I bought a NEO GEO AES

[Gredler]

[Opethian]

get a NeoSD and be done with it

[bartre]

[Gypsy]

get a NeoSD and be done with it

This rings even truer than "get an everdrive and some cdrs". Eff AES prices in the butttt.

[jtucci31]

At least it looks fucking badass!

[Galad]

I owned an AES in the 90's,loved magician lord,top players golf.

[Psycho Punch]

What imprudence, you human being.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

[mitsuman]

Like, as an investment?

[NoSexGex]

Like, as an investment?

It should yield an early retirement while diversifying his financial portfolio at the same time

[crazydean]

The consoles aren't that badly priced. They put out RGB from the factory and the unibios is cheap

[Gentlegamer]

I had wanted an AES and a handful of cheap games, then I decided Omega MVS conversion would be better, now that there's a flash cart, I thought about going AES... then I realized I'm sick of the whole collectard scene and don't really care any more. I can just play my PS2 compilations or emulate.

[SignOfZeta]

I had wanted an AES and a handful of cheap games, then I decided Omega MVS conversion would be better, now that there's a flash cart, I thought about going AES... then I realized I'm sick of the whole collectard scene and don't really care any more. I can just play my PS2 compilations or emulate.

You're smart. People who don't actually really want a Neo of some kind REALLY shouldn't bother. There are so many thousands of people who used to own one, you'd think it would work as noob repellent.

"You're the 18th person since 1992 to own this AES and these copies of Master of Monsters and 3 Count Bout. Good luck affording more than these two games, the previous 17 assholes never could."

"I'll take it!"

Six weeks later it's for sale again...what are they thinking? That they will someone become the sort of person to pays $1000 a game? How's that going to happen? Did you also double your income on the same day?

Many times it's really low end collectors who end up with the shit too. Guys with 3DOs, you know. Guys with US Saturn collections of nothing but sports games and the Netlink pack-ins. I don't know WTF they are thinking buying such a machine.

[crazydean]

I had wanted an AES and a handful of cheap games, then I decided Omega MVS conversion would be better, now that there's a flash cart, I thought about going AES... then I realized I'm sick of the whole collectard scene and don't really care any more. I can just play my PS2 compilations or emulate.

You're smart. People who don't actually really want a Neo of some kind REALLY shouldn't bother. There are so many thousands of people who used to own one, you'd think it would work as noob repellent.

"You're the 18th person since 1992 to own this AES and these copies of Master of Monsters and 3 Count Bout. Good luck affording more than these two games, the previous 17 assholes never could."

"I'll take it!"

Six weeks later it's for sale again...what are they thinking? That they will someone become the sort of person to pays $1000 a game? How's that going to happen? Did you also double your income on the same day?

Many times it's really low end collectors who end up with the shit too. Guys with 3DOs, you know. Guys with US Saturn collections of nothing but sports games and the Netlink pack-ins. I don't know WTF they are thinking buying such a machine.

There is a flash cart for the AES now too, so games aren't out of reach for most people these days.

[Gredler]

The NeoSD is nearly $500... daaaanm

[TheClash603]

The NeoSD is nearly $500... daaaanm

Anyone on here have one?  Worth the high price?

[crazydean]

The NeoSD is nearly $500... daaaanm

Anyone on here have one?  Worth the high price?

Considering how many AES games are above $500, I would say so. Although I believe you have to flash each time you play something different. It takes up to 2 min I believe.

[SignOfZeta]

The NeoSD is nearly $500... daaaanm

I've never paid half that for anything in my MVS collection, including the system. Is it perfect?

[seieienbu]

I've attempted to and failed at buying a Neo Geo AES 3 different times since the 90s.  Finally I gave up and bought an MVS.  I don't have terribly many games but I've already got most of my favorites for prices that are quite reasonable when compared to AES.

[Gredler]

I totally impulse bought the system in a small shop in Osaka. It will have memories and be a momento of my honeymoon. My wife insisted I buy it, along with a copy of Samurai Spirits 94 that they also had. I Will never forget setting on a wood floor in Japan having my first AES experience playing samurai fighting game with my newly wed bride. It was very special. Dumb thing to buy, but a hell of a souvenir.


As we packed to leave Osaka last night I had the system on looping audio in the background, was very cool moment as well. I don't know if I'll get more games for it. Today I shopped and found a bunch but they were all outside of my comfort range to pay. I will likely get a multi cart before anything else if anything, otherwise this is a collectarded momento purchase.

[NoSexGex]

I totally impulse bought the system in a small shop in Osaka. It will have memories and be a momento of my honeymoon. My wife insisted I buy it, along with a copy of Samurai Spirits 94 that they also had. I Will never forget setting on a wood floor in Japan having my first AES experience playing samurai fighting game with my newly wed bride. It was very special. Dumb thing to buy, but a hell of a souvenir.

That sounds like such a genuine experience, cool your wife pushed you to buy it. It's usually the other way around I hear

[SignOfZeta]

That's pretty wonderful.

