NEO GEO Collecting Guide - EXPENSIVE as HELL?!

The Immortal John Hancock walks Metal Jesus through his amazing NEO GEO console and game collection. He covers the AES (Advanced Entertainment System) and arcade MVS (Multi Video System), plus the differences between the two cartridges, controllers, accessories and even the NEO GEO X and rare NEO GEO CD...
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[@lt7114]

I love that Metal Jesus never tries to act like he is an expert on everything gaming related. Keeps it real.

[@8bitDNA]

+Andy Gross (avisioncame) yep

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Andy Gross (avisioncame) Anybody who acts like they know everything when it comes to 40+ years of video games is just lying. Hell, the PC alone has over 10,000 games released for it.

[@lt7114]

Good luck explaining that to "commenters", lol.

[@that209gamepicker]

please answer metaljesusrocks! how did you capture that footage of robo army? I have been trying to capture gameplay on my consolized mvs through component using the el gato hd and it just wont work for me>?? ill appreciate a response

[@calagan800xl]

megabits, not megabytes

[@HypnoSwag]

Fun Fact: The girl featured in those Neo Geo commercial is Chiba Reiko, A.K.A Ptera Ranger, the Pink Ranger from the Japanese counterpart of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. She's endorsed Neo Geo for years.

[@xyanide1986]

Holy fuck.

[@samuelcamarillo1349]

Rockman IXA She's hot.

[@farhanrafee9316]

You're talking about the girl being hot whereas I couldn't even see that cuz the adverts are so wacky. Seriously none of them screams NeoGeo it seems more like a couple just goofing off. And what is Japan? Always putting old men with young girls and shit. That's cringey as hell.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

You mean the original super sentai which power rangers ripped off of.

[@subtledemisefox]

@@sladejosephwilson2300 it was officially sanctioned lol. They didn't think American kids would like it the way it was, so they localized it and turned it into something that's almost an entirely different product.

[@TheHardneckmc]

NeoGeo was way to expensive , in NYC is was the video game system that drug dealers owned .

[@zenbyo]

One of my friends saved up for the system itself and after he got it we took up a collection and would purchase the Neo Geo games to play. Compared to the cost of playing in the arcade we got our money's worth.

[@deegeebarxx3391]

Luis Rodriguez that's a fact! My cousin was in the life and when he came up he had neo geo on his flat screen

[@hopejackson1741]

In LA it was the system the Police owned, because the Police would confiscate them and used NEO GEO as evidence that only Drug dealers could buy these POS.

[@akvalues]

LOL!!!

[@r.bethesdah2609]

LMFAO so true!

[@bryguysays2948]

Wanted a Neo Geo as a teenager but that $699 price tag...

[@Mrkevi123]

Bryan S. That's about paying $1350.00 today when adjusting for inflation...plus tax $$$

[@worldhello1234]

That means the hardware is relatively cheap these days. On the other hand prices for the cardridges skyrocked due to collectors and other inflaters.

[@dorpth]

It wasn't just the expensive system, it was also that the games were $200 EACH (almost $400 today).

[@davy_K]

This. Getting the console is one thing - feeding it with games is quite another!!! :)

[@TekMoliGy]

thats cheap compared to the laseractive. A fully decked out laseractive with all the pacs and 3d goggles would have cost $3500 in early 90s dollars. Definitely the most expensive console of all time.

[@MightyJabbasCollection]

I actually had an AES when I was a teenager in the 90s. Saved up and bought a used one through the mail. I remember ordering it over the phone -- probably found out about it in a game magazine since the Internet wasn't really a thing for most people at the time. One of my all-time favorite systems, for sure. The sound and graphics were extremely impressive compared to what we had on consoles back then.

[@davidherbella7165]

Mitch Pollard what you said.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

I was going to get a Neo Geo when I was 18 but I decided to buy a used car instead.

[@craigcotter7476]

@@BubblegumCrash332 should have got the neo geo

[@dacypher22]

Mighty Jabba's Collection Fingers crossed that you still have it and your games.

[@brannenthompson9662]

I too had one when I was 17 must have been about 92ish but only had King Of The Monsters, I'm not sure if it was the game sold with the system in the UK as I swapped my Amiga for it and it was pre owned.

[@JohnJohnson-wf3rh]

Early 90's: NeoGeo prices out of reach. Late 2010's: NeoGeo prices still out of reach.

[@shogunfox7141]

Now you can play them all on the Raspberry Pi.

