NEOGEO X GOLD Limited Edition

First, what you get here is no fancy social/mobile/3D/touch device. You're getting a niche product which is some kind of hommage to the cult Neo Geo console which only plays games. If you're into modern trends ONLY, you could probably emulate all those games on PC, a smartphone/tablet, get them on PSN or XBLA... ... on with the review. Hardware side : For the portable console, the thing feels very solid and like a quality product Nintendo or Sony would sell. All buttons seems to be made very tough so nothing would break if you play Metal Slugs or any of the fighting games 'till sunrise, madness or death. There is even an expension slot for upcoming games (if there are anymore release one day). The back of the console is made of some rubber product which feels great to touch with an engraved silver SNK logo. Overall a great looking device. For the "couch" console or "portable dock", it feels a little light and fragile, tough I remember the old AES feeling this way when I held it, it could've been better. But the look is still great and you won't have to move it a lot. The "tray" is what should've been better. It doesn't close very well and doesn't open as much as it could. However, when the portable is docked inside, it does not matter if it is opened or closed. The arcade stick controller. Not bad but not that good. It's USB, which I don't mind but the cable could've been longer. And the buttons sensibility is not very good. The stick is like a charm however. For the sotware part : There's a very simple menu with minimal animation, no sounds or music, no network connectivity, no media...etc You just get to chose a game of the game gard if one is inserted. The Limited has the Ninja Master's card with it. For the games. Kind of hit or miss here for me. Like very much the Metal Slugs, Magician Lord and all fighting games. Not much the puzzle ones but I guess they wanted to mix styles and not just throwing in Metal Slugs and all kinds of King of Fighters games. Ninja Master's by the way is very good I think. Overall : A great collectors item I think. It sure won't go mainstream (I would be suprised) but it's a great product for Neo Geo/SNK fans.

I started video-gaming back in the 80's, and then through the present. Back in the day when the Neo-Geo came out, it was WAY out of my price range, but it was certainly very desirable: literally arcade-quality (since the very machines were used in arcades). Now all these years later, this retro game system also distinguishes itself from similar systems (I also have an NES classic and the At-games Sega Genesis system). The quality of the NeoGeoX handheld is really nice, surprisingly high quality for the (sticker) price. The joystick is pretty cheap, very plasticey, and kind of a debacle relative to the higher quality sticks. But that said it is perfectly usable. It comes with a pretty nice collection of games. As is true of the Neo Geo games library as a whole, the selection is pretty "fighter game" heavy, but there are some nice shooters and other games in there too. Also the ability to buy a card that includes another 15 great games (the "Mega Pack", a must buy) certainly makes the Neo Geo retro system game library much better than the competitors. It plays great on my modern tv (through hdmi). The picture and sound are respectable (considering when the games were made). I'm really happy with the system, but sad that they discontinued it. There are still a lot of great games that we'll never see on this system (without getting hacks). Get it while you still can! My guess is that these systems will be very expensive in a few years.

I pre ordered this after returning damaged DVDs to Amazon. I had the credit and though "why not?" I was excited to get it so quickly after it came out. Actually, I was told I would have it on the 24th. I got it about a week early. So it started out on a good note. I was going to unplug my PS3 and use that USB to play it on my TV. But, the end that connects to the system is a smaller USB cable than the regular ones are. So I had to just unplug the other USB cable. When I turned it on, I was excited to see that it was set up very simply. You see squares that say the name of the game or games and you move left or right to get to the game you want. When you get to it, you hit the button and after a few seconds it starts to load. When the game is on it is as simple as hitting a button, choosing your options and playing. I have only really played two games so far. My favorite though for now is bowling. Very simple. My grandfather enjoyed playing it as well. Some games seem to just work better with the portable system. I was playing a shooter type game. It was good on the large controller that was used to play on my TV, but the actual portable player felt much tighter and better suited for playing that type of game. Either way, there are a lot of fun games on this system and hopefully more to come. If you can get this for a good price, and enjoy old school games, it is a must have that will bring you lots of fun solo or with friends. Also, at first, the controller for playing on my TV felt cheap. But I think it is for the fact that I've never used a controller like it. After a few minutes it felt perfect. I am very happy with the controller.