[geise]

Last I looked the neosd aes was $390. Still worth it to me if you are gonna go aes. If no neosd sell that shit.  Seriously.

Edit: @gredler. You have a keeper. 

[Gredler]

Haha thanks but I will keep it as a so uvinerr momento for sure and will get a NEO geo everdrive or multi cart after recovering from wedding and honeymoon costs lol

[Nazi NecroPhile]

You're smart. People who don't actually really want a Neo of some kind REALLY shouldn't bother. There are so many thousands of people who used to own one, you'd think it would work as noob repellent.

"You're the 18th person since 1992 to own this AES and these copies of Master of Monsters and 3 Count Bout. Good luck affording more than these two games, the previous 17 assholes never could."

"I'll take it!"

Six weeks later it's for sale again...what are they thinking? That they will someone become the sort of person to pays $1000 a game? How's that going to happen? Did you also double your income on the same day?

Ha!  With a few minor adjustments, you could be talking about the PC-FX.

[Gypsy]

I totally impulse bought the system in a small shop in Osaka. It will have memories and be a momento of my honeymoon. My wife insisted I buy it, along with a copy of Samurai Spirits 94 that they also had. I Will never forget setting on a wood floor in Japan having my first AES experience playing samurai fighting game with my newly wed bride. It was very special. Dumb thing to buy, but a hell of a souvenir.


As we packed to leave Osaka last night I had the system on looping audio in the background, was very cool moment as well. I don't know if I'll get more games for it. Today I shopped and found a bunch but they were all outside of my comfort range to pay. I will likely get a multi cart before anything else if anything, otherwise this is a collectarded momento purchase.

This is awesome. May your marriage last.

Also yeah, multicart that shit.

[glazball]

Ah welcome to the AEShole club Gredler.  I think even the greatest haters have to admit the system is really damn slick in person.  I still get a semi every time I hold a cart in my hand.

Yes, most of the games are not worth the cost but (as you may know) you can buy Japanese versions for much, much less than US versions.  It is your systems BIOS that determines the region.  Like you said, the newly released NeoSD would really be the best way to go but it is pricy.  I don't have one yet, but hopefully within the year.

RGB out is fucking amazing and the Neo is what started me on the "RGB quest".  AES + Framemeister is to die for.  Try it out with a 3D tv if you happen to have one that will "fake" a 3D image from a 2D source.  The Genesis also has equally impeccable RGB out fwiw.

And lastly, grats on your marriage.  Just celebrated 1y last month myself!

[Psycho Punch]

I still get a semi every time I hold a cart in my hand.

That explains the "buy neo geo during honeymoon" thing.

[Gentlegamer]

I had wanted an AES and a handful of cheap games, then I decided Omega MVS conversion would be better, now that there's a flash cart, I thought about going AES... then I realized I'm sick of the whole collectard scene and don't really care any more. I can just play my PS2 compilations or emulate.

You're smart. People who don't actually really want a Neo of some kind REALLY shouldn't bother. There are so many thousands of people who used to own one, you'd think it would work as noob repellent.

"You're the 18th person since 1992 to own this AES and these copies of Master of Monsters and 3 Count Bout. Good luck affording more than these two games, the previous 17 assholes never could."

"I'll take it!"

Six weeks later it's for sale again...what are they thinking? That they will someone become the sort of person to pays $1000 a game? How's that going to happen? Did you also double your income on the same day?

Many times it's really low end collectors who end up with the shit too. Guys with 3DOs, you know. Guys with US Saturn collections of nothing but sports games and the Netlink pack-ins. I don't know WTF they are thinking buying such a machine.

Full disclosure: I have a NG CD so I can play bootlegs. It works ok, but really emulation or the compilations are better.

[SignOfZeta]

I've never been impressed with the console itself. It's kinda...loud and creaky. I would assume the quality of its RGB is as good as anything else RGB since getting RGB wrong is pretty hard to do. Good composite is a much more difficult thing and from what I recall composite on Neo was extra terrible.

I have a CMVS that somebody else built. I ended up redoing most of it and putting in a better encoder. I was considering a recap since I've had this slow rolling noise that you can only see in the blacks, for the most part. The other day I fixed it! Yeah, I found that if you switch off the dumb lighting the guy installed around the cart slot the noise goes away.

Neo carts are pretty hard to resist though. My favorites are the ones I imported from Mexico. It makes fighting games so much more fun to think that some dude who knew this very KOF 98 cart like the back of his hand may have been stabbed with the broken end of a tequila bottle after hustling the wrong dude. You can't VGA that sort of romance. I hear the Duck, You Sucker! OST every time I boot it up, but sadly I've never had a cockroach come out of one before.

[esteban]

 "You can't VGA that sort of romance."

Perfect.

[Galad]

That explains the "buy neo geo during honeymoon" thing.

That makes sense

[Tw3ek]

Like you said, the newly released NeoSD would really be the best way to go but it is pricy. 

Thankfully, most AES carts are cheaper than buying one though right? 