[@JohnJohnson-wf3rh]

@@shogunfox7141 Yup. Although I am using retroarch on a mac these days with a retro-bit controller. Whole setup cost: 20 bucks. I dl'ed just about all of the NG-SNK fighting games and a few other classics. Its worked well for me.

[@nightbreed141]

Not expensive to play but expensive to buy and to collect if thats your thing.

[@ConqueringWeightLoss]

2021: Yup Neo Geo, way, way out of reach. Like i dont have enough organs to donate to come up with the money.

[@RevengerPhoenix]

Exactly. If you just wanna play these games, there are ports you can buy or get from the sea if you travel with an eye patch. But if you wanna get the game in your hands to collect, that’s another story haha.

[@joseluki]

Neo Geo collecting guide: -1st step: Be rich.

[@dumiclumic4423]

Play on emulator. Pc/Psp/ets.

[@OttonFilms]

Most people who collect dont do so just to play. Example, I have a full collection of ps1 and ps2 titles that include even the games that costs several hundred dollars. If I just wanted to buy the game I would get it on the PS store for like 40x times cheaper. But, for me and most collectors its about having history/unique items that make it desirable. Plus, a lot of these collectors things are only going up on value, so it can be seen as an investment.

[@thomassmith4999]

@@dumiclumic4423 Play on Retroarch / Nintendo Wii in 240p to a CRT. Lag free.. 20 bucks and you have all Neo Geo games

[@thomassmith4999]

​@@nexusofice9135 Easy to get or make a arcade stick for ps2, I even made one for a Wii

[@markhamilton3215]

@@nexusofice9135 1st Step : Be Smart 2nd Step : jailbreak your PS3 3nd download the entire Neo Geo Collection and play them all for free.....

[@LivingWithTheGuzmans]

I love the NEO GEO system

[@SK_yg]

Me2

[@1supacress]

Neo Geo collecting is like vintage Ferrari collecting for gamers.

[@Woot007]

+Gobblox Well when people see you drive in a Ferrari think think "damn i wish it was me" when people see you play a Neo they think "damn im happy i dont have one" :)

[@cees-gc8xt]

Gobblox THE ONLY WAY I COULD AFFORD THIS AND GAMES. IS WINNING THE LOTTO.

[@user-sn3tj6ho3t]

Ferrari and other shit is for normie plebs

[@hopejackson1741]

Or its an over rated POS. and for rich pricks too.

[@sergiovalencia9074]

Imagine turf masters for Neo Geo costing $30,000 for the cart

[@locutz]

every man cave deserves an arcade machine

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Locutz M Agreed!

[@ianthornsburg338]

You don't have to be rich to make a mame!

[@ianthornsburg338]

Voivodian 83 you don't need em just follow a tutorial and get a cheap electric saw.

[@JulianPope]

better to have an original tho

[@waleswideman1]

I built one and I'm half retarded trailer trash

[@DOBHELLRAISER]

Dude, Metal Jesus, YOU NEED to make more videos with John. I really love watching you guys together and hearing all the info he has on these games. He is by far my favorite guest on your show, don't tell DMP, lol. i would like to see more of John's collection too. YOU GUYS ROCK!

[@CaseTheCorvetteMan]

Why would he want to lower himself? Metal Jesus is a gaming legend, John Hancock is a know all wanker, he dribbles a load of garbage half the time and people just foolishly believe him thinking he does know...

[@KingJaeTV]

Just finished watching the video. I dont really watch 20 minute long videos but this has to be one of the most well explained and edited videos I have come across. Been playing alot of SNK games on Neo Geo and you taught me a few things! SUBBED!

[@dsol9767]

Best thing in the video....Johns Snake Plissken shirt

[@IceKoldKilla]

Yes!

[@VaughnJogVlog]

I disagree. Snake would not have a shirt with his face on it.

[@ibanez2010]

MacReady was better.

[@serge2cool]

I thought it was Big Boss haha

[@MajorRager504]

+serge2cool I think Big Boss was modeled after Plissken so you wouldn't be far off.

[@ChildOL]

The NEO*GEO was THE system I always wanted but never got

[@augustwest5356]

yeah she i was a kid the neo geo was almost the stuff of legends. everyone wanted one and occasionally someone would have a cousin or friend that supposedly had one, but no one ever saw it. it was the Rolls Royce of consoles back then.

[@omegarugal9283]

don`t worry, most of us never got one either...

