CART vs. PCB! what's the difference?

With games King of Fighters 2003 and Metal Slug 5, what's the difference between the carts vs. the PCB, coz I notice that PCB's are more expensive, why? Is one better than the other?

PCB stands for Previous Content Bonus, meaning you get extra stuff on the PCB version of the game. Or not, I forget.

One is big, and a pain in the ass to install, and robs your MVS cabinet of all its versatility.

I'll just add that PCB really means (Printed Circuit Board) and are flimsy and often times whimsical things to deal with, especially if you've got a board with a "Suicide Battery" that when the battery dies it kills the board, can't play the game anymore. If you're playing older games on even NON NEO games then PCBs are what you'd be slotting into a JAMMA RIG, otherwise that was the whole concept behind MVS (Multi Video System) Carts, you slotted a cart into a PCB board with the slots allowing access by way of the respective cartridge... which is why so many people were pissed off about SNKP not releasing SVC Chaos "Officially" on the MVS format and only on a PCB... meaning MVS users would have to detatch their 1, 2, 4, or even 6-Slot PCBs off the JAMMA RIG, and slide a single game into it, only to replace later... just a bunch of B.S. *Thus a lot of us on that note got Revision C+ GMVS carts of it due to principle of the matter. *I think it's great however, that SNKP got smart and released METAL SLUG 5 and KOF 2003 as "Official" MVS Carts, it's just too bad the ride has finally come to an end on the Neo Hardware after a bitchin' 14 year run... I was hoping to see it though two decades but it didn't happen. Anyhow that's the differences I know of between CARTS vs. PCB.

MERCENARY X99

Pando said:

I notice that PCB's are more expensive, why?

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The PCB versions are more expensive because they include all the ROM sets and the actual Neo-Geo hardware, while the MVS carts only include the ROM sets.

I always wondered why they didn't get daughter boards for AES cart's boards and make the top half of the the cart wider in the front and the back.....which would allow for more stuff to be included in the game. I mean dam, the carts are big as it is, would a weird shape make them any less desirable?

side view of a cart: (the dots are only for spacing )

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One is gay, one is not

NGT said:

I always wondered why they didn't get daughter boards for AES cart's boards and make the top half of the the cart wider in the front and the back.....which would allow for more stuff to be included in the game.

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Not really, the system's processor cannot address over 708Mbit of memory.

lol, guess I don't have to wonder anymore

A point worth baring in mind is that the pcbs are jamma mono, not mvs stereo afaik, designed to plug direct into a jamma cab (or modified MVS cab) whilst a cart will be stereo if plugged into a stereo mvs board and supporting cab set up.

Can anyone confirm this, the recent pcb releases are mono sound only ??? Jamma edge connect pin 10 speaker+ and pin L speaker-.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I feel better off knowing that the cart is the way to go, seeings I've just purchased a 4-slot.

Mercenary and Todddyyy, you've really clarified things for me, thanks.