Neo Geo Pocket

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Neo Geo Pocket
Manufacturer SNK
Type Handheld gaming console
Generation Fifth generation console
First available Japan 1998
CPU Toshiba TLCS900H
Media Cartridge
Successor Neo Geo Pocket Color

The Neo Geo Pocket was SNK's first hand held video game system, released in Japan in late 1998. However lower than expected sales resulted in its discontinuation in 1999, and was immediately succeeded by the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The system only had a retail release within the Japan and Hong Kong market.

Though the system enjoyed only a short life, there were some significant games released on the system such as Samurai Showdown, and King of Fighters R-1.

The Neo Geo Pocket is mostly forwards compatible, meaning it can play the majority of the newer color games. There are, however, notable exceptions such as Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure and SNK vs. Capcom: Match Of The Millennium. The newer Neo Geo Pocket Color is fully backwards compatible and can play all games released for the Neo Geo Pocket.

[edit] Specifications

  • 16 bit TOSHIBA TLCS-900H high performance core CPU
  • 32 bit/16 bit register bank cofiguration at 6.144 MHz
  • Virtual screen 256×256 - 16 palettes/plane, 64 sprites/frame
  • Z80 8 bit cpu sound
  • 12 bit DAC & 6 psg tone simultaneous output
  • I/O serial SIO 1 channel 19200 bit/s

[edit] See also

Handheld game consoles
Early units
See Microvision and Handheld electronic games
Nintendo handhelds
Game & Watch | Game Boy (Pocket | Light) | Game Boy Color | Game Boy Advance (SP | Micro) | Nintendo DS (Lite)
Bandai handhelds
WonderSwan | WonderSwan Color | SwanCrystal
GamePark/Holdings handhelds
GP32 | GP2X | XGP | XGP Mini | XGP Kids
SNK handhelds
Neo Geo Pocket | Neo Geo Pocket Color
Sega handhelds
Game Gear | Nomad | Mega Jet
Sony handhelds
PocketStation | PlayStation Portable
Other handhelds
Atari Lynx | Gamate | Watara Supervision | Mega Duck | Game.com | Gizmondo | N-Gage | TurboExpress | Pepper Pad | GameKing | iRiver G10 | Ez MINI | OQO Model 2
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