Advice needed on MVS

[PunkicCyborg]

Well there's a chip on my omega that you snap on top of the existing chip. Coulda sworn it was the bios.

That's a Neo Bios Masta which is only for MV1C and MV1B boards that have a surface mount Bios. That mod disables the original bios and allows you to install a 16bit eprom in it's place. The adapter board snaps on top of the CPU. Before that mod became available you had to wire 42 pins from the small surface mount bios to the eprom! That isn't relevant to Joe's set up though since his board is a simple socketed bios

[toymachine78]

Cool! Thanks for clarifying! [emoji4]

[ccovell]

MVS and AES roms are the same, similar to early Genesis/Mega Drive games. If you want to see the Magician Lord intro on your cmvs, just switch it to Console mode.

No, Magician Lord and some other games actually are different code-wise between the MVS and AES versions.  Unfortunately, Magician Lord MVS has no intro, no matter the machine settings:

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?210049-Magician-Lord-cart-owner-please-read-and-answer-this

[Black Tiger]

MVS and AES roms are the same, similar to early Genesis/Mega Drive games. If you want to see the Magician Lord intro on your cmvs, just switch it to Console mode.

No, Magician Lord and some other games actually are different code-wise between the MVS and AES versions.  Unfortunately, Magician Lord MVS has no intro, no matter the machine settings:

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?210049-Magician-Lord-cart-owner-please-read-and-answer-this

Can anyone link to a video of the missing intro then?

My MVS Magician Lord only has an intro cinema when running in Console mode. It's the only intro cinematic from the game I've ever seen online.

That neo-geo.com thread makes it sound like some early AES games have rom revisions.

[ccovell]

Ah, OK... well to be more precise, that thread suggests that Japanese MVS and rental-only games are probably the early versions, and US AES games might be a mixed bag.  I can't confirm anything about US games, but my Japanese MVS Magician Lord has no intro at all.

[Joe Redifer]

My MVS arrived! No games yet. It boots up to the grid pattern which is good. No Unibios yet but that's fine since I have no games. Multicart on its way. But the multicart doesn't have Metal Slug 5!!! PISSER! Oh wait... I already own the standalone JAMMA PCB of that one. I take back my piss.

[jtucci31]

Which multi cart did you get? When the time comes, I need to check over the games list carefully.

[Joe Redifer]

161-in-1. It was by far the most convenient. I think it's also the best deal for what you get.  The 131-in-1 may have slightly more unique games but I don't wanna deal with its slow-ass loading times and dongle nonsense. 95 unique games on the 161-in-1 is pretty awesome. The Neo Geo forum says 97 games but they are counting Korean versions of a couple of games.

[GohanX]

If you pair the 161 with a 120 in one you'll have damn near every neo game worth playing.

[PunkicCyborg]

The loading times are a little annoying but I gotta say the interface for the 138 in 1 menu is great. There's screenshots of all the games and they are organized very nicely with little fluff games. It's great for friends coming over who wanna browse through games especially. I don't mind the sub board really and I love being able to play Twinkle Star Sprites in my cab.

[Joe Redifer]

If you pair the 161 with a 120 in one you'll have damn near every neo game worth playing.

Good to know. I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

[xelement5x]

The loading times are a little annoying but I gotta say the interface for the 138 in 1 menu is great. There's screenshots of all the games and they are organized very nicely with little fluff games. It's great for friends coming over who wanna browse through games especially. I don't mind the sub board really and I love being able to play Twinkle Star Sprites in my cab.

Yeah, I'd really like to get a 138 at some point for some of the more distinct games on it like Money Puzzle Exchanger.

[EvilEvoIX]

Game sack episode, review all the hacks and their differences over the original.

[escarioth]

manage to get a 138-in-1 for cheap...but damn.. i'm quite unlucky with the MVS board

[Joe Redifer]

My 161-in-1 FINALLY arrived from a rather unscrupulous eBay seller by the handle of 1234kara. Basically when you order from him, he then orders from a site called Holland Computers. He waits for the item to arrive at his place and then ships it out to you. This causes super-slow shipping after you order your item and obviously a much-increased price. ProfessorProfessorson lives to ream these kind of guys. He accidentally left the invoice from Holland Computers in the package he sent me. So if you want a 161-in-1, go to http://www.hollandcomputers.com/ and search for MVS in their online store and they have them for $89.95. Oh and this shitty-ass eBay seller doesn't even leave feedback for others. I called him out on it on a eBay message but I have yet to leave feedback for him. He hasn't gotten a negative yet but he just might.

Anyway, I finally have a game to try in my MVS. Works great! I'm using the Supergun controller ports because the D button works fine surprisingly. The controller ports on the MVS itself are either backwards (right being player one) or broken... or I'm an idiot let's not rule that out. I'll have to try again as it seemed like the 2nd player controller port was the one able to navigate through the menu.

I'd still like to get a few legit MVS games just because. Maybe a Waku Waku 7. Maybe a Twinkle Star Sprites. Maybe a Ninja Combat. I dunno, but I'd like to have a few.