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    The Neo Geo was a console released by SNK in 1990, featuring a 16/32-bit 68000 CPU with an additional 8-bit Z80 CPU and custom 24-bit GPU chipset. An arcade-based console considerably powerful for a home system at the time, the Neo Geo was notoriously expensive (costing $650 at launch) and aggressively marketed as an Advanced Entertainment System (AES).

    Hey, Remember That Weird Handheld Neo-Geo Thing? It Actually Exists

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    Edited By alex

    A number of you were incredibly skeptical when we reported a month or so ago that some mystery hardware manufacturer had licensed the Neo-Geo brand to create some kind of handheld device...thing...and frankly, you were right to be. While the reports came from reputable sources, the lack of an identified manufacturer, as well as the fact that the initial images of the device looked like a Photoshopped iPhone 4, certainly didn't build confidence in this being anything but a crappy bootleg, at best.

    Holy hell, this thing is real.
    Holy hell, this thing is real.

    So how totally bananas is it that this thing is apparently real? A press release went out this morning confirming the device's existence (evidently it is called the "Neo-Geo X"), and its manufacturer. As it turns out, Blaze, the makers of a number of different Genesis/MegaDrive-related handhelds, is putting the thing together, with official licensing from SNK. The system will come with 20 Neo-Geo classics of varying levels of classic-ness. The official list reads as follows:

    There will also be an SD card slot on the device, presumably for the sake of adding additional games down the road, or maybe just so you can load photos onto it or something. No pricing has been announced yet, but it seems safe to assume it'll be a tad more expensive than Blaze's previous devices, but probably at least a bit cheaper than an actual Neo-Geo.

    The Neo-Geo X is loosely scheduled for a Q2 2012 release. You can "register your interest" via this website, if so inclined. Or you could just go and make us Ultimate 11 and Top Players Golf pages, because we apparently still don't have those, which is shameful, I think.

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    #1  Edited By alex

    A number of you were incredibly skeptical when we reported a month or so ago that some mystery hardware manufacturer had licensed the Neo-Geo brand to create some kind of handheld device...thing...and frankly, you were right to be. While the reports came from reputable sources, the lack of an identified manufacturer, as well as the fact that the initial images of the device looked like a Photoshopped iPhone 4, certainly didn't build confidence in this being anything but a crappy bootleg, at best.

    Holy hell, this thing is real.
    Holy hell, this thing is real.

    So how totally bananas is it that this thing is apparently real? A press release went out this morning confirming the device's existence (evidently it is called the "Neo-Geo X"), and its manufacturer. As it turns out, Blaze, the makers of a number of different Genesis/MegaDrive-related handhelds, is putting the thing together, with official licensing from SNK. The system will come with 20 Neo-Geo classics of varying levels of classic-ness. The official list reads as follows:

    There will also be an SD card slot on the device, presumably for the sake of adding additional games down the road, or maybe just so you can load photos onto it or something. No pricing has been announced yet, but it seems safe to assume it'll be a tad more expensive than Blaze's previous devices, but probably at least a bit cheaper than an actual Neo-Geo.

    The Neo-Geo X is loosely scheduled for a Q2 2012 release. You can "register your interest" via this website, if so inclined. Or you could just go and make us Ultimate 11 and Top Players Golf pages, because we apparently still don't have those, which is shameful, I think.

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    #2  Edited By tyxja  Online

    Wow, Pretty stoked!

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    #3  Edited By TheEvilCory

    woah

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    #4  Edited By shapeformer

    boom

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    #5  Edited By laserbolts

    Because this is bound to do well.

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    #6  Edited By theveej

    LOLz if this is not a front for some sort of criminal activity I will be really disappointed.

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    #7  Edited By norsedudetr

    This is absolutely INSANE.

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    #8  Edited By SSully

    This actually looks kind of cool...

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    #9  Edited By Scotto

    When people write shitty one word comments to try and get the first post "achievement", a rubber glove filled with sand should shoot out of their monitor and punch them in the face.

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    #10  Edited By ZenaxPure

    Why do I want to buy this 

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    #11  Edited By bed

    sold

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    #12  Edited By Winternet

    Crazy March strikes strikes again.

    This is bana-fucking-nas!

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    #13  Edited By IndeedCodyBrown

    Huh, Sega needs to try some crazy shit like this.

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    #14  Edited By mrsmiley

    How random and awesome!

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    #15  Edited By BooDoug187

    No Super Spy, no deal!