[@petrusamp7792]

Probably a good thing you never got one. I remember games being $250AUD retail. An NES game retailed for about $90AUD for a AAA title, with older titles and the non-AAA's going for around $40 - $60AUD. So for the price of ONE NEO GEO game, you could pick up 4 or 5 NES games including some AAA new releases in there. And - $250AUD in 1990 equates to $473.17 in 2016. So it's the equivelent of paying almost $500AUD for one game.

[@adamwilliams4928]

Does ANYONE know anyone who had a Neo Geo growing up? I only saw Neo Geos in one place as a kid, a magazine. XD

[@thedragonreborn7444]

I only knew of one guy. He was my uncles best friend and he worked at a mom and pop video game store at the time. I was about 10 or 12 and was obsessed with fighting games and arcade games. I was heartbroken when he sold his collection to buy an engagement ring for some dumb slut who wound up cheating on him within 5 years anyway. It was completely out of the question for my mom to spend that kind of absurd money on games. I could barely get her to buy snes cartridges.

[@TheChummey]

The immortal is like a happy dog. lovely :) honestly that's a collection and a collector that deserves a lot of respect for his passion and love of the games and their history in general.

[@clonusmaximus4600]

Metal Jesus videos are so in depth. Love catching up on these old eps

[@Ninkyo893]

Many years ago, I found a classified ad selling a complete in box AES with Fatal Fury and Last Resort for $200. It turns out it was a married couple who bought the system for their 10 year old son, not realizing that it didn't have the "Mario" games that he wanted to play! I wasted no time taking it off their hands. lol...still though, it blows my mind that a 10 year old kid was rocking a Neo Geo.

[@OtomoTenzi]

$200??? That's was a STEAL of a deal for you... But how can anyone go into a store to buy a videogame system for their kid, without knowing that Mario is a Nintendo exclusive; and always has been? Cuz traditionally, MOST of Nintendo's consoles have always come packed with a Mario game already included! 🤔

[@ranchan215]

You made my Friday morning so much better thank you

[@metzen01]

What a great video and thank you for sharing your story about SNK. This takes me back going to my local Babbage’s Store drooling over all those expensive systems and games as a kid.

[@NineteenEightyFive]

Came across your channel a few days ago, great stuff. Definitely do more videos with john. Very informative and easy to listen to.

[@carlosd.3287]

Thanks Metal Jesus, this video was very informative.

[@1ex1uger-prank-calls]

Awesome video! This is probably the best MetalJesusRocks video I've ever seen. The Neo Geo is the holy grail of hardcore gaming.

[@haich_9085]

I'd have to give that honour to the rdi halcyon

[@happy_camper]

Man, I'm so glad I found this channel. Awesome content. Just letting it go on autoplay!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+ProtoGuy thanks so much!!

[@lushyx6594]

On the ol' late night metal jesus viewing, love all the info etc! my grandpa's job/hobby was in arcade machines, had a huge privilege of play-testing his machines back in the day, metal slug forever!!!

[@LovelyAlanna]

MJR: "How's it going dude?" John Hancock: Charlie Brown Adult Noises

[@Neethan3247]

The Neo Geo AES was one of my most sought after console. From the sexy look, to the arcade perfect games, large satisfying cartridges, and the arcade like joy sticks, I really wanted this thing. But alas, I can't afford it so I ended up buying a Neo Geo CD with both the Model 2 Joy sticks (two of them) and two of the regular control pads. Games included were Samurai Spirits, KOF 94, and Quiz Fighter. For an extra 130, I picked up King of Fighter 97, 98, some other random game, and Top Hunter (total 730 CAD)! Going to start collecting more and more. Going to focus on my Vita, Saturn, and NeoGeoCd games once I have the chance.

[@ManulTransmission]

Are the graphics just as good on the Neo Geo CD? Is the problem really only the load times? For me that is worth it since the AES has always been so expensive, but I'd love to have anything that's as close graphics and game playing wise. The load times are pretty slow on some Saturn games but the performance blows away the same title on Playstation (for some games like the Real Bout series). I passed up a few chances to get a Neo Geo CD on my recent trip to Japan but now I'm looking at them on ebay.

[@jecucejecuce]

love to see john and his awesome collection and knowledge, allways a treat to watch

[@Ryan5aAyers]

every time I see John in the thumbnail I grab my notepad. you guys are great metal Jesus has great questions and the immortal has the amazing knowledge :D keep up the awesome work love you guys

[@DigitalMasterpieces]

Both Johns (Hancock and Riggs) are such awesome and outgoing dudes! Invite them as often as possible :)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

UPDATES: 1) The region settings are controlled by the console, not the cartridge 2) you can get much better video if you use the PAL SCART option if available...which will allow you to do RGB

[@Ironman374]

+MetalJesusRocks Did you let Hancock know he has a badass shirt?

