New arrival - MVS

It's been a while since I got any new MVS stuff. Today's arrival is quiz king of fighters; a nice clean cart and a mini marquee.

Now these have arrived I have 16 games and 28 mini marquees left to get hold of.

New arrivals: Mostly MVS

A few new additions from the last couple of weeks:

bubble bobble > jamma adapter
fight fever complete english art set
KOF 2002 cast, neo bomber man kit box, panic bomber kit box and art set, baseball stars 2 kit box and art set, metal slug 2 art set, 2020 super baseball art set
robo army cart, neo bomber man cart

I already had a complete neo bomber man art set so it's a full kit now I've cobbled it all together.

Withe these bits I now have 131 / 148 games and 103 / 133 mini marquees.

New arrivals: MVS, raizing, toaplan

I received a few new bits and bobs ove the last week or so. The breakers mini marquee means I have them for 101 of the 133 games that came with them. I also picked up a tiger heli pcb. It curently has no sound but two of the caps in the audio section were all but snapped off and dangling by one leg when I inspected it. I've bought replacements, hopefully once they've been soldered on it'll be fine. Finally, I had a dimahoo CPS2 B board arrive. It's a conversion but that doesn't bother me. I've really been looking forward to playing this!

New arrival: another U4

One cab in and one out today. The one to go was the hardest sale I've made, my first cab, the E2. I'll miss it. Taking its place is this MVS U4. I have it sitting facing my other one at the moment, I'd prefer having them side by side I guess like the pair of pony 3s but they won't really fit anywhere like that. It's in need of a good clean and there's a dent to the kickplate that needs sorting but other than that it's OK really. Couple of new buttons perhaps. It has a 4 slot in it at the moment but once the MVS > JAMMA adapter arrives it will be used as a horizontal JAMMA cab. I don't really need 2 MVS cabs but I like the look of pairs of cabs and the monitors in these things are awesome. I'll raid my spare mini marquees tomorrow and fill up the header.

Along with it I picked up the two red stools in the first photo and a couple of MVS carts with nice labels to exchange for two I had with really shoddy / missing labels.

Who doesn't appreciate a nice, neat shelf?

Someone asked for a picture of the kits and carts I have, I've just moved house and reorganised stuff and this is as it is now. MVS stuff is on the left, bare carts above, kits and part kits below. At the bottom are some larger pcbs in bigger boxes, the boxes on the right in and on the cabinet are full of pcbs too.

New arrivals - MVS and a bit of seating

I got a couple of news bits and pieces in the post yesterday. The segoku 3 and samurai showdown V carts bring me to 128 of 148 carts in my collection now. The Super sidekicks 3 mini means I now have them for 100 of the 133 games that came with them.

 I also got this rather snazzy two player Japanese bench. It's super comfortable, especially for someone as tall as me since it's a bit taller than a normal stool.

New arrivals - A couple more carts

A couple more MVS carts turned up today, the ones on the left, art of fighting 2 and 3. I also picked up a bundle of empty cases with nice labels from ebay. The three on the right I'm going to swap with the cases I had on my copies because the labels are way nicer. I'll keep hold of the other 5 or 6 cases I got in the same lot. They'll probably come in handy sooner or later.

That's 122 / 148 MVS games.

New arrivals - Twin Cobra 2 and Mahjong

The other day I got this Twin Cobra 2 F3 cart in the post. It has some minor corruption to the title screen and during the bomb explosion but otherwise plays perfectly. It's not at all obtrusive and means I got it cheap. It's credited to Takumi but a lot of the programming was actually done inside Toaplan before they folded. A lot of staff who were working on it then finished it off under the Takumi name.


I also got Mahjong Kyuretsuden. That's 120 / 148 MVS games.

New arrivals - Raiden Fighters 2 + Nam 1975

Things have been a little slow here recently. Not much arriving. Life's been kind of stressful and money's a little tight so I haven't bought so much. I got this pair the other day though.

First up a raiden fighters 2 cart. I could do with another mobo recently since I don't much like the idea of swapping carts too often. I've been after one of these for a fair while. I now have all the seibu shooters on pcb. I think the full list goes like so:
scion
stinger
air raid
raiden
raiden 2
raiden dx
viper phase 1 (I just have the NV)
raiden fighters
raiden fighters 2
raiden fighters jet

I also had this NAM 1975 cart turn up. That brings me to 118 / 148 MVS games. I have a couple more en route too.

New arrivals - Another pair

Looks like I forgot to take a picture and now I've started writing I can't be arsed to go and get one. If I did have a photo it'd be a RBFFS and zed blade carts, english labels. That's 118 / 148 MVS games.

