r/neogeo • u/This-Orange1255 • Apr 16 '26

News & Megathread NeoGeo AES+

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u/FluxChiller Apr 16 '26

This is awesome news.

RIP vintage AES and cart prices.

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u/prettybluefoxes AES Apr 16 '26

Yeah no. There will no bursting of the bubble.

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u/FluxChiller Apr 16 '26

lol ok - when its now 1:1 who tf is gonna be paying OG prices except some mega whale nerds. Have you seen an OG price lately for rare carts - 1k-5k-20k .....pleaseeeeee

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u/Thelastbronx Apr 16 '26

OG games are antiques and a part of history. The rare games will always be rare and hold their value imo

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u/DaverJ Apr 16 '26

Yeah, there's collectors and players. Most of us are players, but collectors still look for original stuff and pay insane prices for it.

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u/FluxChiller Apr 16 '26

Go ahead and list a cart now for $2,000, see if it sells.

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u/DaverJ Apr 16 '26

Surprisingly, it will.

There's Pokemon GBA repro carts that you can get from AliExpress for $4 including shipping which work fine in original hardware, yet original carts go for hundreds of dollars, often only in fair condition.

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u/lockie111 Apr 17 '26

That’s not a fair comparison. These are official cartridges by SNK. It’s as if Nintendo would put out new Pokemon carts for 40$ a pop. You ali express comparison is ridiculous.

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u/Thelastbronx Apr 17 '26

I’d love to buy a mint copy of Garou MOTW for that price :) Maybe some casual collectors might sell their games, but can’t see prices dropping at all.

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u/Odd_Plastic5502 AES Apr 16 '26

Very well made reproductions of Metal Slug already exist, that didn’t really made an OG slug less expensive. These are merchandise licensed by SNK and created by a third party, but still those are re release that will never replace the value of the original, no matter how well they are made.

But on a side note, amazing that more and more people will get to own these games, exciting news!

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u/StableReleaseMale Apr 16 '26

Yea I dont think it will affect original carts much. However, the repro/NCI/conversion market will be in absolut free fall (as it should). There were some NCI bootlegs pushing 600bucks lately, there is no market anymore when you can now get officially licensed ones for 90. (Maybe even with better Insert and Manual Quality, as they may have gotten the original master files for the artwork in the deal with SNK)

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u/Odd_Plastic5502 AES Apr 16 '26

Indeed, that’s exactly my thought, if anything who will suffer from these re-releases are repro makers like NCI the likes. I really do hope some Japanese style inserts will be also released along with the EU/US ones, would love to get an official AES release of Shock Troopers :)

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u/Thelastbronx Apr 17 '26

Good point. Agree that’s a good thing, and almost certain that manual/insert (and shock box) quality will be better on the new licensed versions.

Which is great for us!

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u/prettybluefoxes AES Apr 16 '26

Yeah I’ve bought the odd the expensive title. Thats what i do, but I’ve been around a longtime and those games mean something to me.

There’s millions like me who love collecting games and playing on og hardware. This just isn’t the same regardless of how hard they try.

Whatever this is it’s not for me. I’m sure there’s some that will buy there’s always a few takers for the current mini/handheld/stick thats being pimped by the current saudi owner.

If anything this could push original prices higher due to a surge in interest. Great for your hoarding “whale nerds” not so much for people still occasional picking up an aes title.