What's Your Favorite Item in Your SNK Collection?

[Teddy KGB]

True indeed…fam-true indeed! That era and the irl friendships forged, are some of the greatest things SNK related for me.

It's been too long. But true that. Still chat with some of our core fam to this day.

 

[Waverider2049]

My first AES game Metal Slug 2. It was the first game I played in a candy cab sitting on a milk crate in my local arcade all summer in 1998.

 

[ebinsugewa]

El Hyphen luchador mask from VT.

this

also my windjammers cart because i had it on location for a while and it got a lot of play, even a few tournaments

 

[YeldellGW]

Currently I’d say the various Storm Collectibles line of Neo-Geo action figures I’ve been collecting; specifically the World Heroes Perfect line.

Of the Neo-Geo fighting game series, World Heroes ain’t exactly the most fondly remembered. Discovering an action figure company actually making an action figure line for one of my personal favorite series speaks volumes to me.

 

[LoneSage]

Currently I’d say the various Storm Collectibles line of Neo-Geo action figures I’ve been collecting; specifically the World Heroes Perfect line.

Of the Neo-Geo fighting game series, World Heroes ain’t exactly the most fondly remembered. Discovering an action figure company actually making an action figure line for one of my personal favorite series speaks volumes to me.

I made the best World Heroes thread on this forum, enjoy yourself: https://neo-geo.com/forums/index.php?threads/i-like-to-play-the-first-world-heroes.268763/

 

[terry.330]

I don't have any Neo stuff anymore aside from a few art books but when I still owned a home cart system it was probably my copy of KOF98. That was the first new release game I got. I already had a fair amount of carts but they were all cheap common older titles.

When I got my system in 97 I didn't know they were still making new games so getting it and finding out that a new KOF was coming out in a few moths was awesome. I ended up ordering it directly from SNK since I didn't really know about any niche retailers yet. It was also my first KOF and my first snap lock case game, so it checked a lot of boxes.

Not only was it really exciting to get a new release game but it turned out to be an incredible game with gorgeous cover art and that cool extra art book. It really felt like a premium product.

 

[yagamikun]

Currently I’d say the various Storm Collectibles line of Neo-Geo action figures I’ve been collecting; specifically the World Heroes Perfect line.

Of the Neo-Geo fighting game series, World Heroes ain’t exactly the most fondly remembered. Discovering an action figure company actually making an action figure line for one of my personal favorite series speaks volumes to me.

I missed the Hanzou figure - still banging my head for that as it seems to be sold out everywhere. It looks like a great design!

I do have Iori and Haohmaru, though, and have Ryo and K' on pre-order. Also snagged Demitri from Darkstalkers a while back. I love the Storm line for sure. Most of their figures are excellent, while some look a bit...odd? I really didn't like their Terry figure. They usually nail it, though!

 

[GohanX]

Probably my 2 slot CMVS. Most everything else I have cost money, while the CMVS cost a lot of time getting it just right, and was something I had wanted to build for over a decade. Ironically, I haven't actually played it much.

 

[Neo Alec]

Probably my 2 slot CMVS. Most everything else I have cost money, while the CMVS cost a lot of time getting it just right, and was something I had wanted to build for over a decade. Ironically, I haven't actually played it much.

I loved my 2-slot CMVS, but I ended up selling it and getting an MV1C-based one instead.

 

[HellioN]

OG MV1 FOR LYFE!

 

[mehguy]

Probably my MVS copies of Metal Slug and Neo Turf Masters.

The former because I felt awesome playing it on a supergun setup for the first time. I could hardly believe I was playing a game from the arcades on my TV, it got me hooked beyond a passing interest.

The latter, my brother would come by and we would sit down with a couple of beers and play NTM for hours, just chatting and hanging out. Great memories

I very much resonate with this experience.

I got my cheapo aliexpress 1-slot board going 2 years ago and I felt very similarly lol. Could not believe I was seeing the game run on real hardware, on a CRT. No emulation or anything.

 

[Neo Alec]

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OG MV1 FOR LYFE!

YES! And rat's nest jamma harness too!

 

[GutsDozer]

MVS SamSho II. I played It so much as a kid that the day I actually owned it and could play it for free as much as I wanted was a great memory.

 

[VJP]

My Garou MotW AES where a friend of mine didn't make sure that the manual was in the case when he closed it and since then it has a huge crease.
We have sooo many good memories with this game. It was constantly in use for tournaments and accompanied me to many GameNights.

 

[Tarma]

2 posts a year over 17 years.... glad you hung in there!

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

Guess I'm one of the last people to post here. I too didn't want to say something until I knew what to say.

Most cherished Neo Geo item? Kinda hard to choose one. I don't have my first MVS cart anymore (an unremarkable WH2 loose cart), but I still have my first AES home cart that being NAM-1975 so probably that I'd say.

Problem is I've had a rotation of stuff over the years, buy this and sell that, lean MVS but then lean hard back to AES, so I don't necessarily have a lot of items I've kept for over a decade.

I need to learn to be happy with what I have.

 

[Sammy/SNK-FAN]

My AES Waku Waku 7. I love playing this game.

 

[doaal]

My MVS 4 slot cab, that I don't own anymore. I don't own any cabs anymore.

Hopefully when I eventually buy a house, and get another 4 slot cab, I won't be so sentimental about my old one.

 

[HornheaDD]

Probably my Neo25, tbh.

I also have a Terry Amiibo that Ive never used/registered/whatevered. I bought it because its TERRY FUCKIN BOGARD and he sits on my work desk along with The Grannies, (Rita and Janet) all watched over by AllMight himself.

 

[city41]

For me, an item I'm always excited to see is Technology...

What did I just read?

 

[CORY]

What did I just read?

Bots are hacking accounts again, working on it.

 

[BeefJerky]

For me, an item I'm always excited to see is Technology. Just normal Technology. It's just a really satisfying laser imo! Fun synergies too, and the instantaneous piercing effect is handy itself, but those are secondary for me.

Honorable mention goes to Haemolacria for me as well. My understanding is that it's not very popular and considered a downgrade to most builds, and I WILL pass it up if I think it'll actively cause me obvious problems, but otherwise I'll often take it because it's also fun to use imo.

Funny bot is funny.

"It's just a really satisfying laser imo!"

 

[prof]

Solid preservation, beff. Bot reminds me of that kid in your old sig saying all the crazy stuff.