I'm a bit torn by this purchase because it seems like Tomo tried to make this do two things, neither of which was very well executed. What we have here is a game system with an identity crisis - is it supposed to be a console or is it supposed to be a handheld? They tried to do both and here are the issues with each of the identities. Console: The original AES system was a console that used huge VHS sized cartridges and the Neo Geo Gold X emulated that with a clam shell dock with USB controller. The entire docking mechanism is a bit clunky and not very well thought out. You basically open up the clam shell that looks like a miniature version of the AES system and inside there are three connectors HDMI, AV and USB. What I wished they had done is use the cartridge opening and make it so that you can just drop the handheld in there and it would start charging, similar to how a Sonicare toothbrush charges. For HDMI or AV out, just output from the handheld to your TV and maybe use Bluetooth for wireless controllers like the PS3 controllers. If this was just a console without the handheld, they could have spent their resources making it so the AES cartridges would work in this along with SD memory cards for saves and new games. I think they made this look like the old AES system to give their product some credibility because if they just released the handheld, it would just be another Neo Geo emulator. But they copied the shape of the old console and controller so that we nostalgic gamers would have something to relate to. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, than maybe people will think it's a duck. The big issue I see here is that back when the AES was popular, TVs were not HD or even SD so the output looked fine, but when you output less pixels compared to the TV, the images start to look blocky similar to how a picture looks in Photoshop when you zoom in 1000x. In Samurai Showdown 2, the flashing effects of the power bar clearly shows this problem. My biggest gripe is with the joystick. For some reason, it is just not as responsive as the original. Others have mentioned lag and the more games I play with the joystick the more apparent this becomes and it is definitely not a good thing because many of the games require precision or else you die. With fighting games, you really need this to work to near perfection or else you end up not getting moves off at the right time. I'm not sure if this is an issue with my unit or not, but the response is just not there and when you do moves that require pressing both the A&B buttons, half the time it doesn't register both. I've tried button smashing and also gently pressing and neither gave me consistent results. Handheld: As a handheld, this does better than the console and the clickety directional thumb pad is probably the best thing about it. The bad is that they decided to add some shoulder buttons to the top left and right edges of the handheld for L1, L2, R1, and R2 buttons that really don't do anything. Worse of all, I tend to rest my index fingers on the corners and with the PSP and DS, there is an edge you can rest your fingers on without pressing the trigger buttons, but not with this handheld. The result is that I either have to remember not to place my fingers there or I end up pausing the game or changing the aspect ratio. What I would have done differently is made this a handheld system without the clamshell dock. If they wanted a dock, they can make it smaller like the dock for the Note 2 because the current dock doesn't bring back the retro feel, it makes the whole setup feel cheap. Also, instead of the iPhone shape, I would have made it more square with a 4:3 screen. Finally, you can charge and output to your TV directly from the handheld without plugging it into the dock. All it is really missing is an USB port to connect the controller. If it had Bluetooth, you wouldn't even need that. All they would need to do is throw in some chargers and it is a pure handheld that you could also connect to your TV without the cheap dock. The button placement also could be improved because if you need to press the B+C buttons, you would need two fingers. I would have used a "Z" layout where the "C" button was right on top of the "B" button with the "A" button to the left of "B" and the "D" to the right of "C". Games: Some of their game choices are a bit questionable here. I never played Baseball Stars 2 and had owned Baseball Stars Pro, which was also in all the machines at the arcade so I don't know why they decided to include BS2 instead of Pro. I tried it once and the controls were a bit weird. My major complaint with the games is that some of the side scrolling shooters only give you a set number of continues, which makes no sense at all. These games usually require many continues to complete and if you aren't given unlimited continues, there is really no point in playing because you will not get very far unless you are very good at the game. I'm not sure which games have this crippling feature and which don't but so far only Cyber Lip and Magicians Lord has unlimited continues. And is there really a need for three different variants of Fatal Fury? Also, no information on future releases is a bit worrisome because with only 20 games, some not really worth playing, this will get old pretty quick. Hopefully I don't end up with buyer's remorse like I did with the original Wii. Charging: I was able to charge the handheld with a USB charger that came with my EVO 4G so this isn't an issue anymore. Others: I really like the included cables because they even provided an HDMI cable, which Sony didn't do when I bought the original fat PS3. It would have been nice to receive a screen protector and maybe a carrying case, but I'm sure I can find a generic version somewhere. Value: So people judge the value based on the original cost of each of the games, but I like to judge it based on how much enjoyment and value I get out of the system after purchase. It does come with quite a few games, but do to the limited number of continues, some cannot be enjoyed to their fullest. One example is NAM, in the original Japanese AES version you could continue to your heart's content so you actually had a chance to finish the game, but in the new version you can only get so far unless you're so good that you just don't die. Several of the side scrolling games are like this so you can't really get into them too much. Then there is the laggy joystick that affects all games, especially fighting games. But apparently not everyone is having this issue, so maybe I need to return my unit and try a different one to see if my joystick is defective. I really don't like returning things once I have opened and used the item, but in this case, I'm seriously considering sending my set back. The only downfall is that Amazon is out of stock so this basically means I will not be getting a replacement unless I can find one somewhere else. So that is my current dilemma and my reason for giving this product a 2 stars (2.5 if that was possible). Having owned the original Japanese AES, this has just enough flaws to make it not so desirable after using it for a few days.

