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Player 3:
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/upcoming-neo-geo-x-handheld-due-for-release-this-december.html




--- Quote ---SNK PLAYMORE, today confirmed that the NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system is scheduled for a worldwide release this December. Following the 20th anniversary of the ground breaking NEOGEO AES console, the NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system provides players with all of the features of a home arcade and the convenience of a handheld gaming device. The NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system is set for a worldwide release on December 6, 2012 for a suggested retail price of $199.99 (USD).


 The NEOGEO X GOLD entertainment system comes complete with the NEOGEO X Station, the NEOGEO X Handheld with 20 pre-loaded NEOGEO classic titles, and the NEOGEO X Joystick. In addition to coming pre-loaded with 20 NEOGEO classic titles, the NEOGEO X Handheld device features a crisp 4.3" LCD display, an expandable game card slot, internal stereo speakers, and a 3.5mm headphone jack for a personal gaming experience you can take anywhere. The NEOGEO X Handheld device works with the NEOGEO X Joystick and NEOGEO X Station to charge the handheld device and transfer the action directly to a television set or monitor, via HDMI or A/V out, for a true arcade experience right at home.  The full list of NEOGEO X Handheld pre-installed games is as follows:

 3 COUNT BOUT
 ALPHA MISSION II
 ART OF FIGHTING
 BASEBALL STARS II
 CYBER LIP
 FATAL FURY
 FATAL FURY SPECIAL
 REAL BOUT - FATAL FURY SPECIAL
 THE KING OF FIGHTERS '95
 KING OF THE MONSTERS
 LAST RESORT
 LEAGUE BOWLING II
 MAGICIAN LORD
 METAL SLUG
 MUTATION NATION
 NAM 1975
 PUZZLED
 SAMURAI SHODOWN II
 SUPER SIDEKICKS
 WORLD HEROES PERFECT


 "Great game consoles don't die; they're just reborn in much more affordable and convenient packages," said Tommo CEO Jonathan Wan. "The NEOGEO X GOLD is a love letter to one of my favorite consoles of all time, and working with SNK PLAYMORE to acquire the NEOGEO license, Tommo Inc. looks to provide gaming and entertainment enthusiasts with a classic arcade experience both at home and on the go."
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Keep in mind, this looks like it'll be up for newer games, so don't pull the emulation card again. The controls on the handheld sure seem a bit backwards from the Neo Geo CD. I wonder if the HDMI/AV output will letterbox or stretch the picture. So help me, that base controller better be USB-based.

Howard_Casto:
I mentioend this several months ago.  I got jumped all over about how lame it's gonna be. 

I see the potential there, but the 199 price tag is seriously too high (It didn't mention a price back then).  For that price one can get a modern handheld and run the neogeo games on it via emulation.  If new games are released for it that will be another story, but thus far, no new games have been announced.

Player 3:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 13, 2012, 06:33:55 pm ---I mentioend this several months ago.  I got jumped all over about how lame it's gonna be. 

I see the potential there, but the 199 price tag is seriously too high (It didn't mention a price back then).  For that price one can get a modern handheld and run the neogeo games on it via emulation.  If new games are released for it that will be another story, but thus far, no new games have been announced.

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The handheld looks like it has trigger buttons, so newer games seem like a good possibility.


And $200 is too much? Comes with a base, twenty games, and controller for said base. Not to mention this is how you do it legally (besides owning the original games).

Howard_Casto:
Well you can buy neogeo games on the wii or 360 for as little as 5 bucks a pop.  If you are a Neo Geo collector you aren't going to be able to play your collection on the thing unless you re-buy them and if you have a mvs unit (which doesn't cost more than around 200 bucks btw) you can probably get most games cheaper than what snk is going to sell the downloads for.  Even all of that aside... they haven't even announced that they'll be selling more games for it.  Right now, it's just a glorified all-in-one system.

I think it's putting things into context.  Would you pay 200 bucks for a portable snes with 20 built in games that wouldn't play snes carts?  Well that essentially is what you have here.  Slight graphical upgrades aside, keep in mind that the neo geo is merely a 16 bit system.   So if it were 60 bucks or so I could see it... that's the price of a retro duo or similar "new" retro console.  But even they play the original carts.

I think the picture is confusing you a little as well.  That's just a real neogeo home console and controller added for scale.  They haven't even released pics of the base and the joystick yet.  It could just be the crappy gamepad they used for later neogeo consoles. 

knave:
Looking at that picture I at first glance thought that the handheld slid into the base like a docking station...

Hmmm...that would have been pretty interesting...

...but my four slot is pretty cool the way it is. I already own the games I want.

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