[@johnhancockretro]

+Ironman374 I know :)

[@viscountalpha]

+MetalJesusRocks Sony PVM/BVM's are perfect for hooking up SCART.

[@Ironman374]

John Hancock My man!

[@MajorRager504]

+Innerself I don't think there's any debate on jesus actually existing.

[@IamMarkSmith]

This was informative, comprehensive, and I learned a lot that I had not already known. I own both Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD systems. I have a few AES carts and only one CD. Thankfully the CD games are still relatively inexpensive so when I get some extra cash lying around I'll be grabbing more to add to my collection. Thank you both so much for this great video. I'll definitely be following John Hancock.

[@OtomoTenzi]

I'm willin' to betcha that those AES carts will prolly outlast them CDs!

[@rerun3283]

Metal Jesus videos are so chill. It's like therapy.

[@eraquz1771]

This is really informative, thnks!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Eraquz So glad you liked it!

[@michaelmalloy8396]

+MetalJesusRocks I think it awesome you answer the comments you rock!

[@ryanwing7480]

+Greeneyes2475 Correct. The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive also works this way. If you put a US copy of Streets of Rage in a US Genesis the title screen will say "Streets of Rage" but if you put the same cart in a Japanese system it will say "Bare Knuckle".

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

+Ryan Wing Yes for most Genesis / Megadrive games the region is dictated via console.... but not all 100%. Not like the NeoGeo :-)

[@DigitalAshTCG]

agreed! i love that MJR is entertaining and informative

[@CC-dd6fm]

He really reminds me of Dale (John C Reilly) from Step Brothers.

[@thejoe_snotbombsskateboarding]

Great Work guy's! AWESOME edit 👍👍👍👏

[@Satsui_No_Hado]

+Metaljesusrocks. fantastic work , this is the third video I've watched of yours. I'm a fan . subscribed a d great work and energy!

[@ChildOL]

The NEO*GEO was for the big boys who wanted the best and spared no expense

[@worldhello1234]

Nope, arcade fanboys of the more money than brains club. It is consolized arcade hardware.

[@sladejosephwilson2300]

@@worldhello1234 speak for yourself

[@MattC78]

Overpriced junk.

[@fitnesspoint2006]

In NYC growing up in the 90's I knew a cat few years older, Fabian, he owned a red E30 M3, rocked Polo Snow Beach gear, and guess what, "The Neo*Geo" and Fabian was a white powder dealer. No expense spared.

[@philberto78]

Toys R Us had the Neo Geo back when I was a kid. I still remember seeing those 200 dollar games and the 600 dollar system and wondering how any kid could ever buy something like that.

[@markshaw270]

If you had sega or Nintendo you was cool , neo Geo you was a nerd 🤓

[@danchaplin134]

No neo geo you was rich

[@danielgray2909]

Deja Vu... I had the exact same experience looking at that thing in Toys R Us. Fuck that Neo Geo and the horse it rode in on.

[@popespalace823]

rich parents

[@333espn]

nailed it

[@DavidWilliams-dh4kj]

I just built my self an OMVS, and I love it!! Taitoc labs, and Tian Feng made this and released it open source to the world. Laser bear makes a case to put it all in. All you need is a MV-1C arcade board, and some slight soldering skills to fix the sound and you have a Neo Geo arcade console! Plenty of guides on KZbin showing how to to do this. You can buy the boards pre-made, or if you have the skill and time you can order the boards from OSH park and build them. The pre made boards are really nicely priced and well worth the it. I built my own because I wanted to, it’s just my jam, and very satisfying (so much SMD, mmmm yes please). Honestly, I probably spent just as much on building it than I would’ve getting it pre made. Any way, I love it! I haven’t read the comments, but probably somebody has mentioned this project. I just wanted to give it a bump because these guys made it and released it to the world and that makes them awesome! I can FINALLY get my Neo Geo on!

[@kevinbob]

awsome video you can tell this guy is proud of his collection

[@zacharygoode1107]

Digging John's Snake Plisken shirt. Escape from New York is a lot like a Metal Gear game

[@M-NX]

Hi Jason, Hi John... Great Video as usually. But you forget the Mighty Neo-Geo 64.....greetings from Germany

[@h3xknot]

So much nostalgia with these Neo Geo games. Never owned the console myself but I sure wanted to. I remember thinking as a kid it would be like spending all the time I wanted in the arcade without the quarters

[@mazor13]

this was fascinating! Great vid. Thanks for introducing me to john MJR!

