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HEY! C'MON C'MON: It's the Giga Powered Neo Geo Appreciation Thread
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Sonic Wings 2 or 3?
Ban Puncher
Member
Got locked into a nasty pissing contest on an AES Pulstar.
$4K and I still didn't win.
$4K and I still didn't win.
Kinda relieved actually.
Bar81
Member
Wow. I've never seen anything like it. There's no ramp up - BS suddenly goes for $7k and then the floodgates open and it's just prices across the board on Neo rares doubling and tripling effectively overnight.
Funny thing is there's so much denial about what's happening - just last week I had a self appointed price "expert" embarass himself claiming that the current price of Pulstar is $800. Sure bud, whatever helps you sleep at night.
Funny thing is there's so much denial about what's happening - just last week I had a self appointed price "expert" embarass himself claiming that the current price of Pulstar is $800. Sure bud, whatever helps you sleep at night.
Ban Puncher
Member
Sell me yor Pulstar 4 $800 plox Bar.
Bar81
Member
I'm not as much of an expert as the other guy so no can do
Anyway, only got the one for me - simply not cool enough to have multiple copies of games like the real big tymers. I will however pray to the NEO gods that the wallet rape you endure shall include a gentle reacharound.
This is a judgment free zone. I certainly spend way more than the average consumer on retro gaming.
But 4K for a cart just feels too risky. Again I'm not judging, (honestly) but after a certain point, spending that much on a cart that can go bad due to bit rot or some other catastrophe simply seems unwise to me.
It's a dangerous game. If money were no object (as in, if I had a few hundred million dollars) I'd probably drop a bunch of it on an AES collection too.... otherwise, man, I'd be too nervous about protecting my investment.
Bar81
Member
This is a judgment free zone. I certainly spend way more than the average consumer on retro gaming.
But 4K for a cart just feels too risky. Again I'm not judging, (honestly) but after a certain point, spending that much on a cart that can go bad due to bit rot or some other catastrophe simply seems unwise to me.
It's a dangerous game. If money were no object (as in, if I had a few hundred million dollars) I'd probably drop a bunch of it on an AES collection too.... otherwise, man, I'd be too nervous about protecting my investment.
That's the last thing on the long list of things to worry about when buying Neo homecarts. The first thing you need to be absolutely worried about is not getting a bootleg and very few people have any idea how to identify a bootleg, particularly later generations.
Anyway, I used to think I was a big baller but when I see these numbers I realize I'm not anymore - I don't think I would have gone in in a world with 4K Pulstars, 7K Blazing Stars and I can't even imagine what MS and BTG go for now ($10-15k a piece?). Props to everyone that has the stomach to be spending this kind of money on carts - I'm out.
On ebay? I was watching that auction since the start just to see how much it ended at.
Still 4K is tame considering how much Blazing Star went for recently.....
It's what is making me seriously think about selling my collection.
Collection is really a stretch - I only have 25 games.
But I still own a couple games that seem to command a high asking price, like Blazing Star, Metal Slug 3, and Matrimelee. Games that I bought back in the day now go for 500% more than what I bought them for. Dude, when that happens in the stock market, you sell, right?
Yes. Especially if you're not swimming in money right now.
Then again, I feel like the prices are only going up from here.
Mmmmm, Last Resort youtube video @ 60fps. https://youtu.be/yRMIR0ePrMU
Love that Replay Burners channel.
Love that Replay Burners channel.
Bar81
Member
This is Neo dude - a 10 game collection can have a price of upwards of $30k given the right titles so 25 games most certainly qualifies (and imo would irrespective of the system).
Ban Puncher
Member
Heard about this recently found unnamed Neo Geo fighting game prototype on the latest Giant Bombcast. Finds like this are always exciting.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/11/neo-geo-mystery-fighting-game-prototype/
http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/11/neo-geo-mystery-fighting-game-prototype/
sixteen-bit
Member
Wake me up when they leak Garou 2
If only it had a CRT in it. Nonetheless he did a great job in making it look like it has one.
Yagami_Sama
Member
Not a big deal, but moe games to the collection :
Not a big deal, but moe games to the collection :
Any new Neo game purchased is a big deal Neo Buddy!
)Nice Gets! I love the art for WH Jet
Cynn
Member
I have several commons but my AES gems are a set of mint (purchased new and tossed into the display cabinet) US versions of Rage of the Dragons and Matrimelee. I wonder what they go for mint these days.
I got a Neo 29 Japanese cab shortly after those and went to MVS for most things.
I got a Neo 29 Japanese cab shortly after those and went to MVS for most things.
Ban Puncher
Member
My Unibios 3.3 arrived during my sabbatical.
Installed and running, no fuss.
Now back to collecting hella dumb AES games.
Installed and running, no fuss.
Now back to collecting hella dumb AES games.
Ban Puncher
Member
Alpha Denshi aka ADK is this month's shirt at 1cc.
Get your World Heroes rep on, son.
http://1cc.storenvy.com/collections/257547-all-products/products/16720632-alpha-denshi-1cc-shirt-of-the-month-36-may
Get your World Heroes rep on, son.
http://1cc.storenvy.com/collections/257547-all-products/products/16720632-alpha-denshi-1cc-shirt-of-the-month-36-may
sixteen-bit
Member
"Almost done, but something's missing"
"Throw some kanji and kana on that bitch"
"Perfect"
1cc shirts.
