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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.

@mjparker77 There was an Ages release of Power Drift for the SS back in 98. It’s almost perfect. Although not the modern platform you may be looking for 😢

Ps. These My Arcade devices are an abomination. Sega have a terrible track record of licensing their IP to some awful companies.

The main reason this well never work is the visible crease in the display. I have the latest Samsung Fold 7 and the crease is very noticeable.

These don't hold up too well once you've played Gaiden.

It deserves to be played by a larger audience.

I cannot wait for some followthrough action on the Jag next year.

@Hexapus unsure why you're directing this in my direction. Im more than aware of what each console offered. I stated a piece of factual info in reponse to the fanboy comment I picked up on.

@city952 unsure how you come to that conclusion. Sega always were first to market with new consoles and system add ons.

This is a seriously expensive game to purchase on Neo Geo platforms these days, so it is great to see this released elsewhere.

Another game to try if you like this is World Rally by the Italian dev Gaelco.

@SlangWon and only a couple of grand for the privilige!

It's an amazing one level slice of what could and should have been.

@1040STF those saturn tributes are more of an insult.

@urbanman2004 you can go over a decade further back with the Toshiba libtetto twin screen.

Nothing is original.........except for the original!

@Futureshark it comes from the desert and antheads. Amazing times.........if you had the 1 Meg upgrade!

Ps. Great call on carrier command, but don't forget about Mercenary and Damocles.

This lightgun shooter is awful, but that's not the point. Preservation is more important than the game itself.

The effort these guys put in is unbelievable.

@damo Definitely more Super Famicom than SNES to me 😀

@Bod2019 it'll comfortably run most ps3, Xbox 360, teknoparrot and saturn games. Unsure how that translates to pc gaming, but show be good enough........for now.

Excellent work, he really is a talented coder.

I wish the, 'sega guru' would find someone else to do his voiceovers. His voice is super annoying.

There aren’t many working Q’s left now, so this is a super super niche product.

@Mario1966 if you have a brand new unopened/Sealed Q, I’d give you 3k for it. DM me if you’re looking to sell.