Today was a historical day. I put together a working Neo Geo MVS. Something I was dreaming for 20 years. And that’s not an exaggeration. I wanted to have Neo Geo since 2002, when I first played Metal Slug and Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
But then there’s the reality. The console was expensive, and each game was super-expensive. Until consolized MVS came around.
I learned about its existence 2 years ago, although some people say those were around for at least 10 years. This is still the same ’99 hardware. Just packed into a 3D-printed case, and with a proper inputs and outputs attached.
Then there are games. Neo Geo didn’t have that many games. Around 100, probably, in all its history. Each game was around 40 megabytes at most. So, there are now cartridges that have all Neo Geo games there are (and some bootlegs, unfortunately).
There there’s the joystick. Since this isn’t a home console, you have to buy one separately.
Finally, there’s the issue of outputing retro signal to modern TVs. I had RetroTink 2X, but that didn’t support SCART, the only format all MVS’ output. But I wanted to upgrade to RetroTink 5X anyway. So I did.
So, it took me time to source all those components: consolized system itself, joystick, gamecard, RetroTink and SCART cable, which was the easiest part. But now I have it. And it works.
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