New Neo-Geo handheld?

[SignOfZeta]

I think they should've made it more AES-ish. That's just too square & boring for me. Also, fingerprints.

...what? This think is extremely SNK-correct, IMO. They nailed the aesthetic almost perfectly, even down to the fake CF originally used on the NGP. The logo is perfect, the joystick looks (I said, "looks") perfect. It's black.

Too square and boring? More like an AES? The AES is literally just a black square slab with a power switch on it. It could hardly be more boring. The most interesting thing about an AES is whatever cart is sticking out of it, and that's why it's so cool. There is no time for chrome badges and rainbow buttons when you are Pro Gear Spec!

That being said, there is still a LOT of room to f*ck this thing up. The price could be stupid, the emulation terrible, the screen shit, the release date a lie...lots could go wrong. Everything we see so far, almost nothing, looks rad as hell.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I think they should've made it more AES-ish. That's just too square & boring for me. Also, fingerprints.

...what? This think is extremely SNK-correct, IMO. They nailed the aesthetic almost perfectly, even down to the fake CF originally used on the NGP. The logo is perfect, the joystick looks (I said, "looks") perfect. It's black.

Too square and boring? More like an AES? The AES is literally just a black square slab with a power switch on it. It could hardly be more boring. The most interesting thing about an AES is whatever cart is sticking out of it, and that's why it's so cool. There is no time for chrome badges and rainbow buttons when you are Pro Gear Spec!

That being said, there is still a LOT of room to f*ck this thing up. The price could be stupid, the emulation terrible, the screen shit, the release date a lie...lots could go wrong. Everything we see so far, almost nothing, looks rad as hell.

Indeed, I don't see the problem with it's looks.  It seems like a Neo Geo system to me by how it looks, it's maybe just a little modernized.

Will I buy it?  Hell yes, as long as it's not messed up as Zeta stated with price, emulation, screen problems, etc. 

Question, did any of the Atomsware/Playmore games use more then 4 buttons?  I'm not as familiar with the newer Neo Geo games.

[SignOfZeta]

If its on Atomiswave then it isn't Neo Geo. Atomiswave is a completely seperate system based on the Naomi/Deamcast. All Neo Geo games use four buttons because they all fit in universal cabs and were sold as home carts with zero modification to the ROM. The only exception to this that I can think of are some mahjongg games and The Irritating Maze.

I don't think this little sucker can emulate Atomiswave. Maybe it can...but I doubt it. The Atomiswave has a 64bit 200mhz CPU and a 128 bit GPU running at...I forget. Some shit like that. It's literally thousands of times more powerful than a Neo.

[Chuplayer]

Question, did any of the Atomsware/Playmore games use more then 4 buttons?  I'm not as familiar with the newer Neo Geo games.

The Atomiswave standard is 5 buttons. KOF NeoWave used all 5 buttons, too. The fifth one was some sort of overdrive/combo/gimmick thing that I didn't like.

[SignOfZeta]

The only game I've played on an actual Atomiswave was Demolish Fist. I quite liked it.

I played KOF Neowave on PS2. It was shite.

[Samurai Ghost]

Seems cool, but looks almost EXACTLY like an iPhone 4. I'd probably buy it if it was in the $200-$300 range and wasn't a complete failure. And if it could be hacked.

[KiddoCabbusses]

Some silly part of me was actually hoping this would have more NeoGeo Pocket goodness as opposed to NeoGeo arcade.

I'm probably particularly weird for nostalgiaing over the portable so much, but it's just the game library was one of the best a portable system could ever be blessed with, and it's among the few handhelds that fell hard to the Game Boy that I genuinely wish had beat them.

[TheClash603]

Seems cool, but looks almost EXACTLY like an iPhone 4. I'd probably buy it if it was in the $200-$300 range and wasn't a complete failure. And if it could be hacked.

