A New SNK Arcade Machine - Neo Geo MVSX Review! There Is Good & Bad For Your $500!

The MVSX is here, and in this video I give you my thoughts on it and share what I find both good and bad about it.
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[@fourmula4812]

a removing bottom panel to get to button may be to dezign for it

[@Nephyness]

I think the speakers are really bad and one of the worst features of the unit. Also they gave us a ton of games they released on other things, it would have been nice to see other games on here like Top Hunter and such. I feel like for the price we should have gotten a bit better quality. I love the bar top idea, but its too expensive for what it offers.

[@zairejerry7310]

i realize it's pretty randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream new movies online?

[@coreydonald6088]

@Zaire Jerry Flixportal :)

[@zairejerry7310]

@Corey Donald thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I really appreciate it!

[@delanodave7402]

The review I've been waiting for. Legit and real honesty!! No BS here!!

[@delanodave7402]

Thanks MLP you've helped me decide on whether to purchase this cab or pass. Taking apart the back panel and seeing how tight the components and work space is.......I'll hold off. Thanks Ron!! Like you said, millions of different ways play and how does this cab differentiate with other emulators? Great point!! I don't see the differentiation. Mushy buttons!! Might as well purchase an arcade1up if I want mushy buttons. Plus I have the Arcade Stick Pro....I'm good!!!

[@robotcarnival1123]

Thanks for the no bs review. After modding my ASP with seimitsu parts my concern was if the controls on here would be as good. You’d think for $500 they could at least give us a quality stick and buttons. Genuine buttons are like $3 a piece.

[@manuel0578]

ASP?

[@PabstOban]

See, this is why companies should consult you before they send the designs to the manufacture to mass produce. Instead, they make something and ship the units to a bunch of people to review... most of which won't dare be appropriately critical of it for fear they won't get any more review units or freebee's down the line.

[@DarrinBentley]

Mad respect for the VERY honest review! Something so few KZbinrs are willing to do these days.

[@Montymole_360]

When I saw the little coin door, my first thought was "Oh cool, that must be the insert coin button on there. That's a nifty little touch". I can't believe they dropped the ball on that & it does nothing. It seems so obvious, too!

[@reallife1614]

Finally, an honest review! Great job Ron!

[@khamla616]

Exactly!!!

[@sonouge]

I know this was 3 years ago, but you don't have to tear the whole unit down to access the control deck. If you take out the screws at the bottom (It's like 4 or 5 screws) the control deck slides right out.

[@patrickfitzpatrick2945]

This is the ONLY channel on KZbin I really trust. Thanks for keeping it honest!

[@Larry]

:(

[@IStormywatersI]

@@Larry I trust you, Larry

[@ShinobiShowdown]

@Madlittlepixel Kudos! You did the best, most critical review yet! I am a modder myself, so appreciate the honesty.

[@AmigaCammy]

I agree with the points you made, and we all saw these problems coming before anyone even received a review unit. But I'm still happy I pre-ordered one the day they became available, because it's 90% what I have wanted for two years now. I'm happy with imperfect, although I really hope they take this criticism to heart and release an updated unit with 4 (better) buttons and no mini coin door. I'll get that one too, and my original model can be retired to the community games room along with the model 1.0 Toyshock pinball.

[@arcadeperfectreviews2653]

For $500 the stick and buttons SHOULD BE arcade perfect. They should have went with semitsu like it was in japan.

[@slopesgameroom]

Thats cool its being signed and passed on :D

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Yes, pass it on ... next lol 😂

[@franciscojr.millan2102]

Where's Castlevania complete history?

[@ScarletSprites]

You can undo just the screws in the front and the control panel pops off. No need to take the rest of it apart if you just want to swap parts. Grab a Seimistu flat mounting plate (just like the ASP) and you’ll be Golden on sticks. Agree on the buttons, they should have been iL/Happ style with a microswitch. A short stem will for sure fit in there and there was even enough room for a long stem but I didn’t get crazy and line all six up.

[@snkfightfan0187]

I like the 6 button layout. It makes the unit more versatile and if modable, would allow to add other fighters that use a 6 button layout. The unit looks nice but $500 is too much for me.

[@FloydWarren13]

So nice to see someone not sell out to companies. You hear reviewers say they are not being paid to review the unit, but the unit is on loan from the manufacture. KZbinrs are being paid to review devices, it is called views. If they say nice things about the items they review then companies will send them more items to review. They may not be getting paid directly by the company providing the item, but their review is generating income, so they need to keep it positive. You just keep it honest.

