NeoSD MVS Review - There's something you need to know! - 4K 

Ow... awesome :D I allways wanted know how this product is. OMG loading takes FORVER, Thanks for the video :)

Fantastic Video As Always Mark!

Sorry for bump years later, but as you can imagine, TerraOnion still sells these and there is still no mention of swapping the board around for those of us with a consolized MVS, so thank you as I have not seen one RU-vid video which actually shows how to do it except yours. I am subscribed!

This kinda made me realize that the NeoSD really should let you play music while it loads. Maybe have a mini-player with Jukebox selections from the game thatMs loading.

Nice job with the review Mark. I remember the days when such a product was simply a Pipedream.. I've been considering getting an AES version for a long while now, but I keep holding out. Maybe this Xmas I will treat myself to one. I also see there is a Pro model of the NeoSD. According to them, it now has 3072 megs of flash storage (up from 768), 4 flash slots (up from 1), + 1 high speed RAM slot. Its up to 25% faster at loading roms to flash slots, and up to 500%+ faster when flashing to to the RAM slot. Having 5 game slots would be neat. I'm used to playing the old 90's console copiers so loading doesn't really bother me very much.

Wanted to add in my two cents after having owned a NeoSD for about two years myself: The device itself is on the pricier end, yes, but in doing a search on eBay for three titles that I'd pick up the actual MVS carts of (Garou, The Last Blade 1 & 2) the price of all three combined would be more expensive ($465 before shipping) than purchasing this single device that would allow every licensed Neo Geo title available to be played provided you have the correct ROM sets. It even works with the Crossed Swords 2 MVS conversion Razoola did a few years back! Some of the comments on this video complained about how the load times for AoF3 were outrageous, and it does tend to get worse with the larger sized games. KoF 2003 takes over three minutes to flash! But the way this device works is that it's not just flashing a few memory banks, it's having to flash two FPGAs into thinking that it's running those same ROM chips that would be found on an actual MVS board, which is why the Arcade Mode option works so well. Knowing the prices of some of these games out in the wild, I'm willing to bet that it would be overall cheaper to purchase a NeoSD and only have it flashed with a specific game set in arcade mode and do that for the entirety of the Neo Geo library than it would be to collect every last authentic MVS cartridge. Lastly, while there are several multi-cart solutions that are out there that are far more cost effective, keep in mind that this is the first publicly available Neo Geo flash cart that's on the market, and that for a first go at it, it does a remarkable job at what it can do. TerraOnion is already working on a PRO model of the NeoSD that not only ups the storage to be able to hold four simultaneous flashed games on the device, the device itself will also be able to flash those games faster. Those 4 ROM banks would also be able to be cycled through as if you were playing a 4-Slot MVS! Better yet, there's even a 5th slot that is backed by flashable RAM instead of the FPGAs, so while it won't be able to retain a game after power down, the flash times would be even faster. As the PRO for the MVS and AES are still in development, I wouldn't be surprised if it cost double what this device is currently being offered for, but with those added features it'd be very tempting to pick up.

Loading games into the flash memory is even faster than loading games from C64 tapes! Sweet.

i love this device ! great selection of music mark! love your reviews :D

Hey mark. I bought a Custom clear Shell from lions3 for my NeoSD. It wasn't cheap to post it either. Amazing video as usual.

That flashing time is like playing on Neo CD! Fortunately, you don't have to wait again like you would on CD. :)

super amazing review , mate ,,plz continue ,,

I just bought this today. Great review by the way. Now I am looking for a rom dump t get this thing going. I also have a consolized MVS. 👍😉

I love the Neo-Geo hardware so i would definitely pick this up if i had my own Neo-Geo console.

Really expensive but really nice linker even with time flashing ! Thx for the review

Great review thanks!

Excellent review on the NeoSD Mark. I love this device, it's worth investing into one since it help reduce the MVS and AES cost of collecting for the Neo-Geo. Yes, the physical concerns on the carts to exist. In fact, I was dissatisfied when NGDEVTEAM 2nd print of Gunlord that had these horrible replica carts for the AES that really was disappointing....But thankfully, they fixed the issues. Also. Thank you for posting this on the Neo-Geo thread on Atariage.com Mark. Really appreciate it and thank you for what you do for us as usual. Keep it up bro. 8^) Anthony..

I love the console dust covers.

Amazing device, worth every penny!

Holy crap... The loading times are worst that the NEO GEO CD (depending which game). Nice review Mark.

You madman, I was interested in this myself until I saw the price point before it released which was literally 2/3rd the price I paid for my MVS arcade cabinet.

Just want to give Stone Age gamers a shout out here. I purchased this product from them and all the quality problems with the cart we're non-existent. What they sent felt like a $500 purchase and im very happy with the quality. Next on my list is that turbo graphx thing that plays all the games lol.

Excellent, didn't see it until now. Too busy enjoying this solid gold material as always Mark. Just edited my comment to remove the Stone Age Gamer comment and links. 8^) Anthony..

Wow at those loading times, worse than Neo Geo CD! Ridiculous price too.

I would love to see some SD2SNES MSU-1 style enhancements for this. Such as an option to play a cart game with the music from a NGCD, for example.

I own the MVS cart for Art of Fighting 3, but who would have figured that loading it off of this would be slower than if you had played it on the Neo Geo CD?

Another day another good video and also neo geo crazies well hey how about a special video for the neo geo CD it will expand your neo geo experience bro what do you say?

