I used to love reading through C&VG and Mean Machines magazines and checking the latest Neo-Geo games in there and then hoping they would turn up at the video shop. And more often than not they would eventually end up on the game selection and I would be one happy geeky teenager.
About 7 years ago I bought a Neo-Geo CD and finally got some Neo-Geo action at home. That was a very happy day I can tell you haha. At last I could play real Neo-Geo games at home like Fatal Fury - Real bout, Samurai Shodown Spirits ( 3 ), Viewpoint (AMAZING), Mutation Nation and Last Resort. The real deal but the loading times really took the arcade magic out of the experience :-( I love the machine but its not the experience I had when I was a kid.
Trouble is, to get the home experience of the Neo-Geo I would have to rob a bank to afford an AES. A couple of hundred for the console, which does look amazing! And then a couple of hundred pounds for each game. I really can't afford that. So it seemed I would never get to play the real Neo-Geo experience........until now!!! :-D
Because I've made my own Supergun I can now get an MVS board and play the actual arcade games on my TV.
So that's what I did!! :-P
I went onto ebay and sourced myself an MVS MV-1F 1 slot board for a steal and excitedly waited for it to turn up at work. The MV-1F is a large board compared to the later MVS boards but it has built in controller ports and also has a Stereo / Mono switch which allows you to have stereo sound if you have the right adapter. And its also Jamma compatible and the way I wired up my Supergun it should work perfectly fine.
The only shame in a way is that the game that came with it is Super Sidekicks and I'm not the biggest fan of football but at least I can try out the board and check it all works.
One of the first things I noticed is how big the cartridges are!! They are massive and they are the first cartridges I've seen with 2 boards in them. Check the following photo to see a comparison with other well known games cartridges.
Check out the size of that sucker out!!! :-O That's the difference in the real arcade games and console ports.
And here is the screen I was hoping to get when I turned it all on. 330 Mega Pro-gear Max! Woop!!
I can now get my hands on the real MVS arcade games that I played in my youth!! And at a fraction of the price of getting an AES. Those games go for hundreds of pounds where MVS ones can go from £10 - £60 depending on how rare they are. Some are a hundred quid but those are super rare and I won't be getting any of those haha.
The first game I sort out after getting hold of the MVS board was Soccer Brawl! Yes, another Soccer game on the MVS but this one is in the future!!! You have power armour shoot lazers and have super powerful special kicks. That's more up my street and a real favourite when I was in the video shop. And to prove the price point I got it for £12.50 including postage. £12.50 for an arcade original !!!! The game on Neo-Geo CD cost's £25 - £50 and that's with looong loading times. No way hosey, original arcade games for me!
If you make your own Supergun or buy a Voltek one that's made to run Neo-Geo's then get yourself an MVS board and get hold of some absolute classics at a fraction of the AES price. It's definetly worth it :-D
I've uploaded a video of a little tour of my Supergun hooked up to the MVS running Soccer Brawl. It also show's my home-made Stereo adapter which i'll probably write a quick guide on next.
I also did a quick vid of Samurai Shodown starting up when I got it from a forum member over at arcade otaku. Another steal at £10!
Check them out and catch you guys soon. I'm off to play some arcade games woo!!
Porl''
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