MVS prices will they eventually go up

Well seeing as AES prices have gone up and are still rising (at least for some games)almost everyone is flocking toward MVS (Especialy since arcade had released the Phantom Converter). Everyday I look for AES carts they become more and more scarce. Im thinking that eventually it will be alost imposible to find certain carts. Will MVS prices sky rocket because there will be a high demand for them? Its kind of scary if you think about it. What do you guys think?

Its been discussed, but for the most part I doubt it.

There are a few game that weren't produced in mass quantities (Nruva has convinced me that ZuPaPa! is one of them), and they may have a slightly higher than normal price. As for the rest of them, if they're not already hard to find, I don't

I think that now the future is not AES because firms prefer develop MVS's market. Of course I think it's easier to earn money selling MVS than AES. Now SNK has clsed and I think AES's prices will increase a lot even if it's not a good reason. The games which are rare will still be rare but I think we will see new item becaming rare. For exemple the system shaw has just sold 1000$. Do you think it's a reasonable price? Of course not but neo geo is a console for mad guys and I'm sure you have all made yet a big spend to buy a game. Don't you???

MVS games with their artwork or in full kit form are getting more expensive...collectors are willing to pay a premium, not much unlike an AES collector paying extra for that "minty fresh" title. I've seen MVS collectors come in 3 basic flavors:

1.Content with just the cart. Region has no importance, nor an authentic label. Most at least want the cart/label nice and intact though.

2.Want the cart and some/all included media, with title cards being most important. Region has no importance, but they want like to go with like... i.e. Jpn cart, Jpn media, etc. Most want the goods to be SNK original in very good to mint condition. If the box is included, that's even better.

3.Want full original kits. Nothing less. Preferably with large marquee if available. Region usually not important. Most want serial numbers on box/cart to match, and will pay big premiums if EVERYTHING is mint/unused.

Of course there are some who are a combination or in between these basic three types. I'm more of a type 2 <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">

[ November 13, 2001: Message edited by: Pro_Gear ]

It's easier to find some home carts in nice condition than it is nice, complete MVS kits. I think it's a parallel. For some reason, I don't get hung up on Japanese vs. English AES carts, but I prefer English MVS kits (complete or course).

Brent

MVS kits will never sky rocket. How many people do you know that actually care about them beside the people on this board?

There are a hell of a lot of folks I see bid complete kit higher, and they're not on these boards (for the most part). I just sent a nice MVS game to Germany today and it was an Ebay transaction.

Brent

Originally posted by Mike:
<STRONG>MVS kits will never sky rocket. How many people do you know that actually care about them beside the people on this board?</STRONG>

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Originally posted by Mike:
<STRONG>MVS kits will never sky rocket. How many people do you know that actually care about them beside the people on this board?</STRONG>

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I care. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Seriously, I've heard of quite a few people who prefer to get MVS carts in their complete original form, as a kit. Remember there are far more MVS carts than home carts, but surprisingly very few arcade operators bothered to keep the original box, much less retain the original materials (except mini marquee) with their carts.

For me, getting MVS carts boxed and complete is very cool, since they are in exactly the form an arcade operator would have gotten them. Some carts seem to be very uncommon as well, especially in kit form.

As more and more collectors purchase entire MVS cabs, or superguns, I think you'll see the demand for complete MVS kits go up . . . just another inevitable increase in the world of the Neo. Like it or hate it, the system (arcade or home) and its games are becoming more and more collectible . . . and of course, the games speak for themselves. Masterpieces, many of them . . . <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

Agreed on the above. Minty fresh MVS kits are hard to find because the boxes are cardboard and the DIP settings are usually pretty obvious--no self-respecting arcade op is going to say "Hmm, how does this work?" and consult the instructions. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

I had a bunch of very nice MVS kits complete and wound up trading most of them for incomplete kits to get the games that I wanted. So I'm a type 1.5 in the list proposed by Pro_Gear. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">