[Gredler]

They actually had cheaper NEO CD units and I was leaning towards those, but she knew those big funky carts were what I've yearned for since youth and if I were to get it for cost saving measures I shouldn't get one at all and just emulate/compilation route it. I have to say I love the controller and a stock stick I got with it, so clicky and responsive it makes me want to play more but current hotel room has no tv. I'll rock out on it on my crt a bunch when I get home that's for sure.

I live 20 minutes from Tijuana, maybe I can go hustle some vatos for a bootleg cart or two down there ;)

[SignOfZeta]

They probably onky have MVS. AES is for pretty boys.

[Winniez]

As a mere non Neo Geo owning peasant I would say gz, its a great system. Too bad that pretty much all the games you really wanna play are super expensive. But be sure to check out the multicarts/everdrives and the likes. Windjammers is great btw.

[Gredler]

Eech.. I looked into a multi cart briefly while having some downtime, and apparently they are only make them for MVS. They are relatively affordable, ~$60 on aliexpress, and there is a mvs to jamma board adapter for about that same price so I can use the multi cart on my jamma arcade cab- nice surprise.

However to get a MVS to AES adapter I'm looking at like 250 + shipping + the multi cart itself. Inching frighteningly closer to the cost of a AES multi cart, and sprinting outside of what I consider a reasonable rang to spend.


Looks like my NEO GEO AES is a glorified home version of Samurai Showdown 94 lol

[CrackTiger]

The NeoSD is nearly $500... daaaanm

Anyone on here have one?  Worth the high price?

Definitely, it's the highest quality flashcart for any console. What is required to get a flashcart to work for all Neo Geo games and the insane level of accuracy is unprecedented.

I've never been impressed with the console itself. It's kinda...loud and creaky. I would assume the quality of its RGB is as good as anything else RGB since getting RGB wrong is pretty hard to do. Good composite is a much more difficult thing and from what I recall composite on Neo was extra terrible.

I love the design of the AES, but not the build quality. Which is why I got an Omega cmvs.

AES RGB and composite quality vary based on serial numbers. The earliest units have good RGB, but poor composite and the later ones are the opposite. I might have that them reversed though.

Like many consoles, you'll still need mods to get the best image quality.

[xcrement5x]

I have heard nothing but good stuff about the NeoSD.  Yes, it's a steep investment but put away a bit every month for a year and it'll totally be worth it in the long run.  From what I've heard the compatibility on it for all the games is quite stellar and the ability to have EVERY game to play on your system is totally worth it for a system like the NeoGeo where the games are a special kind of experience.  Maybe drop hints to your wife around the time for your 1 year anniversary? ;)

Full disclosure, I have no AES.  Just a SNK MVS U4 which is mainly what I use so I have gone the MVS (plus multicart) for my NeoGeo kicks.

[Gredler]

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe a Christmas or anniversary splurge for a everdrive will be when I get to explore the library.

I have a late model system, a 169k-ish serial, so the RGB quality is likely poor but the composite is solid for a stock system from what I've read since getting it.

I am happy with this because I have no means of playing anything RGB yet, and if I start investing in visual upgrades to get that kind of image quality I will likely do system mods for all the systems anyways so I am happy with the result for now. My CRT's quality with composite is nostalgically acceptable for me

[TR0N]

I guess you can start singing this song then now you're a aes owner 

Still buy a neosd asap since the aes market has become a money pit.

[Gredler]

Hahah yeah thanks tron, I will be getting the everdrive before any other software that's over 40$

[HuMan]

Ask anyone at the neo-geo.com tech support forums and they'll tell you AES RGB isn't as straight forward as "lowest serial = best RGB". In fact, the early board revisions (NEO-AES with and without daughterboard) has oversaturated color in the RGB. The middle range boards (AES3-3, AES3-4) have a lot less saturation, still look pretty decent.

The AES3-5 has the best RGB without mods, assuming it doesn't have a rumored checkerboarding effect. The most common AES revision (AES3-6, found in 120k and up) has really great RGB but there's jailbars, very easy to fix with a screwdriver and a box cutter to sever a few optional RGB traces.

I have an AES with a pile of loose carts and a CMVS with some choice favorites, I love both equally.

[Gredler]

Nice, good to know, thanks!

[ToyMachine78]

A nice "momento" now. If your marriage fails, the AES will be the bane of your collection

[SignOfZeta]

RGB from the JAMMA edge is rock solid perfect on my two slot, MVS still the best way to go I guess.

[seieienbu]

RGB from the JAMMA edge is rock solid perfect on my two slot, MVS still the best way to go I guess.

I recall reading that RGB from an AES never looks as good as an MVS.  True or not, what I can say is that my MVS absolutely looks great on a PVM.

[Gredler]

I grabbed a copy of fatal fury special before I left town, could be worse coupler games to have than it and samurai showdown.

[Galad]

Never played Fatal Fury Special but I did own Fatal Fury on AES....my friends didn't like it but I played it more that street fighter 2.I've played them all with the exception of the one you own.

[Gredler]

I put a good couple hours into it trying to beat it on beginner and holy shnikies it's hard. I suck and need to figure out how to get a little better, it's pretty dang fun though.