SNK's new Neo Geo: 20 retro classics in one modern handheld

KeRbDoG

http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/25/2731824/snk-neo-geo-portable-20-games

Now here's a hardware announcement we didn't expect to see this year: a new portable Neo Geo console. SNK seems to have licensed a handheld decked out in Neo Geo livery, with 20 classic arcade games from Metal Slug to King of Fighters '94 preloaded onto 2GB of internal memory. The system also has a 4.3-inch screen, an SD card slot of undisclosed purpose, four face buttons, four shoulder buttons, and (most importantly) appears to keep the digital stick from the Neo Geo home console's pad. Of course, it's not the first time you've been able to play these games on the go — a lot of them are available on SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 for PSP, and also as downloads from the PlayStation Store — but the device's retro appeal is undeniable. No word on pricing or availability as of yet, though. The reveal comes from Japanese game blog Famicom Plaza and is yet to be confirmed by SNK itself, so it's probable that, if real, the device has leaked ahead of its time.

Here's the list of games that come with the device:

• World Heroes
• Ultimate 11
• Top Player's Golf
• Sengoku
• Nam-1975
• Mutation Nation
• Last Resort
• King of Monsters
• Frenzy
• Cyber Lip
• Fatal Fury Special
• Art of Fighting
• Super Sidekicks
• League Bowling
• Metal Slug
• Magical Lord
• Baseball Stars Professional
• Samurai Shodown
• King of Fighters '94
• Fatal Fury

Retr0gamer

I'll wait to see what the build quality is like but it does look really nice and supports SD slot as well.

Of course its not a real Neo Geo Pocket which was a fantastic if short lived console

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Of course its not a real Neo Geo Pocket which was a fantastic if short lived console

A clone with an SD slot? Ciderman is SOLD!

CiDeRmAn

EnterNow wrote: »

A clone with an SD slot? Ciderman is SOLD!

I'm already camped out on SNK/Playmores front lawn, throwing stones at the new consoles window, asking if she'll come out to play.....
(with an SD Card loaded with every Neo Geo rom I can find!!!)


remember kids...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhm3O15-tc0

Retr0gamer

Remember kids, you're not a real gamer unless you own some SNK hardware.

CiDeRmAn

And the Neo Geo Pocket doesn't count!

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Remember kids, you're not a real gamer unless you own some SNK hardware at least two arcade cabs

Just bringing that up to date

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Just bringing that up to date

At least I'm ok so. What with my Egret 3 and my other cab, the iCade

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Pyongyang

Hmm, I only have one cab... but I do have a supergun... and an MVS system... and a G-Net system... and 'stuff'.

Is that alright?

Myrddin

Pyongyang wrote: »

Hmm, I only have one cab... but I do have a supergun... and an MVS system... and a G-Net system... and 'stuff'.

Is that alright?

Dispensation has been awarded.

Tekken 3 & Ridge Racer cabs here

o1s1n

The Vectrex was marketed as a home version of an arcade machine.

Also, you didn't state the arcade machines need to be working. :pac:

So I'm safe too thankfully.

May I also add, you're not a real gamer unless you own at least one first party unreleased prototype.

Boo yeah.

Steve X2

*Cool, are we bragging about stuff we have. I like this game.
Anyway, you're not a real gamer unless you've gone to Japan or America simply to buy one game from someone on short notice.

*Douch post

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

The Vectrex was marketed as a home version of an arcade machine.

Also, you didn't state the arcade machines need to be working. :pac:

So I'm safe too thankfully.

May I also add, you're not a real gamer unless you own at least one first party unreleased prototype.

Boo yeah.

Hmm, you qualify on the arcade front as indeed, they don't need to be working

Re proto's? Damn :mad:

I have a sealed Final Fantasy Anthology? :rolleyes::D

Pyongyang

EnterNow wrote: »

Dispensation has been awarded.

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

*Cool, are we bragging about stuff we have. I like this game.
Anyway, you're not a real gamer unless you've gone to Japan or America simply to buy one game from someone on short notice.

*Douch post

one game?

Pyongyang

Steve SI wrote: »

Anyway, you're not a real gamer unless you've gone to Japan or America simply to buy one game from someone on short notice.

Me. Japan. July. Batrider.



edit: When I lived in Toronto I flew to New York with the wife and went to Nintendo World in Rockafeller to buy a DS Lite if that helps? And when I lived in Vancouver I peed outside EA Sports doorway if that helps?

CiDeRmAn

I have the Vectrex
The G-Net
The MVS board
The Ikea cab in my living room!


For the longest time, in order to qualify as a gamer you had to own a Nes.
Then Retr0 got one, finally, and so the goal posts had to be moved!

