Neo Geo X - Pocket Edition

[Player 3]

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

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."

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]

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.

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.

[vanrose72]

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.

I caught this story on Yahoo! News after somehow missing it at BYOAC. Yeah, I agree: The $199 price tag is seriously too high.

A modern handheld with emulation would be a better investment since you're not limited to just Neo Geo games.

For new games, just talk to Sjaak. He'll clone them for you with Visual Studio and Microsoft XNA Game Studio. 

[Player 3]

Is it going to work with AES or MVS carts?
Handheld has an SD slot so it's just emulating.  Already a pile of $50 handhelds from China that can do that.
Those shoulder buttons are just going to be ABCD cloned.

It's not going to work with cartridges. The handheld is supposed to fit into the cartridge slot of the AES-styled dock, which can output the games to HDMI or AV. The screen on the handheld appears to be 16:9, so new games would be in the works.

ABCD cloned?

[Howard_Casto]

Heh that's what I was thinking.

Just like the Ouya I would caution anyone into buying this.  Yeah it's designed for new games.... but it's also made by SNK Playmore.  So unless they announce some solid titles I hope you like watered down Metal Slug sequels and King of Fighters... cause that's all your getting. 

See I made the same arguments you did months ago when I first saw it Player 3... but it's almost release time for the device and not a single new game has been announced.  That doesn't bode very well.  Again, just like the Ouya, I sure hope I'm wrong on this one... it'd be cool to see something new from snk, but I doubt I am.

[knave]

So what would you like to see in a new console or handheld? Obviously new games...but Jim and Howard what makes this more than a toy for SNK Fanboi's?

I don't see any similarities to the Ouya at all unless its going to run on android and be targeted for indie developers not to mention all the existing Android apps.

Are you just grouchy? 

[Howard_Casto]

It's like the Ouya in that it's a failed concept right from the idea stage.  At least the community didn't pay for it's development, that's a good thing. 

Well it IS a toy for snk fanboys... that's the point.  No "regular" person would be excited about it.  I even have my doubts that fanboys would want it, because if you are a neogeo fan you already have these games in one form or another, the built in selection is crap, and they haven't announced a system to buy more old titles for the thing, much less new games.  I wouldn't be getting excited about a plug-n-play tv game if they charged 200 bucks for it. 

I can't remember the last time I've been grouchy on this forum... you must be thinking of the other guy.


To answer your question, I wouldn't like to see a new console or handheld....  Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have that market pretty much cornered.  Any new device offered by another company would have to be significantly better in some respect than what those three are offering to get third party developer support if nothing else.  These tiny little companies simply don't have the resources to complete. 

The reason I'm so hard on this on in particular one after the price has been announced?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP2X

This is essentially the same unit, only it emulates pretty much all home consoles.  When it was new you paid 199, the price of the NGX.   Now you can get em for next to nothing.  Why?  It's an "open source linux based console geared towards indie developers" and thus demand is incredibly low for the device.  It sounds familar doesn't it.  Also it was released in 2005.  One of it's sequels was released in 2010, it blows those specs away, still only 150 bucks.  The company is now out of the hardware business.

So I'm not being negative or grouchy, I'm just being realistic.  If you could go back in time and save the few poor saps out there from buying the virtual boy or the n-gauge  wouldn't you?