[@Dr.SkullScience77]

After 25 years of loyal gaming service my Neo Geo AES has finally died with the dreaded red screen of death!! I will now undertake the expensive task of replacing the system as I have a large collection of now valuable cartridges for the system. I highly recommend one of these systems if you are a fan of arcade games... very little diversity in way of genres for the system (mainly fighters or shooters) but the quality was extremely high. A niche console but quality nevertheless.

[@CommodoreFan64]

+SkullScience77 lookup a KZbin by the name of LukeMorris1 who has a # of NeoGeo repair videos, and you might be able to get your system up, and running again. I wish you the best of luck in either repairing your system, or finding a new system.

[@dlindy9143]

Just build an emulator

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

Painfully sad :'(

[@orenekete]

I’m sorry for your loss. Did you ever get a new one?

[@patsfan4life]

Unfortunately fighters and shooters are my two least favorite genres

[@tarstarkusz]

It's megabits, not megabytes. That 708Mb game is actually 88.5 megabytes (base 10, slightly smaller using 1024 as a kB).

[@Mrkevi123]

tarstarkusz It drives me crazy when freaking ISP companies advertise their speed in megabits. Such a cheap trick and people assume megabytes==megabits

[@tarstarkusz]

Most of it is just marketing BS, but back in the very early days of computing, everything was measured in bits, especially ROM and RAM chips. It's also a race to the bottom. If one ISP does it, then they all have to do it. There's also that magical phrase "up to." The computer industry has been full of lies (deception, more like). They couldn't even be honest about the size of a monitor! Nearly ALL 14" monitors were about 13", for example.

[@DefyingZero]

tarstarkusz So basically back in the 90s, bits was like the biggest thing before MB and GB in gaming? Can you fill me on this please, its weird (sort of).

[@tarstarkusz]

In the early days, ram was usually 1 bit wide and so you would need 8 or 9 4164 chips to get a single 64kB bank. Each chip was 64kilobits. This was back in the days of the dual inline package or DIPs as they were called. But as to video games, they used to bit so the number would sound big. A 128 kilobyte game sounded MUCH bigger and better as a 1 megabit game. Unfortunately, once one asshole does that, they all start doing it. It's nothing more than marketing bullshit. Which sounds better, having a single dollar, or 100 cents. That is literally what they are doing.

[@DefyingZero]

tarstarkusz Wow, so it was just for marketing, lol. After hearing this, that numbers in the Neo Geo cases seem stupid now.

[@rengarcia5189]

During the heady days of the Console Wars, I often heard about the Neo Geo, usually as a side-article in a gaming mag or something. I never had a good understanding what it was, what it looked like or how it played. Very informative video.

[@benjisurya]

By far the best vid about neo geo on YT

[@michaelwernett504]

I remember reading articles about NeoGeo when it first came out in my monthly subscription to Gamepro magazine back in the early 90s, it was like the Fender Strat from Wayne’s World. Man...my friends and I laughed about it because of the freakin cartridges’ memory size being Soooo much bigger than everything else currently available at the time. Genesis and SNES touted “16Mb huge!” Meanwhile NeoGeo started at like 45Mb with a max of 330, we didn’t even know it went up that high! Considering the cost of memory at that time, it really explains (mostly) the price tag on those carts. My father didn’t even laugh when I showed a magazine ad of NeoGeo to him and jokingly suggested I wanted it for Christmas-he just instantly became visibly annoyed, shook his head and walked away without saying a word. Good stuff.

[@Shoe3003]

the max megabit was 716, not 330

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@Shoe3003 That was the 'original' intended max specs from 1989/1990, BEFORE they went up in cartridge size later on in the late 90's and early 2000's... You could put at least 1TB inside it if memory costs went down low enough in the future. That's why the Neo Geo is still so popular even 30+ years after its release!

[@Shoe3003]

@@OtomoTenzi i wouLd like to see a Speed Setting and BLood Option addition added to the UNiBiOS for FataL Fury SPECIAL

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@Shoe3003 Oh, hell yes... And a 'cheat menu' option prolly wouldn't hurt either, since there are lotsa newbies from this current generation, who are still not really used to the extremely hard MVS difficulty that we older gamers all had to endure back in the 90's!

