Michael Crisman writes: "As 2016 squeaks out of the auditorium dodging the deluge of rotten vegetables we’ve been pitching at it for being a world-class dick, it’s time to turn our attention to the new year. Surprise, wankers: it’s two thousand and seventeen as measured by our completely arbitrary choice for marking the passage of time! That means three hundred and sixty-five days to start hunting new achievements, becoming better people, and apologizing for all the nonsense we got up to last year. Changing ourselves is hard, which is why Carl pays me to produce content and not lay on the office floor practicing The Worm like I’m the second coming of Scotty 2 Hotty. If you’re in need of inspiration for how to make 2017 as awesome as possible, I’ve assembled five humble, ‘nobody-will-press-charges-thi s-time’ retro-themed suggestions guaranteed to give the coming year a power up."
These classics need to make a return.
Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.
I've pre ordered one here in the UK, no games though, as I'll move it on for a higher price. The white model looks awesome, but as expected, the price is too high. We'll probably see more of those all in one cartridges from China containing every AES game. In the UK, AES+ game at £70 ($95) is better than eye watering prices for the originals, but these games are so old and I can honestly say SNK didn't release many classics. The Metal Slug series is the only series I rate, there were just too many Street Fighter clones and not enough scrolling fighting games. Overall, the Neo Geo was poor for all genres apart from one on one fighters. Videos on YouTube asking for games from that console generation to be ported to the AES+, but who'd want to pay £70 for Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2? There's a lot of SNK collections out there, the best being Metal Slug Anthology on the PlayStation 2. The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection on the Switch contains 12 games for around £30, instead of £840 if released on the AES+. For collectors, the AES+ is the best news since sliced bread. Are there enough SNK fans out there? Nowhere near. Those £70 cartridges will soon start creeping up in price and it'll be a re-run of the original console.
I always wanted one in the 90's but couldn't afford it. Now i can but i think if i get one it will be collecting dust fast. It's a nostalgia thing i guess.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
Here is mine: play the hundreds of masterpieces I have not beaten that have been released over the last 25 years and hold off on buying day 1 stuff.