When I was younger, the Neogeo home system was something of a magical, mysterious machine that only a chosen few (or those who could afford it) had the privilege of playing it. It was so expensive, awesome, and all my favorite arcade games were on it. So I've had this on preorder since forever ago. The only neogeo system I owned was a Neogeo pocket color and I had a lot of fun with that. That came out around the same time as Dreamcast and PS2 and even though I did have all the previous major systems (snes, n64, playstation), the NGPC was one of my most played systems. I probably played the DC the most because at that time downloaded/copied games required no mod chips and NGPC games were cheap so those got the hours put into them. So now I finally have the NGX gold and I must say I'm disappointed. I've only played this for a few hours, mostly on the docking station hooked up to tv, and I'm bummed out by most of the obvious issues that should have been taken care of. If anyone wants a detailed review, there are plenty of them, but here's what are majors killers with this system for me. No unlimited continues Joystick lag and unresponsive Can only charge in docking station Just like everyone else has mentioned, how can you play any of these games without unlimited continues? Of course, when I had the hours upon hours at age 12 or 13 to master these unforgiving games, I would try my best in the arcade but even then sometimes it wasn't good enough. I was a big rom person so emulating neogeo was my only way to experience the greatness of the games and actually having a chance to beat them. I heard Magician Lord and another game has unlimited continues, but all the other games, like Metal Slug or Alpha Mission, give you only a handful of continues. WWWHHHYYYY????? I think anyone who buys this system is most likely over 20 to get back some nostalgia and probably doesn't have all the time in the world to sit there and play this over and over again. Limited continues takes away the fun I was expecting to have and instead brings frustration when you keep dying only after a few levels. I know this is how it was in the arcade, but that was the fun of the arcade, dying and then pumping in quarters. I think unlimited continues is a fair thing to have. Joystick lag. Oh my god. Talk about horrible input detection. Games like Ninja Master's that require technical skill are hindered by the cheap feeling buttons and lag on the directional input. The long technical directional inputs on Ninja Master's are sometimes impossible to do because the stick doesn't detect the movements and the buttons feel like they're about to pop off. Sometimes you need to manhandle the joystick and buttons at the arcade with fighting games but I feel like I'm gonna break the NGX stick if I do. The charging in docking station only is just dumb. For a portable system, it's not really portable friendly if you have to bring the giant dock to charge. As a pocket system, it's decent. I like it because it reminds me of the old NGPC and it actually has the real versions of games and not a watered down gameboy version of a game. The main reason I bought it is because I wanted to be able to build a Neogeo collection and get the arcade/mvs experience I missed out on but with the home setup being so disappointing and the portable version because somewhat decent, it's hard for me to like this. There's only so many times I can play the first couple levels on something before dying, having to start over, and just throwing it in my closet in frustration. I'm unfortunately planning to return this.

I can't recommend this to anyone for any reason. If you want to get into Neo Geo, it's a terrible place to start. If you already like Neo Geo, you're willing to spend more than $200 on something that does a way better job than the Neo Geo X. We'll start with the good: the joystick that came with the Neo Geo X is very nice, and since it connects through USB, I can use it on other devices with USB ports. The stick and the little nub on the handheld are high-quality microswitch devices, so they feel really nice to play with, and the buttons you use during gameplay feel nice, too. Now that everything good is out of the way... Otherwise, the hardware could have been good. The handheld has a nice rubberized back, which would feel nice if it were comfortable to hold. The four shoulder buttons on top of the handheld are basically pointless. One of them changes the resolution on the screen, which is important because the screen's default output is 16:9 even though the games were programmed specifically to be displayed in 4:3. The others don't do anything. There was never any technical reason or necessity for a 16:9 screen, because the Neo Geo X doesn't do anything but play Neo Geo ROMs. But whether it's in 4:3 or 16:9, the video quality is terrible. Everything looks blurry and distorted, and it somehow gets worse when you play it on your TV. The sound is awful. It's tinny and gross whether it's coming from the handheld or you have it hooked up to your TV. The Neo Geo X includes 20 games, and comes with a 21st (Ninja Master's) on a modified SD card. But a third of these games are fighting games, and each character in each fighting game has their own set of special moves that you need to learn to play proficiently. Arcade cabinets had movelists printed and placed on the machine, and home versions had them in the manual. But they weren't included with the Neo Geo X, either as a manual included in the box or as a file stored on the Neo Geo X. It essentially makes them unplayable unless you look the movelists up on the internet, which you can't really do if you're using it as a portable instead of as a home console. You also can't charge the Neo Geo X unless you have the docking station with you, which is the size of an actual console, which means the three hour battery life keeps it from being very portable at all. You can't even play it while it's charging unless you connect it to your TV, because you have to physically insert the Neo Geo X into the giant pretend console to connect it to the power adapter. People hacking into the Neo Geo X have found that it's running a Linux port of an emulator called Final Burn Alpha, which SNK/Playmore did not develop. They've even found emulators for other consoles in regularly inaccessible partitions of the Neo Geo X's internal memory, all of which were specifically designed for the Dingoo A320, a competing handheld released in 2009. SNK/Playmore officially licensed a product that was, for the most part, designed by people that will never receive any money from SNK/Playmore, and who were never employed to design the Neo Geo X. I paid $200 for pirated software, sub-par hardware, and 21 really badly-emulated games on a handheld console that you can't actually take anywhere. And these are only the most glaring problems the Neo Geo X has. I shouldn't have preordered it. Buying it at any time would be a mistake.

