AES+ - what games are you getting?

[Max...]

Maybe a long shot but I'm hoping they can make a deal with the likes of NGDev and Bitmap Bureau.

NGDev said they aim to produce carts for availability to AES+ buyers but honestly I'd be much much more interested if they pursued a production partnership with Plaion. £69 licenced new games please. I really don't care if it's flash memory on a small PCB instead of crazy rom banks.

Totally agree and mentioned this in the main AES + topic. It's criminal that NG Dev have ignored the endless requests for years from potential buyers wanting to buy Kraut Busters for one. Crazy that they make all the effort to build a game and just do one very limited run. I'd need MVS though TBH.

 

[pubjoe]

Crazy that they make all the effort to build a game and just do one very limited run.

So much of that in the retro hobby. Great thing about Plaion is they're serious about availability of previous releases. None of this FOMO grab and out.

Thinking about partnerships I'd be fine with £100ish per 'new game' cart if necessary to get newer devs on board. The old SNK games are very cheap on Steam so it's fair enough that NGDev would want more than a tenner per sale.

Bitmap Bureau sell through other avenues and offer rom only for £10 so maybe they'd get the ball rolling. Might be a better way to finally get Final Vendetta on a cart.

 

[chubsta]

Amongst the many collecting communities I have been part of for decades, the Neo geo is by far the most toxic. Someone going to the trouble of creating and releasing a game in extremely low quantities kind of sums the community up for me - it’s all about one-upmanship and looking down on those who don’t have a 100% original collection in mint condition. Games like xeno crisis would probably sell loads if released for the aes+ but I can’t see it happening because then all the nasty proles would be able to get their hands on something that is only meant for ‘true collectors’.
I’m not holding my breath for anything other than original releases.

 

[Max...]

Too true - and I'm certainly not holding my breath for a MVS + rather than a AES +. Just never got into AES - owned one briefly and I have a mint copy of NAM '75 on AES just for nostalgia (the supposed 'felt tip on the naughty bits' for Saudi Arabia or whatever) but I truly love the MVS and more so for the fact it's the pukka, bona fide, real deal, been there done it, arcade abused OG system.

It's such a blooming genius set up. People doing YT NG videos love to always say 'WOAH! Look at the size of that cart compared to a SNES or MD cart, nuts man...!!". But to me it's the reverse - you're getting an actual complete 10p gobbling arcade game in compared to what went before [ie huge PCBs/multi boards] effectively the PC Engine Hu card size format of the arcade.

I do think the initial line up is pretty well thought out though - would like to see Prehistoric Isle 2 and Money Puzzle Exchanger on the second run. Must haves.

 

[Vorbis]

Will probably regret it but bit the bullet today and ordered the Ultimate Pack. Will probably leave the Amazon orders as they are for now in case I change my mind again 😁

 

[pubjoe]

I do think the initial line up is pretty well thought out though - would like to see Prehistoric Isle 2 and Money Puzzle Exchanger on the second run. Must haves.

I hope Money Puzzle Exchanger got lots of shouts when Plaion apparently asked for Wave 2 opinions on Twitter. I'd buy a console plus MPE for my eldest, he loves it.

 

[jimmerd]

I would like to see super dodge ball, fun game - top notch graphics and it was an MVS exclusive so like shock troopers it would be new on AES cartridge.

 

[pubjoe]

Games like xeno crisis would probably sell loads if released for the aes+ but I can’t see it happening

I can't see it either but we're as close as we'll ever be to the fantasy of popping out to Argos to buy a new Neo Geo game.

 

[r-type]

None as I've read the carts don't work on an old MVS (showing my AES ignorance, I know).
Otherwise Pulstar would've been tempting as I'm too lazy/cheapskate to get a flash cart.

Are people really wanting stuff like Magician Lord? Seem a bit like getting excited over Altered Beast.

I've always got excited about Altered Beast. Still do now!

 

[John Bennett]

I've always got excited about Altered Beast. Still do now!

Wise from your gwave!

 

[Vorbis]

I hated that game soooo much on the mega drive 🙄

 

[John Bennett]

It did reek of bundled-game that would otherwise be forgotten about. Not awful, just very 6/10 (to me anyway)

Anyway, at least no-one's asked for Riding Hero on the AES+
(about as hideous as Chase HQ on x68000).

 

[Max...]

Yeah, that’s my only beef with the NG, Drift Out is awesome but they must surely have been able to do at least an ‘as good as Mega Drive’ Super Hang on clone rather than all the top down/isometric stuff? Riding Hero was NES level or worse. I know the NG was a 2D machine but it had pretty amazing spite scaling built in. Maybe more of the issue was the fact all MVS arcade games had to be joystick controlled??

 

[John Bennett]

I think being able to do 'road' games well needs specific hardware capabilities and some systems were quite bad at it (do look at Chase HQ on x68000!).

I don't know if it's related, but I'm not sure any games do line-scrolling - the effect you see on the floor of Street Fighter 2 and what Imagine could be good for animating a road.

 

[pubjoe]

Yeah, NeoGeo was already pushing its limit for most of its life before trying to compete with some huge arcade racers running on technical powerhouses.

they must surely have been able to do at least an ‘as good as Mega Drive’ Super Hang on clone

Neo Drifting way off course now but this racer chat reminds me.

I never understood the love for Road Rash. Thought it was godawful since the moment I first saw it in Dixons.

 

[Vorbis]

Yeah, NeoGeo was already pushing its limit without for most of its life before trying to compete with some huge arcade racers running on technical powerhouses.


Neo Drifting way off topic now but this racer chat reminds me.

I never understood the love for Road Rash. Thought it was godawful since the moment I first saw it in Dixons.

Wash your mouth out 😐

 

[cools]

Yeah, NeoGeo was already pushing its limit for most of its life before trying to compete with some huge arcade racers running on technical powerhouses.


Neo Drifting way off course now but this racer chat reminds me.

I never understood the love for Road Rash. Thought it was godawful since the moment I first saw it in Dixons.

Road Rash. Sega Power Novel Audiobook

An audiobook of "Road Rash" by Neil West. Narrated by Tommy Ted. This book is the second of Four in the Sega Power novel series. Published in 1992

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[pubjoe]

I actually remember that!

 

[John Bennett]

I quite liked Road Rash on the Megadrive, but when it returned, beefed-up for the 3DO and then the PC etc, it was massively impressive (same with Need for Speed).

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

I will probably get these as well as the first 10 released games if they become available

Andro Dunos
Blazing Star
Kizuna Encounter
Last Resort
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Nightmare in the Dark
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
Strikers 1945 Plus
SVC Chaos
Viewpoint
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