WTB AES System
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The use of "AES" as a name for the homecart systems originally came from the fact that the American gaming public got re-educated by Nintendo and their NES after the big video game crash of 1983/84. The NES and Nintendo became household names, that's why the "entertainment system" part simply stuck and manufacturers followed suit by putting it on their machines.
However, nobody over at SNK Japan ever called the home system "AES", there are several interviews with SNK developers and managers who, when asked about the "AES", had to ask what it means because they had never heard or used the term before (and probably after).
Whether or not tanning bed victim Dion coined the term "AES" for the home system is debatable and quite frankly a moot question because if there is one guy who definitely has fuck all to say on the matter it's his greek-rooted NGF self-proclaimed rubber-stamping moolesty Dakis and his humble friend Chris who were but a footnote in the Neo's history, and a rabid stinky one I might add.
So, civilized people call it homecart system, home system, neo-0, ROM sisdem, whatever, just not "AES". This is not a friggin Nintendo, after all.
Thank you for reading, and good night from yours truly, Tak Entertainment System (C).
However, nobody over at SNK Japan ever called the home system "AES", there are several interviews with SNK developers and managers who, when asked about the "AES", had to ask what it means because they had never heard or used the term before (and probably after).
Whether or not tanning bed victim Dion coined the term "AES" for the home system is debatable and quite frankly a moot question because if there is one guy who definitely has fuck all to say on the matter it's his greek-rooted NGF self-proclaimed rubber-stamping moolesty Dakis and his humble friend Chris who were but a footnote in the Neo's history, and a rabid stinky one I might add.
So, civilized people call it homecart system, home system, neo-0, ROM sisdem, whatever, just not "AES". This is not a friggin Nintendo, after all.
Thank you for reading, and good night from yours truly, Tak Entertainment System (C).
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Makes sense, proof that YAJ is full of western resellers/ scalpers, since practically every single Home System listed there use the "AES" acronym in their title.
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Tak said SNK Japan, not the wider general Japanese public 30 years into the future.
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Sadly the dhp archive seems to now be gone. Which is a shame as it was a great place before the NGF meltdown.
Sure Dion is absolute scum. That has no bearing on whether he did something or not. I distinctly remember threads about the term coming up on dhp several times and Dion really being the one to push on it, as he does on everything he gets behind.
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Maybe consider moving to a 1st world country.
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Is this your first Eh Eee Ess or are you replacing a broken one?
If you don’t have any Neo system currently it’s best to not get one. If this price freaks you out then what are you going to do about games? Even the flash carts for Neo are like $1000.
If you’re a OG with an existing collection to play and you’re replacing a broken one then just replace/fix what’s broken.
Complaining that the most fringe system ever made costs too much…makes zero sense, a self inflicted wound. It only gets worse. The home system itself is cheap compared to what being a home cart collectard actually costs.
“I could afford a Ferrari if I could just swing the insurance…” is something someone says when they haven’t thought about it very much and don’t know that the maintenance, the brakes, the tires, small fender benders, and a fundamental unreliability will make any level of Ferrari ownership impossible for anyone on anything like a real budget.
If you care what it costs then it costs too much.
If you don’t have any Neo system currently it’s best to not get one. If this price freaks you out then what are you going to do about games? Even the flash carts for Neo are like $1000.
If you’re a OG with an existing collection to play and you’re replacing a broken one then just replace/fix what’s broken.
Complaining that the most fringe system ever made costs too much…makes zero sense, a self inflicted wound. It only gets worse. The home system itself is cheap compared to what being a home cart collectard actually costs.
“I could afford a Ferrari if I could just swing the insurance…” is something someone says when they haven’t thought about it very much and don’t know that the maintenance, the brakes, the tires, small fender benders, and a fundamental unreliability will make any level of Ferrari ownership impossible for anyone on anything like a real budget.
If you care what it costs then it costs too much.
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Have you asked him about sending it surface mail? It would be cheaper. Or maybe get a few games alongside that AES to spread the postage cost between more purchases.
Ckchan is a respected seller, don’t diss him dude. His postage prices are honest. Postage is just fucking bullshit now, it cost me £25 to send 1 game to Canada this week.
I disagree, he’s lower than ebay but sometimes a bit higher than forum prices. It isn’t 2017 anymore.
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Shipping prices weren't this high before the Covid pandemic.
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Postage to the UK no tracking is $45 Canadian. Just have to accept the recession, the pesos don't go very far now.