Back in the day I fantasized about owning a NEO-GEO. Unfortunately, at $700 plus for the system and $200 per game, there was no way it was gonna happen. I didn't even have rich friends who had one that I could play. I had to drool over the pictures in Electronic Games Monthly. So now, thirty years later, we have the NEO-GEO X GOLD. After researching the unit, I pulled the trigger on this thing and I'm happy I did. I ended up paying around $130 bucks and got a fantastic replica of the original system with 20 plus 1 games. Add a portable system that docks and charges inside the shell and a fantastic arcade stick and you've got a winner. This machine is essentially an emulator but the colors and sound look great hooked up via standard RCA type A/V cables to my Mitsubishi projector. Also included is an HDMI cable for modern high-def TV's. Now I've read some pretty angry "fanboy" reviews about thin cables, poor build quality, noisy controllers and color washout compared to the original system. As mentioned before, I never owned the original so I can't say much except that I am completely happy with the look, feel and play of this unit. I guess if I paid upwards of $5,000 for the "real deal' and 21 games and then realized I could have essentially the same thing for $130, I'd be mad too.

I wrote this review for my personal blog but am posting it here as well in order to better inform shoppers on Amazon. Ahhhh... Neo-Geo. The name alone still brings dollar signs to mind. In 1991 Japanese video game company SNK launched the Neo-Geo AES console in the United States. With a staggering retail price of $649 it instantly became the home video game system that every gamer wanted but very few could afford. The games were incredible for their time, mainly due to the home system's hardware being virtually identical to that used in the actual arcade versions of the games. Rather than the arcade games having to be ported to the home system they were simply repackaged and sold without modification. For the first time ever the game you played at home was the exact same game you played in the arcade. Even if you could afford the system back then you were in for another shock - each individual game cartridge carried a price tag of at least $200! That was like paying for an entire Super NES or Sega Genesis system every time you wanted a new game. Today the original Neo-Geo AES system remains collectible, as do the games. Realizing your 20-year old Neo-Geo dream today will still cost you several hundred dollars for the system and just a few games. That's where the new Neo-Geo X Gold system comes in. The Neo-Geo X Gold system aims to bring the classic Neo-Geo experience to everyone through the use of a relatively affordable handheld gaming system that can also be docked and played on your TV with a traditional Neo-Geo AES-style joystick. For $200 the Neo-Geo X Gold package gets you the handheld Neo-Geo X system itself, a docking station that is modeled after the original home AES system, a full-size joystick controller, and twenty games (plus one bonus game for a limited time). Also included is the AC power adapter for the docking station as well as both an HDMI cable and a traditional composite audio/video cable with RCA connectors. Inside the retail box are two equally-sized smaller boxes. Since the docking station and the joystick are very close in size each gets its own box. The portable system - Hardware: At the heart of the Neo-Geo X is the portable system itself. The device seems very well constructed and looks similar to most other horizontally oriented handhelds such as the original PSP. The portable features a 4.3 inch LCD with a resolution of 480x272. Natively this resolution provides a 16:9 aspect ratio but this can be changed to a more traditional 4:3 ratio (as detailed further below). The screen brightness is adjusted via two buttons on the bottom edge of the system. Although the screen doesn't seem to get extremely bright it is still adequate for indoor use. The main controls for the system are an 8-way pad, the traditional A/B/C/D buttons (arranged in a standard diamond pattern), and L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons mounted on the top edge of the system. In addition there is a small menu button and a small start button on the front of the unit. The control pad is very "clicky" just like the original Neo-Geo joystick. Tactile feedback is great albeit a little on the noisy side if you are trying to play in a quiet environment. The system features two front facing speakers - one positioned on each side near the bottom edge of the screen. The bottom edge of the system contains two buttons to control the volume level and a standard headphone jack (in addition to the previously mentioned screen brightness controls). The top of the system has the new L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons which are a bit of a mystery since they didn't exist on the original Neo-Geo system. I can only guess that they are included in order to support some future "new" games (although that would kind of go against the purpose of this system), or because the hardware itself is based on a generic platform that was simply converted to be what is now known as the Neo-Geo X and the L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons are just a legacy to the original device. The top also includes ports for HDMI, AV out, and USB. These ports are used when connecting the system to the docking station but apparently can still be used separately although for some reason the instruction manual advises against this. Rounding out the system, the right side of the unit has the sliding power switch along with a slot for game cards while the back features a rubberized coating with the SNK logo prominently featured in chromed plastic lettering. Unfortunately, and