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Why would you want to add performative activism into this article which could hurt a minnow in the gaming space such as Evercade?

@Damo appreciate those links. So to clarify.......

Plaion (EU company with PIF 8% stake) release a SNK branded console and games under licence and they receive a moral audit by TE.

Hamster corporation release 10 separate 10 game carts for a Nintendo system (PIF 7.54% stake) of SNK Neo Geo titles and.......absolutely no mention made.

Links below...

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 1 And Vol. 2 For Switch | Nintendo Life https://share.google/s0eJNYhAMY6M4Sh5y

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 3 And Vol. 4 For Switch | Nintendo Life https://share.google/fKo4O5aZsa4Ylb3fk

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 5 And Vol. 6 For Switch | Nintendo Life https://share.google/l5hAOCiz5tgcTgb2C

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 7 And Vol. 8 For Switch | Nintendo Life https://share.google/33DOwJZFXjoz9accB

SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 And Vol. 10 For Switch | Nintendo Life https://share.google/eVg8WSZAlIFiM5oc8

Plaion Replai are a minnow compared to Nintendo and you have went all out with your opinion piece and subsequent reporting. I can't imagine a single article about the Plaion reprints or any other SNK licence will be reported without the Saudi caveat going forward.

@Damo Would appreciate if you could reply to this. Why not mention the shareholding the PIF have in Nintendo, Capcom et al when you're covering their games and systems?

@kevin_kochen as an avid reader of the magazines this website is emulating through its coverage of retro games media, myself and and many others expect to read about just that. Not the politics surrounding the ownership of certain game companies. That information is readily available through traditional political news sources.

@Damo fair enough. However, coverage has escalated to a point that it has taken the shine off your otherwise great website for many of your readers and contributors.

Polarising your target audience seems to be a misstep in my eyes for the longevity of your site.

@Damo see my comment above. SNK are not manufacturing or selling these products. Plaion Replai are. It's nothing more than a name.

@leogames you're not buying from SNK. You're buying from Plaion Replai. They have paid for the use of the brand via a standard licensing agreement.

OK, Plaion's parent company are 7% PIF owned, but as already discussed, Nintendo, Capcom etc have similar arrangements.

It is no different to buying a SNK compilation on Nintendo Switch. The publisher have paid SNK to be able to release these via their chosen platform.

Either way, you're not buying from SNK but TE have decided to grow a conscience on this occasion after covering SNK for years with no mention at all.

If you are considering boycotting this product due to the discussed ties, are you also going to boycott Time Extension? They are still profiting from the sale of this range of goods with their affiliate links on the below article.

https://www.timeextension.com/guides/where-to-pre-order-the-neo-geoplus-aes

@Sketcz he'll definitely receive some expert advice.

If he wants to sell them in one bulk lot, I'd always make him a fair offer.

@Sketcz some of the AES stalwarts are a bunch of grumpy old men. Collecting AES is unsurpassed in their eyes and nothing else quite matches up. Not a caring sharing bunch.

As far as my MVS knowledge goes, just ask away. I've sold hundreds of AES and MVS carts over the years through work but never collected any until now with these rereleases.

@damo do you not find this piece remotely hypocritical considering you have an article telling the readers where they can buy a neo geo along with multiple affiliate links you benefit from financially?

The Time Extension About Us page..

The Time Extension team is dedicated to bringing you the biggest news and features from the world of retro and classic gaming.

While other sites out there are constantly looking to the future and the promise of the "next big thing", here at Time Extension we do the exact opposite – we're looking back into the past to uncover hidden gems, proclaim stone-cold classics and shed a light on the human stories behind some of our favourite games, companies and systems.

Time Extension will aim to bring an exciting mixture of news, features, interviews, reviews, guides and much more. Rather than relegate retro and classic gaming news to a footnote as so many other sites do, we want to elevate stories to the next level by talking to the people behind the news – be they developers or fans – and providing the definitive perspective on events in the sphere of classic gaming.

We will seek to link the old with new when it comes to covering the many remasters and re-releases that occur within the games industry, as well as 'new' retro hardware – be that the latest micro-console from the likes of Sega, controllers for old systems or even advanced gear, like Optical Drive Emulators and FPGA-based systems.

That all sounds great. It's why we all come here. So can we just stick to that and leave the politics for the current affairs news sites.

@Sketcz It is a hostile old school forum with a massive divide between collectors. They have an unofficial 100 plus cart club mentality, aes collectors snearing at mvs, aes vs cd and so on.

Toxic but rather amusing.

Does anyone have a moral dilemma filling their car with petrol or supporting games by Nintendo, Take Two or EA? At what point does moral outrage begin? Shareholding over 10% perhaps?

I think Damo should stick to reporting gaming news and leave the politics out of this retro gaming website before people start looking elsewhere for their news.

@Sketcz the neo geo .com forum aren't overly embracing their influx of new members. There's more than a few AES elitist collectors who are less than impressed

@Farmboy74 Viewpoint was definitely released for AES.

If they are doing only 1 Super Sidekicks, I’d go for the original.

Would love some Soccer Brawl too, great 2P arcade action.

@OorWullie Ive already ordered the ultimate set. I think the OCD is kicking in again! Crivvens!!

The games are all multiregion in the same cart and region can be changed on the console itself , so should be no issue.

I've just preordered the 10 carts from Amazon Japan with the better full size box art and saved £30 compared to the UK prices. This includes all taxes and 2-3 day DHL shipping. By combining them, shipping worked out £6 per game.

Tried to preorder the Japanese white console but that is the only item geolocked to Japan on Amazon JP.

@-wc- it appears to be a 2.4 ghz RF unit plugged in to the controller port.

