What’s YOUR ultimate MVS 4 slot line up?

[jonny5]

Neo Geo MVS has been a personal favourite since I was a kid. It’s funny, I say kid but I would have been in high school. Time flies.

Figured this might get some interesting responses

Mine is…

1. Nightmare in the Dark
2. Neo Drift Out
3. Shock Troopers
4. Bust a Move Again

What’s yours? Did anyone know anybody who owned an AES?

[PC Engine Fan X!]

It'd be:

1.) Yumekobo's legendary Blazing Star (it had a proper February 1998 debut in both Japan and the USA, indeed, on the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform)

2.) Psikyo's Strikers 1945 Plus -- an MVS exclusive STG based on Psikyo's earlier Strikers 1945 II STG arcade jamma pcb

3.) NGDev's Fast Striker

4.) Gryzor's Neo XYX

I'd see the SNK Neo-Geo AES console for sale at the MSRP of $600.00 usd at my local "Software Etc." speciality video game store back in 1991-1992 but since it was uber-expensive, I didn't know anybody whom owned/played at home -- it was for the "rich kids" whom had plenty of "disposable income" to get one. The cheapest AES games brand new were priced at $199.99 usd & up quite easily.

At the Babbage's speciality video game store in Dublin, CA, they had quite an extensive AES hardware & software collection all brand new -- this was back in 1993 - 1994 (this was before Software Etc./Babbage's/Funcoland/Electronic Boutique all merged together to become better known as Gamestop nowadays).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[jonny5]

The shmup lineup. Nice!

I knew someone who had an AES but it was a friend of a friend so I never went to their house and actually played it.

MVS was big here, but mostly titles like Bust a Move. I never saw a lot of the fighting games here. Bust a Move was EVERYWHERE!

This was the era where every convenience store had 2-3 machines and there were still arcades downtown

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Yes, the Neo-Geo MVS placed inside those "Big Red" cabs were prevalent in the American arcades -- they were quite popular, especially with the MVS 4-Slot setups. I'd play the MVS arcade puzzler "Puzzle De Pon" -- an off-shoot of the popular Bust-A-Move series at the local Putt-Putt Golf/Gameworks arcade back in the mid-1990s.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[jonny5]

Yes, the Neo-Geo MVS placed inside those "Big Red" cabs were prevalent in the American arcades -- they were quite popular, especially with the MVS 4-Slot setups. I'd play the MVS arcade puzzler "Puzzle De Pon" -- an off-shoot of the popular Bust-A-Move series at the local Putt-Putt Golf/Gameworks arcade back in the mid-1990s.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

I used to have that one, and the sequel Puzzle de Pon R. They both kind of sucked in comparison to the Bust a Move series to be honest. Magical Drop was pretty awesome too, you’d see those occasionally.

Oddly enough another one that was really common here was Soccer Brawl.

[To Far Away Times]

Garou
Last Blade 2
Metal Slug
Bust A Move

[BrianC]

Samurai Shodown II
Shock Troopers
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Neo Turf Masters

[Lemnear]

Maybe I've played too much Metal Slug to put it on the list; it's almost boring me. So I've chosen four endlessly fun 2-player titles... and Blazing Star because it's Blazing Star.

Blazing Star
Samurai Showdown V Special
Neo Turf Master
The Ultimate 11: SNK Football Championship

[jonny5]

Some good lists there. Did you see these titles locally, or is this based on experience since? In my experience here in Toronto, Canada for the most part I saw early titles, I never saw anything of the BIG names in person. Rarely ever saw anything of the fighting games aside from stuff like World Heroes, Street Fighter 2 was soooo big it kind of drowned everything else out

[it290]

Metal Slug
Neo Turf Masters
Garou
Strikers 1945+