AES or MVS?

[Necromancer]

Maybe Neo Geo was just for big babies? I think maybe so.

You might be onto something..... that would explain why fun is a strong word.

[Samuray]

Back in  '92 or '93 when I got my AES (yes, as a kid...it was amazing, though!) I quickly had a console mod done as soon as I heard about the censorship in upcoming games ("Samurai Shodown" and "The King of Fighters '94"). I had a US system and read in magazines about the white blood and the.....alteration to Mai Shiranui, and something had to be done.

So I sent the system to a store that seemingly installed an additional BIOS. From that point on I could flick a little metal switch on the back of the console to choose between USA or JPN....very handy to this day and the reason why I have no UniBIOS.

Just wanted to mention that there are other ways to circumvent censorship.

[EvilEvoIX]

Back in  '92 or '93 when I got my AES (yes, as a kid...it was amazing, though!) I quickly had a console mod done as soon as I heard about the censorship in upcoming games ("Samurai Shodown" and "The King of Fighters '94"). I had a US system and read in magazines about the white blood and the.....alteration to Mai Shiranui, and something had to be done.

So I sent the system to a store that seemingly installed an additional BIOS. From that point on I could flick a little metal switch on the back of the console to choose between USA or JPN....very handy to this day and the reason why I have no UniBIOS.

Just wanted to mention that there are other ways to circumvent censorship.

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

[Samuray]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

[lukester]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

Or you just had really rich parents.

Game systems and games were much more expensive back then.

[SuperGrafx]

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

I wish my parents were like that.
Mine were of the "you can only have 1 system at a time" persuasion.

Every time I wanted to upgrade to a new system, I had to sell my existing console + games.  Not easy back in those days considering the used game market was kind of limited to mainly a few small mail order outfits like BRE games and Funcoland. 

[cr8zykuban0]

shit, I would have loved growing up with the neo but the prices were crazy. I didnt even know about the existence of the neo geo aes until like 7 years ago and when I found out kof 94 was avaliable for the system (one of the first arcade games ive ever played and loved) I had to get it and was able to buy one in 2009. 5 years later and im still loving it!

[Otaking]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

Or you just had really rich parents.

Game systems and games were much more expensive back then.

I owned a Neo Geo AES back when it was released (in the UK). I was around 14 years old, I didn't have rich parents we were actually quite poor, but I was completely obsessed with video games so I worked all I could at weekends and after school to fund my hobby.
Back then I didn't know of anyone else in my area or school that had a Neo Geo so I had to travel and meet up with other hardcore gamers and I would trade AES games with them.
For the first few years I think I only had around 3-5 AES games at a time but I would always trade them for new ones so I got to play most of the AES library of games.

Some of my favourites aren't the commonly popular titles, I just have fond memories of playing them when they were released.
Here's a few:
Super Baseball 2020
Alpha Mission 2/ASO II - loved this shooter, surprised it never gets talked about.
Fatal Fury - amazing graphics at the time
Fatal Fury 2
Last Resort - one of my favourite games of all time.
Magician Lord
Ninja Commando

[esteban]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

Or you just had really rich parents.

Game systems and games were much more expensive back then.

I owned a Neo Geo AES back when it was released (in the UK). I was around 14 years old, I didn't have rich parents we were actually quite poor, but I was completely obsessed with video games so I worked all I could at weekends and after school to fund my hobby.
Back then I didn't know of anyone else in my area or school that had a Neo Geo so I had to travel and meet up with other hardcore gamers and I would trade AES games with them.
For the first few years I think I only had around 3-5 AES games at a time but I would always trade them for new ones so I got to play most of the AES library of games.

Some of my favourites aren't the commonly popular titles, I just have fond memories of playing them when they were released.
Here's a few:
Super Baseball 2020
Alpha Mission 2/ASO II - loved this shooter, surprised it never gets talked about.
Fatal Fury - amazing graphics at the time
Fatal Fury 2
Last Resort - one of my favourite games of all time.
Magician Lord
Ninja Commando

I loved those non-fighting NEO games, too. I was never infatuated with the fighting genre, so I would always play the games that had no crowd around them.

8Man, Nam '75, and Magician Lord got a lot of love.

[BigusSchmuck]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

Or you just had really rich parents.

Game systems and games were much more expensive back then.

I owned a Neo Geo AES back when it was released (in the UK). I was around 14 years old, I didn't have rich parents we were actually quite poor, but I was completely obsessed with video games so I worked all I could at weekends and after school to fund my hobby.
Back then I didn't know of anyone else in my area or school that had a Neo Geo so I had to travel and meet up with other hardcore gamers and I would trade AES games with them.
For the first few years I think I only had around 3-5 AES games at a time but I would always trade them for new ones so I got to play most of the AES library of games.

Some of my favourites aren't the commonly popular titles, I just have fond memories of playing them when they were released.
Here's a few:
Super Baseball 2020
Alpha Mission 2/ASO II - loved this shooter, surprised it never gets talked about.
Fatal Fury - amazing graphics at the time
Fatal Fury 2
Last Resort - one of my favourite games of all time.
Magician Lord
Ninja Commando

I may sound a little bit off, but I love Fatal Fury's 1 music the best out of the series.

[EvilEvoIX]

You sir were a cool kid, having a Neo in the day is a helluva accomplishment. 

Well, it's not like I delivered tons of newspapers to finally buy a Neo after months of hard work, or anything like that. My parents were just kind of "pro videogames" so I had pretty much every system, even exotic ones like 3DO or PC Engine/ Turbo Duo which had to be imported. They didn't play themselves but appreciated my fondness for that stuff.
So in the end I was just lucky, I guess.

Or you just had really rich parents.

Game systems and games were much more expensive back then.

I owned a Neo Geo AES back when it was released (in the UK). I was around 14 years old, I didn't have rich parents we were actually quite poor, but I was completely obsessed with video games so I worked all I could at weekends and after school to fund my hobby.
Back then I didn't know of anyone else in my area or school that had a Neo Geo so I had to travel and meet up with other hardcore gamers and I would trade AES games with them.
For the first few years I think I only had around 3-5 AES games at a time but I would always trade them for new ones so I got to play most of the AES library of games.

Some of my favourites aren't the commonly popular titles, I just have fond memories of playing them when they were released.
Here's a few:
Super Baseball 2020
Alpha Mission 2/ASO II - loved this shooter, surprised it never gets talked about.
Fatal Fury - amazing graphics at the time
Fatal Fury 2
Last Resort - one of my favourite games of all time.
Magician Lord
Ninja Commando

I may sound a little bit off, but I love Fatal Fury's 1 music the best out of the series.

I am quite Partial to MOTW's music but 1's is classic for sure.

[jeffhlewis]

We had Fatal Fury 1 on the MVS 2-slot at my neighborhood pool growing up. Game holds a special place deep in my psyche even though I know it's a flawed game. The audio was so impressive when it came out.