rather surprisingly, the system does not come with a separate battery charger. The only official way to charge the portable unit is by connecting it to the docking station. This may be easily overcome with a standard mini-USB cable, but the instructions specifically warn against charging the system with anything other than the docking station. Apparently this point is so important that they also felt the need to attach a large sticker across the whole screen of the system just to remind you. The portable system - User interface: When you power the system on you are greeted with the Neo-Geo X logo followed by the main menu of games. The interface is very basic, which is a welcome change from the more complex interfaces of other current game systems. There are no user accounts, avatar designers, network settings, date/time setup, or anything else of the sort on the Neo-Geo X. The twenty included games are all built into the system. The main menu is simply a row of all of the game's title screens that you scroll through using the control pad. There is one additional image on the menu that is used to display the selection for the game card slot if a game is inserted in the slot. Once you select a game you simply press the A button and that game is loaded for play. The games load very quickly and in a matter of seconds you are looking at the historic "MAX 330 MEGA PRO-GEAR SPEC" splash screen. The only other option available from the main menu is to display the system version and choose between NTSC or PAL video output, both of which are accessed by pushing the Menu button. Once a game is loaded pushing either of the left shoulder buttons switches the screen to a 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars on the sides. I'm not sure why they didn't just build the system with a 4:3 screen since all of the Neo-Geo games were only designed for a 4:3 screen. There is not a way to permanently set the screen mode - it will always revert to 16:9 mode when in the main menu or when you load a different game. Consequently all the games will appear horizontally stretched if you don't manually switch the screen to 4:3 mode every time you start playing a new game. This is rather annoying. Besides the aspect ratio modes described above you can also pause the game by pushing the R1 or R2 buttons. Pressing the Menu button brings up options to either continue playing the game or to exit back to the main Neo-Geo X menu screen (and thus quit your current game). Other than these few special buttons everything else behaves just as it would on the traditional AES console. The docking station: Hands down one of the coolest features of the Neo-Geo X is the ability to convert the portable system into a home console that connects to your TV. To top it off the conversion is done through a docking station that is a replica of the original AES system (although slightly smaller). Don't let the looks fool you though. That cartridge slot on the top of the docking station is just for show. The docking station is only designed to connect the Neo-Geo X portable system to your TV. It is not compatible with any original AES games or accessories. To setup the docking station you simply connect it to the AC adapter and then connect to your TV via an HDMI cable or more traditional composite audio/video cables (both kinds of cables are included with the system). The Neo-Geo X does not perform any type of upscaling to HD quality so the cable you use is more of a personal preference. If you use the old school composite cable you can save a precious HDMI input on your TV for other uses, but in my experience the HDMI signal provides noticeably brighter colors. Once the power and TV connections are made you just plug the joystick into the USB port on the front of the system. A second port is also on-board the docking station, allowing you to add an optional second joystick for multiplayer games. Once you have the docking station all cabled up the only thing left to do is actually connect your Neo-Geo X. To do this you first slide the docking station release switch (which causes the top of the docking station to open like a car hood). Inside the docking station is a padded mat with a diagram of the Neo-Geo X handheld. You simply place your handheld unit on the mat (first making sure that the portable unit is switched off, as two printed warnings inside the docking station will remind you), line up the three connection ports with the connections on the docking station, and then slide it towards the back of the docking station thereby connecting all the ports. From there you just close the hood and turn on the docking station power using the switch on the front of the unit. The powered on docking station will recharge the portable unit when it's connected. So if you just want to recharge the portable unit you can connect it and come back later once it's charged up. If you want to actually play some games on your big screen TV then all that's left to do is turn on the TV and switch it to whichever input you have the docking station connected to. Since your TV is now acting as the display you can adjust the aspect ratio through your TV's controls instead of the Neo-Geo X controls. If you want to keep the games looking like they should then you'll want to set your TV to "standard" or "non-wide" mode. The video performance through the docking station isn't as good as it is on the portable screen and isn't on par with what you'd get out of the original AES system. This is particularly noticeable in games with scrolling backgrounds. The Neo-Geo X seems to struggle with smoothly animating the scrolling effect. An odd quirk of the docking station setup is that the audio level through the composite audio/video cable is still tied to the audio level setting on the portable unit. If you have the