What is the difference between NEOGEO Gold AES max 330 and a regular NEo Geo home system. I want to buy one but i don't know the best one to get. I do know i don't want the cd system. Help me please...
They're one and the same. AES means home system. MVS is the arcade board variant. MVS games are not immediately useable on the home system (carts are slightly different) but you can use an adapter called the Phantom 1 to play most MVS titles on your AES. Otherwise, just stick to the home carts.
Or simply buy a Consolized MVS, looks cool, works like an AES for the most part, and plays the Cheaper (since most carts are loose) MVS games. Get it with the Unibios, and it basically is an AES
Infact both the cartridge & CD systems are AES consoles, NGH is probably the prefered term for the home cartridge system. Granted its an anality, everyone knows what your on about by saying AES.
Speaking of Neo Geo Home Systems, does anybody own a Korean System? Are they basically the same as Japanese? What about the price? How much do used Neo Geos go for in Korea?
If I recall, the Korean systems are identical save for being badged "Vic A" or something rather. Pricing shouldn't be that much different from a plain AES. One word of advice though, those cart slots have a nasty tendency of getting dirty and loose over time. Garbled graphics are a symptom of this issue.
Okay, thanks. I'm going to Korea in fall, so I was thinking I might be able to pick some stuff up there for a good deal. Not sure yet, though, since there's also a lot of piracy issues there.
If you're just wanting to play the games go MVs...if you're gonna want something to appreciate in value as a collection that also looks pretty on a shelf then go for the AES home cart version...home cart, in my opinion, is better if you have the money to spare.
thank you guys for your help on this where is the best place to pick up a mvs with a the special bios to play both. I don't care to much making money in the long run i just want to play the games. i don't care what the case looks like as it plays what ever game.
To clarify here, UniBIOS does not allow you to play AES carts on an MVS board or vice-versa. What it does is allow you to play MVS carts in AES mode as if they were the home versions. If you want to be able to buy either MVS or AES games and play them on one system, you'd have to get an AES and a Phantom cartridge adapter, but I've heard that the Phantoms are pretty iffy. They don't work with a lot of games. But just buying an MVS board and using MVS carts is probably the best option. AES games are nice with those cases and the manuals and all, but it's not necessary in my opinion. If I ever got a Neo Geo, I'd definitely go the MVS route. For now, though, I'm actually pretty happy playing Neo Geo CD games on my Dreamcast. The only games I regret that I'll never be able to play are KoF 2003, SvC, Samurai Shodown 5, Metal Slug 3 and Matrimelee. ...word is bondage...
how much do MVS boards cost usually. i seen them go on 3bay for 400 to 700 bucks.. but the games are a great price.
If consolized MVSs really do cost that much, I'd highly recommend doing the "consolization" yourself. Turning an MVS board into a machine you can use at home without a full cabinet is much easier than it is for most JAMMA arcade boards. Most MVS boards have Neo Geo controller ports and audio outputs built right into them, so the only thing you need to get is the video. The video will be in RGB, not s-video or composite like your TV accepts, but this is easily remedied with a very small video encoder chip (I did some research into these a couple years ago and found one that had a an onboard timing crystal, good quality output, did both composite and s-video and was only around $25, it was from Sony, I think). there'll be lots of websites with detailed instructions and pictures on how to do this. If you follow the instructions exactly, it's a very simple procedure even if you have no experience with electronics or soldering. The the only other thing you'll have to do is make a case out of wood (or metal or plastic if you know how to work with those). It really sounds like a fun process to me and is one of the reasons why I'd like to get an MVS board one day. Also, instead of eBay, you might want to look out for an amusement machine auction in your area (in a city the size of Atlanta, I guarantee there will be one sometime within the next couple months). You can pick up arcade machines at those auctions for very cheap, especially if they're broken--look for an MVS with a broken monitor or control panel, but a working logic board and you might be able to pick it up for next to nothing. Even fully working units will be much cheaper there than on eBay or anywhere else. Keep in mind that you probably don't need a multiple slot board. Single slot MVS boards go for a lot less than 2-, 4- or 6-slots. ...word is bondage...
If you are a gamer, get a consolized MVS with MVS games, this can save you huge amount of money ! If you are a collector, get a aes system and build up your collection!
To actually answer the question, the gold system included 2 old style controllers, a memory card and a pack-in game. Silver system simply included one controller. I once heard the rumor that the gold system actually had gold PCB tracks, this is false
