Neo Geo AES
The Neo Geo AES system was released in 1990 for the price of $649.95. With its power processor for its time and games, the Neo Geo AES was capable of playing arcade-perfect ports of games released for the system. Each AES game has an identical chip to the arcade version, since there is no region lock for the systems, either the US version or the Japanese version would play depending on the version of the Neo Geo system it was played on.
Despite its price tag and pricey games, the Neo Geo had a long lifespan, which stretched way into 2004. With its lifespan, the Neo Geo brought many great arcade-perfect games such as: NAM-1975, Last Blade, Last Blade 2, Baseball 2020, Samurai Shodown, Stakes Winner, the King of Fighters series, Fatal Fury series, Metal Slug series, and Bust-A-Move series. The last game released for the Neo Geo was Samurai Shodown 5 Special, released in 2004. The Neo Geo, with the support of the manufacture, was the longest-live home or arcade system.
Neo Geo CD
The Neo Geo CD was released in 1995 as a cheaper alternative to playing Neo Geo games; it sold at a price of $299 while games were around $50. Similar to the AES System, the Neo Geo CD games have no region lockout, the language of the game will depend on the region of the system you’re playing on, with the exception of mahjong games, Samurai Shodown RPG among other games.
While the Neo Geo CD had Neo Geo Arcade games released for it, the Neo Geo CD also had some exclusives such as Ironclad and Samurai Shodown RPG. Later in its life, the Neo Geo CD could no longer provide arcade-perfect ports for Neo Geo Arcade games due to a slow drive speed and lack of RAM. The last game released for the Neo Geo CD was The King of Fighters ’99.
Neo Geo Pocket
The Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color were released in 1999 in the United States and was a 16 bit handheld system. It was home to many great SNK games such as: Metal Slug, Gals Fighters, and SNK VS. Capcom: Match of the Millennium; and also some non-SNK games such as: Pac-man and Sonic Pocket Adventures.
Support for the US and European market ended in 2000 due to SNKs focus away from video games and recalled all consoles and games back to Japan. With this came great games that were never released in the United States such as: Densha de Go! 2, Rockman Fighters, Biomotor Unitron 2, and Cool Cool Jam. A Small number of imports were released in Europe but not the United States, these include: Evolution: Eternal Dungeons, Dynamite Slugger, Picture Puzzle and Faselei!
