SNK and Plaion are re-releasing the NeoGeo AES Console.

[ssj4yamgeta]

This came out of nowhere. SNK and Plaion have partnered to make 1:1 recreations of the original NeoGeo AES consoles, which will be called the NeoGeo AES Plus. These are not emulation boxes, they contain re-engineered ASIC chips and take the original cartridges and memory cards. They will also be making new-production cartridges (which will work on original hardware) and peripherals such as the memory cards. There will be 10 cartridges available at launch, and they come in clamshell cases. Console itself launches November 12th for $250. Games will reportedly be $60 each. Correction: games will be $90 each. Listings are up on Amazon now. Yeah, that's really expensive. However, I think there's still a value proposition here. This isn't just dumping an old rom on a Switch cart, they're actually recreating the original VHS-sized dual board cartridges which will work on original hardware, complete with some very nice hard plastic clamshell packaging. NeoGeo is also not easy to emulate, you need a special program to recompile the rom so it actually works. Definitely not a system I'll buy every game for, but I'll definitely be getting carts of my absolute favorites.

This is so awesome, this console is a collecting holy grail for me, and now it will be affordable. Definitely getting one in white. NeoGeo is back, and I am psyched!

https://press.plaion.com/NEOGEO-AES#?tab=Packshots-2&scrollto=

[sworddude]

I mean you could always collect japanese a sizable amount of cib games that are less or around the 100$ mark. and the console with a controller is only like 400$ not a massive price diff compared to this.

It's cool to see some original all be it modern physical copies of them rare games like turf masters and metal slug 1 though.