[@Shoe3003]

@@OtomoTenzi haha yes indeed

[@milosmisic89]

SNK is my all-time favorite company... i just love their games and the fact that almost all of their games exist in one universe. My favorite games are: Metal Slug 3 Blazing Star Kof 99 Garou Shock Troopers 1 and many more...!!!

[@MotoMechzorz]

I've had an MVS 2 slot cabinet for about 10 years now. I bought it from a skateland that was going out of business for 250 bucks because it had Metal Slug 1 and Samurai Showdown 1. I was so stoked when I got it home, opened it, and realized the games came out It's all modded out now, competition sticks and buttons, low resistance switches, pause button, credit button relocation, internal shelving replacing the coin boxes. Couldn't be happier, it's still one of the favorite things in my video game collection. Great video Metal Jesus!

[@rchan0]

really interesting vid. there is already a lot of info about Neo Geo out there already thanks to the internet and youtube and social media etc but always good to see perspectives from other gamers. thanks for sharing

[@ralugosi]

by any chance is john looking for a roommate?

[@JohnRiggs]

+1 on the Software Ect. sticker on the Neo Geo memory card :)

[@johnhancockretro]

+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games I used to work there back in the day

[@hizo64HH]

John Riggs: RIGG'd Games it said the memory card cost $29 back in The day.

[@joed2749]

first time watching your channel. woah loving it already.

[@kranibal]

Holy John!?! Until I saw this video I never realized how much you’ve change physically!

[@SlashTangent]

Mr. John Handcock was actually mistaken. The region that the game will play matters on that system. So if you have an English system with a Japanese game, it will play the English version.

[@daleva187goligo]

I did a quick google search on neo geo games and I saw this golf one for 18k, I shit u not

[@strikefirst3404]

Very nice video, man! Thanks

[@gdparry2727]

Any opportunity to chuck in a pic of Kinsey... and I applaud that!

[@shows4learning]

What's the best way to sell neo geo games? I have the US AES version of Ninja Commando and was not sure if listing and shipping via eBay was the best route?

[@retrogames_jp1404]

most likely that - forums like neo geo com are toxic and Facebook neo geo groups are not always beginner friendly either

[@demonsty]

what did u end up doing? just curious.

[@8bitDNA]

this video needs MOAR Reggie. Just have him sit in the background, doesn't matter. He doesn't even need to talk

[@racerxgundam]

+8bitDNA All things need moar reggie

[@RombusEvilBones]

+8bitDNA Needs a Reggie nodding in the background with that look on his face like he doesn't know where he is. But he nods.

[@adorenu1338]

8bitDNA reggie makes everything better

[@Baneslayer]

That collection is amazing. Thanks for sharing it! I'm a huge Retro Gamer, grew up playing Intellivision/Atari, NES & my favorite of all time the Sega Genesis. I never had a chance to play the NEO GEO but those games looks beautiful! Totally reminds me of Sega Genesis but it looks even better. What an amazing system. I'll have to get one and try out a few games :) Thanks,

[@Speedy-pf5tm]

This was so interesting, thanks guys!

[@runi5413]

"I'm more of a casual gamer", says the guy who owns 10.000 games, lol :)

[@PCGamer77]

Casual gamer. *Hardcore* collector.

[@darthbrutalicious6066]

@@PCGamer77 and you are a *hardcore* commentator

[@GenyaArikado]

i own 30000+ ........on my computer that is

[@banananutloaf1094]

@@GenyaArikado digital or physical

[@GenyaArikado]

@@banananutloaf1094 digital of course...physical games i have aproximately 1000 maybe

[@Michirin9801]

Actually, that cart that says "708 megs" that probably means "Megabits" and not "Megabytes", which converting to megabytes is 88.5 MB, which is still a LOT, but well, just wanted to let you know that the game isn't as big as you thought...

[@ryanamberger]

Thanks for the information, I was wondering about that. For example, the rom of Samurai Showdown 5 that I have is nowhere near 708MB. Thanks for answering that. 👍

[@Michirin9801]

Ryan Amberger No problem ^^ I'm glad you found my info to be useful!

[@Ps1l0c]

I was hoping somebody had corrected this in the two years since this video came out :) The same trick is used when ISP advertise their speeds. "200 MEG" etc., meaning 200 Megabits which is like 25 MB. Incidentally you can usually tell what is being referred to by the notation. "MB" = Megabyte and "Mb" = Megabit. So again ISPs would notate it as "200 Mb/s" in the hope you mistake it as 200 Megabytes per second.

