I also just checked the dimensions on the indiegogo page. This MVS unit is 12.2cm x 24.2cm. An MVS cart is 14.5 x 18.5cm. So an MVS cart does not have a significantly larger surface area than this console.
I’d agree, but I’m not sure why you brought it up...
An AES, a correctly designed system holding the same size and weight of cart is 32cm× 23cm and mounts the cart lower because the PCB isn’t stacked. Every MVS in period was screwed down. Tipping over is a 21st century innovation in Neo Geo technology.
Tall things can be stable, sure, with anchors or foundations, or by having a extremely low center of gravity, but in every case they are less stable than if they weren’t tall, just as an phone made of the most well developed glass is still massively more brittle than one made of plastic or alloys, just as basements are more stable than the buildings built on top of them. Why do you bring this up? We know everything that’s inside of this. We know there isn’t some clever way to keep it up, they just don’t care. We know the relative density of the machine is about the same from top to bottom. If they put 5mm thick lead base in it then that would work, but they didn’t. It’s shape is indicative of its true stability, I see no reason to assume different.
When a large plane crashes it just kills everyone. They lawyer up, burry what’s left and pay out to the families of the victims. It’s an established system. I’m the dipshit who thinks with care everyone can live but safe planes are impossible so...maybe that’s the disconnect here. Your standards for “durable” aren’t the same as mine. I treat my carts like a Gutenberg Bible because...they die! They are tough but they are complicated. If you treat Geo stuff like Super Nintendo stuff you will have failures and they will be expensive to fix. I’m not rich so that bothers me. Not everyone is like me.
I made my MVS to be as close to totally indestructible as possible. You can’t see or touch any SNK parts from the outside, only DB15s and industrial grade buttons. It’s built into a cart rated for 1/3 of a ton and easily supports it’s own CRT and a 2-slot. It’s lab grade SNK, vastly tougher than anything in-period as it was built mostly from reclaimed industrial parts originally costing $1000+ while outputting not only RGB but composite, s-video, component and 480p over HDMI because when you have space you can easily fit all that in.
This vertical thing here on the other hand...is a string bikini, a novelty keychain...