The other day I picked up Side Arms ...
Agreed, SA was my goto shooter in the 90's. Just don't listen to Josh
I'm well on my way to being a total aeshole. AES cart #2 arrived today.
Nam is the game the defined the Neo for me. ML was a must have also: The colors and design, good control...I put a roll of quarters in that game and still never beat it (I had the memory card so I felt it was not a total waste of money). Solid pick-up.
I feel the same way about Nam-1975. I had my AES for several years and slapped my forehead, asking myself why I don't have this for my AES. I bought it within a week, US mint with no black marker censoring for $40 in 2007. I enjoy it a lot more than ML gameplay wise.
I mostly have all the main fighters along with Metal Slug 3 and 15 common carts like Blues Journey, ML, Baseball Stars, Thrash Rally, KotM, etc... I still want to get some Shootem ups, but most are too expensive and I might as well go the MVS route for those. I can at least buy Last Resort for AES maybe, but definitely not Pulstar, Blazing Star and Viewpoint... youch.