$30,000

if you can afford a PC that can run RetroArch comparably to NRX, why don't you just buy an MVS and get all that crap out of the way in one fell swoop? don't tell me it's not in your price range, 'cause it is and you know it. emulators are not really outdated for as long as they get the job done.

Because I already spent near a thousand bucks on my PC. I'm spent out.
>don't tell me it's not in your price range
It is. Being able to emulate the Neo is just one of many things I use my PC for, and it is very good at it. I don't want or need to spend additional money for extremely diminished returns. I can run Final Burn Neo with run-ahead + hard GPU sync and I have tested my setup to have the same number of lag frames as a real Neo Geo. The RGB output from my computer is actually *better* than real Neo hardware. The sound is probably cleaner too.

There are other reasons on top of these why I prefer emulation. I like being able to use my USB joystick without needing a converter or rewiring. I like being able to hit the home button and start playing an NES or SNES game in a matter of seconds without even getting up out of my chair. I like having all the games for free without having to deal with multi-carts or flash carts, or have to pay for them.

Those twenty bucks here, fifty bucks there, they add up, you know? I play my games on a PC CRT monitor. I'd need a converter to display a MVS on that. Or I'd need to get a 15khz RGB monitor. Both solutions are just more cost.