[@ArcadeFreak-gw5rp]

This is why I absolutely love your reviews, total honesty right from the start.

[@MrEd20901]

Nice honest review. I agree, they really needed the normal 4 button Neo Geo look, maybe do 4 on top and add 3 on the bottom if you want to make the modding community happy. Missed opportunity to set themselves apart. So many other ways to play these games.

[@steveno7058]

Unreal they cheap out on something so important as buttons.

[@dikinebaks]

and the saddest part is putting actual arcade buttons wouldn't have costed them that much

[@promised1one]

Thanks for the review! I for one am purchasing this unit, its my childhood.

[@FilipeBello66]

I liked the rubber pads in the bottom. Overall, I think it's a cool cab, but you can build one like that pretty easy, and with better controls, buttons, use a raspberry pi for a better user interface and have more games. Personally, I think that buying a cab takes 50% of the fun of having one at home. It's so cool to build one that I wanna sell mine and star all over again. 8:53 - Rastaman! Love that game

[@ryankorte8601]

I am totally fine with the 6 button layout, but not so much with low quality buttons.

[@ricksmith6693]

Thanks MLP, I have been waiting for your review. I love how you are always honest, that's why I love your channel. Thank for the review!!

[@curtiswesley3261]

"These buttons are just Boo-boo."🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mksolid82]

I really want to see more of these mini systems get released with lots of improvements and the ability to add games without hacking. Retro-bit should make a new Retro-Cade next year. There’s so much that can be improved with these emulation systems.

[@BitGeekNick]

I totally agree on the 6 button layout thing. That was my exact thought when I first saw pictures... why does it have 6 buttons and not 4 buttons? None of the games include support a 6 button layout. 🙄 I like the way you phrased that. It’s like a NEOGEO “themed” machine without truly being “NEOGEO”.

[@sixcooppop5262]

Buttons are no problem to switch out, I would switch out the six buttons for four. This should be Neo Geo all of the way and released with a four button layout. This shouldn't have been a bartop, instead it should be a full 3/4 scale arcade. I wish the price was a bit lower for this. I do want to get this and make it into a proper Neo Geo MVS. I do have a question Was that HDMI I saw on the back of the monitor?

[@andreschiriff4354]

I never owned an original Neo Geo console and most arcades that I played games like the King of Fighters they were cabinets with a 6 button layout so to me that's not a big deal. I had play on the big red Neo Geo original arcade and it is a very nice experience so I do understand your purest point of view of having everything legit but you have to understand that there are a lot of people they would like to have one arcade machine that plays capcom Fighters and SNK Fighters and other arcade games all in one

[@jollygreen9377]

Thanks MLP. I was seriously considering this cab but after your review its a no go. It looked way too hard to change the buttons and sticks out. I’m big on buttons and sticks. Thanks for opening it up, we wouldn’t of known about the buttons unless you did that. Saved me $500. 👍

[@wugawd1516]

I agree with you on the button layout issues. I brought with other reviewers and they didn't seem to care. I'm glad you were honest enough to bring it up.

[@Madlittlepixel]

Some peoples expectations are different then mine I guess. When you make a Neo Geo product but make it function like a multicade or Street Fighter II machine with its button layout it is no longer entitled to be considered a Neo Geo machine. Just an emulation device made to look like a MVS.

[@markz3607]

This is the review we all needed! Great work!

[@Garasky]

I agree completely with the 4 buttons layout preference. Cut down cost and keep purist happy. For those that kept complaining about not having enough game variations, there are still 16 titles left on the system after you count all the fighters. I can't say I'm disappointed.

[@Clownworld74]

You need six buttons for snk vs capcom when it’s hacked

[@olblueyes7670]

If the Hylo hack works on this machine then the 6 button layout is a big plus, but those booboo buttons sound like a deal killer. Why couldn't they just put the same quality buttons from the ASP in this machine? The ASP is a fraction of the price and now we are being asked to pay a premium price solely for aesthetics and inferior quality. Unacceptable! Uniqo needs to address this.

[@Arz2003]

You can just swap to either better concave or convex buttons from Paradise

[@godwhomismike]

I have this on preorder and got $100 off and had $75 in unused gift cards. Still feel iffy on this one. I am more excited for my Ms Pacman cocktail table that is being shipped to me now than I am with this NeoGeo cab, between the speakers, the buttons, and the weird ass riser. I'm in now, always wanted a Samurai Showdown cab, wish A1U was given the license to do it, but sadly this seemed to be the only way. I regret not getting the MicroCenter 3/4 cab this past summer and just building it myself all fall.

