Neo Geo

SNK's Neo Geo AES was the arcade brought home with no compromises: the same hardware as the company's MVS arcade boards, with an arcade-size joystick to match. It was first offered for rent to hotels and businesses before going on sale to the public, and the US price of $649.99, with games often costing $200 or more, made it the luxury console of the early 1990s. Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown and Metal Slug were the reasons to save up.