Which stores carried the Neo Geo AES back in the day?

[KeroKero]

Since I never even knew this thing existed when I was a kid, I was wondering what stores carried the Neo Geo AES? Also did those same stores carry the cartridges as well?

I take it the Neo Geo CD was more common to find than the AES, but the NGCD didn't do to well in North America, and hardly anyone knew what the Neo Geo CD was, same with the Sega CD when it was out.

So which stores carried the Neo Geo AES back in the day?

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Since I never even knew this thing existed when I was a kid, I was wondering what stores carried the Neo Geo AES? Also did those same stores carry the cartridges as well?

I take it the Neo Geo CD was more common to find than the AES, but the NGCD didn't do to well in North America, and hardly anyone knew what the Neo Geo CD was, same with the Sega CD when it was out.

So which stores carried the Neo Geo AES back in the day?

I don't know about big chains, but I'm assuming smaller local game retailers would have tried to get their hands on one. If not, they could have ordered them in on special request (this is how I got more than a few games when I was a kid).

[KeroKero]

I heard SNK originally rented them out, but due to a high demand they started producing them more, if only the price were as affordable as the Nintendo or Sega systems and the games were cheaper, this thing could've been serious competition back in the day, I mean it did have the best 2d graphics for its time.

[Tull]

if only the price were as affordable as the Nintendo or Sega systems and the games were cheaper, this thing could've been serious competition back in the day, I mean it did have the best 2d graphics for its time.

If we have learned anything from the console wars:
Expensive/Specs/Graphix dont win it ;)

[LoneCynic]

I remember seeing them in Electronics Boutique when I was a kid. They usually had one or two available for sale, and four or five games for it. This was back around 1992 or so I believe. I wanted a SNES, so I didn't care much about it back then. I remember my dad seeing it saying, "Geez, looks like they want to keep this thing pretty bad. I'm glad you want one that is a bit more affordable."

I also remember looking at gaming stuff with him during the next generation of systems and him seeing the Jaguar display and saying, "This is supposed to be 64-bit? What a joke.." My old man had some great commentary.

My only real regret is when he asked me if I wanted the R.O.B. for my NES and I declined, saying it only worked with two games and they were boring. I'd love to have one now, at least for a nice conversation piece.