[@DeVstatrOmga]

FINALLY. An honest review. Thanks!

[@EMMETTCULLENHALE]

any news on that Neo Geo 3

[@ninjako6255]

Nice review! I am very happy because now I know I will be able to change the stick and buttons relatively easy! For their next model they should make the panel removable like the actually cabinet!

[@ericochoa4034]

If it let's you install that hylo hack then that means it's probably got the same guts as the arcade stick pro. They just changed the interface a bit. That's the reason they could get the price so low as all your truly paying for is the the parts built around the board. The board uses the same crappy cpu as the arcade stick pro. They couldn't use a more powerful cpu or the price would have definitely gone up. Of course this just speculation but we won't know until someone cracks open that cabinet to see whats truly under the hood.

[@danielball5261]

I'm sure that cramped space gets pretty hot which could lead to the speakers illing out as well as the visuals. But if not. Seeing they gave less than 2 bits of bottled piss about the buttons. One can best believe them speaker wires are loose and touching or something else is touching causing the malfunction(s).

[@IamMarkSmith]

Hot damn @Madlittlepixel I am so happy you had the opportunity to review this. Of everyone I have seen talk about this yours is the only review that really provided the real deal about all aspects of this cabinet. Thank you bro! I am very surprised about the quality of the buttons. I don’t think the people,e making these realize the quality and care that went into SNK’s original NEO GEO products. Nothing since the original AES or CD consoles and also the 90’s “Big Red” cabinets from the North American market. The people making these don’t realize that people are willing to pay a little bit more money for attention to detail and quality. The controls from your feedback on them could have been a lot better however I still have a mostly favorable opinion of it. Would I buy this if I had the space and money based upon what I have seen so far? No. It doesn’t celebrate NEO GEO in the way the brand deserves to be recognized and regarded. It lacks the care that the original creators put into this platform to really make something special that people are still playing and enjoying 30 years later. As a fan of NEO GEO from back in the 90’s and owner of an AES, CD, and ASP this just misses the mark for me.

[@Bruuuuuh620]

Great review. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@dpc4548]

The arcade1ups are over a grand and this sits at around 650 with the stand. This is still a better option based on price alone. However, yea, add an extra 50 to 100 and have decent buttons and i'd love it more.

[@ckl01442]

Bust a move is Taito. Wind Jammer is Data east.

[@Madlittlepixel]

yes hence why I said no 3rd party support with games like those....

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Sticking with my AES, NeoCD and my 2 Consolised MVS systems ✌️

[@PubeStache]

Who wouldn't if they had access to that?

[@spacerider2227]

Yep was thinking about buying it but not going to bother now thanks for saving me a fortune! I’ll wait for the new neo geo 2021 console apparently coming out soon!

[@videogamevegasYeOldeAccount]

Madlittlepixel, Sorry to hear about the buttons, but I'd rather hear it honest, that's why I come to your channel. I hope you get a unit you can tear down, so you can demonstrate which types of button replacements can happen on this machine. Thanks for your honest review! vgv

[@RetroGamingBlog]

Biggest concern was latency and screen quality. I have the funds so at least swapping the buttons and sticks are easy enough. Game library could be better. If they don’t drop more games legit - then hackermann it is. :)

[@Madlittlepixel]

Def with upgraded buttons etc could be bad ass.

[@carlitosaqui]

Interesting take on the buttons. The MJR review had people that own an actual cab and said they liked the buttons a lot, so I wonder if the buttons crapped out already or they just haven't played w good buttons like sanwa.

[@Madlittlepixel]

LOL the buttons didnt crap out they are just mushy crap. Absolutely nothing like whats normally used on a MVS unit, not even close.

[@Richie016]

featured arcade cabinet, a bit more customized config and hardware may match the price.

[@waynerice4918]

It seems that Atgames, Arcade 1UP, and any of these inexpensive cabs don't have the best controls. My Atgames legend Ultimate I changed my Joystick to Sanwa and my buttons to IL buttons and it makes a better experience. The Atgames Legend Ultimate buttons and joysticks are not this bad as the MVSX has. Thanks for the great video.

[@WilfriedFauvel]

I will stick with 2 ASP, at least you can easily replace the buttons and play on a descent sized screen, the sound system you want and players don't need to fight for breathing space.

