Neo Geo CD Double Speed?

[Blaine]

And that may be a trend.

There's no evidence pointing either way. Plan on an MVS release to be fairly high initially (SvC may be $1000, but Poochinya will probably be more like $799 or something).

But Matrimelee may be the norm from here on.

Also, as far as switching the boards inside a Supergun goes...the board usually is on the outside of the 'gun' connected to the Jamma connector.

Really, all a SuperGun is:

Powersupply, wires, a connector (that just holds the wires up agains the PCB in reality), and a RGB to NTSC converter.

All it truely is, is a hunk of wires. Not a complex item by any stretch.

It's just that the video converter is a little expensive and you'll have to make controlers which use parts that are, less expensive than the powersupply ($20) but more than the wires ($5).

[Josh]

Originally posted by Jeremy
Well, I loved 3 Count Bout in the arcades, and I'm looking for the cheapest way to play it at home.

Your sitting in front of a system that can play all Neo games right now...

[padman]

No upcoming Neo releases. Piss taking loading times. No Blazing Star, No Metal Slug X/3, No Mark of the Wolves, No Zupapa!, No SpinMasters. etc etc. Bar a couple of exclusives that no one ever plays Shirley the Neo Geo CD is a pig and a poke merchants tool.

[Kinopio]

All of you fail to mention the benefits of having a Neo CD. The audio is 10 times better, and if you are like me and just wanted to play Metal Slug, Last Resort, Baseball Stars, and Blue's Journey at a decent price, than the CD is a cheap and satisfying option.

But, hey, some people like spending hundreds of dollars for a single game to avoid load times. luckily they have that option.

[bloodyarts]

Kinopio, you're right, the Neo CD does have it's benefits (which you've listed) and is the reason I opted for CD over AES (did I get that right?)

It's only years later that I realized the cart option has a few benefits of it's own, if you can afford it. I'm only interested in Waku Waku 7 at the moment.

The nonexistent load times on other MVS games is just a small bonus for me, since I don't plan on buying many of them (just KOF 98-2K2, SNK v. Capcom and Last Blade 2 for now). Neo CD is good enough for most other Neo Geo games., and with Arranged soundtrack to boot.

[Blaine]

Originally posted by Kinopio
All of you fail to mention the benefits of having a Neo CD. The audio is 10 times better, and if you are like me and just wanted to play Metal Slug, Last Resort, Baseball Stars, and Blue's Journey at a decent price, than the CD is a cheap and satisfying option.

But, hey, some people like spending hundreds of dollars for a single game to avoid load times. luckily they have that option.

Metal Slug for CD: $150 average, right now one is $180 on ebay.
Metal Slug for MVS: $60 average.

Baseball Stars 2 for CD: $20 average.
Baseball Stars 2 for MVS: $30 average.

Last Resort for CD: $40 average.
Last Resort for MVS: $40 average.

Blue's Journey/Raguy for CD: $20 average.
Blue's Journey/Raguy for MVS: $25 average.

Not trying to be a dick or anything, just trying to make a point.
On average, you'll see that most MVS games cost about as much as thier CD counterparts.

Some have a big swing. Breakers for the CD costs about $100. I sold my copy of Breakers Revenge for the MVS for like $20, it's the same game only updated (and the regular Breakers game sells for about the same). Viewpoint for the MVS costs about $130, you can get one on CD for a fourth of that.

That's true for all systems and all formats. Super Puzzle Fighter on the PSX was netting $100 while the Saturn version was selling for like $30. Same game basically.

It's not like I want to bash the NeoCD some more, but the sole benefit to it really is a few games that are exclusive. The audio isn't remixed on all of the games, just a few. The prices are on a whole the same range as the MVS titles. But by no means is the MVS only for people who have lots and lots of money to throw at it.