[@herranton]

Your isp isn't trying to trick you. Back way before your time, we measured transfer speed in a measurement called _baud._ My first modem was a 2400 baud modem. When it would connect with my isp it would perform a handshake where it would make a bunch of beeps and buzzes. Basically, they (the modems) were agreeing on what protocols and speed to use when talking to each other. The _baud_ number referred to how many times my modem could switch its state per second. Each time it switched it was pushing one _bit_ through. So my modem could handle 2400 _bits_ per second (and in fact, _baud_ simply means bits per second). The fastest consumer analog modems maxed out at 52,000 baud, which at the time felt like it was blazing fast. Modern modems use bits per second too. We have always used bits per second. And when modems were first being introduced, no one could have told you that 8 bits making a byte would be a thing. In fact, if the Chinese had designed everything there would probably be 16 or 32 bits in a byte because it makes more sense with respect to simplified Chinese. There are eight bits in a byte because that is just about the variation you need to use all the English characters and punctuation. If you simplify it down, you could use a 6 bit per byte system, and in fact many early systems did.

[@alfredofettuccine9425]

herranton1979 The beeps and buzzes were not from the modem, but from the computer internal speaker. It was a feature to let you know you were going online. It was important to know back in the day when people used to pay for internet access by the minute. The feature could be disabled in the modem settings. Most people didn’t know and just learned to live with the annoying screeching sounds...

[@kingceaser6392]

thank u guys i appreciate it

[@EddyOknows]

I've watched this video over and over over the years all I can say is Jesus you're a great host

[@andychow5509]

As a kid, I remember just seeing those prices and not getting it. Yes, it may have been the same quality as a real arcade cabinet, but those were NeoGeo cabinets, which had the cheap games that were like 2 games per quarter. The graphics were nothing compared to most other cabinets. Only as an adult did I come to appreciate Metal Slug, but my local arcade probably didn't even have that one.

[@ghostytheloser]

I mean to be far an aes is cheaper than a real cabinet

[@ofreeloveo]

soo expensive!!! i love the Samurai Showdown series and Metal SLUG Series!!!

[@MontyMonteka]

I love watching all of this stuff

[@DylanDurdle]

Great synopsis for a system many didn't have the opportunity to try when we were younger.

[@jikifreak]

I love my Neo Geo CD! I have a complete US collection and even though the loading was terrible, it's worth the price! Under 300 easy on eBay and worth it!! Plus you can mod Neo Geo X arcade sticks to work with it!

[@OtomoTenzi]

Was there ever any possible way of modding the CD drive also to make games load any faster? Would it actually destroy your Neo Geo CD system, or was it that compatible replacement drives with faster reading speeds simply did not exist? 🤔

[@theamateur88]

Another great video, any new recent pickups? or has it got to the point where your man cave will implode?

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Tim Ward Funny you should mention that.... Reggie comes over today ;)

[@theamateur88]

+MetalJesusRocks awesome!

[@filipmac1545]

should I buy a Gameboy advanced SP, I heard there is lots of good games

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

Sweet vid MJ!

[@joshuabernal7099]

Love this guy, he seems like a good buddy.

[@its_bob_from_accounting801]

that samurai Shodown had me savagely ploting back then. would go insane trying to find a way to aquire $900 for the system and cartridge . unfortunately after boosting now&laters from the corner store and selling them in school for three months never lead to me getting the system. I eventually started using the product I was boosting and wasting part of the profits while slumbing at the arcades dropping quarters on shinobi and Street fighter 2. arcade

[@ReviewUA-jy7xi]

13:40 Samurai Shodown 5 Special was never ported to any other system. The xbox and ps2 versions you speak of are just the plain SS5 editions.

[@Dannyjeon1]

That was great review on neo geo! thanks guys.

[@shawntannehill]

Awesome video. I hope I come across one.

[@ColinMcX]

Ive still got my Neo Geo Cd and I dont mind the loading times. Lots of today games have loading screens, so, it doesnt bother me much, plus its much cheaper to get a nice collection

[@SRPC21]

I've only got a few friends who are like you guys, most people aren't interested in playing anything that came out before the PS2!

