Look out, Game Boy Color. When it comes to serious portable gameplay, there's finally some legitimate competition for the popular Nintendo system (which has sold over 80 million units). If you dare to be different, consider the NEOGEO Pocket Color, a hand-held system created by the Japanese company SNK.
The screen is 10 percent bigger than Game Boy's, but the overall machine has roughly the same convenient pocket-sized dimensions and light weight as the Game Boy. The NEOGEO Pocket Color provides up to 40 hours of continuous fun on just two AA batteries. The 16-bit graphics are crystal clear--making it easy to tell the difference between humans and animals, friends and foes, and walls and doors--and easily viewed in both bright and dim lighting. The color palette has three times the range of its competitor's, with 146 possible shades. There is also a built-in calendar, daily horoscope, alarm clock, and global clock that can be accessed even without a game cartridge in the slot. Two players can go head-to-head with a simple cable connection (sold separately). NEOGEO is available in six different casing colors: silver, clear, blue, ocean blue, stone blue, and anthracite.
The only drawback is that NEOGEO is new and, therefore, playing catch-up to Nintendo's well-stocked list of titles, which boasts A-list offerings such as Super Mario Brothers, Pokémon Pinball, and Tetris. But SNK scores points for the few titles that it does offer for the system. Among the better titles for NEOGEO are Dragons Wild video poker, arcade classics Bust-A-Move and Pac-Man, and your basic serve-and-volley Pocket Tennis. Most of these games are pretty addictive and perfectly suited to the well-designed, thumb-friendly, eight-position joystick. --Carrie Bell
Pros:
Better graphics than other portable players
Very good visibility in bright sun and dim light
Variety of fun colors
Cons:
No Pokémon titles yet
Response of the joystick isn't the best on games (such as Crush Roller) that require sharp, quick turns
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can't believe this wasn't more popular than it was, almost a Game Gear and Gamboy killer, all it needed was backlighting. Still fun and affordable if you can find the right stock. Bought mine as a new "lot" for a song. Well worth it.
I bought this product as a gift for my husband and he loves it. Although for myself I prefer the ipod products this was perfect for my husband who is a big pacman fan and other games that I purchased, and he prefers playing games in this way over something like the ipod touch feeling its easier to control.
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This handheld didn't get too much love in it's heyday. Nowadays, gamers are coming to the realization of a handheld with hidden gems and new homemade titles being made for this unit. Truly a charming, well-crafted handheld that is getting a second chance in the collector's market-for better-or worse (beware of price scalpers). Long live the SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color-the little handheld that tried to compete against the Game Boy Color, yet was one of the VERY few interesting backstories in the Video Game Industry!
