AES or MVS?

[toymachine78]

Thinking about taking the Neo Geo plunge. Like Joe says.... What good is money? Lol

I'm on the fence though... What is the best option? The AES hardware and software is expensive. I can get a sweet 4 Slot MVS cabinet locally for $900. And a consolized MVS is more expensive than the AES hardware, yet the games are cheaper...

What us the best way to enter the neo geo scene? I even considered the neo geo X.... Ewweeeee....

[esteban]

Thinking about taking the Neo Geo plunge. Like Joe says.... What good is money? Lol

I'm on the fence though... What is the best option? The AES hardware and software is expensive. I can get a sweet 4 Slot MVS cabinet locally for $900. And a consolized MVS is more expensive than the AES hardware, yet the games are cheaper...

What us the best way to enter the neo geo scene? I even considered the neo geo X.... Ewweeeee....

Don't.

[toymachine78]

Thinking about taking the Neo Geo plunge. Like Joe says.... What good is money? Lol

I'm on the fence though... What is the best option? The AES hardware and software is expensive. I can get a sweet 4 Slot MVS cabinet locally for $900. And a consolized MVS is more expensive than the AES hardware, yet the games are cheaper...

What us the best way to enter the neo geo scene? I even considered the neo geo X.... Ewweeeee....

Don't.

Why so?

[bob]

SNK

Also, this thread is going to summon Evol like saying Candyman three times in a mirror.
Please abort.

[synbiosfan]

The ng forums were flooded with noob complaints that bought the ngx. A modded psp is muchbetter.

I went aes (sold it) then kept my mvs and ngcd. MVS is cheaper than aes. The ngcd plays cdrs but the load times can be annoying.

[cobrad12]

I have owned both AES and MVS stuff in the past but sold it and got out about 10 years ago. If you really just want to play the games on original hardware MVS all the way. If you really like collectable stuff that will break your bank account AES.

Most really must own neogeo games are not that pricey on MVS relative to AES unless you are collecting full arcade kits. You can be paying easily $300 and up for decent AES games.

As far as hardware goes, when I had a MVS setup instead of getting a consolized one, I just invested in a good supergun and then got the board. If you look around you can find ones that even can support AES and neo geo cd pads. Then you can also hook up jamma, CPS2, etc, although getting into arcade pcbs is also slippery expensive slope.

[lukester]

Used to own a neo geo CDZ, load times sucked.

Aes games are too expensive, and MVs games look ugly.

Just buy a wii or wii u, and use the virtual console.

[Joe Redifer]

I have only played one MVS outside of the arcade and it was friggin' mono. Not sure what was up with that. But for me the AES performs better. It runs closer to a broadcast legal spec whereas the MVS is slower for some bizarre reason. It doesn't need to be, but it is. You won't notice it, but your electronics might. Mine sure did.

People will tell you MVS left and right because its cheaper but make no mistake, MVS owners are still a very elitist bunch just like AES owners. It's just that MVS owners seem to be filled with more hate towards AES owners than AES owners have towards MVS owners. MVS guys really, REALLY hate the AES.

I really wish there was an AES Everdrive. This would make the Neo Geo community's brains explode. Good. I'd be fine with that.

[98pacecar]

Split the difference and go with a consolized mvs like the Omega. Video quality is great and you can buy the cheaper, yet identical versions of the games. The initial hardware purchase will be more than the aes, but it more than makes up for it after a couple of games. Once you have a unibios in the mix, there really isn't much difference between mvs and aes other than packaging and cost.

[MrBroadway]

Get the various ports. The original stuff is overrated. For non-fighters, a NGCD is just fine.

[jtucci31]

I have only played one MVS outside of the arcade and it was friggin' mono. Not sure what was up with that. But for me the AES performs better. It runs closer to a broadcast legal spec whereas the MVS is slower for some bizarre reason. It doesn't need to be, but it is. You won't notice it, but your electronics might. Mine sure did.

People will tell you MVS left and right because its cheaper but make no mistake, MVS owners are still a very elitist bunch just like AES owners. It's just that MVS owners seem to be filled with more hate towards AES owners than AES owners have towards MVS owners. MVS guys really, REALLY hate the AES.

I really wish there was an AES Everdrive. This would make the Neo Geo community's brains explode. Good. I'd be fine with that.

The AES on its own is just mono I believe..? But I'm sure modding to S-Vid or even RGB would be the obvious solution. And then with the unibios installed, you'd be set in terms of AES stuff.

But the elitism from both sides makes it difficult to decide what's best. And the NeoGeo community in general seems intimidating. An AES everdrive would be amazing.

[BlueBMW]

I had AES for a few months.... Sold it and stuck with just MVS and CD.   AES looks cool but is hardly worth the price of admission.

[Joe Redifer]

The AES on its own is just mono I believe..?

It's stereo.

[TR0N]

Only AES if you're filthy rich but if not then a CMVS is the way to go.I Never play a ngcd,so i can't give any advice on it.In the end a cmvs pay's itself off since you don't spend a fortune on games.

[TheClash603]

I was a big AES supporter a few years ago, because the high priced games seemed to be only the Metal Slugs (which could be found in 100 other places) and a handful of rare fighting games.  However, it seems that even common AES games are now all selling for $100+.

It was less than 5 years ago I bought my AES stuff and I have over 40 games and a lot of them are really great.  I am a big beat-em-up fan, which I why I bought the AES.  Other than Sengoku 3 which was too expensive even then, I bought most of my games for reasonable prices.  Now games like Robo Army, Mutation Nation, Sengoku 2, and Cyber Lip are selling for absurd prices.

Maybe a AES + 161-in-1 cart?  I have been thinking about getting one of those.