I received today...

[poodude]

Very nice! I'm just missing tournament arkanoid myself . Isn't it possible to do a Rom swap from regular to tournament? I'vegone through a few ankanoids due to them failing in some way. Revenge of doh has been perfect though .

 

[codecrank]

I don't know for sure, I'll compare the rom chips, I know that 3 of them on the tournament were eeproms, I put a piece of tape on top of them.

Revenge of doh is my favorite I think.

 

[Electric Grave]

About the Mini Neo Cab; Take the original to a mill to be reproduced and drill away. I have a repro of the art that could easily be altered for a 1P CPO, it's all layered and ready for alteration...you're not doing it anyway so...

 

[the7k]

Spoiler:

Just picked up Chase H.Q. at an arcade auction for $50. Glad to see it there, this was the first time I've seen a working CHQ at an auction. Hell, I think it's the first time I've seen one at an auction period. Love how the sirens light up during gameplay.

 

[ECZangief]

Great game!

 

[HDRchampion]

Got a Blast City couple weeks ago. Also my restock of buttons came in from Focus Attack. Also got a Hori Hayubusa stick.

 

[chrd]

Some cheaper carts (a pity the 2020 SB label is fake, I will have to search for a cart with an original label someday).

 

[Kid Panda]

Some cheaper carts (a pity the 2020 SB label is fake, I will have to search for a cart with an original label someday).

Why's wrong with that label on the 2020?

 

[chrd]

Why's wrong with that label on the 2020?

It's not as clear in the picture but the label is (quite recently, if you ask me) printed and then glued on top of another (perhaps damaged, or Japanese) label. You can still see the 'printed' borders (they were not 100% accurate with the scissors).

 

[K-2]

MVS games are meant to be ugly bastards. Repro label usually don't make a difference to value; as long as the boards inside are legit, play ball!

 

[Chempop]

HAHA WHAT A SHIT LABEL U SHOULD FEEL ASHAMED

HDRchampion, props for solid colors. Let’s see a nice CP panoramic once they are all installed

 

[chrd]

MVS games are meant to be ugly bastards. Repro label usually don't make a difference to value; as long as the boards inside are legit, play ball!

I must say I disagree on the 'meant to be ugly bastards' part, but that's might mostly be personal preference / taste of course. A nice minty MVS cartridge with original boards and a nice hologram label can look sexy (in my opinion). And it's arguably (a tiny bit) more authentic. Although following that train of reasoning I've never seen the need to shell out (massively) extra for MVS kits with matching serials.

 

[Mugicha]

damn HDR, that could not have been cheap on the buttons!

 

[Kid Panda]

I must say I disagree on the 'meant to be ugly bastards' part, but that's might mostly be personal preference / taste of course. A nice minty MVS cartridge with original boards and a nice hologram label can look sexy (in my opinion). And it's arguably (a tiny bit) more authentic. Although following that train of reasoning I've never seen the need to shell out (massively) extra for MVS kits with matching serials.

The thing is, these aren't AES carts, a lot of the games were treated poorly by arcade ops. And even when not abused they say in cabs that had high temperatures that would either A: dry the label out and cause it to separate or B: the glue would get hard and let the label go. I get the point of wanting a nice label on a cart but my carts sit in a cab and I never once see the label so I personally could care less. Lest it be known that a seller will most certainly charge you more for a "minty" label over a torched one. I can't echo this statement enough "The art is in the cart, not on a generic font label"

 

[ECZangief]

If you dont get boners from minty holos GTFO imo

 

[chrd]

The thing is, these aren't AES carts, a lot of the games were treated poorly by arcade ops. And even when not abused they say in cabs that had high temperatures that would either A: dry the label out and cause it to separate or B: the glue would get hard and let the label go. I get the point of wanting a nice label on a cart but my carts sit in a cab and I never once see the label so I personally could care less. Lest it be known that a seller will most certainly charge you more for a "minty" label over a torched one. I can't echo this statement enough "The art is in the cart, not on a generic font label"

Well I (sort of) agree. I'll still personally pay (a little) more for a minty label if easily available but I'll take a damaged or missing one for a game I want.

I have nothing against replacement labels per se, but they should be just that imo (clearly be identifiable as replacement labels, like the ones from jamma-nation-x).

Unfortunately I've encountered carts with labels printed off directly from the mvs-scans website (including stains on the scans sometimes)...

That is a dishonest practice in my book (certainly when the overwhelming glue smell makes it apparent the 'new' label just got applied).

PS: this particular practice was not the case with the SB 2020 cart

 

[GeePM]

I got a buncha shockboxes the other day, along with copies of Metal Slug 2 & 4!
Hopefully I can get 5 soon to round out my collection.

 

[RoadBuster]

Spoiler:

Just picked up Chase H.Q. at an arcade auction for $50. Glad to see it there, this was the first time I've seen a working CHQ at an auction. Hell, I think it's the first time I've seen one at an auction period. Love how the sirens light up during gameplay.

Such an awesome game, and at a great price, too!

 

[werejag]

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I got a buncha shockboxes the other day, along with copies of Metal Slug 2 & 4!
Hopefully I can get 5 soon to round out my collection.

Metal Slug 5 is on atomiswave and now netbootable on naomi
the metal slug 5 on neogeo is badly made hack of metal slug 3

 

[GeePM]

Metal Slug 5 is on atomiswave and now netbootable on naomi
the metal slug 5 on neogeo is badly made hack of metal slug 3

Uh..are you sure you're not thinking of 6?

 

[codecrank]

Got a Blast City couple weeks ago. Also my restock of buttons came in from Focus Attack. Also got a Hori Hayubusa stick.
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niiiiiiiice

 

[Arcadecrazy]

Uh..are you sure you're not thinking of 6?

That would be the 6 boot true 6 is on the atomiswave hardware

 

[max 330 mega]

Metal Slug 5 is on atomiswave and now netbootable on naomi
the metal slug 5 on neogeo is badly made hack of metal slug 3

troll or not troll... so hard to confirm

 

[BanishingFlatsAC]

Cross posting my third entry into the arcade scene:

 

[bustedstr8]

Where did you dig that guy up? We still need to make a run to Fly's place sometime soon.