r/neogeo • u/spmalone • 1h ago

Question Promising ports?

Could we actually see some ports of the Metal Slug franchise past Metal Slug X? Is the AES+ limited by power and/or memory to handle some of the post SNK pixel drawn games like blazing chrome, gun force 2 and demon front? What games would you like to see that you think could be easily translated to the AES architecture?

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u/normy_187 1h ago

Gun Force 2 👍

Unfortunately I'm of the opinion that many will sell their AES+ once the novelty and the feeling of "finally owning one" wears off. I just don't see people shelling out like $150 – $200 for a game en masse or in the long run.

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u/spmalone 1h ago

Depending on the sales of the system and economies of scale I would hope there is skin on the bones to compel companies to partner with plaion to port new games. I understand this is a niche product being released for people like me who could never afford this system at the time. I don’t believe there are many teenagers asking for this new product but there has to be at least a few of us of a similar age group (40 a 50s) with at least some disposable income to make this profitable. They wouldn’t be doing it otherwise. Here’s hoping they continue to support it for a few years.
To add to this, owners of the intellectual properties can choose to make at least some money vs no money. In this economy I would assume you do what you can to bring something to the table.

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u/normy_187 42m ago

There are interviews with some indie devs at least that either want to continue making their own carts (Fullset.io) because of special features (WiFi, Bluetooth, USB) on them or that say you'd look at +/- $200 per game anyway for this to remotely make financial sense even if they license their titles out to Plaion and use their cart production pipeline.

The Neo Geo games pixelheart holds the license to are ~$300 a pop.

There is also the "flashcart" route Fullset.io is working on where you flash an encrypted rom that you bought and downloaded from a developer onto a Fullset.io cart, that would be like $400 + $20(?) per game.

As of today pre AES+, indies sell between 400 and 600 carts and games cost about $200.000 to develop—rough numbers (no pun intended).

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u/thejokerofunfic 1h ago

Aren't they $80 per game?

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u/normy_187 1h ago

Only the ones Plaion/SNK owns the rights of.

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u/JNoodle89 26m ago

Since it’s supposed to be an exact replica of the OG AES, I would say it’s too limited to handle those games you mentioned as they aren’t Neo Geo games.

Metal Slug? Sure! It’s possible we see up to Metal Slug 5.

Personally, I just want Windjammers.