"Throw some kanji and kana on that bitch"
"Perfect"
1cc shirts.
Ban Puncher
Member
So this happened.
Ban Puncher
Member
Thanks. I am really glad I missed out on that $4k+ copy of Pulstar from a couple of months ago because this one is in much better condition and was considerably cheaper.
Bar81
Member
Nice. Hope you confirmed authenticity. Congrats.
Ban Puncher
Member
Short of opening it completely myself (which I am not prepared to do), it checks out as legit in every other way detailed online. Years of sleuthing on neo-geo.com forums and arcade-collector scans etc ticked all the boxes. Bought it from a reputable seller and honestly for what I paid for it, it wouldn't upset me greatly if it was a conversion.
When it arrived and from everything I checked, in my opinion it is 100% NO BOOT.
Now on to Big Tournament Golf.
test_account
XP-39C²
As I see you around shmups or NG.com, I always wanted to see your collection
I remembered you were looking for BTG for a while.
Ban Puncher
Member
Did some cleaning in the bedroom and thought that i could brag/show off my Neo Geo collection
Been doing some intense cleaning and reorganising of my game collection the past couple of weeks. I know that feeling.
It's harder than you think to find a NAM 1975 for a decent price and isn't in terrible condition these days.
And without the black pen censorship.
Bar81
Member
As I see you around shmups or NG.com, I always wanted to see your collection
I remembered you were looking for BTG for a while.
Yeah, that one was the last one and I was looking for it for over a year - long story I think I described a few pages ago. Neo collecting these days makes me queasy - more power to everyone who has the stones to roll the dice on these high priced games with all the boots.
Ban Puncher
Member
I'll keep going, picking up this and that, until I get KOF 03 then I am out.
Anything new on the homebrew front?
Anything new on the homebrew front?
Bar81
Member
Didn't you just say "Now on to Big Tournament Golf"?
Homebrew - the only thing that I know of is that horrible looking MS knockoff Kraut Buster.
test_account
XP-39C²
I have the one with the black pen censor. Kinda "funny" story behind that, but also ridiculous. I got to for like $50 or so i guess back in 2007. Great game, wouldnt mind seeing more of this type of game today.
IrishNinja
Member
just saw Metal Slug 1-3 (MVS) sell for $150 on a forum yesterday, phew
Funny....I just mentioned on another forum that this KB dissing seriously bewilders me.
Sure, it ain't very original, but neither are most shmups and whatnot and people are still pleased with those. And you really think it's "horrible looking"? From what I've seen it looked pretty cool, but maybe I have bad taste. ^^
Anyway, as I said over there...I'm just happy that there are still new games being released for the system! In 2016!
Ban Puncher
Member
What's the average these days? Six? Seven?
Bar81
Member
If you can find it for that, I would consider it a "deal". No idea as that's one where it depends on how bad you want it - it's probably the rarest regular high value release - it was a golf game after all released early in the Neo's lifespan.
Oh yeah, I love Last Resort.
Bar81
Member
Funny....I just mentioned on another forum that this KB dissing seriously bewilders me.
Sure, it ain't very original, but neither are most shmups and whatnot and people are still pleased with those. And you really think it's "horrible looking"? From what I've seen it looked pretty cool, but maybe I have bad taste. ^^
Anyway, as I said over there...I'm just happy that there are still new games being released for the system! In 2016!
Not a big fan of their stuff although some of their releases are pretty decent (I have three of their releases on DC), but this one just looks horrible. Then again I'm not a big fan of homebrew so I'm probably not the best guy to talk to about it.
Ban Puncher
Member
I was pretty impressed by the Crossed Swords II CD to cartridge conversion.
Funny....I never really through of their games as "homebrew', but I suppose they are. I somehow considered NG
EV Team to be a fully fledged development studio, albeit of a smaller size.Be that as it may, to me their games so far are spectacular. Don't know "Fast Striker" and "Neo XYX" all too well yet, hence my WTB post a couple of days ago, but the others are fantastic. Again - IMHO.
"Last Hope" has some really nice Euro shmup vibe going for it, and while it admittedly is rough around the edges I find it to be an impressive first game.
"Gunlord" is pretty awesome in every regard, and who wouldn't love an ode to "Turrican'?
And "Razion"....wow. What a ride. Sure, it's basic without any weapon pickups and so on, but man....that atmosphere! Those visuals. THAT MUSIC. This one hit all the right notes for me.
I like what I've seen so far of "Kraut Buster", but time will tell. Still, I'm not into (any other) homebrew stuff at all so this seems to be the exception to my rule, or something.
Ban Puncher
Member
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=204613989
Cart is worthless now, Bar. Might as well sell it to me for ten bucks.
Cart is worthless now, Bar. Might as well sell it to me for ten bucks.
IrishNinja
Member
i will double his offer
Racketboy has an interesting examination of that phenomenon.
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/how-digital-downloads-affect-values-of-collectable-games
