Neo Geo AES Regions (not really a Tech issue, more of a question)

Cylotron

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So, I know that AES games are region free(meaning you can put a US AES game into a JPN console, and vice-versa). Although I have heard that regardless of which region console you have, the games themselves will play it whatever region they were originally intended for.

I have a Neo Geo Gold AES system(boxed) and had just used US AES games on it. At least until recently... I picked up a few JPN AES games to try out. It seems no matter if I put in a US or JPN AES game, it defaults to US when the game loads. I've already opened up this system to clean it and apply some new soldering(where needed) and confirmed that there is no UNIBIOS chip installed.

So I guess the question is, is this normal?
 

Hawwa

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It's the other way around, games will play in the console's bios specified region.
 

Cylotron

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alright, thank you for clarifying that for me. 👍
 

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One exception is games that only have Japanese. This is mostly Mahjong and quiz games. Even in a US system they will still play in Japanese.
 
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