NeoGeo AES reissues cost €74.99

Neo Geo cartridge news is usually collector gossip, weird listings, or photos from auctions. This one is more concrete. Amazon Germany now has preorder pages live for multiple new NEOGEO AES+ cartridges, and the price showing on those pages is €79.99 each — not €74.99. (amazon.de) The bigger deal is what those cartridges are attached to: SNK and Plaion’s new AES+ console, a 2026 remake that is supposed to play carts on recreated hardware rather than through emulation. ### What actually showed up? Amazon Germany has live product pages for at least four of the games people started circulating — Big Tournament Golf, Magician Lord, Samurai Shodown V Special, and Shock Troopers. Each page is branded as a “NEO GEO AES+” cartridge and marked compatible with both the new AES+ system and original NEOGEO AES hardware. (presse.plaion.com) ### So was the €74.99 number wrong? Basically, yes — at least on the storefronts that are visible now. The Amazon Germany pages for those four games show €79.99, and Amazon’s broader Neo Geo results page shows the same price on other announced cartridges too. If there was an earlier lower placeholder, it is not what buyers are being shown now. (amazon.de) ### Which games are in this first wave? The four making the rounds are not random. Magician Lord is an early showcase platformer. Big Tournament Golf is one of the more beloved oddball sports picks in the library. Shock Troopers gives the line a run-and-gun arcade hit. Samurai Shodown V Special adds a late-era fighting game with real name recognition. Other announced launch carts include Metal Slug, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Pulstar, Twinkle Star Sprites, Over Top, and The King of Fighters 2002. (amazon.de) ### Why do these cartridges matter more than usual? Because the AES+ pitch is not “mini console with ROMs.” SNK and Plaion say the machine is a hardware-faithful reimplementation using re-engineered ASIC chips, with native support for both new cartridges and original AES carts. (amazon.de) That means these releases are being sold as part of a living cartridge platform, which is a very different proposition from another retro compilation on Switch or Steam. ### What does the console itself cost? The base AES+ is listed at €199.99 on Amazon Germany, while the white Anniversary Edition is listed at €299.99. In the US, Plaion’s store has the standard system at $249.99, and the launch date shown across official pages is November 12, 2026. (amazon.de) So a buyer going in fresh is looking at roughly €280 before accessories if they want the console and just one cartridge. ### Is this aimed at normal buyers? Not really — and that’s the point. The original AES was famous for being a luxury console, and Plaion is leaning straight into that history. €79.99 per game is expensive by modern standards, but it is cheap relative to original AES collecting, where real cartridges can cost far more and hardware access is messy. The catch is that this is still a premium niche inside a premium niche. (presse.plaion.com) ### Why Europe first? The clearest retail footprint so far is European. Amazon Germany has the most visible set of listings, and Plaion’s EU storefront is also pushing the system and bundles hard ahead of launch. That does not mean the US is excluded — Plaion has a US product page live — but Europe looks like the first place where the cartridge ecosystem is easiest to actually see. (amazon.de) ### Bottom line? The story is not just that some Neo Geo games popped up for preorder. It’s that Amazon’s live listings point to a real cartridge rollout for the AES+ — and the going rate appears to be €79.99 a game. For retro fans, that is expensive. For Neo Geo fans, turns out, that may still count as the affordable version. (amazon.de 1) (amazon.de 2) (presse.plaion.com)