Now I’m a proud owner with 13 games.
Congrats! That's awesome.
My desert island Neo game (and one of my favorite titles of all time) is Neo Turf Masters. It's arcade golf perfection, but it almost transcends the genre. Windjammers is another great choice anyway!
NTM is an extraordinary arcade-styly golf game, for sure. A great choice!
“On the green!”
I was a little kid when the neo geo came out in 1990, I just remembered that's "the console NOT to ask my parents for because it costs trillions of dollars" lol....i have one now and it still feels taboo and expensive lol
No need for any mod to any NEO-GEO console to play any game cart from any region, they are not region-centric at all. The region is dictated by the BIOS, and the cart will run in whatever region it is told to by the BIOS. Cartridges are 100% indentical internally no matter what region they sold in, only the sticker and box art varied. It was actually fairly common to see US and Euro region carts that have the US/Euro cart sticker placed right over the top of the Japanese sticker, and that is exactly how SNK sent them out. Nam 1975 and Ninja Combat are perfect examples of this, but a few others did that.
The UniBIOS does allow you to switch regions, but it isn't needed. And some games even have the ability to switch regions in the options menu on home console.
I got my AES with a set of games a little over 10 years ago off eBay.
Paid $435 after shipping. At the time I thought that was a lot; but the system & games were in great condition.
Love the system and it’s got some great games. But as I saw someone say on a message board: You don’t collect games for Neo Geo, you invest in them.
That was a great buy and a great value! Yes, they are a lot like an investment. They've never really taken a nose dive since the launch all those years back. I think it will be interesting to see how contemporary games change in value over the years ahead. Something tells me they won't age as gracefully in terms of value. Time will tell. :)
Prices are going down now. Just got an AES for $350 with a memory card. I also purchased fatal fury special for $22. I saw plenty of AES boxed in like new condition for less than $700 and still no buyers.
Id be lucky getting a neogeo cd. At least i could afford the games. Its crazy how the games look after all these years yet their is nothing else like it.
i still have the neo geo my parents gifted me for Christmas in 1994 along with magician lord and encounters, a game i sold last year to a US collector for a really huge sum of money .
i remember being envious of kids playing witg friends at their house instead me being a rich wealthy kid i used to be alone.
i used to hate the aes
Wow! That's awesome to still have your original from back in the day!
Man that's a sad story
It’s the Louis Vuitton of game collecting
Wait, my wife actually has one of those! I'm going up to her straight away and demanding an AES as a matter of reciprocity and naterialistic equality. Now waiting for the smack to the back of my head. 🤣
the sales numbers is for all Neo Geo system included CD/CDZ,less than 350K AES were produced
Good catch. Thanks!
I bought 2 AES systems in the past 5 years. One for $250 and the other for $300. Both came with power/video cables and a tank stick.
Those are two great purchases. There are bargains to be had. And both of those are worth more than you paid, so a nice investment you made there.
Neo Geo will always hold a special place in my heart. I was lucky enough to have it way back when, and I absolutely loved it. And being the only one in town with it meant that my house was often a gathering spot.
Makes me miss the days when we still did stuff like get together on the couch and pass the controllers back and forth. Nowadays, it's all "See you on B-net" or "Hit me up on PSN".
To this day, a Neo Geo game remains my favorite fighting game. Fatal Fury Real Bout 2. I love that game so much, I've bought it 4 times. The AES cartridge, the Neo Geo CD release, the Battle Archives version on PS2, and the PSN release on PS4 (which transferred over to my PS5).
Some of my other favorites were Shock Troopers 1 and 2, Real Bout Special, Mark of the Wolves, Rage of Dragons, and Sengoku 3.
It's NEO-GEO AES it was designed to bring the Arcades home.
It's the only console in this world that doesn't mix graphics and sound on one single cartridge circuit board. Instead it's rather like two cartridges in one.
You're going to pay pretty penny for something like this.
No one deserves this state-of-the-art video game console dirt cheap.
It's an interesting ascertion that no one deserves this type of console cheap. I guess none of us actually "deserves" a game system at all. It's a luxury, not a necessity, and whichever systems we have of collect, we should be grateful to have them at all.
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hey wait a minute there buddy I never deserved the NEO-GEO AES for free or almost nothing...