[@thetigerman]

Loved this honest review

[@show-me-retro]

Very comprehensive, nicely done

[@ShacklefordR]

Being a retro gaming fan, and coming from a software product strategy background professionally, I'm looking at Unico and thinking what a missed opportunity that they had in missing some key marks in their flagship launch product... Having sat through sprint print dev cycle where the marriage of P&L and quality happens in a conference room, I'm empathetic to the fact that some marks can get missed, but the team at Unico definitely missed out on garnering tons of great PR and establishing a customer base by providing additional value on "better than expected mark". I guess the easiest one to go after is the common theme along with reviewers all highlighting the lackluster quality of buttons/ sticks - something that $4-5 landed price increase could have totally taken care of. This was their first entry into the market, and they could have easily cemented some goodwill amongst fans to establish themselves in the market. Take a look at companies like CD Projekt where people have such a high expectation in their product and great experiences because of the great customer experience that they provide through quality...

[@georgecostanza1000]

Man as much as I want one of these November was not the month for them to release it in.

[@MrSuper79]

Thank you MLB for the MVSX Review + quality build + good screen - bad sticks - bad buttons !! the 6 buttons layout is nice for all snk players A C for real players , B C D for boomers , A B C for china B D. A. D

[@SignalRidge]

Definitely an upgrade from the Arcade1up stuff. Should have a full library though. The licensing shouldn’t be a problem for SNK since everything is in-house so I’m confused why there aren’t more non-fighting games. Will I buy a stock unit...? Nah. A unit signed by several of my favorite KZbinrs?! I’ll definitely be bidding on that one!!!

[@SignalRidge]

GHOSTfaceKILLr74 my mistake. I was always under the impression that 90% of the games belonged to them.

[@DanHemsath]

Having deja vu when you opened the back up and when I put my Arcade1Up together. Looks familiar. Real shame about the buttons, but I'd like to hope that it wouldn't be too hard to swap out the buttons with some better ones...even some light up ones, who knows?

[@EcksGamer]

I would buy this but i would be replacing the buttons as well because i don't like the concave style of buttons no matter how good or bad they would be.

[@cryptolord9826]

Mate you can plug them extra 2 buttons no big deal lol

[@PapaBradsGaming]

Great review, very honest and real. Thank you.

[@allenmitchell09]

What a contrast from MJR’s review. I think I’m going with Ronnie McPixel.

[@Bley85]

Well, I'll buy it . It looks awesome and is an official product .

[@cursedinferno1]

Thanks for the Honest Review MLP. I was waiting for your review.. When you removed the back panel it showed how cramped the inside part of the cabinet. But the Button quality looked horrible. Loved that comment " A Kids Toy" 😂... I canceled my pre-order. I will wait and see if they release a cabinet with better quality controls and in true Neo Geo fashion 4 buttons SNK Layout. And with some space between Player 1 and Player 2.

[@Wolfpact-xk4ym]

7:09 oh boy, here we go, hahaha love your channel, greetings from germany

[@Bojanglez667]

Thanks my man, been waiting on you getting this unit, watched the MJR review, and while I like the guy, I wanted that second opinion that I feel you could give, so thanks for that my dude, I'll wait and see if I can't wait til to drops in price a bit.

[@AeropathX]

MJR is a poser and looking for cash reviews.

[@Bojanglez667]

@@AeropathX that might be the case, which is why I was waiting on MLP here to review it.

[@Beyondesp]

I always like screw in buttons. On my old arcade stick i switched out the snap style to screw type sanwa buttons.

[@Budwiseirwin]

Totally agree with the layout- 4 button is your staple and you deviate away from that? Total miss. Also, I don’t really get it w these cabinets. How much more would it be to install better buttons stock? Add it on to the total- I’ll pay for it! 😂

[@fistbumpbros]

Really weird how no one talks about the sluggish UI and the Times New Roman font.

[@lady1kaka]

Haha. Funny that you got the Metal Jesus one.

[@zero195]

I wonder then if they will do another model with the 4 button layout. I mean look at how many different versions of the mini they made.

[@novaspritenovasprite423]

Awesome review man. Thanks.

[@robertdanker6193]

Sad they could not get proper buttons and sticks for the 500.00 price range.

[@condescending28]

I only want mine to be all Fighting Games so I wish there was more than what they had. LOL!

[@ZetZatar]

So it’s a NeoASP in a mini-cab. Good news is you’ll get ALL Neo games (and bunch of Capcom too if you want). Bad news is that it’s a $500 NeoASP. Take that as you will.

[@Khinh-xq6lx]

game counter , its would be cool if they made as credit counter but they would have you put coins in it

[@jeffmurri1025]

Whoah!! At first I thought MJR had vandalized your device. Dang.