volume turned down on the portable unit then you'll have to crank up the volume on your TV. Because of this it is best to make sure the volume is turned all the way up on the portable unit when using the docking station. The volume controls continue to function even though the unit is connected to the docking station and the same on-screen volume indicator will appear on your TV screen as you make adjustments. This isn't an issue if you're using the HDMI connection. At this point the system works just like it does when not connected to the docking station with the exception of the Menu button and the R1/R2 buttons. Since there is no Menu button on the joystick controller you have to push the Reset button on the top of the docking station itself to bring up the menu that allows you to exit the game and return to the main system menu. Likewise, since there is no R1 or R2 button to pause the game you instead use the Select button on the joystick to pause and unpause the action. The joystick: The joystick that comes with the system is a very accurate reproduction of the original AES joystick. The stick itself has the desired tactile feedback of the original and the four large buttons feel right out of the arcade cabinet. It's worth noting that although the joystick looks just like the original it now uses a USB connection meaning that AES and Neo-Geo X joysticks are not interchangeable. The joystick cable is not very long at about five and a half feet (especially since we're all used to wireless controllers these days) but since it uses a standard USB connection you can easily increase the length with a USB extension cable. An additional joystick can be purchased separately for around $50 retail. I recommend you go ahead and pick up a second joystick, especially when you consider that a large portion of the Neo-Geo library consists of fighting games. The games: The system comes with a good assortment of twenty games built-in. For a limited time the system also comes with the game Ninja Master's on a separate game card. It remains to be seen how many other games will be released as game cards although hopefully at least some of the more popular titles make it to the Neo Geo X in this fashion. The game card itself looks to be a standard SD card so it will be interesting to see how future games are priced and also if games are released one per card or if multiple games will be sold on a single card. The user interface seems to hint at this as once you select the game card option from the main menu you are taken to another menu that lists only the Ninja Master's game which you have to select in order to start the loading process. It looks like this second menu could display multiple games if they existed on a single game card. The games that are built into the system are World Heroes Perfect, 3 Count Bout, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Puzzled, NAM 1975, Mutation Nation, Last Resort, King of the Monsters, Alpha Mission II, Cyber-Lip, Fatal Fury Special, Art of Fighting, Super Sidekicks, League Bowling, Metal Slug, Magician Lord, Baseball Stars 2, Samurai Shodown II, The King of Fighters '95, and Fatal Fury King of Fighters. I won't give you a review of each individual game as you can easily find reviews elsewhere since these games have been available for many years, but as you can see there's a pretty good variety of games included, although there are still many other great Neo-Geo titles that aren't included. If there's one complaint I have about the games it's that most seem to only offer a maximum of four continues with no way to add more credits. There's no way to insert another coin and keep playing like you could at the actual arcade. This is the same as the original AES system but on the AES you could use a memory card on certain games to resume your game starting at the last level you reached. Since the Neo-Geo X has no memory card functionality this option isn't available. One could argue that this keeps the games challenging by not allowing an unlimited amount of lives, but on the other hand it also can be frustrating to constantly have to restart the game from the very beginning when you run out of continues. FINAL THOUGHTS: The important thing to remember about the Neo-Geo X is that it is designed to be a retro gaming system in a modern package at an affordable price. It is not designed to compete with the Nintendo 3DS or the Sony PS Vita even though it is priced at the same level. Instead it is a niche product that will appeal to gamers who either remember the glory days of the original Neo-Geo AES system or who have always wanted to experience the Neo-Geo games but up until now haven't been able to afford an official Neo-Geo system. At $200 the Neo-Geo X Gold package isn't for everybody. You do get twenty games with the system but of course these are all older games that many people who are used to today's games may find limited. Make no mistake though, some of these games are great and really do bring the arcade experience home. Also keep in mind that just the home system and these games used to retail for somewhere around $5000 in the 1990's, and back then you didn't also get a portable handheld system. There are some minor quirks to the system, such as the noisy controls and limited game continues, but these quirks were part of the original Neo-Geo system and thus are part of the retro gaming experience. The biggest flaw in the system is the lack of a portable charger. Only being able to charge the system with the large docking station makes taking the portable system with you on a trip pretty useless unless you have room in your luggage for the whole docking station. At its heart the Neo-Geo X is simply a Neo-Geo AES emulator packaged in a portable system with a docking station and joystick that resembles the original AES