But I have earned a NEO-GEO AES since June 2015 now I have 13 games for it now.
(🧢Fatal Fury Special holds a place in my heart💛)
It was the childhood I never had, I worked hard for it and I appreciate it nice for you or you got here now subscribing thank you....
Stop and think about this, if everybody got NEO-GEO AES cheap back then none of these NEO-GEO's will be working right now because nobody would have took care of them because, they were dirt cheap. And because the price was high everybody took care of that system or try to
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FYI, you probably know this already but you can go the MVS route for almost the same gaming experience and pay a significant amount less for original hardware. Nothing wrong with the AES, I have a console with a couple AES games, but to get the bangers I’ve gone with MVS to save on cost.
No doubt! I really like the idea of the consolized MVS systems as an alternative to the AES. They make a lot of sense, especially since the carts aren't interchangable directly between MVS and AES. I once had a 4-slot MVS cab in my home arcade and it had all four slots filled. I think I sold it for like $400 or something absurd by today's standards. Whoops!
You rock Blaine! My all-time favorite NEOGEO game is Metal Slug 3. Got close to beat it but no cigars.
Thanks! Yes, MS3 is a killer NeoGeo game indeed. Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
I miss Babbage’s so much. I used to buy all my pc games there in the 90s. It turned into an EB Games and I scored a Dreamcast on clearance there circa 2002. I think it cost about $70.
Nice pickup! Yes, I miss it too. To this day, it remains my favorite job I've ever had.
I have never seen this system in the wild where I live. Oh sure, the arcade cabinets were ubiquitous, but the home console version could never be found and neither could you find the games. I always wanted one, but I am happy to play the recent ports of most of their games on modern consoles.
It's great that they're a thing, those ports. Helps bring those games to both new generations and to those that never got to play them back in the day.
@@Forever8Bit And it is better than dealing with some of the emulators. Some of them had some seriousncrash/bug issues.
Babbage's takes me back. A SVC Chaos cart is probably going to run you more than the console.
I think you're onto something there. :)
It's worth having Neo Geo. I have a ton of MVS carts, but they're going to be in my collection forever.
Glad to see Ninja Commando getting some very deserved recognition.
And why did you choose Fatal Fury 2 over Special?
Forever games are the best! :)
AOF3 Capture looks Terrible? How did you get it? Colors way over saturated.
I captured it through an Elgato 4K60, but it defaulted to "HDR Mode" without my knowing it. Had to set "SDR Mode" in Fincal Cut Pro X to reverse the color damage. It could only be fixed to that degree. It's a small setting in the Elgato's text doc. Lesson learned for me.
I think it would be if it's complete in box. You can grab a loose one for around $300 these days. Well worth it, keep an eye out for a bargain and you'll be glad you did.
@@Forever8Bit Wow thanks for such a concise answer. I knew it could look better.
I once saw one with 3 games for 500 bucks at a flea market, did not have anywhere near the money back then and could not do it.
That would have been a better than average deal. But they're still out there, just a little pricier. At least you can get one for less than the $5K that one guy spent. :)
You could spend several hundred dollars on a Neo Geo AES, or you could buy a Neo Geo MVS (the arcade version) for about $100. MVS games are generally much cheaper too. You do have to put in time and research to get it running on a supergun if you don't have a real arcade machine, but superguns have gotten better and cheaper over the years.
I bought an aes 12 years ago and actively buy games and play them to this day. Yes it's expensive, but it makes each new aes game a special occasion
Some of these games you listed like Blazing Star and Metal Slug X are super expensive, and really tough to obtain unless you have very deep pockets. You should've mentioned that in your video for potential collectors.
Thank you. I'll be sure to note those types of high prices in future videos. Good call.
I remember seeing the Neo Geo in a front window display at my local Software Etc back in 1991. I asked my parents for it & they of course said no. It ended up being my grandmother who got it for me for my birthday that year. Software Etc sadly did not carry the Neo Geo very long. After about a year, they put all remaining systems/games on clearance and never re-stocked them. The only other local shop that carried Neo Geo was a small mom & pop shop in Oceanside, CA called "Game Adx". Sadly, their Neo Geo selection was not that great. I recall seeing an ad in the back of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" for a store in Los Angeles called "Japan Video Games". I ended up ordering most of my Neo Geo games from them. I recall calling them once and it sounded like an old lady answering the phone "hello?..." then I heard some guys' voice in the background say "it's for me mom." heh...
