NEOGEO POCKET

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Catalog Spec

Developer SNK
Release date in Japan 28th October 1998
Media ROM cartridge
CPU TOSHIBA TLCS-900/H core + ZILOG Z80 equivalent (for sound)
RAM 16 KB
Graphic Difinition: 8 monochrome gradations 160 dots * 152 lines
Sound Square wave 3ch + noise 1ch + DAC 2ch
List price in Japan 7,800 yen

 

Developer SNK
Release date in Japan 28th March 1999
Media ROM cartridge
CPU 16 bit CPU (TOSHIBA TLCS-900 core 6.144MHz) + 8 bit CPU (ZILOG Z80 equivalent 3.072MHz for sound)
RAM 16 KB
Graphic Difinition: 146 colors in 4,096 colors 160 dots * 152 lines
Sound Square wave 3ch + noise 1ch + DAC 2ch
List price in Japan 8,900 yen

NEOGEO POCKET is a handheld videogame console released by SNK in October 1998. SNK developed this console to realize the conception to introduce the titles of NEOGEO which the company release as an arcade video game system. However, unfortunately NINTENDO released GAMEBOY COLOR on 21th October 1998, one week before the release of NEOGEO POCKET. SNK announced that the company was going to release NEOGEO POCKET COLOR, an upper compatible model 5 months later at the same timing of the release of NEOGEO POCKET. Although SNK released the upper compatible model NEOGEO POCKET COLOR on 28th March 1999, BANDAI also released the handheld videogame console WONDER SWAN on 4th March 1999, when it was 15 days later after the release of NEOGEO POCKET COLOR. The consoles features the high specification of 16 bit CPU and TFT liquid crystal display,  at the time. Moreover, SNK released its connection cable which can be connected to SEGA’s DREAMCAST which was release at that timing and it can enable NEOGEO POCKET to link to DREAMCAST to play the best selling title such as “King of Fighters” and “CAPCOM vs SNK” series. But the company couldn’t utilize the high specification and realize NEOGEO titles in the console. They pointed out that the commercial failure of both this handheld console and HYPER NEOGEO 64 caused SNK’s business decline. Finally SNK went bankrupt in October 2001, accordingly the development of NEOGEO POCKET was automatically stopped.