Neo Geo Console System

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fredlepirate:
I own the 3 SNK console for about 15 years now;

- NeoGeo Pocket Color is the cheapest, and have a lot of great games (SNK vs Capcom MOTM, Card Fighter Clash, Metal Slug 1-2, Last blade, Samurai Shodown, Sonic, Faselei...). It`s would be my first pick if I had a low budget.

- NeoGeo CD; cheaper that the NeoGeo AES (cartridge version), but have least games and a loading time issue. Still, I love it to play the earliest SNK games from 1990-1995 and non fighting games (Magical Drop, Ninja Commando, Robo Army, Flying Power Disc, Sonic Wing...). Those games have really short loading time of 1-2 seconds, and you can find them for 20-50$ instead of the average 100-500$ for the cartridge version. I`ve also noticed the soundtrack of all the games are far superior (CD quality) that the cartridge version.

- NeoGeo AES; the more expensive one, but it give the best arcade experience, with a lot of really (and expensive) fighting games (King of Fighters, Last Blade, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury...) and shooter (Metal Slug!!). SNK supported that console from 1990 to 2004, and non official developer are still making games for that console (NG:DEV.Team).

If you want to play the NeoGeo at a cheap price, look at all the compilations and great port that came out for Dreamcast/PS2/Wii/PSP/ Virtual Console.

Few examples; SNK Arcade Classic Vol.1, Metal Slug Anthology, Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 and 2, Samurai Shodown Anthology, many KOF port...

Jakandsig:

--- Quote from: soera on May 30, 2014, 03:00:59 pm ---I remember when the Neo Geo was originally available. Even when the system was still current, the damn thing was expensive. I mean like $1000 for the system and about $300 a game. And (dont be offended) I didnt see a single game worth buying/playing/owning anyhow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Neo_Geo_games

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There was a cheaper version for $399, $300 without controllers.

zenimus:
I'm sad that I didn't pick up an MVS copy of SVC Chaos before prices randomly went up 4x-5x last year.

It always sold for around $55-$65 for the cart, and (I think) $100 for the kit? It's one of the more recent Neo Geo games, so most people who collected kits already had it by that point.

Then last year a prolonged drought on eBay happened. None were listed for a few months. When one finally popped up, it was a full arcade kit that sold for around $650!! Ever since then, sellers have been asking for crazy prices, and just the bare cart has been selling consistently for over $250.

What's up with that?

It's always been the most expensive system to collect for, but the Neo Geo is a great piece of history with some spectacular games. It's probably the only "non-mainstream" system to have such a solid library. Maybe the Colecovision too, which is sorta like the Neo Geo of the 80's.

theflea:

--- Quote from: zenimus on June 02, 2014, 04:43:03 pm ---I'm sad that I didn't pick up an MVS copy of SVC Chaos before prices randomly went up 4x-5x last year.

It always sold for around $55-$65 for the cart, and (I think) $100 for the kit? It's one of the more recent Neo Geo games, so most people who collected kits already had it by that point.

Then last year a prolonged drought on eBay happened. None were listed for a few months. When one finally popped up, it was a full arcade kit that sold for around $650!! Ever since then, sellers have been asking for crazy prices, and just the bare cart has been selling consistently for over $250

What's up with that?

It's always been the most expensive system to collect for, but the Neo Geo is a great piece of history with some spectacular games. It's probably the only "non-mainstream" system to have such a solid library. Maybe the Colecovision too, which is sorta like the Neo Geo of the 80's.

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I hear ya man, I used to pick up MVS games for $10 - $30 easy off Ebay and these where titles like, Metal Slug 1 - 5, all the Samurai Shodowns, Last Blade 2, all the KoF games and more. Now a days people want over $100 for many of these games.

90snostalga:
Thanks guys for the comments. From reading all this, the Neo Geo console systems seem too expensive and complicated. I will continue to stick with the Pocket Color, but as far as the Neo Geo system games, I will look for compilations on other systems. Example, I just learned that Metal Slug 1-6 was released in a compilation for the PS2 and Wii. From playing 1st mission, it makes me wants to play the other Metal Slug games.

Now, any Neo Geo compilations you guys would suggest me to get on another system? And also, I do remember when I was a kid there was this one arcade SNK baseball game for Neo Geo that I would like to play. Not sure what it was called but it was very very fun and I use to enjoy the crap out of it. Any ideas?

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