At any rate, those were great times and I dearly miss the 90s. Oh, and as far as game pricing went... yes, a lot of games were $199. Although "latest releases" (as well as newer games further down the road) were regularly $249.99 & even $299.99 - btw, I still have my Neo Geo Gold system complete in box. Still have a bunch of games for it also. These days I will pick up a game here & there off of eBay... although I tend to be picky with what I buy and will examine the games to make sure they are legitimate as there is a huge bootleg scene for the Neo Geo.
Given the quoted listing came with 5 CIB games, with one of them easily being worth a couple of thousand. It shouldn't be surprising it went for 4.5k.
Oh, I get it. Definitely in line with value. I just find it interesting that they hit that level of value in the first place. Nice work if you can ge it.
I'm happy with my Neo Geo CDZ. Imo, a consolized version of the MVS > the AES. Imagine paying all that money back in the day to then find out your games are censored...like what happened to me a few years ago when I picked up the Neo Geo mini international version at release expecting to get MVS roms and getting western AES roms instead.
The CDZ is awesome! Has the 2X speed CD drive, drastically reducing load times over the original. Great system to have!
Best part of the CD versions of the games? The incredible soundtracks. If you want to hear some all time bangers, Arastashi Saxophone 2 (Iori's team music) from KOF 96 and Rhythmic Hallucinations (Team Orochi's team music) from KOF 97. The first is one of the most iconic songs of the series and the other is one of the best boss themes ever.
This was really great video but do you think you could make a video about the 3ds because it's my favourite console
Thanks! I have two of them, the "old" and "New XL" models. I'll definitely look at making a video for it.
That is an american system which always seems to go for quite a bit. The Japanese systems are much cheaper. They are priced more like a Series X or PS5. I picked up an American system earlier this year for about $1,700. It is the most expensive game item I have ever purchased but am happy to have it and happy to have everything in English. The U.S. systems look great with HD Retrovision Component cables with the adapter. I don’t have the Jail Bar issues that alot of the Japanese systems have when trying to use Rgb. The system also came with an Mvs copy of Metal slug. Glad I got it when I did. With inflation, it is a little more than what I would have paid back in the day. I hope to get a memory card soon, the Hori Turbo stick, and a couple of the Neo Ceo Cd game pads. I currently only have two games for the system with how prices are. I have Magician Lord and Samurai Shodown 2. Both are U.S copies Cib. I enjoy them both and really only plan on getting one new game a year or so.
Awesome! It's a great system to have. Sounds like you got in at the right time. It's a good point you've brought up about the JPN variant. One can easily get the UniBIOS installed and play to their heart's content. Or their wallet's content, at least. 🤣
@@Forever8Bit Very true! Lol. It was the only system I didn’t have that I wanted and so I just went for it. I kind of want to get a Everdrive for the system but they are expensive too.
Wasn't that movie Forward to the Past or something like that? /s
That's the one! :)
It's "The Future is Now!"
I own a Big Red Neo Geo arcade and own several game switch the cases. I have been selling my collection because I got a Mistercade that’s allows me to play all the Neo Geo games from the AES, MVS and CD. The games play flawlessly with no lag and perfect translation of the games. I can even play two players on two different arcades to play two or more players games. I can play Ninja Turtles 4 players on two or more arcades.
The only time you would want to lay that kind of money down is on a real Neo Geo AES or MVS cab. I paid a considerable amount of money for my Neo Geo AES but only because it's extremely rare and no, I'm not talking about it being simply rare because it is an AES in box. Check this out...
My Neo Geo AES was made in early 1990 (possibly 1989 before they released). The date says 1990 on the console but...the box and instructions all say 1989 on them. Now, this is where it gets really interesting. In all of my years of being a Neo Geo collector I have never seen one like mine. The box is completely white. On the box the name Neo Geo is printed in bold black lettering set on top of two different colored boxes. The top box is a golden yellow and the bottom is like a Halloween orange. The box itself has a white plastic carrying handle and it opens via a giant flap. Basically you don't have to slide the console out as it gets completely exposed once you open it and remove a huge styrofoam cover. Inside the box flap it has a stamp that says Property of Hilton Resort. Basically it was one of the original consoles before they began selling them to the public in mid to late 1990. Mine came with Ghost Pilots.
