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To convert, or not to convert. That is the question.
The Answer:
Hell Yeah!
I recently had some conversions done by Dion and I wanted to share the experience. Hopefully, more people will take advantage of the conversion process and get the games they really want, but are out of reach either due to cost or availability.
I had Metal Slug, Ninja Masters and Captain Tomaday converted, and they came out amazing (I actually thought Dion had sent me a Japanese Ninja Masters cart by mistake, it looked so real!). I had never had any carts converted before, so I had little or no information on how to proceed, other than knowing I needed and MVS cart and an AES cart for the conversion. Dion was great: he answered all of my questions, told me which sac carts I could use for which games and game me the total cost for the conversion and the artwork (I had the carts completed with stickers and inserts, and will follow-up with the manuals when they are available). I must have asked him about a million questions before any money had even changed hands, and he answered each and every one of them (many in the same day). At this point, he had no way of knowing if I was actually going to go through with the conversions, or if I was even going to have him do them. Nonetheless, he assisted me all the way. In the end, his information convinced me that having him do them was the way to go (he even picked up the sac carts I needed to do the conversions right, and at a great price).
One thing I do recommend: know your carts. By that I mean know what the cost of the original cart is (if it's a released cart) and weigh that against the cost of conversion. I made out great on Metal Slug (I acquired the MVS cart with 5 others when I purchased a 2 slot MVS board) and with the conversion, artwork and sac cart came in at about $330.00 total. Compared to $1000.00+ price tag of an original Metal Slug, how can you go wrong? Also, make sure to look into the price of a cart that has already been converted as well (Dion has these available at Neogeofreak.com) as that may be more cost effective: my Ninja Masters came in at about $295.00, where an already completed cart was about $300.00. As far as the unreleased carts like Captain Tomaday go, do the same thing: get the cost of conversion and artwork, and weigh it against the price of a completed cart. You can still come out on top, if you shop around for the MVS and AES carts. That's what I did.
The day may come when I'm converting my own games, so it's nice to know I can get the artwork alone if I want to do the work myself. I'm sure I can rely on Dion for that information as well.
With the ton of MVS carts out there, you just can't go wrong!
-Michael
The Answer:
Hell Yeah!
I recently had some conversions done by Dion and I wanted to share the experience. Hopefully, more people will take advantage of the conversion process and get the games they really want, but are out of reach either due to cost or availability.
I had Metal Slug, Ninja Masters and Captain Tomaday converted, and they came out amazing (I actually thought Dion had sent me a Japanese Ninja Masters cart by mistake, it looked so real!). I had never had any carts converted before, so I had little or no information on how to proceed, other than knowing I needed and MVS cart and an AES cart for the conversion. Dion was great: he answered all of my questions, told me which sac carts I could use for which games and game me the total cost for the conversion and the artwork (I had the carts completed with stickers and inserts, and will follow-up with the manuals when they are available). I must have asked him about a million questions before any money had even changed hands, and he answered each and every one of them (many in the same day). At this point, he had no way of knowing if I was actually going to go through with the conversions, or if I was even going to have him do them. Nonetheless, he assisted me all the way. In the end, his information convinced me that having him do them was the way to go (he even picked up the sac carts I needed to do the conversions right, and at a great price).
One thing I do recommend: know your carts. By that I mean know what the cost of the original cart is (if it's a released cart) and weigh that against the cost of conversion. I made out great on Metal Slug (I acquired the MVS cart with 5 others when I purchased a 2 slot MVS board) and with the conversion, artwork and sac cart came in at about $330.00 total. Compared to $1000.00+ price tag of an original Metal Slug, how can you go wrong? Also, make sure to look into the price of a cart that has already been converted as well (Dion has these available at Neogeofreak.com) as that may be more cost effective: my Ninja Masters came in at about $295.00, where an already completed cart was about $300.00. As far as the unreleased carts like Captain Tomaday go, do the same thing: get the cost of conversion and artwork, and weigh it against the price of a completed cart. You can still come out on top, if you shop around for the MVS and AES carts. That's what I did.
The day may come when I'm converting my own games, so it's nice to know I can get the artwork alone if I want to do the work myself. I'm sure I can rely on Dion for that information as well.
With the ton of MVS carts out there, you just can't go wrong!
-Michael