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This site's goal is to provide the following resources:
  • A very thorough listing of the items in each title's artset.
  • Notes on anything non-standard. This is to help prevent authentic items from being mistaken as fake.
  • A sort-by-date feature showing trends correlated to a title's release date.
This site is meant to be a tool to supplement the reader's own decisions. The methods used for the site's decisions are given in the links below.
Data: Click here for info on how statistics were gathered for this site. Reprints: Click here for the criteria used by this site to determine if a title had multiple printing runs. Duplicates: Click here for info on how this site determines if a title has duplicate items in a complete artset. Pop-ups: Click here for info on "pop-up" items.

And some utilities:
Authenticity: Click here for tips on determining the authenticity of MVS artsets. Opening a cartridge: Click here for a video on how to open an MVS cartridge without damaging its label.

Table legend:
Marquee Type: Basically, how an authentic mini-marquee appears on its reverse side. Authenticity Sticker: A small, holographic or foil "SNK" sticker attached to the set. These first appear in 1998.
Disclaimers
  1. This site does NOT track the following MVS items:
    • Some of the generic items (such as cart insertion instructions, suction-cup-mounted "new" signs, etc.) These might very well have originally came with an MVS motherboard instead.
      The exception of course is if there is enough data to point the item as being paired with a specific title.
    • Large marquees.
    • Artsets for unofficial/unreleased titles.
    • Ads/posters. The survey data points to these items as not being a part of the original kits. Although some collectors/resellers might package such marketing materials with the game.
    • Artsets for titles which require hardware beyond a standard, MVS cab for their intended, single-player experience. These include:
      • "The Irritating Maze": There is a dedicated cab with roughly 100 parts, documented at arcade-museum.com .
        There also exists a conversion kit which requires the connections provided by a specific, MVS board: an "MV-1B". Documented at hardmvs.fr .
      • "NeoPrint": This uses its own motherboard which has 2 cartridge slots and does not appear to have a JAMMA connection.
        There also exist a slew of support cartridges providing themes for the photo frames, at least some of which came with their own artsets.
      • "Jockey Grandprix" and "V Liner": These gambling games are meant for cabs which have "coin hoppers", enabling winnings to be dispensed to the player.
        Both of these titles have an "SNK", holographic, authenticity sticker affixed to the cartridge label.
  2. There is always the possibility of error.
  3. Most release dates came from the wikipedia list of Neo Geo titles, which in turn cites the official SNK site as the main source.
  4. This is a fan-created site, it is in no way affiliated with SNK nor with other resource sites.