The loading time makes me glad I got a 161 in 1 cart instead. Who has patience for loading these days...

this is a nice video... as you can see ;)

Great review!! It would be interesting to get your thoughts on the MultiMVS as well, the sole competitor to the NeoSD. I will be purchasing one of them (or the NeoSD Pro when it releases), but I'm having trouble making up my mind.

Great vid again!

Nice. Now to review the Darksoft MVS cart.

Nice review as always! I like the product but I think I'll stick to my Switch for Neo Geo gaming cause its too much money for me to get started on Neo Geo collecting.

Want one (for AES), but so expensive, and questionable build quality is of concern. Very much appreciate your review.

Just performed this fix for my NEOSD MVS, slightly different because it has some extra plastic pieces inside to hold the boards more securely but i managed it. Seemed much better quality than this one in your video. They must have improved the components over time. What size MICROsd would you recommned in order to fit all the Neo Geo games on it?

I think for the more expensive MVS games I'm going for high quality repros of them.The pricing and load times really killed it for me.

Is it just better to get a multicart rather than this then, loads the games quicker and cheaper to buy?

Hey, I need help please. For some reason the NeoBuilder won't build every rom. I've tried multiple romsets and they all don't convert all the roms to .neo for some reason.

Quick retro core! Lol I need an answer to this long asked question, I have both ports of the only Melty Blood games to be resealed on the PS2 and I know they were Sega Naomi arcade games to start out with and the PS2 has no Sega Naomi hardware in it at all so that must have had to port the games from the ground up on the PS2, so are the ports on the PS2 arcade perfect do you think ? I mean there all 2D no 3D was required for the PS2 to render, and from what I heard the PS2 was great at handling 2D arcade fighting games

Hello, Are the cycles of writing/rewriting limited? I mean, just as a USB pendrive or a SD card, the NeoSD has a limited lifetime? Thank you!

Hey bud. You going to be getting the mini neogeo arcade system? Would love to see a review on that tiny little thing

How much is this? And where to buy one Thanks

Expensive. Good video though 😀

I have the AES version of this cart and it's the best investment (retro gaming wise) I've ever done. Please don't compare this to the crappy Chinese 161-in-1 carts which are full of hacks. NeoSD gives me the full Neo Geo set on my AES (yes including all the MVS games and stuff like Ironclad). It's brilliant. You are stupid if you are complaining about the flashing times.

in contrast, my r4 cards on my ds lite loads games about 1 min 36 faster than art of fighting 3 and about 21 secs faster than nam 1975. you know, just as a point of reference...

I understand you buy this, only why not make faster writing speed. ?

How to load games like andro dunno, pullstar? The internalbuilder dont work.

Oof... that's a tough buy, price-wise.

whats up, bro. i remember you lol. anyways, ive never owned a NEO GEO, so im looking to get a neo geo AES or MVS with a NeoSD for either one. not sure yet which one to get yet between an actual AES console or a consolized MVS aka CBOX. this all leads to important questions before i decide to spend the heavy money. my questions are... 1. if i decide to get an Neo Geo AES system with a NeoSD AES, will i be able to switch from AES and MVS mode, or does that only work on an MVS system? (I wasnt sure if the NeoSD AES version had that option) 2. So does the BACKUP RAM SAVE work like a neo geo memory card? does it save high scores, settings, and where I left off in the game? 3. is it true that some games have differences depending on if you choose AES or MVS mode? 4. does the UNIBIOS in the MVS CBOX conflict with the UNIBIOS on the NeoSD? 5. whats the difference between the unibios on the MVS Cbox system vs the NeoSD unibios? 6. i guess when it comes down to it, im looking for the best option to be able to play both AES and MVS versions of a game and be able to switch regions. would you recommend the MVS CBOX to achieve this or an AES system, or does it not matter?

What is the white console you inserted the mvs cart into, and where do I get one ? Does the Sd card come preloaded with Rom’s ?

This is basically what you would call the Everdrive's bigger brother(or as I like to call Everdrive "EverGenesis")

Does anyone know if this works with magic key converter?

Does it boot also hacked versions of the games?

I don't even want to think of how long it would have taken to load Real Bout 2.

ohh its £313.99 at mo, now that's not expensive at all for what you are getting.....and bought. Ill get in trouble next month with the missis on the credit card bill, but thats next month ;)

No Sengoku 3? Try and load Garou, which is relevant, because it is the best game by far IMHO I don't understand why you don't count the erasing as well. It should be the total amount of time that you need to wait, regardless of what it is telling you what it is doing. I will never get a flashcart that loads so long, I do not see why it has to take so long

i would go Rpie or 161in1 just because of the loading time! it seams worse than the neo geo CD

So it's the settings on the UniBIOS, not the NeoSD that determines if it's the MVS or AES version you're playing, correct?

where's the link?

I'd love to have a NeoGeo but wowee is it expensive to get into. I'll stick with my RetroPie for now.

wow.... buy a flashcard in order to have the same loading time like, say... the neo cd.... Nice ! Next time : copycat the loading like from a.... floppy disk.... really more fun! It sounds like a waste of money for me.... of course If you like to pirate the full set of the neo geo, it's very practical.... but expansive, I must say !!

not a good idea 500$ ripoff! stoneage thieves....just get the 168 and 1 for 100 or 80 $... this is not a OFFICIAL AES game CARTRIDGE.....is a flashcard like the everdrive