SNK Neo-Geo X

[Neon Ignition]

Sadly, no, not a true follow up to the Neo-Geo Pocket. This is a new handheld which is like having a CFW handheld with you running the roms. It comes preloaded with:

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

It has a 4.3inch LCD screen and 2GB memory, presumably so further games can be bought digitally. SNK Playmore are said to be expected to fess up shortly however images are out:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-01-25-snk-developing-new-neo-geo-portable

Personally, I'm expecting it to end up being a knock-off as I doubt SNK personally has the funds for such a project now they're down to releasing just one game per year or so from just one franchise. Also, it's curious it doesn't have the correct company logo on it.

[briareos_kerensky]

Not really interested in the hardware but I hope that the control nub on the left is a digital pad masked as an analog stick.

[J0e Musashi]

It has the original SNK logo that would be found on Neo-Geo hardware. This is easily the first one of these things that'd I'd consider buying, although I'd delete at least six of the included games from it.

[kallbrand]

Neat. The screen should be 4:3 though

[dvdx2]

bit redundant, with perfect emulators already running on the psp

[QualityChimp]

Yeah, I was just to post about this - interesting stuff!

The news comes from a Japanese blog, so nothing is concrete yet. It could be a genuine leak, a prototype or just a hoax.



The question is if that SD slot allows you to add other games and other emulators.

You can pick up various other handhelds that happily run Neo-Geo games and other consoles.
I'm currently torn between getting an Xperia Play or a Dingoo A380



In related news, has anybody seen the SupaBoy?!

[J0e Musashi]

I'm deffo getting it. I'd actually take it out and everything.

[Flabio]

bit redundant, with perfect emulators already running on the psp

Excepting of course that if this IS official, then your money will actually go to SNK...

Not that anyone on here seems to care about that sort of thing...

[J0e Musashi]

Plus the PSP doesn't have the badass NGCD control stick.

[QualityChimp]

Fair point, Flabio, but there's a difference between, for example, a PS Vita that has its own platform-specific games and this, that plays games over two decades old that can be emulated on other devices including handhelds and mobile phones.

I really like the idea of this, but I fear if it is real, it'll be over-priced and under-supported.

[hudson]

Would love one, but that SNK logo looks slightly off...

[SUMIRE]

Yeah kind of odd when you can buy official Neo Geo games for download on the PSP, not that many though... Also I don't really know why it is widescreen when all old SNK games are not.

[J0e Musashi]

Why does it have shoulder buttons when MVS only had four too? I'd imagine that and the widescreen are because it can emulate other systems as well as MVS.

There are no pictures of it actually running, but there do seem to be two different versions of it. One has a select button, and the other has a menu button.

[bash]

It looks like a Chinese mashup of iPhone 4 and Neo Geo which leads me to believe its fake or early prototype leak.

[dvdx2]

Excepting of course that if this IS official, then your money will actually go to SNK...

Not that anyone on here seems to care about that sort of thing...

dont lecture me young man;

I have been gaming for over 30 years and have put tens and tens of thousands of pounds into the games industry... ;-)