Bibliophile's Shockbox / Neo Geo MVS Collection

My shockbox collection. Most of it is Neo Geo MVS, but some are Sammy Atomiswave, IGS PGM, and Sega ST-V. This is only a fraction of my arcade cart collection

 

Very tasty. Jealous of the cotton 2 and NitD (full kit?) I have to say.

Do you have the kits boxes/art/dips/mms etc for all this lot too? (I'm guessing not given you show some kits..but perhaps you prefer the shockbox aesthetic and haven't got round to those yet)

 

Awesome display, I love the setup man.

 

Impressive collection. I only have a handful of MVS games, all of them in shockboxes as well. Where did you get the inserts made?

 

I only have about six MVS kits (they are the ones visible in the pics). I don't really like kits. I prefer to have a bare MVS cart in a shockbox to a kit. If I can get a kit a decent price, I will; but I wouldn't spend a lot more on a kit than I would on just the cart.

 

OT: anyone has a good (reads: cheap) source for shockboxes in Europe?

 

Great collection, all the games look in really nice condition!

How many Neo Geo MVS games were made in total?

 

/stretches

Glad to see my template for the STV carts is still used Best design choice I came up with haha

 

Wow awesome! Excellent collection - love the IGS PGM stuff :thumbsup:

 

I got all of my inserts and all the shockboxes (except for the red ones) from Southtown-homebrew.com. They do a great job, and Dan, the owner, is a very reputable person.

 

Absolutely awesome arcade collection! I assume you have Dimahoo and Progear within that CPS piles?

 

Dimahoo, yes. ProGear, no.

 

how do you keep your CPS boards from not dying?

 

I have started collecting CPS2 games as well. The long term idea of changing lots of batteries is a little dipressing, but 100% worth it when playing.
My MVS collection is also growing, one day I hope to have a collection like that ray:

 

oh man, i do love the spines of the Metal Slugs and King of Fighters series. awesome collection.

 

This is why MAME is your friend

 

It is, but ist no substitute for the real thing , thats what drives us to collect arcade stuff.

 

MAME is an asshole if it comes to modern games (i.e. CD/GD/DVD-based), STV-like systems that aren't emulatorable yet and certain PCBs (ever tried to play Batsugun on MAME?). In fact, everything I ever got from trying out MAME was frustration which immediately vanished when I then finally had the real deal on the TV-screen.

 

But most of those are ported anyway

 

i need to get shock boxes for my MVS games.

isn't there a mod you can do to your CPS2 boards so they don't die?