Addendum- No, it is not nor will it ever be for sale. ;)
WOW! That is a rare find, indeed! I never got to stay at hotels with NeoGeo systems in them. That would have been epic! :)
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Same man! The only place you could play a Neo Geo AES in America at the time was through a rental service while staying at a Hilton Resort. They apparently unloaded them sometime around the N64's introduction into the market. They rented those machines out as well. That's nothing....
No, what I really, really, really want is one of the Hilton Resort's multi-cart Neo Geo machines. The single cart consoles *regular Neo Geo AESs were only the first ones used by Hilton. SNK built versions of the AES that came in a huge rectangular concave box with 4/6 slots and a multi-switch button. This enabled you to rent the machine and up to 6 games at a time in one unit. Each game had a lock see-through case and could be changed at will by Hilton employees with the proper key. I have never seen one in my life but I have heard many SNK collectors talking about it before. It is the Neo Geo Holy Grail and whoever finds a working one may as well have won the freaking lottery. Can you imagine how much a real one in perfect working order would be worth?! It would have to be exactly one dump truck units of money. I wouldn't care...if I had one I'd never sell it.
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My friend, there's something I want to bring to your attention. WATA apparently is now grading reproduction games. There is a repro copy of Castlevania Rondo of Blood with a WATA rating of 9.4 on Ebay. Whoever the scammer is they're asking 3K for the game. I watch another channel from a guy called MadLittlePixel who is covering this right now. I encourage you to give it a watch. He covered his bases so well the scammer is now trying to scare him off by threatening legal action. Check it out man...we as retro guys need to fight this kind of stuff.
Stunning machine. The most impressive at the time❤
I'm Dig The Mad Scientist and I'm that old too 🤣 Neo Geo is my favorite console but I won't pay that huge money for one when I can just make one 🤘🤓
It's great that the games are so accessible these days. From things like the NeoGeo re-releases to emulation, these games live on!
Absolutely agree don't get me wrong original hardware is awesome but being able to play the entire Neo Geo library on my Anbernic handheld is so wicked 🤘
I'm glad i ditched the aes decades ago in favor of a consolized,mvs.When i was buying for the mvs that setup save me a ton of money.These days at least there's plenty of ways to play the neo-geo officially arcade archives,compilations etc.Beside if you want to play on the original hardware without buying a single game there's the neosd,flashcart.
That's a great way to go, the consolized MVS. Glad you are enjoying onwing and playig one. Very cool.
What do you mean? I play it for free on my PC. ☺️
It's awfully nice to have access to emulation these days. Helps preserve these great systems and games and bring them to all new generations of gamers.
Used to own an aes, then a cd, and finally a cdz which I still own.
The CDZ is awesome! That 2X speed CD drive makes a great deal of difference in the load times. Glad you still have it!
You can automatically play the Neo Geo AES American or Japanese on any system doesn't matter if it's Japanese or American because I I used to play them all🎮🕹😀👍🏾
I went the mister fpga route to play it
Me too. The MiSTer is awesome. I wonder if @Forever 8-bit has a MiSTer or not?
Colors are way off on FF too.
Agreed. Same from the other comment: I captured it through an Elgato 4K60, but it defaulted to "HDR Mode" without my knowing it. Had to set "SDR Mode" in Fincal Cut Pro X to reverse the color damage. It could only be fixed to that degree. It's a small setting in the Elgato's text doc. Lesson learned for me.
Cause of the chad Terry bogard and Kyo
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Great Scott! That's it! :)
If you don't have the money, MAME is your friend. ENJOY!!
Yes I have brand spanking new AES unit in factory sealed box no don’t ask😊
It's even worse now is really high I wish years ago when I could have got Metal Slug X for 300 that should have did it😒🎮🕹😀👍🏾
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That's a great game.
Why not learn a usefull skill. What a waste of a life. This will go down in history as the generation lost to game addiction. So sad.
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