hardware. There are many other ways to emulate Neo-Geo games for less money such as on the Wii, Xbox 360, and computers, but none are official Neo-Geo products and none give you that extra satisfaction of using a true Neo-Geo device to play the games. If you want the undiluted original Neo-Geo AES experience you still have to cough up the cash and find a used AES system and games, but the Neo-Geo X is the next best thing and comes in at a great price. SUMMARY: NEO-GEO X GOLD SYSTEM PROS: - Well constructed portable system - Accurately plays classic Neo-Geo games - Twenty built-in games - Card slot allows additional games to be played - Simple user interface with no unnecessary options - Includes docking station and joystick so you can play on either the portable system or your TV - Docking station and joystick are visual reproductions of the original AES system CONS: - Lack of a separate charger means no recharging the portable unit away from home - Native 16:9 aspect ratio is pointless on a system that only plays games designed for a 4:3 aspect ratio - Noisy controls mean you won't want to play the system in quiet environments, even if you are using headphones - Docking station video output is not as good as the original AES system - No way to add credits or save game progress - Future game releases and their pricing are not known at this time - Expensive when compared to other modern portable gaming systems VERDICT: If you are looking for the latest and greatest portable gaming system then the Neo-Geo X isn't for you. The Neo-Geo X is a completely different beast than the Nintendo 3DS or the Sony PS Vita. If you are a Neo-Geo collector who demands the exact original experience then the Neo-Geo X isn't for you either. However, if you are a Neo-Geo fan who is just interested in playing Neo-Geo games on an official device then the Neo-Geo X is what you've been waiting for. Despite a few shortcomings it is still an excellent system and provides an experience that you won't find anywhere else. BOTTOM LINE: RECOMMENDED

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Ich gebe zu, mein Kaufverhalten ist gelinde gesagt merkwürdig. Brauche ich eine Waschmaschine, einen Trockner, neue Autoreifen oder sonstige notwendige Dinge fällt es mir unendlich schwer, meine sauer verdienten Euros locker zu machen. Wenn aber ein Gerät wie das NeoGeoX daherkommt, fällt mir die Entscheidung das Teil anzuschaffen unglaublich leicht. Schlimm!!! Dabei gibt's diverse SNK-Spiele schon für lau in diversen Sammlungen und für fast jede Konsole. Doch ganz so einfach ist es dann doch nicht. Wer wie ich schon in den 90er Jahren gezockt hat, der kam an SNK's Heimkonsole NeoGeo praktisch nicht vorbei. Nicht das dieses Gerät weit verbreitet gewesen wäre. Nein, im Gegentum! Das gute Stück riss gewaltige Löcher in die Geldbeutel von Eltern. Und nur mit Taschengeld die tausend Märker aufzubringen konnte schwer werden. Die Glücklichen, welche gesegnet waren mit reichen Omas oder Sparbüchern für Führerscheine usw. und die das Arcade Ungetüm ihr Eigen nennen durften, standen bald vor dem nächsten Problem. Ein NeoGeo Spiel kostete gerne mal 400 Mark und für Games wie Viewpoint legte ein Freund von mir sage und schreibe 599Eier hin. Doch wer die Konsole hatte, war vor allem eines, eine "coole Sau". Denn man merkte schnell, dass die Menschen eben doch nicht alle gleich sind. Vor allem nicht die mit NeoGeo. Wer es besaß nannte nämlich eine Spielhalle sein Eigen, entsprach doch die Software in den VHS-Kassetten großen Modulen 1:1 dem Spielhallenpendant. Tja und jetzt, über 20 Jahre später und einige Konsolengenerationen weiter kostet ein NeoGeo eintausend und ein King of Fighters gut ein paar hundert Euro. Doch seit Weihnachten 2012 gibt es Abhilfe.Das NeoGeo X. Für knapp 200 Steine kann sich der Interessierte Mann von Welt eine Zeitreise in die 90er auf den heimischen Bildschirm zaubern. Allerdings sollte man ein Fan von 2D Prüglern und seitlich oder vertikal scrollenden Ballerspielen sein. Rollenspieler und Simulationsfans sollten einen großen Bogen um die Konsole machen denn ihre Genres kamen auf Spielautomaten eben nicht vor. Wer sich aber mit puristischem Gameplay und brachialem Knopfgehacke anfreunden kann und gerne mal zu zweit zockt sollte weiterlesen! Wer sich für das NeoGeoX interessiert und sich im allwissenden Internet umsieht liest viele böse Sachen über SNKs neue Daddelkiste. Schlecht verarbeitet und überteuert soll sie sein, die Spiele nur emuliert und so weiter und so fort. Ich habe mir die Kiste zum Geburtstag gekauft und sie für Euch genau unter die Lupe genommen. Hier also mein Eindruck: Wer die Amazonschachtel öffnet und die Box des NeoGeoX Gold in Händen hält, dem fällt gleich einmal positiv auf, dass die SNK Lizensnehmer von Tommo schon mit der Verpackung ein geniales Retro Feeling schaffen. Der Karton sieht den 20 Jahre älteren Brüdern, bis auf die Größe, zum verwechseln ähnlich. Für Sammler eine Augenweide. In der Kiste gibts zwei kleinere Kartons die den Arcade Stick, die Docking Station, das NeoGeoX und alle nötigen Kabel (HDMI, AV, Ladekabel) beherbergen. Käufer der Limited Edition freuen sich darüber hinaus noch über eine Karte mit Blister die auf einer Speicherkarte das Spiel Ninja Master's enthält. Wer sich nicht vorher schlau gemacht hat erlebt jetzt eine Überraschung.Denn das NeoGeo X entpuppt sich als keine Stationäre Konsole, wie vorne auf der Schachtel abgebildet. Es handelt sich um einen Handheld, auf dem man 20 Spieleklassiker vorinstalliert hat. Die Konsole selber ist nichts weiter als eine Docking Station, in die man den Handheld einstecken und die ArcadeSticks anschließen kann. Ein Ladegerät in Konsolenform. Beim Aufbau des ungewöhnlichen Geräteverbunds zeigen sich dann die ersten Mängel. Nicht, dass die Ladestation oder der Handheld selbst schlecht verarbeitet