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    #16  Edited By falling_fast

    @Scotto said:

    When people write shitty one word comments to try and get the first post "achievement", a rubber glove filled with sand should shoot out of their monitor and punch them in the face.

    well, now that they have all that extra cbs money, they can totally implement this ;]

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    #17  Edited By SlightConfuse

    that is pretty appealing sold line up waiting on the price

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    #18  Edited By Ross

    This seems interesting. But we're happy to have you back with the video game side of stuff! Screened was great but Big Rigs, Robocop and Blackwater are better...well...you know what I mean.

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    #19  Edited By Terranova

    Wow things just get crazier and crazier first the GB news and now this thing turns out to be true, I wonder if Jeff is interested in one.

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    #21  Edited By TyCobb

    @IndeedCodyBrown said:

    Huh, Sega needs to try some crazy shit like this.

    I love Sega, but they would find a way to screw it up. Man I miss my GameGear with rechargeable battery pack expansion. That was literally like holding a brick in your hand. It was so damn heavy and bulky and I miss it!

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    #22  Edited By jewunit

    I have played most of the games that I would want to play on the system via the SNK Arcade Classics Collection. If the support for other Neo Geo games is there, I will consider purchasing it.

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    #23  Edited By kerse

    weird

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    #26  Edited By stonyman65

    Well, now we know what Jeff is spending his money on.

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    #27  Edited By kollay

    Well... shit.

    I want one.

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    #28  Edited By Stapler

    Vita Price Drop incoming

    year of the Neo-Geo

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    #29  Edited By marcness

    If this exists, I HIGHLY doubt that SNK or any other studio is going to develop new games for it.

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    #30  Edited By DjCmeP

    WOW. I might actually get that if it's not too expensive.

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    #31  Edited By BonOrbitz

    I'll pick one up if...

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    #32  Edited By tsigo

    Hey, Alex? I can't believe you getting paid for writing is actually a thing.

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    #33  Edited By bucky

    Considering that the Neo Geo Pocket Color is the greatest handheld system of all time, I am very excited.

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    #34  Edited By Mcubed

    Is it strange that I kinda want this more than a Vita? Maybe it's just because this thing actually looks like it would fit in my pocket.

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    #35  Edited By fargofallout

    How much could they get away with charging for this thing? Is the demand that high for some portable gaming system that plays games from the early 90s?

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    #36  Edited By Jazz_Lafayette

    But are the L and R buttons still backwards? Because that drove me over the edge of insanity when I saw it in the last article. I MUST KNOW.

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    #37  Edited By doe3879

    will i be able to plunge my NEOGEO cart in it and play them? (i would totally buy some cart if i could)

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    #38  Edited By CharlesSahara

    I must have one. HHNNNNGGGG. :|

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    #39  Edited By theveej

    @Stonyman65 said:

    Well, now we know what Jeff is spending his money on.

    Correction, that sweet ass CBS corporate money. Although I would not be surprised if he buys one for himself with his own money..... its Jeff we are talking about here.

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    #40  Edited By CharlesSahara

    The screen doesn't seem to be the same aspect ratio as Neo-Geo games, though. :\ Like, 4:3 vs 16:9. Could be just my eyes, though.

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    #41  Edited By CaptainInvictus

    Alex really likes the word "apparently", apparently.

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    #42  Edited By Sanuku

    I`m wondering how expensive this One might become at the End.

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    #43  Edited By langdonx
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    #44  Edited By HydraHam

    @theveej said:

    @Stonyman65 said:

    Well, now we know what Jeff is spending his money on.

    Correction, that sweet ass CBS corporate money. Although I would not be surprised if he buys one for himself with his own money..... its Jeff we are talking about here.

    The company will buy one and he will order one right before the company one shows up and won't be bothered to return his :)

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    #45  Edited By Theavy

    HI ALEX!

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    #46  Edited By PXAbstraction

    Back when I was a retro game collector, the Neo-Geo stuff was the pride of my collection. Make this reasonably priced and I'll pre-order it.

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    #47  Edited By megalowho

    Looks slick. I don't need one, but seems like the kind of thing I might buy while drunkenly browsing Amazon late at night at some point.

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    #48  Edited By Suigyoken

    Okay I now want one again. Hopefully they'll keep up with production because if the price is within $100~150 I see it selling out quickly.

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    #49  Edited By JetForceGemini

    Could be neat. I hope it's not too expensive.

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    #50  Edited By MeatSim

    Somebody is Releasing a Neo Geo system and Giant Bomb is now in the same building as GameSpot. The world has gone insane.

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