Neo Geo Pocket
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| Neo Geo Pocket | |
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| Manufacturer | SNK |
| Type | Handheld gaming console |
| Generation | Fifth generation console |
| First available |  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 |
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| 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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