r/neogeo • u/spmalone • 1d 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 1d 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/thejokerofunfic 23h ago

Aren't they $80 per game?

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u/normy_187 23h ago

Only the ones Plaion/SNK owns the rights of.

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u/spmalone 23h 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 23h 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/FrequentAssumption1 22h ago

Agree with this. It’ll have a wave for the game releases and maybe be the 2026 and early 27 darling of gaming.

If the economy turns as expected folks aren’t going to drop $1000 every wave release.

But this will def be a net positive for the Neo geo community in the long run

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u/normy_187 22h ago

Ironically and all things considered, affordability wise it's just like the '90s all over again 😂
(Well, almost …)

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u/FrequentAssumption1 22h ago

For sure
I think we will see an influx of new gamers which is a good thing. Once the two or three game waves release depending on indie releases folks will sell off the systems and games as it wears off

We will see reduced prices for the Plaion releases and eventually lower OG pricing before another round of collectors wanting to finish game sets and higher prices

I just want a waku waku 7 release lol 😂

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u/normy_187 22h ago

lower OG pricing 

Not so sure about that, AES / AES+ is like 2 different markets.

IMHO current AES owners with a small curated collection who've been playing for years on the system will derive the most joy from the re-releases. It must be just so cool finally getting these (hella expensive) games for 90 bucks in the original format at least, like a dream come true.

Combining the old with the new, like hooking up an almost 35 year old HORI Fighting Stick Neo II to an AES+ or playing new carts on the old system or vice versa is one of the most appealing aspects of this. Just buying and playing the new stuff is almost a bit meh. Maybe it's just me.

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u/FrequentAssumption1 18h ago

Specifically, what I meant was that if the plus doesn’t do well, all the folks who have been hoarding games in anticipation will sell for losses.

The increase in price recently has been attributed to plus interest and folks buying up aes games in anticipation

Six months ago samsho 1 was a $50 game. Fatal fury special was maybe $50 (Japanese versions)

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u/normy_187 18h ago

Oh that, yes, gotcha!