[@Shogotheband]

Solid Review MLP! Seriously SNK, why no love for the shooters? I think i’ll be better off sticking with my hacked ASP for now.

[@adammanning1805]

Numbers indicate where game is. Imagine trying to remember where your favorites are when you load more games on system. Are you going to remember 1,000 to 10,000 plus games. Number indicators will be needed. No one has figured this out yet.

[@TheMultiGunMan]

For me.....Quality = Interest.....IF it's good quality I'm willing to buy it and spend a little extra cash on it. The shitty buttons bother me though.

[@AGCRetrogaming]

Thanks for tear down for us 😁

[@jedimaster12100]

What a shame that the company cheaped out on the buttons and the stick and did not include higher quality components. Having to replace them after spending this much money is ridiculous.

[@justinwiedrich6235]

Solid review. Those buttons would be a deal breaker

[@TXFDA]

This thing is neat.....but I can emulate all of these games (and more), on my Xbox Series S. And I can use better CRT shaders. I can even buy an arcade stick for Xbox for like $50. I just don't really see the point. It's more of a gimmicky collectable to put on a shelf and occasionally pull out to show someone. If you're wanting to just play the games, there's better and cheaper ways to play. Hell, an entire Xbox Series S, with a 2tb external harddrive (to store your roms), and an arcade stick...would be cheaper than one of these NeoGeo machines.

[@kokhen]

How are the buttons compared to the buttons in the NeoGeo arcade stick pro?

[@Larry]

When is it out? wouldn;t mind one mself :P

[@josephjones7828]

Not certain how much this will help you over in the UK Larry, but in the US its expected to release around November 24, 2020.

[@Madlittlepixel]

Comes out end of November in Europe as well. www.worldwidedistribution.de/ is distributing in Europe and worldwide.

[@KaijuClub]

Great, critical review.

[@ncf1]

when its able to be modded with games non-NeoGeo, then I might be in. (edit) : actually now that i heard about the buttons bit, I'm out. Not paying that sort of money for substandard equipment.

[@steveno7058]

ncf1 : could you point out a comparable unit that has high quality buttons for the same price? Units with high quality buttons go for $1000

[@Madlittlepixel]

Quality buttons from top manufacturers cost a couple dollars each. Sanwa, Suzo Happ... For 12 face buttons consumer cost would be $24 to maybe $40. Using decent buttons should not add hundreds of dollars to the price of a machine. Decent clones of top companies buttons are even less in price...

[@steveno7058]

Madlittlepixel : putting quality buttons and sticks would probably push this to close to $600. To expensive for most. But looking at the competition they all have glaring weaknesses. Arcade 1 up has too few games. AtGames has an ugly cab design and weak game lineup. The cabs without terrible compromised cost $2000.

[@olblueyes7670]

@@steveno7058 you are making excuses for this product. The ASP is much better stick and button quality for only $130. So where is the other $320 in cost come from? $100 for a screen, $60 for the marquee, $20 for the speakers is only $180. I dont think the paneling cost them the remaining $140. For what you get, this is overpriced.

[@jonathanbadcock5886]

Why only 50 games ? So many missing otherwise I would order today

[@elliotdavies3557]

Good review mlp my friend and like I said in mjr comments...wth no blazing Star ⭐ one of if the best neo Geo games ever... and hopefully the modding community will be available so we can add every neo Geo games and cd to 👊🤔😁👍 And $500 is pricey to imo.

[@andrewilliams2139]

The scan line options look better the screen maybe bad pixel scale looks like crap to me it doesnt look as detailed as the arcade

[@kobekaplan3040]

I just bought this off the website does the shipping include with the original price or is it different?

[@ringfitmaster3079]

Thanks for the review Ron. I appreciate the honesty in your reviews. I guess this will be a pass.

[@asseertedwolf]

I've been waiting on you to make this video brochoncho. I am considering getting it but idk...after getting that Arcade stick pro hacked it's kinda like man...do I really need this? and that's coming from someone that owns the Pacman and Mortal Kombat Arcade1up...idk...

[@adriannoah6483]

sticks and buttons is a deal breaker for me. I ended up purchasing the arcade stick pro.

[@vicvicious7571]

Hello, can you send me info on how to put hylostick x v1.1 onto my Neo Geo mvsx?

[@CAPCOM784]

I agree 100% Ron when paying that kind of money for a Neo Geo product it best look, sound, and play like one! Glad you saved me alot of time and money not to order this one.🙂

[@WillisWheeler]

It looks like it just a raspberry pi hooked up as the mother broad , mine looks better then that and I made mines on the cheap lol