I reckon 3DO ownership should figure in there somewhere as a qualifier.
Love for Zelda on the CDi will see your membership here revoked and your remaining belongings sent on to you in a cardboard box...
A cardboard box ON FIRE!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have the Vectrex
The G-Net
The MVS board
The Ikea cab in my living room!


For the longest time, in order to qualify as a gamer you had to own a Nes.
Then Retr0 got one, finally, and so the goal posts had to be moved!

I reckon 3DO ownership should figure in there somewhere as a qualifier.
Love for Zelda on the CDi will see your membership here revoked and your remaining belongings sent on to you in a cardboard box...
A cardboard box ON FIRE!

Yus! Good thinking re the 3DO. Your not a real gamer unless you possess a minty FZ-1. All other variants do not count

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

one game?

My second Darius Alpha, still in its postal packaging( not sealed unfortunately)


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Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

My second Darius Alpha, still in its postal packaging( not sealed unfortunately)


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Ah, makes sense now. I knew something didn't add up there

Steve X2

Yeah, 3DO is a must. FZ1 all the way.

As some of you might know I do like me a 3DO

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o1s1n

Here's my complete arcade inventory, just for some added e-penis waggling :pac:


6 slot Neo Geo MVS mobo
IGS PGM mobo
Jamma Megadrive
jamma PS1 Adapter
Arcade supergun
Neo Geo AES with MVS adapter & 2 original AES sticks
(Broken ) atomiswave SD

Game Tengoku (Game Paradise)
Vendetta
Raiden II
Alien Versus Predator
X Men: Children of the Atom
Super Street Fighter II
Hyper Street Fighter 2 - The Anniversary Edition
Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting
Tekken 3 - (I never did get that working Enternow, it's so odd, the board looks mint!)


Carts -

Demon Front (PGM)
Knights of Valour (PGM)
Blazing Star
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
King of Fighters 98
Wakku Wakku 7
The Last Blade
Shock Troopers
Alpha Mission II
Puzzle Bobble
Sengoku
Sengoku 3
Samurai Showdown III
Samurai Showdown IV
Art of Fighting 3
Magical Drop II
World Heroes 2
World Heroes 2 Jet
World Heroes Perfect
Aero Fighters 2
Temco World Soccer 96
Street Hoop
Garou Mark of The Wolves
Nam 1975
Flip Shot
Puzzle De Pon
Viewpoint
Big Tournament Golf
Ninja Masters
Top Players Golf
King of the Monsters

Pyongyang

Steve SI wrote: »

My second Darius Alpha, still in its postal packaging( not sealed unfortunately)


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Pyongyang

o1s1n wrote: »

Game Tengoku (Game Paradise)

Did you buy that PCB? Nice!

o1s1n

Pyongyang wrote: »

Did you buy that PCB? Nice!

Yep! Should have it sometime next week

I have no clue how big the mobo is. I'm hoping for standard PCB sized one, but have a horrible feeling I'm going to get a CPS2 sized package!

Pyongyang

Congratulations, that's a great buy. Let us know the info when you get it!

Retr0gamer

Thanks for the shopping list for when I rob your gaff.

o1s1n wrote: »

Here's my complete arcade inventory, just for some added e-penis waggling :pac:


6 slot Neo Geo MVS mobo
IGS PGM mobo
Jamma Megadrive
jamma PS1 Adapter
Arcade supergun
Neo Geo AES with MVS adapter & 2 original AES sticks
(Broken ) atomiswave SD

Game Tengoku (Game Paradise)
Vendetta
Raiden II
Alien Versus Predator
X Men: Children of the Atom
Super Street Fighter II
Hyper Street Fighter 2 - The Anniversary Edition
Street Fighter 2
Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting
Tekken 3 - (I never did get that working Enternow, it's so odd, the board looks mint!)


Carts -

Demon Front (PGM)
Knights of Valour (PGM)
Blazing Star
Metal Slug
Metal Slug 2
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
King of Fighters 98
Wakku Wakku 7
The Last Blade
Shock Troopers
Alpha Mission II
Puzzle Bobble
Sengoku
Sengoku 3
Samurai Showdown III
Samurai Showdown IV
Art of Fighting 3
Magical Drop II
World Heroes 2
World Heroes 2 Jet
World Heroes Perfect
Aero Fighters 2
Temco World Soccer 96
Street Hoop
Garou Mark of The Wolves
Nam 1975
Flip Shot
Puzzle De Pon
Viewpoint
Big Tournament Golf
Ninja Masters
Top Players Golf
King of the Monsters

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Thanks for the shopping list for when I rob your gaf

Good luck to you even moving a fraction of that :P

Jack burton

I need to get a jamma cab, I'm feeling left out

o1s1n

Would you not just pick up a Naomi to JAMMA adapter?

Jack burton

I dont want to live a lie!

