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The Neo Geo MVS Arcade Cabinet is Returning with an Updated $499 Model

The upcoming Neo Geo MVSX will come preinstalled with 50 Neo Geo titles, including games from the King of Fighters, Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown series.

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The classic arcade cabinet, the Neo Geo Multi Video System, is getting a revival you’ll be able to buy come this fall. 

On Wednesday, SNK introduced a successor to the machine called the Neo Geo MVSX. It’ll come preinstalled with 50 Neo Geo titles, including games from the King of Fighters, Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown series. 

The product looks pretty similar to the original cabinet, which arrived 30 years ago and helped rejuvenate the arcade scene in the 1990s. However, SNK has upgraded the machine’s display to support a 1280 by 1024 pixel resolution, an increase from the 320 by 224 resolution.  

The cabinet front view The cabinet with the base stand. (Credit: SNK)

Another perk is how the cabinet will let you pick a game, and decide whether to play the arcade version, or the Neo Geo home console version. In addition, SNK has included a “scan line” mode, which will replicate the lines the old CRT screens emitted when you played an arcade game. 

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The cabinet, which has a 17-inch LCD display, will also let you enjoy the games with a friend. The machine comes with two sets of joystick controls, each with six buttons. 

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The controls on the cabinent (Credit: SNK)

For $449 you can buy the main game cabinet, which weighs in at 28 pounds. But pay another $50, and you’ll get the 32-inch stand, which can prop it up like a normal arcade machine for a total height of close to 5 feet. 

The website for the Neo Geo MVSX indicates the arcade cabinet will be released in October. However, the official Twitter account for the machine says pre-sales will begin in September while actual units will be delivered in November. You can check out the official Neo Geo MVSX website for the full list of games.

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