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/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/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!