Crappy footage of Viewpoint Neo CD on the HDTV for Neo fans. I know not everyone frequents the Retro AV thread.
@IrishNinja, I think you’re relegated to eBay for an AES and you’ll have to look closely at the descriptions. Honestly, I’d probably buy one from Japan because they’ll probably give you a better price and better info on exactly what you’re getting. In my experience, Japanese retro stuff is always in even better condition than it looks in photos. You definitely want the original sticks, but I do like the pads that shipped with the Neo CD. They’re tight and comfortable.
I have not spent time looking at Everdrive options. I’m all AES carts. You can still get the low hanging fruit for reasonable prices but carts seem to be going up all the time. Here’s what I consider the “cheap” stuff…
Magician Lord
Nam 1975
Ghost Pilots
Samurai Shodown
World Heroes
World Heroes 2 Jet
Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury Special
Art of Fighting
King of Fighters '94
Super Baseball 2020
Samurai Shodown II (JPN)
The Super Spy
Top Player’s Golf
Ninja Combat
Sengoku
Borderline affordable…
Alpha Mission II
League Bowling
Baseball Stars 2
Crossed Swords
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
Fatal Fury
As you can see, you can build a decent library from the affordable stuff on AES. Realistically though, prices right now are inflated. We used to be able to get a lot of the first list for like $50 and that’s not true of all of those anymore. Obviously, as time goes by and people realize how amazing the Neo library is, the games become more valuable. They’re not making them anymore!
Still, nothing beats slapping in those original carts. I’d miss that with an Everdrive.