Analogue Neo / Scanline City

GamingCult · Apr 20, 2020

Pretty interesting review of the Analogue Neo in 2020:

https://youtu.be/wL8IZnhDA80

I’ve always enjoyed the videos from this channel, pretty high production value. Very niche product reviews, which is probably why his stuff gets lost in the chaos that is YouTube.

Heinz · Apr 20, 2020

Looks stupid, thank fuck that didn't come out. Also if you want an even better Neo Geo console you can buy an AES.

kingcuckmelon1 · Apr 20, 2020

Yeah, kinda looks crappy. I dont like sitting beside people.

johhnnyD14 · Apr 20, 2020

Talk about unwieldy. I'm sure this was made for a countertop but lord, imagine being player 1 and trying to sit with that thing on your lap.

Heinz · Apr 20, 2020

johhnnyD14 said:
Talk about unwieldy. I'm sure this was made for a countertop but lord, imagine being player 1 and trying to sit with that thing on your lap.

Digmac · Apr 20, 2020

Honestly looks like a pile. You pay huge money for inconvenience and no flexibility. No thank you. Waste of cash when you can get a nice original big red for less than the original MSRP.

yagamikun · Apr 21, 2020

WTF is that and who is that for? Why would you put an MVS INSIDE of a dual arcade stick? I'm good with Analogue's recent stuff (I know a lot of folks are anti-analogue here), but their wooden Neo's from years ago were always baffling to me.

xb74 · Apr 21, 2020

I was wondering if the latest Scanline City episode would instigate a thread on here - hey presto.

The AI hate runs deep within these walls.

I still wish AI made Neo sticks though. They were quite good.

awbacon · Apr 21, 2020

$1500 for wood, two sticks, and an MVS board!? Shit I can do that for $300 and an afternoons worth of work...but I wouldn't jam two sticks into one enclosure. I tried the dual Saturn stick once with someone else...hated it

RAZO · Apr 21, 2020

Yea, I don't see the appeal. Wood work looks nice.

2D_mastur · Apr 21, 2020

Didn't Capcom start this horrible trend? It makes no fucking sense.

awbacon · Apr 21, 2020

RAZO said:
Yea, I don't see the appeal. Wood work looks nice.

I mean I COULD see the following

MVS pcb, custom supergun, RGB out...all that jazz. You could make a custom enclosure with TWO sticks in it, But in the middle either bevel in some super strong magnets and / or some latch mechanism. So you could play as a 2P single unit, or "break" the stick in two for comfort. Throw some weights into the one stick that doesn't have the gun / pcb in it so it's the same weight.

On the back of the non-PCB stick just have a DB15 female port, and on the back of the stick that DOES have the PCB, have a male one. Connect the two via a a small DB15 cable for 2P shit. Like a daisy chain

When both sticks were ATTACHED at the middle, you could break the female port out internally as well, and run a cable from one "unit" to the other, wiring them up internally. Have both stick "boxes" latch elegantly at the front for ease of connection.

Or just have two sticks and ignore the dumb combo thing altogether lolol

Burning Fight!! · Apr 21, 2020

That's some terrible design, Jesus Christ. Who's analogue marketing those for?

RAZO · Apr 21, 2020

awbacon said:
I mean I COULD see the following

MVS pcb, custom supergun, RGB out...all that jazz. You could make a custom enclosure with TWO sticks in it, But in the middle either bevel in some super strong magnets and / or some latch mechanism. So you could play as a 2P single unit, or "break" the stick in two for comfort. Throw some weights into the one stick that doesn't have the gun / pcb in it so it's the same weight.

On the back of the non-PCB stick just have a DB15 female port, and on the back of the stick that DOES have the PCB, have a male one. Connect the two via a a small DB15 cable for 2P shit. Like a daisy chain

When both sticks were ATTACHED at the middle, you could break the female port out internally as well, and run a cable from one "unit" to the other, wiring them up internally. Have both stick "boxes" latch elegantly at the front for ease of connection.

Or just have two sticks and ignore the dumb combo thing altogether lolol

Yea, the two things I could give it a plus for is that it's Neo-Geo and seems to be a solid piece. At least it looks like something solid well built. Form Factor is shit though. The Daisy Chain thing would make more sense than this. A nice cmvs with two quality sticks ultimately wins out.

I own 2 player panel superguns and although they are built tough and could play different arcade boards it has to be placed on top of something like a coffee table or desk. Putting it on your lap or something that isn't sturdy just isn't ideal.

Another thing is storage. Because it doesn't come apart it's going to take up alot of space because it's so wide.

Jeff was probably like I've had this thing sitting around for so long and never play it. Why don't I just sell it?

The Scanline City dude seems like a nice dude and does have a arcade stick fetish. Maybe he'll mess around with it more.

ratson · Apr 21, 2020

That voice really got on my nerves, turned it off after 20 seconds and yes dear god what a monstrosity of a design.

awbacon · Apr 21, 2020

RAZO said:
Yea, the two things I could give it a plus for is that it's Neo-Geo and seems to be a solid piece. At least it looks like something solid well built. Form Factor is shit though. The Daisy Chain thing would make more sense than this. A nice cmvs with two quality sticks ultimately wins out.

I own 2 player panel superguns and although they are built tough and could play different arcade boards it has to be placed on top of something like a coffee table or desk. Putting it on your lap or something that isn't sturdy just isn't ideal.

Another thing is storage. Because it doesn't come apart it's going to take up alot of space because it's so wide.

Jeff was probably like I've had this thing sitting around for so long and never play it. Why don't I just sell it?

The Scanline City dude seems like a nice dude and does have a arcade stick fetish. Maybe he'll mess around with it more.

Kind of makes me want to do a one off consolized MVS with marching sticks.

CMVS, two matching sticks, and done. But I don’t need one so I don’t see any point in it.

johhnnyD14 · Apr 21, 2020

Burning Fight!! said:
Who's analogue marketing those for?

People who are gonna leave it on their coffee table and never acknowledge it

RAZO · Apr 21, 2020

Analouge could've at least put some cup holders on this thing. That's the only way I'd pay that much for it.

Needs cup holders.

Heinz · Apr 22, 2020

RAZO said:
Analouge could've at least put some cup holders on this thing. That's the only way I'd pay that much for it.

Needs cup holders.

While you're at it add an ashtray.

xan_NEOGEO_fan · Apr 22, 2020

It's a step up from those horrendous little SNK mini arcades, honestly. But that's not saying much.

wyo · Apr 22, 2020

Well it's certainly a conversation starter!

Beckett · Apr 29, 2020

Interesting concept, but I'm not sure it would get any playtime from me. More than likely would collect dust in my closet or something.

orc.one · Apr 29, 2020

takes design notes, written in longhand

(except for the bit about cupholders)

awbacon · Apr 30, 2020

Beckett said:
Interesting concept, but I'm not sure it would get any playtime from me. More than likely would collect dust in my closet or something.

I wouldn't even want to try storing it in a closet. It would take up half the damn space

thermaltreasure · Apr 30, 2020

Crack that bad boy open, show us the shonky soldered components and litre of hot glue

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