New arrivals - two more carts

I got this pair in today. Zupapa is a matching full kit. Two games I'm excited to play! In the parcel I also got a couple more carts with minty labels to upgrade some lower condition ones I already owned. I'll sell the lesser ones when I get a few minutes to list them. Life is a little hectic at the moment.

I now have 116 / 148 MVS games.

New arrivals - MVS goodness

Three parcels of neo geo goodness turned up over the last day or two. All together it's a pretty awesome haul.


Ninja master's - full English kit, matching serials (writing on the box lid sadly)
World Heroes Perfect - matching english cart and box with move strips (no mini, flyers or dips)
Karnov's Revenge - full english kit, matching serials
Samurai Showdown - full english kit, matching serials
KOF 2003 - full kit, matching serials
breakers revenge bare cart
galaxy fight bare cart.

The English NM kit is the jewel here. I actually picked it up in two chunks - a matching cart and box and the art set separately. It's generally talked about as the most expensive MVS kit I think.



I also got this art -
chibi marukochan deluxe quiz - complete art set with mini marquee
and minis for
ganryu
karnov's revenge
neo drift out
neo mr do
ninja master's
panic bomber
prehistoric isle 2
twinkle star sprites

Nearly all of this art is NOS. The karnov's and NM minis are from the kits. There are some really nice ones in this bunch.

Some of these pieces upgraded bare carts or faded minis. With the addition of this bunch I now have 114 / 148 MVS games and minis for 98 / 133 games that came with them.

New arrivals - Another MVS art mountain and a cart

I've been looking forward to picking up a copy of this game for ages. It's money puzzle exchanger by Face. I'm a huge magical drop fan and this is pretty similar with an added maths element. More maths is of course a great thing.


I also had a delivery of this huge pile of MVS arts. There are a load of minis and some flyers and dips. Nearly all of this stuff is NOS.


With his lot I have 107 / 148 games and minis for 86 / 133 games that came with them.

New arrivals - 1944 and a little more MVS

A couple more carts arrived along with 3 minis. I already had JP minis for league bowling and puzzle bobble but picked up these english ones too.

Including this lot I have 106 / 148 games and minis for 80 / 133 games that had them.


I also had this rather nice phoenixed, original 1944 delivered. is was developed by Raizing on behalf of capcom. It was the Raizing connection that drew me to it. I've not had a chance to play it yet. I shall do this weekend. I'm also after the other Raizing CPS2 game, dimahoo but that's a little pricey. I may end up settling for a conversion.

New arrival - maybe the worst MVS game

Or I've heard as much. I've not had chance to play it yet.

It's Legend of Success Joe. That's 104 / 148 games.

New arrivals - A couple more MVS bits

I had these delivered the other day: KOF 99 full JP kit (tatty box), KOF 99 full JP kit (tatty box), KOF 2001 JP cart / box / dips, ASOII cart.

I popped ASOII (aka alpha mission 2) straight into the cab. At the moment I have that, pulstar, ghost pilots and magical drop 3 in there. I'll change it around soon and make it a bit less shooter heavy.

I reckon magical drop 3 / spin master / ASOII / magician lord sounds about what I fancy. I'll swap carts tomorrow to something along those lines.

With this lot I now have 103 / 148 MVS games and mini marquees for 79 / 133 games that came with them.

New arrivals - More MVS, artwork overload!

I had another two parcels of MVS goodness delivered today. The first contained these three NOS kits and two sets of flyers and dips (breakers and super sidekicks 3). Two of the games I already owned as loose carts. The kits were nicely priced though so I picked them up. I'll sell the loose carts and recoup a fair bit of the money.


I also got this pretty awesome haul of MVS art work. There are flyers and dips for a ton of games here, 90% english with a spattering of spanish stuff. Some of it I was really happy to get. There's are for some quality games there.


With the stuff in those parcels I now have 100 of 148 games and mini marquees for 78 of the 133 games that came with them.


I also got these ROMs delivered. More on them shortly!

New arrivals - Two more MVS games

Two more carts arrived today. From Italy this time. A nice holo label flip shot cart, and a sengoku 2 kit which is missing the mini marquee and has a box which has seen better days. The kit box isn't bad but it has a burn mark as you can see and a few bends to the lid. The serials are one apart which is relatively common from factory for MVS stuff. It was a nice enough price so I picked it up despite the faults. Hopefully I'll have a mini marquee to go with it soon. That's 99 / 148 games now. Two thirds of the way to a full set!

New arrivals - Another pair of mini marquees

Nice ones too. These are absolutely mint and unused. I have minis for 73 of the 133 MVS games that came with them now.

New arrival - one more MVS cart

I had another cart arrive from Japan yesterday: the mahjong game minasan no okagesamadesu. That brings me to 97 / 148 carts.

I highly recommend you watch this short gameplay video. Pretty stunning!