Analogue NT...Here it is

[romevi]

Might just have to buy one of these damned things to find out. I really want one of their MVS systems though...

If your gunna get a CMVS grab an Omega. That guy supports the Neo community a lot more than the wood master.

I was debating between Omega and CMVS Slim. Obviously the Omega is cheaper, and they're pretty much the same thing, but the Analogue looks a lot nicer, but not sure $150 more nicer.

So your opinion is the Omega?

[sheep2001]

The Omega looks way nicer in my opinion.

[wiggy]

I don't care for the Omega personally.  I think it looks a bit cheap. 

[tiktektak]

I had an Omega once in my hand and I have to say it almost has the same feel as the good old AES itself. Very sleek looking system. Still the Analogue CMVS even looks nicer but it'S too expenssive in my oppinion.

[sLpFhaWK]

I love Neo Geo i've always dreamed of owning it one day, but now that I can technically afford getting one the price drives me away. I loved Samurai Showdown for it, I mean c'mon who doesn't but 650 just for the system and 200 for a controller is a little out there.

If I Wanted to get into collecting, what would be the cheapest way into it?

[Doom]

Should have included flash cart functionality. Everything else is just a small step up from snake oil.

Emulators are better anyway. Then you can get pixel-perfect graphics at any resolution you want.

[kingjohn3]

why aren't they showing side by side shots yet?

[KalessinDB]

I love Neo Geo i've always dreamed of owning it one day, but now that I can technically afford getting one the price drives me away. I loved Samurai Showdown for it, I mean c'mon who doesn't but 650 just for the system and 200 for a controller is a little out there.

If I Wanted to get into collecting, what would be the cheapest way into it?

If you want to get into Neo Geo collecting and want the absolute cheapest way to do it (without going to emulation), the CD system is the cheapest way.  However, you will soon find that the load times make certain games (especially fighters, for which the Neo Geo is famous) all but unplayable.

Other than that, fork out the cash for a CMVS.  The games (which is where the real money is spent in any system) are nearly universally cheaper, often by a wide margin.  Sometimes by an order of magnitude.  And in the rare case where the AES version is cheaper than the MVS version (I'm looking at you, Magician Lord) it's not by much.

AES, and I have one and love mine, is a system you collect purely for bragging rights.  There's a reason I only have about 5 of the cheapest games for it.

And man I'm good at going offtopic in these threads :/

[KalessinDB]

Should have included flash cart functionality. Everything else is just a small step up from snake oil.

Emulators are better anyway. Then you can get pixel-perfect graphics at any resolution you want.

False.  NES emulation is definitely not perfect for some of the harder/more obscure mappers.

[sLpFhaWK]

Should have included flash cart functionality. Everything else is just a small step up from snake oil.

Emulators are better anyway. Then you can get pixel-perfect graphics at any resolution you want.

False.  NES emulation is definitely not perfect for some of the harder/more obscure mappers.

Wow Samurai Showdown for the MVS is 18 bux?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samurai-Shodown-Neo-Geo-MVS-Arcade-Game-Cartridge-/221427238758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item338e178766

That seems really cheap, i knew they were cheaper but that seems like a steal.

Ebay doesn't seem to have any CMVS Systems unless I'm searching for the wrong terminology.

[wiggy]

Should have included flash cart functionality. Everything else is just a small step up from snake oil.

Emulators are better anyway. Then you can get pixel-perfect graphics at any resolution you want.

Ick.

[Dr.Agon]

I love Neo Geo i've always dreamed of owning it one day, but now that I can technically afford getting one the price drives me away. I loved Samurai Showdown for it, I mean c'mon who doesn't but 650 just for the system and 200 for a controller is a little out there.

If I Wanted to get into collecting, what would be the cheapest way into it?

KalessinDB is right on this, NeoCD is the cheapest but the load times and loading in general, ( metal slug 2, for example, loads halfway through some levels! ), kill it really...
CMVS is the way to go, IMHO, you can easily do it yourself too, no need to buy overpriced showpieces!  get a 2-slot board with the controller ports built in, that way you can just use regular Neo controllers, they have the socketed BIOS chip so you can easily fit the UNIBIOS if you wanted to, then the only things you need to worry about are video/audio out and a PSU...
plenty of tutorials out there to help too, just try to stay out of neo-geo.com, those guys are arseholes...!

[Ozzy_98]

False.  NES emulation is definitely not perfect for some of the harder/more obscure mappers.

Yea, but name a mapper with issues with a modern emulator, and is it an issue you can notice? It's not so much that there's unsupported mappers (I don't think there's any unsupported mappers not counting new ones), but no one emu supports them all. Nestopia (Undead Edition) will handle any commercial cart just fine though.

Better than your average nes with slowdown issues, flicker (ick), and sometimes changing sprites into funny letters cause of a bit of dust.

Not sure how you could get pixel-perfect emulation at any res other than the native.  Even if you just doubled it, due to non-square pixels you change the pixel shape.  Course, non-perfect 4xHQ is nicer anyways
I honestly have a hard time believing people who claim emulators are noticeably worse than consoles have honestly tried good emulators in the last few years.  Chances are they downloaded a few roms or just couldn't get some settings right (Or used some crappy phone emulator port; why are android emulators so freaking behind?!)


Problem with neo-geo CD is the drive unit isn't exactly built to last.

[sLpFhaWK]

I love Neo Geo i've always dreamed of owning it one day, but now that I can technically afford getting one the price drives me away. I loved Samurai Showdown for it, I mean c'mon who doesn't but 650 just for the system and 200 for a controller is a little out there.

If I Wanted to get into collecting, what would be the cheapest way into it?

KalessinDB is right on this, NeoCD is the cheapest but the load times and loading in general, ( metal slug 2, for example, loads halfway through some levels! ), kill it really...
CMVS is the way to go, IMHO, you can easily do it yourself too, no need to buy overpriced showpieces!  get a 2-slot board with the controller ports built in, that way you can just use regular Neo controllers, they have the socketed BIOS chip so you can easily fit the UNIBIOS if you wanted to, then the only things you need to worry about are video/audio out and a PSU...
plenty of tutorials out there to help too, just try to stay out of neo-geo.com, those guys are arseholes...!

Thanks for the reply, i'd be really interested in doing that but ebay doesn't seem to have the boards. hmm

[Dr.Agon]

coinopexpress has them;

http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/pcbs/neo_geo/Neo_Geo_MV_2_Slot_225.html

there minimum order is $200, but the board costs $106, im sure you could fill the rest up easily...

Also, back on topic, IMHO the NT looks like overpriced shit!