[@SRPC21]

(Irritatingly, because I love my retro stuff)

[@cesarcuriel7369]

me encanta que este en español el titulo!!!!! hasta le puse subtitulos en español!! gracias Metal Jesus Rocks

[@videogameobsession]

2:55 It outputted pure RGB video, but unfortunately for the USA, and many other NTSC only regions, we had a hard time displaying that perfect RGB signal on our TV's. Of course now we have some nice options, such as the Framemeister, OSSC, to display RGB through a SCART connector and display out as HDMI HD. Or use an HD Retrovision component (YPbPr) cable to tap into the RGB signal and output onto a CRT or HDTV with component inputs.

[@donfrenchiano]

I want that Snake Plisskin shirt

[@Captaingamingteam101]

I love how John always smiles. He seems like a nice guy.

[@nvc.]

Im buyng my neo geo arcade machine this weekend. Cant wait.

[@henryaumiller2946]

Lovin’ that Snake Pliscitt shirt

[@djfield]

You miss the NeoGeo Pocket Color!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+Eduardo Enrique I thought about adding that to the video. Maybe we should do a Buying Guide?

[@danted4917]

i still have a sealed rockman pocket fighters. Dont even own a neo geo pocket color anymore

[@MV60]

I've got one with pretty much those games too. I liked card fighters clash the best. I got both snk and capcom versions.

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

+Eduardo Enrique I don't miss mine ;-) lol

[@Schimnesthai]

Don't forget the Neo Geo Pocket CD!

[@KacyDaGameNerd]

I really enjoyed this video. Neo Geo MVS is one of the first things I collected for when I started collecting video games. I'm missing just one more MVS game for the full set. (pleasure goal)

[@j0nh2bad]

Very informative and good vid

[@jackbootshamangaming4541]

I have a MiSTeR running a Neogeo setup, finally get to play it. I'm loving all the games that I got to play in the arcades.

[@tetsuokenpachi]

The PC Engine (CD) and the Neo Geo AES are the two best systems ever released.

[@patsfan4life]

tetsuokenpachi What about Wii

[@danchaplin134]

😆😂

[@chrisdodd4014]

Really cool. I just bought a working MVS cabinet with about 50 carts from a local store that just closed. I paid $130 for everything and was looking to see what I'd gotten myself into.

[@harpsitardo]

Chris Dodd Sounds like a hell of a deal you got

[@ElectricOutcast]

Chris Dodd If the cabinet works, you're good

[@chrisdodd4014]

I had to replace the monitor and most of the control switches. I also replaced the plexi glass on the marquee and control surface repainted and printed new decals. I sold my US Last Blade 2 AES cart to pay for the project since I have an MVS version, and my wife wouldn't let me spend extra money to work on it.

[@arcadeslum5882]

Neo Geo home market shit is garbage imho, just get a real mvs cabinet and you win for 1% of the cost. Even with the multicarts.

[@BRADBROWNJR]

Informative video!

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I love my AES. I've accumulated a pretty decent number of games for it through my store, eBay, Amazon, flea markets, and a couple through garage sales. It's always fun to bring relatives and friends to see by collection and watch them react to the size of the cartridges. It wasn't until I started working my current main job that I was able to really flesh out my collection.

[@TONYskittlezzz]

Hey man you could always just get the SNK Classic Arcade Collection on the ps2. the CD has 2 volumes and 12 titles each

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I could, Tony, but what's funny is that I have SNK Classics Arcade Collection Vol. 1 and Metal Slug Anthology on the Wii. I don't mind having the same game on multiple consoles, as my three copies of Resident Evil 4 will attest to.

[@niceguy60]

It's 2021 Magician Lord MVS isn't cheap anymore

[@bayouboyentertainment2106]

He pretty much sum'd it up with the first statement Neo Geo "Expensive Crap" lol. The Arcade was awesome but the price tag they launched the Neo Geo console at was insane.

[@bigslim7777]

+Bayou Boy Entertainment fun fact: it was the same as the PS3 at launch and people complained about that!

[@bayouboyentertainment2106]

Neo Geo launched at $643 in America and PS3 was $499. Neo Geo at $643 in the 90s was insane for them to think it would sell well back then that'd be like shelling out $1000 for a console in todays market.The SNES and Sega were like $200 at the time why they thought they could comeout with a system that had a $400 markup and do well I'll never understand. It's documented also that Sony didn't make a profit on the PS3 til they dropped the price.We had the Neo Geo arcade at one of our local restaurants in Louisiana and I loved playin it but unless your family had a ton of disposable income back then no way a kid could talk his parent's into getting the home console for them back then.

[@cyberbird8683]

Great video!

[@ritulmaoh]

Your videos always fun to watch :D it really come helpful so learning :D U rules Brosky