wären, wie so oft behauptet wird. Im direkten Vergleich zum alten original Gerät sind die Unterschiede nicht wirklich auffällig. Gerade die Sticks gleichen den Vorgängern wie ein Ei dem anderen. Nur der Kunststoff ist geringfügig rauer, was aber nicht unbedingt ein Nachteil sein muss. Was man aber sehr kritisieren muss, ist die Verbindung zwischen Handheld und Docking Station. HDMI, Strom und AV Anschluss wollen sich nur sehr, sehr schwer zusammenfügen und es ist absehbar, dass hier irgendwann was kaputt geht. Echt negativ! Wer alles zusammengefriemelt hat und die Konsole aktiviert, den erwartet auf dem Bildschirm ein Karousellmenü ähnlich dem des Kindle, das die vorinstallierten Spiele zeigt. Per AV Anschluss ist das Bild nicht wirklich optimal. Die Farben sind leicht verfälscht und strahlen über Konturen hinaus. Hier darf man sich nicht die Qualität der original Konsole erwarten. Über HDMI sieht die Sache schon anders aus. Gerade wer sich die inzwischen erhältliche Spielesammlung MegaPack1 zulegt kann die Software Updaten, was zu einem deutlichen Fortschritt in Punkto Bildfeinheit führt. Aber auch ohne die neue Software wird die Grafik ohne Tadel dargestellt. Viele verlangen in meinen Augen zuviel, wenn sie erwarten, dass über zwanzig Jahre alte Spiele auf 55 Zoll LCD Geräten noch immer aktuelle Opti bieten. Eine kleinere Bildschirdiagonale macht hier deutlich mehr her. Hat man sich für eines der Games entschieden wird es rucki zucki geladen und ja, es ist wieder da, dieses Automatengefühl der 90er. Ob ein Kult Ballerspielen wie Last Resort oder ein Prügler a la King of Fighters, der Arcade Stick macht seine Sache tadellos. Allerdings macht das Ding einen Lärm, dass man den Sound auf etwas höhere Stufe bringen sollte. Die Mikroschalter Knackern und scheppern, dass es eine Freude ist. :-( Aber beim Original war das nicht wesentlich anders. Die technische Seite des Gerätes, im Bezug auf das was sie tun soll, nämlich die Spiele möglichst nahe am Original abzuspielen, geht vollends in Ordnung. Das Handheld: Das eigentliche NeoGeo X bringt nicht die Spur einer neuen Idee mit. Alles was dran ist kennt man bereits von diversen anderen Hosentaschenspielern. Auch in Punkto Verarbeitung liefert Tommo zwar solide aber im Detail doch etwas billig wirkende Arbeit ab. Das Gerät selbst ist leicht. Sehr leicht! Aber dies als Nachteil zu bezeichnen ist bei einer Konsole für unterwegs nicht angebracht. Der Bildschirm im 16:9 Format zaubert ein scharfes Bild auf die schwarze Plexiglas Oberfläche. Allerdings werden alle Spiele grundsätzlich auf das modernere Format gezerrt, was bei vielen Titeln unschön ist. Mit den Schultertasten kann man aber umschalten. Das Bild wird dadurch halt kleiner. Auch der Steuereinheit des NeoGeoX merkt man SNKs Spielhallennähe deutlich an. Die Jungs von Tommo müssen Mikroschalter lieben, denn auch der Stick des Handhelds klickst und klackst auf Teufel komm raus. Ich persönlich finde das Gerät insgesamt sehr gelungen. Das Design ist schlicht und Schick und vor allem die Rückseite, mit dem verchromten SNK Logo, ist irgendwie Kultig. Alles in allem ist dieses ungewöhnliche Gesamtpaket ein sympathisches Set, dass natürlich seine Ecken und Kanten hat. Aber niemand sollte das NGX als Konkurrenz zu aktuellen Konsolen sehen und es mit diesen vergleichen. Wer sich SNKs neuestes Baby zulegt, will vor allem Eines befriedigen: Die nostalgische Ader Es macht eben immer noch Spass, diese Klassiker zu erleben und für ein paar Stunden wieder 16 zu sein. Zum Preis Leistungsverhältnis kann man geteilter Meinung sein, zumal die US-Version deutlich günstiger ist und man für das Set auch eine X-Box 360 bekommt. Nur, wer hat noch keine 360 und 20 NeoGeoGames, einen Arcade Stick, einen Handheld und eine coole Docking Station für 200 Mücken... ich finde es nicht wirklich überteuert. Gerade für Sammler und RetroFans ist das Bundle eine Offenbarung. Ach ja und wer sich das Teil dann letztendlich zulegt sollte sich unbedingt noch folgendes Überlegen: - Alle Games können zu zweit gezockt werden. Also einen Extra Arcade Stick einplanen! -Der NeoGeoX Mega Pack bietet ein Ladekabel für unterwegs (wurde unverständlicher Weise im BasisPack vergessen), 15 weitere Spielhallenklassiker und ACHTUNG: ein Softwareupdate. Dieses Update verbessert die HDMI Bildqualität und ermöglicht es in Spielen abzuspeichern. Allerdings ist das Spiel Ninja Masters, laut Bildschirmanzeige, nach dem Update nicht mehr spielbar!!! Irgendwie krass...Muss ich jetzt mal prüfen. Fazit: Das NeoGeoX ist kein Mainstream-Teil. Es wird sicher nur eine spezielle Zielgruppe ansprechen. Schlussendlich kommt es darauf an, ob man Bock auf Retro hat. Wer bei Namen wie King of the Monsters und Art of Fighting feuchte Hände bekommt sollte zugreifen! Mir gefällt's! ;-)

Considère comme la rolls des consoles de jeux dans les années '90, cette "ré édition" est des plus intéressante pour les nostalgiques des jeux snk. Un reproche: la faible qualité de l écran de la console.

Console di ottima fattura, molto ben fatta a vedere la scatola di spedizione mi sono leggermente spaventato. ma al suo interno era tutto protetto e la console completamente nuovo con sigilli ancora intatti. affidabile consiglio vivamente.

J'ai la désagréable sensation de m'être fait rouler (pas la faute du vendeur, mais j'enrage contre les concepteurs). Bref, promesses non tenues! Mauvais émulateur de mauvaise qualité, tout plastique, fragile, système d'exploitation d'un autre temps (vu le prix on est en droit d'attendre mieux) vendu à un prix exorbitant! La mise à jour contenue dans le Megapack ne fonctionne même pas, rendant impossible l'utilisation des 15 jeux! Je pensais me faire plaisir, je me sens arnaqué, c'est douloureux! J'ai juste envie de l'exploser contre un mur et de sauter sur ses restes à pieds joints! Je retourne à MAME, c'est dit!