john rainbo
Active member
Before I go on, if you're looking to get an okay looking machine, or don't really care about condition of your arcade games, don't bother reading on.
I have a fully restored Neo Geo big red MVS4 slot. I bought this a few years back from the restorer. Side art and all parts have been totally redone. Looks like it is brand new. I replaced the joysticks with Sanwa bat tops, as these play much better, but still look like a US cab's sticks. I replaced the monitor with a brand new Wells Gardner 24.8 standard res one (this is the very last standard res monitor they made). The picture is perfect and beautiful. The marquees light up like day one, as they have been totally replaced (these never work when you buy big reds). Comes with a 4 slot mobo that I have done a total audio cap kit replacement. Why? MVS mobos, after all these years, start having flaky audio. Not this one.
Comes with four games: Bust a Move 2, Mark of the Wolves, KOF98 and Metal Slug 3.
I'm asking $950 for it. I've invested MUCH more than that into this, but I feel that this is still fair, considering you're getting a perfect machine with four nice games and a brand new monitor. Every one of these being sold needs some board work, or just plain isn't in near as good shape as this one. No scratches, no imperfections. Perfect machine.
The ONLY thing I changed was the stupid smoked glass. After replacing the monitor, it was just too stupid to cover it up with dark glass.
Location near Chicago.
I have a fully restored Neo Geo big red MVS4 slot. I bought this a few years back from the restorer. Side art and all parts have been totally redone. Looks like it is brand new. I replaced the joysticks with Sanwa bat tops, as these play much better, but still look like a US cab's sticks. I replaced the monitor with a brand new Wells Gardner 24.8 standard res one (this is the very last standard res monitor they made). The picture is perfect and beautiful. The marquees light up like day one, as they have been totally replaced (these never work when you buy big reds). Comes with a 4 slot mobo that I have done a total audio cap kit replacement. Why? MVS mobos, after all these years, start having flaky audio. Not this one.
Comes with four games: Bust a Move 2, Mark of the Wolves, KOF98 and Metal Slug 3.
I'm asking $950 for it. I've invested MUCH more than that into this, but I feel that this is still fair, considering you're getting a perfect machine with four nice games and a brand new monitor. Every one of these being sold needs some board work, or just plain isn't in near as good shape as this one. No scratches, no imperfections. Perfect machine.
The ONLY thing I changed was the stupid smoked glass. After replacing the monitor, it was just too stupid to cover it up with dark glass.
Location near Chicago.
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