Ah I know i could but the naomi is getting mamed, so hoping to pick up another, mabye a project cab, and have it as a stand alone jamma

CiDeRmAn

Better still, get a stripy black and white jumper, a black eye mask and a sack with the words "SWAG" on the side and join Retr0 robbing O1s1ns place!

That said, you will have to help him get his share past the all seeing eye of his mother!

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Tekken 3 - (I never did get that working Enternow, it's so odd, the board looks mint!)

Tell me about it. The board is absolutely immaculate. I had to get rid of it because every day was like "Ok I'm gonna have another crack at fixing Tekken 3" of course to no avail...

K.O.Kiki

BACK ON TOPIC:

Hells YES!
As long as the build & screen are decent, and it's around €100 I shall buy it ASAP.

I wonder if the cancelled MP3-player add-on will be in this.

Also from the button layout, I'm guessing that the analog buttons have been ditched (not really an issue).

bugs

http://ncsx.com are listing the thing as a hoax, no other information, but it doesn't look legit anyway.

Pyongyang

bugs wrote: »

http://ncsx.com are listing the thing as a hoax, no other information, but it doesn't look legit anyway.

NCSX, the most overpriced store in the history of online stores ever.

K.O.Kiki

This they have been, forever and always...

unless they happen to find a crate of rare, still-bagged anything, which happens often! :pac:

KeRbDoG

Boom! Seems like it might be real afterall
http://tinyurl.com/6sy5x9y

CiDeRmAn

Yeah, have to be nice to you now...
At least I know what my next hardware purchase is going to be, screw the Vita, at least this has a decent software library!
Also, if that SD card does what I assume it does it'll be the gift that'll keep giving too!
The entire Metal Slug series in your pocket?
Sweet!

Some Numpty actually posted this on the news website mentioned in Kerbdogs post, not sure if they are being funny or just plain stupid...

So as I can understand, it will not accept the original cartridges ? Thanks but no thanks.

kevin2me

Well Im new to the MVS, only saw my first one b4 Xmas at cidermans beers
Thanks for getting me hooked buddy

Finally got my first Jamma Cab last week,
plus lucked out and got a Ton of NeoGeo Stuff

Picked up Dozen MVS Games and 10 MVS 1 Slots,
these are Jamma as they Slot 1 and does Mono
Most need fixing,great none the less ...
1 * MV-1A
5 * MV-1AX
2 * MV-1B
1 * MV-1F
1 * MV-1FS

Games were:
Metal Slug
WindJammers
Pubble Bobble
Puzzle De Pon!
Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Super SideKicks 2
Temco World Soccer 96
Thrash Rally
Fight Fever

Now I want more

o1s1n

Holy ****, how did you get so many Neo Geo mobos?

Let me know if you ever want to get rid of one. I sold my one off a while ago when I got the six slot. Big mistake!

kevin2me

I know, completely lucked out

Picked them up with MY Jamma Cab, but I kinda wasnt completely telling whole story
Only 2 of them seem to be working, 1 was working fine for half a day, now no sound,
but still lovely the Puzzle Bobble

I got some Isopropyl alcohol and a rubber today,
was told that cleaning Jamma Connectors may help with below,
If can magically fix a lot of them, no bothers one is yours

My Otaku Extract

MV-1B Works - Kinda
When I first tested the one of the MV-1B slots worked perfectly but later that day No SOUND,
I think I tried Adjusted Volume pots and still worked but later didnt? Could Pots be the issue?
If I turn it while game is running, gets bit if Hiss from Speakers if turn it, remove screwdriver and it goes away.
This MV-1B in H/W test Screen has No SOUNT TEST Menu
Only other thing I did was this all 10 boards and few other PCBs I had, no idea why stopped working.

MV-1AX Works - Kinda
1 of these gets to Hardware TEST Screen,
Boots to test With Screen Lines Test, I can Test Sound and works fine, rear, Front, Center,
But it never boots to Game, and only way to exit is reboot, but also boots to H/W Test, All DIPS = OFF

Other 8 MVS Slots:
None work, either get blurry scrolling image or 100's SQUARES that looks like doing something,
and SOUND in speakers POPS every few seconds.

o1s1n

Weird that they'd all be messed up, were they stored in a damp enviornment? Might want to stick them in a hot press for the night or something before powering them on again in case it's a moisture issue.

For the MV-1AX - have you tried different carts in this one? I remember sometimes my old 1 slot would do this, but only with a couple of particular games.

For all the other ones with weird graphical issues, it might indeed just be dirty contacts. MVS systems can be very finicky when it comes to gunk. I recently took my AES out of storage and it took me a while to get MVS carts going properly. Every time I'd boot the sprites would be totally glitchy. Was just a dirty connection in the end.

But yeah, would love to take one of them off you! Sure let me know how you get on