SNK Neo MVS Boards

VGS_fcgamerVGS_fcgamer
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A friend of mine just sold me seven original SNK Neo MVS boards.  He said he got these from a guy that used to run a shop in his hometown, where they had an arcade machine situated.  



I got the following games, all loose "cartridges" / boards:



-King of the Monsters

-Double Dragon

-Fatal Fury

-Fatal Fury 2

Fatal Fury

-Sengoku

-World Heroes 2



From ebay, it seems that King of the Monsters and Sengoku are the rarest / most valuable.



I guess my question would be, what else affects the price for these things?  These were obvious arcade versions, not the home Neo Geo stamped ones.  These all say MVS on them.  I honestly have no idea about these at all, this is beyond my area of expertise.

Comments

  • acromite53acromite53
    There are a lot of mvs bootlegs from back in the day. You should check if they are legit or not. You will have to look at the code stamped on the chips.

    http://www.nathandickman.com/how-to-tell-mvs-cartridge-bootleg/ You can read up about it here.

    http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Main_Page

    And you can compare the board with scans here.
  • VGS_fcgamerVGS_fcgamer
    Thanks for the links. I just went through all of the games and opened and checked them, and they are all legit, no bootlegs here.



    That makes me wonder about the price of these even more.
  • ne$_pimpne$_pimp
    Those games are all fairly common, because they where popular in arcade's.



    The AES versions of Neo Geo games usually sell for more.
  • dewisp02dewisp02

    Originally posted by: acromite53



    There are a lot of mvs bootlegs from back in the day. You should check if they are legit or not. You will have to look at the code stamped on the chips.

    http://www.nathandickman.com/how-... You can read up about it here.

    http://www.mvs-scans.com/index.ph...

    And you can compare the board with scans here.



    The location of the chips and the pcb screenprint codes also needs to be checked. Also, be careful when opening the carts because the label is adhered to both shells and will crease if you open it too far.



    All those carts are pretty common. MVS carts are much more valuable if they still have the original label on the cart and are part of a matching serial # complete "kit", which contains the mini marquees, instructions sheets, moves sheets, box, etc. [the box will have an identical label on the spine with a matching serial # of the cart].
  • VGS_fcgamerVGS_fcgamer
    ^^^I checked the pcbs as well using pics provided in a link from one of the above sites, and everything checked out as well. Given the circumstances around purchasing these games, plus everything checking out, I really don't think these are bootlegs, but at the same time, it is sad that these aren't worth anything more than what they are.



    Given the (cool) history surrounding these particular games (the story my friend had told me about the specific origin where he got these from). I'll probably just hold onto these for now.
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