Neo Geo AES / MVS
SNK's arcade hardware brought home
- 1990Released
- 4thGeneration
- SNKDeveloper
Neo Geo AES / MVS Specifications
- Processor
- Motorola 68000, with a Zilog Z80 for sound
- Processor Speed
- 12 MHz (68000), 4 MHz (Z80)
- RAM
- 64 KB main RAM, 68 KB video RAM, 2 KB sound RAM
- Graphics
- 380 sprites, 4,096 colours on screen from a palette of 65,536
- Resolution
- 320 x 224 Pixels
- Media
- Cartridges of up to 716 Mbit
Overview
The Neo Geo is a cartridge-based system that SNK launched in 1990 in two forms. The MVS (Multi Video System) was an arcade board that could hold up to six games in one cabinet, and the AES (Advanced Entertainment System) was a home console that ran the same games with the same hardware.
At first the AES was only rented out to hotels and video shops in Japan, but SNK soon sold it to the public. At about 650 US dollars for the console and 200 dollars or more per game, it was far more expensive than any other console of the time, and it became known as a luxury system.
The MVS was a great success in arcades because operators could swap games cheaply. SNK kept releasing games for the platform until 2004, far longer than any other console of its generation. The library is best known for fighting games such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters, and for the Metal Slug run and gun series.
Cartridges grew from 55 Mbit at launch to over 700 Mbit, and SNK advertised the system as having “Max 330 Mega” power, to stress how much larger its games were than those on other consoles.
FinalBurn Neo and MAME both emulate the Neo Geo very accurately. FinalBurn Neo is the lighter of the two and has netplay, while MAME covers the widest range of boards and bootlegs.
Key Features
Arcade at Home
The AES ran the same games on the same hardware as the MVS.
Multi-Game Cabinets
An MVS cabinet could hold up to six games.
Huge Cartridges
Cartridges grew from 55 Mbit at launch to over 700 Mbit.
Fighting Games
Known for Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters.
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Neo Geo AES / MVS Emulators
Which one to pick
Known forRuns Neo Geo, CPS, Cave and many other 2D arcade games, and continues FinalBurn Alpha.
Known forThe reference emulator for arcade machines, Neo Geo included.
Known forA multi-system emulator that puts accuracy and preservation first.
In short
FinalBurn Neo is the usual choice for Neo Geo games. MAME aims for accuracy across every arcade board, and ares covers the Neo Geo among many other systems. All of them need the Neo Geo BIOS dumped from your own system.