I Just Received My Home System Carts From NCS...

I realise most people have already received theirs, but I opted to pay via money order (which I am regretting a bit now, as I missed out on Sengoku 2, RB: FFS2 and one or two others). I received:

Top Hunter: U.S. Old ClamShell
Thrash Rally: Old ClamShell (Invoice says U.S. but it is not the standard gray template, Japanese or not?)
Sengoku: Japanese Old ClamShell
Samurai ShoDown: U.S. Old ClamShell
Raguy: Japanese CardBoard Box
NAM-1975: Japanese Old ClamShell
King Of The Monsters: Japanese CardBoard Box
Cyber-Lip: Japanese Old ClamShell
Crossed Swords: Old ClamShell (Again, invoice says U.S., but box is not standard gray template)

I really wish NCS had been able to supply my entire order, but perhaps they will dig up some more home carts in the future. Their letter suggests they are attempting this.

While some might see it as a waste to buy home carts at all when I have a four-slot MVS, I must say the portable aspect is definitely one plus, as I can take it to the homes of others (and it will be easier to haul to my local game store when we do RetroGame Day). Also, it will be nice to be able to play Samurai ShoDown whilst lying in bed. Once we get these MVS cart cases going, who knows, perhaps I will sell them all off.

Oops, just realised that the invoice says Sengoku is a U.S. cart as well.

Anyway, I must wrap this up, I am eager to introduce my wife to Top Hunter (a game I have not played in years). Plenty to keep me busy for now. GAME ON!

-BioMotor_Unitron

The original US games were like the Japanese ones with regard to the insert. SNK had not yet created this horrid thing known as colour striping, so we could still be treated to beautiful box art. I'm not sure precisely when they stopped (sometime in 1991 I think), however games like Nam 1975, Ninja Combat, Magician Lord, Crossed Swords, Thrash Rally, Baseball Stars Professional, Riding Hero & more all had full cover artwork, no colour stripes thankfully.

Ah, I figured it must have been something like that, once I opened up the cases and checked the docs. Thanks for the heads-up, NeoBomberMan.

-BioMotor_Unitron

This is the main reason I don't like English version of home cart, grey colr strip, it's boring. I would care less about the rarity, and I simply love Jp version of all Neo-Geo games and Neo-Geo in the first play (besides nice game play, artwork of SNK is what makes me an SNK fan).

Oh yes, another reason people are still buying home cart rather than MVS is due to artwork too.