For some reason I think that the max price on this thing should be $100?  This is pretty basic tech at this point, so I don't see how anything over a $100 price tag could be justified?  Especially if it is just playing Neo Geo games, doesn't need to have any amazing processing power or anything.

If they nail the circle pad, then I'd love to get my hands on one of these.

[Samurai Ghost]

Yeah, I agree, but we're talking about a piece of SNK hardware here. They aren't known to be reasonable as far as pricing goes.

[ccovell]

This looks almost exactly like a Dingoo... which emulates Neo-Geo almost perfectly already (low sampling rate tho).  I'd be buggered if this isn't the same hardware as the other, next-gen Dingoo clones out there (Yinlips, etc.)  If they don't make the sampling rate higher than 11Khz on something that carries the SNK name, then it really isn't worth buying.

Oh, and if it doesn't support 2P games somehow, then the whole point of a Neo portable goes out the window (for fighting fans.)

[SignOfZeta]

Seems cool, but looks almost EXACTLY like an iPhone 4. I'd probably buy it if it was in the $200-$300 range and wasn't a complete failure. And if it could be hacked.

For some reason I think that the max price on this thing should be $100?  This is pretty basic tech at this point, so I don't see how anything over a $100 price tag could be justified?  Especially if it is just playing Neo Geo games, doesn't need to have any amazing processing power or anything.

If they nail the circle pad, then I'd love to get my hands on one of these.

I don't want a $100 version of this. It would be a piece of shit. I'm not interested in this thing because I want some gimmicky clone piece of crap to leave on a shelf forever, I want to actually play it. I want the stick to be as good as the NGP one, and the screen to be as good as a PSP.

The iPhone outsells basically everything in the world, and it still costs $700. The only reason you can buy one for $200 is because of carrier kick-backs. The only reason you can buy a PSP for $150 is because its more than 5 years old. The only reason you can buy a 3DS for $170 is because Nintendo is counting on software sales. This thing has none of those things going for it so unless its expensive its going to have to be capsule toy-grade, in which case I don't even want it.

And yeah, it does look like a iPhone. Unfortunately it won't have an aluminum chassis, Gorilla Glass facing, and Retina display. Its going to be a LOT more cheaply made...and that's my main hesitation here...its probably going to be a pretty chintzy piece of shit.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I was thinking, it'd be cool if this wasn't limited to Neo Geo arcade games.  It'd be nice if they put both the cd exclusives & pocket games.  I mean, just to have an NGP that has a nice bright backlight would be nice.

[Bernie]

As long as it is not widescreen. I like seing the bars on top and bottom. It makes more sense, because that is how it looks in the teather.

That thing is useless, but it is better then buying anything from nintendo or sony

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Really though, you are retarded.

[incrediblehark]

looks nice to me, widescreen seems a little off, unless its planning to play movies too. almost looks like a 1000 model psp. As long as the price is reasonable and the games don't have that "smoothing" soft blurry effect they do on displays sometimes I would pick it up. I like my games nice and sharp. simulated scanlines would be a good idea too to recreate the arcade look.

[Necromancer]

I dont get the sarcasm for the dingoo that i have seen in these forums. Unless you own one, you cant really judge the system.

The only comments about the Dingoo are that this NeoGeo thingy looks awfully similar. 

Seems cool, but looks almost EXACTLY like an iPhone 4.

Since when does an iPhone have physical d-pads and buttons?

Yeah, I agree, but we're talking about a piece of SNK hardware here. They aren't known to be reasonable as far as pricing goes.

Portables were - the NGP was $10 less than the competing GameBoys.

I don't want a $100 version of this. It would be a piece of shit.

The Dingoo is $80 and is hardly shit.  There's no reason to think this thing will be as expensive as an iPhone or a Vita, as it doesn't need anywhere near as much horsepower; scale back a DS or PSP to what's needed here and you're easily in the $100-200 range (depending on how much they want to get paid for the 20 games included).