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.

[zenimus]

I think this is the coolest piece of Neo Geo news to come out in awhile. I'm pretty psyched. Everything is backwards and forwards compatible with the original hardware. It provides a pathway for so many people to get into the Neo in an authentic way.

Almost every one of the games they're releasing are great too (except for Over Top maybe). Neo Turf Masters (released here under its Japanese title of Big Tournament Golf) is getting the Scotland course added, which was previously only on the Neo Geo CD version. And for the formerly MVS exclusive Shock Troopers, it's the first time it's ever been officially available as an AES title.

This is exciting stuff! I'm down for an ultimate bundle.

[covfefe2020]

and the console with a controller is only like 400$ not a massive price diff compared to this.

For a brand new closed in box consoles plus a game, I feel like $250 is a pretty massive price difference compared to $400, only 62% of the cost!

Has anything been done like this before? I know that there are a lot of boutique companies that will make a game cart here and there for a modern indie game ported to the game boy color and whatnot. But has a retro console ever been genuinely put back into production like this? If not, I think this would give me strong hope that it could happen with other consoles in the future (Maybe Master System/Genesis?). The fundamental issue that I see with game collecting is that the number of people growing up and wishing to collect is always growing, while the supply of everything worth collecting continually shrinks as games and systems enter permanent collections and experience physical degradation. Simple 1:1 reproduction is such a dream solution to that, although I can see investors and speculators being upset for dropping their prices (good!)

[sworddude]

and the console with a controller is only like 400$ not a massive price diff compared to this.

For a brand new closed in box consoles plus a game, I feel like $250 is a pretty massive price difference compared to $400, only 62% of the cost!

Has anything been done like this before? I know that there are a lot of boutique companies that will make a game cart here and there for a modern indie game ported to the game boy color and whatnot. But has a retro console ever been genuinely put back into production like this? If not, I think this would give me strong hope that it could happen with other consoles in the future (Maybe Master System/Genesis?). The fundamental issue that I see with game collecting is that the number of people growing up and wishing to collect is always growing, while the supply of everything worth collecting continually shrinks as games and systems enter permanent collections and experience physical degradation. Simple 1:1 reproduction is such a dream solution to that, although I can see investors and speculators being upset for dropping their prices (good!)

he said it was his holy grail. I feel like it's pretty attainable if you really wanted it with the jap console that most aes owners use anyway and get some of the early jap titles which are cheaper than 90$ each.

regardless no hate for this neo geo release in which they actually try to create an authentic experience, hence it's higher price point since the console is 1/1 and they are keeping those massive carts and both the games and console can be used with old hardware 

This ain't junkbin tier snes. nes or megadrive mini console raspberry pi in a cheap retro skin. analogue quality and first party by SNK themselves, I probably might get a few games on this one to use on my aes. SNK gets mad respect from me, looks great other companies should take an example of this.

[covfefe2020]

Update on my last post. It looks like Plaion has already done this with multiple consoles, neat! Just weird that they've gotten rid of all the site pages for these products and on stuff like the Atari store listings, Plaion isn't mentioned at all. Maybe rights were exchanged or something.

[sworddude]

Update on my last post. It looks like Plaion has already done this with multiple consoles, neat! Just weird that they've gotten rid of all the site pages for these products and on stuff like the Atari store listings, Plaion isn't mentioned at all. Maybe rights were exchanged or something.

It probably looks worse alongside the neo geo aes.

atari would taint the image of the good stuff, most folks don't like atari shit grapics, shit music, shit gameplay and we don't talk about the rest.

nobody gives a shit about atari & co consoles even most people that grew up with it usually don't like it anymore

atari & co are nice for that history and all but than again,



I think they made a fantastic choice removing those junk tier consoles those don't deserve to be in the presence of the aes/mvs the rolls royce among retro gaming.

I saw their list and no sega, nintendo, sony or nec pc console detected, nothing of value was lost.

[ssj4yamgeta]

Just to clarify, the $250 NeoGeo is just the console itself with a wired arcade stick. The 35th Anniversary bundle I'm planning to get is $350 and includes Metal Slug, a wireless arcade stick, and a memory card (all in white). It is $100 more than the console itself, but with the game being $90 and the memory card being $35, it's still cheaper than buying everything separately. Personally I'm much less hesitant to spend $350 on a new-manufacture console bundled with a game and memory card than I would be to spend $400 on a used console with capacitors that have been around since I was a toddler, and have to buy a game and memory card on top of that. Not to mention the new version has HDMI out and dip switches for region selection, display modes, and even overclocking the CPU.

On a side note, it seems quite a bit of the console manufacturing costs are tied up in the arcade stick, as those are priced at $120 each.

I did see Plaion's Atari consoles on the Atari website and almost bought a 5200, but then I remembered I can't stand playing games that old. It's hard enough for me to get into NES games, so going to something even older would be a painful experience and something I'd hardly ever get any use out of.