Neo Geo Conversions.

A little while ago I started a new project to try my hand at Neo Geo MVS to AES conversions.

Neo Geo conversions are another one of these controversial projects. A lot of people see them as bootleg cartridges which is not exactly true but I'll let you form you own opinion on the subject.

The MVS and AES are almost identical consoles.

The MVS is an arcade console and the AES is its home counterpart.But one of the major difference between them is price. A great example of this is Metal Slug.You can pick up a copy of Metal Slug on the MVS for about 60 dollars. But to get the same identical game on the AES will cost you anywhere between 1,500 - 3,000 dollars (depending on the condition and the region it is made for).

The idea behind these conversions is really simple. They are an affordable way to play games like Metal Slug on your AES. Because the two consoles are so similar, ROM chips from an MVS cartridge can be tranfered into a AES cartridge and played just like an original. Also because you are using ROMs from MVS cartridge it means the conversion only uses one hundred percent SNK manufactured parts and is technically not a bootleg.

Here is a copy of Metal Slug I put together. It's complete with box and manual.




















Conversions are by far the cheapest way to play very rare AES games.You can pick up a Metal Slug convention for about 250 dollars.

There are also some Neo Geo reproductions that are commonly sold as conversions because most people don't know exactly how they are made. Those games include Ironclad (known in Japan as Chōtetsu Brikinger) and Ghostlop. They made using EPROM but sold as conversions (as reproductions make Neo Geo collectors think of bootlegs), Both games were never realesed and so it would be impossible to make a conversion using real SNK parts.

I also made myself a copy of Ironclad, which was a very tricky reproduction to make as there is next to no information on the web on how put it together.















If you are looking for any Neo Geo conversions contact me HERE and I will see if I can help you out.

Welcome to our new Blog!

Welcome to my new personal blog and it's going to be a little different from my last blog.

We are not selling you anything here. Instead I'm going to talk about what I've been doing. I'll be talking about random electrical projects that I've been up to - games, music, cool websites and anything I feel you might be interested in.

The next upcoming project will be maming my new Atomisware SD candy cab.
(Stock picture, I'll have get a picture of my own one up soon.)

This was one hard pick up to find in Ireland! It took a long time to get it and a lot of expense.

Now I have never been a fan of emulation (That's what inspired me to make reproduction games). So at first I planned to run original JAMMA boards on it but I quickly realised that the game boards were not only very expensive but also incredibly hard to find.

You see, acrades were never as popular in ireland as they were in America and other countries.

Ie assu this was because they are big machines and it is quite costly to ship them here. I have seen a few machines that look like they were made here and parts then put into them - machines without any side art or manufacturer's logos.

So JAMMA boards seem to be much cheaper in other countries. But the cost of shipping such delicate boards to Ireland is ridiculous. So I have little other option but to turn to emulation. While the machine will be running Mame, I still want it to run JAMMA boards whenever I like without difficulty.

This makes things that little bit more complicated.

I'll shortly be putting up a post on how to do this as cheaply as possible - I'm just waiting for a few more parts to arrive.

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