Let's talk about your NEO GEO collecting + PRICE GUIDES

[CD AGES]

^CDAGES, damn. What an awesome collection. Inspiring!

And that poster's awesome too.

Thanks! I'm glad that you find it inspiring for all things NGPC! Let's keep that fire lit!



NGPC 4EVAH!!!!

[foxhound1022]

Look at Ralf and Clark's expressions.

[foxhound1022]

Here's some pics of my CMVS; it's a 2-slot board w/S-Video, and switching between the 2 slots is done by pressing the select button. It ain't pretty, but it works well.

Here's the service switches and connections.

Here's some pics of it in action. I have it hooked up to my Sony Wega.

[Jmustang1968]

So I finally joined the club with my AES purchsse yesterday. Mostly fighting games in my lot. I want to dig in to some of the beatemups, run and guns, and maybe se shooters. But I feel like they may be pricey lol.

[foxhound1022]

So I finally joined the club with my AES purchsse yesterday. Mostly fighting games in my lot. I want to dig in to some of the beatemups, run and guns, and maybe se shooters. But I feel like they may be pricey lol.

Yeah, AES is definitely more expensive. A copy of Garou on AES is usually around $400, while a MVS cart is about $100. Plus, there is always the threat of boots with the pricier, hard-to-find titles.

[mjmjr25]

Congrats to both! The Wega looks great, Donnie.

John, any cart north of $200 you need to be careful of boots...and most good games are north of $200.

Many sellers are honest and will state it's a boot or a conversion, many others are not. There are some tell tale signs, but most guys who are trying to rip you off know what the signs are so are careful to make the best looking boot as is possible.

Some common signs:
no manual
corners of label are sharp (not rounded)
very small artwork or label text is missing or muddled
edges where cart opens up have clearly been pried at

The only sure-fire way to tell if it's a boot is to open it up and very few people are willing to open up an expensive cart as doing so can damage the cart, the label, or both.

[Jmustang1968]

So I finally joined the club with my AES purchsse yesterday. Mostly fighting games in my lot. I want to dig in to some of the beatemups, run and guns, and maybe se shooters. But I feel like they may be pricey lol.

Yeah, AES is definitely more expensive. A copy of Garou on AES is usually around $400, while a MVS cart is about $100. Plus, there is always the threat of boots with the pricier, hard-to-find titles.

Well I do have my consolized MVS en route as well, I wonder if I should keep both or just 1.

[Ghegs]

Got MVS carts of Neo Turf Masters and Over Top a while back, and I think my MVS collection is now complete, in the sense that I have (or have had, beaten, and sold off) all the system's games I want. Unless I suddenly decide I can't live without Thrash Rally or something.

Over Top is okay, but so far I find Neo Drift Out to be better in pretty much every way. Neo Turf Masters was something of an impulse buy and I didn't even test the game out beforehand, but it's quite cool.

[SpoonyBard]

I played Neo Turf Masters on the NGPC all weekend, it's a great game. Never tried the MVS version, but I have to imagine it's at least as good as the pocket one.

Went -1 into the 10th hole in Japan, but ended up at +11 by the end. Some of those courses are a major pain.


Noticed something the other day and curious if anyone else gets this with AES games. Most of mine have the boards really loose inside. If you rock the cartridge back and forth, you can hear and feel the boards moving inside the case. My copies of Magician Lord, Baseball Stars Pro and Ninja Combat all do this. I know they're not boots, they've never been opened, and they've probably only been played a small handful of times. I've got a few other titles that also do this.

I picked up a copy of Sengoku this weekend, and it doesn't do this. You can move it all you want and the boards pretty much stay in place. Anyone know why some carts do this and others don't?

[mjmjr25]

I'm essentially an AES n00b, but I have about 20 carts now and it seems the earlier released (90-94) this is much more prevalent. Def not boots because it isn't cost effective make a boot of a game that does anything under at least $150.

AES relied on a plastic fit connector at various points and you can't tighten it beyond it's natural fully closed point.

MVS relies on the 4 screws of course, if you dial back an MVS screw about 1 full turn, and then 2 full turns, you'll feel the same shakiness of the boards, tighten 'em back up and it goes away.

With later AES releaseds I imagine they slightly adjusted the cart mold to allow for a more snug fit.