@Sketcz you can load directly from the rom itself but it has to load into RAM which can take from 10 seconds upto a minute for larger titles. The four slots once filled are instant and you can nominate any of the slots to boot directly to a game from switching on bypassing the on screen menus if desired.

You can also boot CD games if that interests you.

@Sketcz the NeoSD Pro is 569 on their website and includes a digital copy of Vengeance Hunters. You can store 4 games to flash memory at any one time to reduce loading times. A luxury flash cart with a price to match. I guess it was a fraction of the cost of 1 premium cart release, but we now can have 8 games for the same!

As far as the wireless sticks are concerned, they are all bundled with extension leads so the wireless should be a great choice no matter which way you want to play.

I’m genuinely more hyped for this than any current gen system. Cannot wait for further info.

@Sketcz I’ve gone for the ultimate set along with the white edition and an extra white controller. I’ve went all out. Overkill but……..

I have a terraonion pro aes cart so will test on launch. Can’t see why it won’t be compatible.

One of the finest video games of all time. It’ll be the first game I fire up when it all arrives.

The US website was sold out of the Ultimate bundle earlier this morning then becoming available for preorder again.

On a side note, has anyone else noticed that only the EUR-UK game cases are showing an age rating on the front cover. The Japanese and US boxes are currently without that info and look far better for it. Im sure they'll also follow suit.

@Sketcz as a lifetime fan of Newcastle United I have to listen to the same sanctimonious waffle from multiple directions on a daily basis. I’m not going to suddenly stop supporting my football team on their command, nor should you stop taking pleasure in the world of Neo Geo ownership.

These are the same hypocritical people who are enjoying playing their shiny Switch 2’s (7.54% PIF owned) without any moral issue.

On a side note, I’d love to get my hands on Shock Troopers and Over Top for the figures mentioned in the article. These prices are for cart conversions, not the real thing. You can add another £15,000 on top of the already quoted amounts.

@Titntin it is £70 for an official boxed reissue of a game which now sells for £5000.

It is an absolutely fantastic route to collecting Neo Geo for the masses who could otherwise not afford to do so. Even a repro pirate cart would set you back double this price.

Try not to confuse a basic rom with this official release for the genuine hardware.

@Sindayl you have a Switch 2, so you’re giving the PIF and MBS far more than a single penny. They own 7.54% of Nintendo.

Konami need to rerelease the rebirth series in a single pack. It’s absolutely criminal that 3 classics have had such little exposure.

I have owned the Japanese version called Big Tournament Golf for 30 years and was never aware of a 5th course. MIND BLOWN!!

These games aren’t worthy of a rerelease. They were bordering on average when released and should be left where they belong, on a dusty shelf.

@Sketcz I fully understand the annoyance and frustrations which have manifested due to his lack of gratitude. Personally, I’ve always found him wooden and unengaging.

For your own health and sanity, you need to let go of the whole situation. This started over a decade ago and is still causing you distress. If it had happened to myself, I would have been fuming but life is too short to hold a decade long grudge over something in the grand scheme of things that doesn’t really matter.

Hopefully, you can now draw a line under the situation and put your thoughts of him where they deserve to be, in the recycle bin.

@RetroMasters in the rest of the world, Fila are a very recognisable sports brand.

In fact, Nintendo used to be a front of shirt sponsor for Italian Football team Fiorentina and guess who made those shirts?

That’s right, Fila!

I had this as a kid on the MSX, it was awesome then and remains so to this day.

@city952 what's this 'website' ye speak of?

@city952 it’s still in its outer brown shipping box unopened. I hope it’s in there.

AFAIK I may have been FOMO’d but IIRC YOLO

The Mega Drive is almost 40 years old and has more interesting releases than some of the current gen consoles.

It was and remains a staggeringly good piece of hardware.

I have yet to get mine out of the box. Been waiting for the OS to mature and it sounds like it may now be the right time.

Chris Senn should be given a wide berth if he tries to become involved with any further Sonic titles.

This looks underwhelming for both the Neo Geo and the MegaDrive

It looks like an AI generated remake.

Awful.

@Axelay71 was hoping for the Saturn sequel.

FYO, there are hundreds of great fan creations available for download to play through on actual hardware with just a RAM cart.

16:9 screen ratio is absolutely baffling considering there are many 4:3 displays available.

@JackGYarwood There are 4 mainline SFC Ganbare Goemon games and 1 spin-off puzzle title, not 3 and 2 as stated in the article.

Just love the decapattack!

There's more exciting games coming out for the Mega Drive than there is for the Switch 2!

@Futureshark I echo your sentiments completely. CC on the Amiga was such an amazing and deep game for it's time.

@phillai One of my favourites, but PS2 emulation works so well it may not be so beneficial to games like Gradius V.

How about a Saturn Decompiler so we can finally have Panzer Dragoon Saga looking tip top!

He’s basically created something Hitachi already made in the Navi Saturn, a portable system which could run off a 12v cigarette lighter socket which included an optional screen and Sat Nav GPS antennae.

I’ve owned two of these over the years and they are beautifully made, slim and more robust versions of the regular Saturn. They also have Karaoke functionality built in.

@Yaycandy a Nomad with a screen mod will cost considerably more than this device.

Have you checked Nomad prices in the last few years?

SEGA wouldn't have entered our radar if David Rosen never changed their business focus.

I was in his company albeit briefly at the Olympia Amusement Trades Exhibition around 35 years ago and he spoke passionately regarding SEGA's future direction, discussing synergy between the arcade and home divisions. He was a gent who spoke to small exhibitors such as myself with real enthusiasm for the industry.

He will remain the pioneer of the modern amusement forever.