[jakderrida]

>all these systems that obsessed me as a child.

I remember being obsessed with this system, too. It was more like a legend than a system. Everyone knew someone that knows someone with a Neo Geo. It was never within my reach to play one. A $600 system with $200 games in the 90s? But they were all arcade-level and only the richest kid (or kid whose parents were competing after a messy divorce) had one.

[RajT88]

I am kicking myself now for not buying one in Tokyo in 2009 when I saw one for (after exchange rate) 200 USD. They are selling in the same shops now for ~1000.