Why so little Aes for sales lately?
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AES carts have a 15 year lifespan. Give or take. Sadly the chips are nearing their end of life and are dying
Big time collectors and archivists have started creating vacuum sealed boxes to try and preserve the chips, but there's only time to tell us how effective they'll be. Sad, really. Conversely the MVS doesn't have this problem, as it seems SNK only wanted the built in time bomb for home users. It was a big fuck you, but also a blessing as it keeps prices high and quantities low over the dirty-MVS-counterparts.
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Why are you asking?
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Well, the AES world is for the most part composed of Big Tymers and noobs. Since all the noobs got a marketban and the big tymers usually keep their games, there isn't much carts for sale nowadays. I'd say just do like everyone else and get yourself a proper MVS setup, this is where the real party's at.
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AES carts have a 15 year lifespan. Give or take. Sadly the chips are nearing their end of life and are dying
where did you get this information from?
cr8zykuban0
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I kinda wondered the same. all my aes games work great even the games past the 15 year mark like magician lord and nam 1975.
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It's common knowledge, of course.
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Lol, he's pulling your chain. He speaks some truth though. Eventually anything with caps or roms is going to fail. It really does depend on how you store your games.
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I loled at this. Mostly because it's true.
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Plastic is water based. It decays over time naturally. If never played, a game could go a bit longer, but with regular use, the electricity-based decay will have a terminal effect on you home cart games.
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AES carts have a 15 year lifespan. Give or take. Sadly the chips are nearing their end of life and are dying
So one day, these carts will cease to exist?
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So one day, these carts will cease to exist?
They will not cease to exist, but they will cease to work. I only wish it takes a whole lot of years for that day to arrive, so me and (possibly) my offspring can enjoy these great games for a long time.
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I wouldn't worry too much. By that time someone will step up and offer a service. Similar to what Raz does for cps2 chips.
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MySoberCompanion
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LOL 
seriously speaking for the worried guys, due to the average storage condition, MVS could have a shorter lifespan.
I've seen plenty of shitty cabs filled with rust, dust, bugs and so on, sometimes outdoor placed, and always handled without care... Piles of mvs without any cover exposed to dirt and moisture in filthy garage/store.
Indeed in percentage I found more MVS defective carts instead of AES (usually taken on shelves with a better environment).
seriously speaking for the worried guys, due to the average storage condition, MVS could have a shorter lifespan.
I've seen plenty of shitty cabs filled with rust, dust, bugs and so on, sometimes outdoor placed, and always handled without care... Piles of mvs without any cover exposed to dirt and moisture in filthy garage/store.
Indeed in percentage I found more MVS defective carts instead of AES (usually taken on shelves with a better environment).
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Metal slug X is known to self suicide a little bit more every time is played.
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That includes AES Slug X copies. Yes, they will die one day or another, each time to play it. Not a bad idea to get yours converted over to PROGBK1, all it needs is one EPROM.
