My non NEC stuff

[Bernie]

So, today I got in a package from our fellow forum member, Dlite.  And....in it, he provided a nice bonus..  A Neo Geo Pocket Color, along with several games.


Now, I have never even seen one of these things, so I quickly fired it up with some fresh AA batteries..  However, I got some sort of warning about internal memory or some shit.  Anyway, I read the manual he included with it, to find that it also needs a CR2032 for the systems internal memory. No biggie, went out and got one and installed.  Now, this little bitch is nice.  I mean, its REALLY nice.  The only fault I have with it is no back light, but other than that, I like it a lot.  I really like the analog stick.  It's nice and tight, has a nice little indention for your thumb to rest, and is VERY responsive thus far.  I feel that the sound could have been a little better, but ehhh, that's a minor gripe really.   All in all, I am pleased with it.  Like I said, the ONLY thing I can say that I do not like about it, is the screen not having some sort of back light.  My old eyes be hurting playing this biatch..    

Finishing off, I would like some input on the system.  Basically, what games would you suggest?  I am into adventure type games mainly and basically have NO idea about this system at all.  I have also titled the thread here, non Nec Stuff, so that in the future if I decide to post about other non NEC systems/games, I wont have to start another thread.  Take it easy guys, and be sure to wish BlueBMW a happy birthday today!!!  He getting old....

[hoobs88]

There are only 31 games for the system...
•Biomotor Unitron
•Bust-A-Move
•Crush Roller
•Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999
•Densetsu no Ogre Battle: Zenobia no Ōji
•Densha de Go! 2
•Dive Alert: Becky's Version
•Evolution: Eternal Dungeon
•Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton
•Faselei!
•Fatal Fury: First Contact
•Ganbare Neo Poke-kun
•Kikou Seiki Unitron
•King of Fighters R-2
•The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny
•Metal Slug 1st Mission
•Metal Slug 2nd Mission
•Neo Turf Masters
•NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus
•Pac-Man
•Pocket Tennis
•Puyo Puyo 2
•Puzzle Link
•Puzzle Link 2
•Samurai Shodown II
•Shanghai Mini
•SNK Gals Fighters
•SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash - Capcom V...
•SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash - SNK Version
•SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
•Sonic The Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
 
Most of them are arcade games, puzzlers, or fighters. Definitely lacking in the action/adventure department.

[Bernie]

Does that include Japanese releases?  I understand this system is region free.

[hoobs88]

Yes, about 5-10 of those are Japanese released games. I haven't used my system in a while but I believe I have every US released title.

[hoobs88]

I got this list from a website and just noticed that they only listed Becky's version of Dive Alert...there was also a Matt's version. They might have missed some other titles too.

[kakutolives]

my Suggestion Bernie is that you do a frontlight mod. Just find somebody capable of doing it and I think you might not regret it. Read up on it, the screen becomes as bright as the original gameboy advance sp if I am not mistaken

[Nando]

so is it like a GBA screen/graphics wise?

[Lilgrafx]

Get sonic pocket adventure it's a stellar platformer. Tell me how metal slug is I haven't picked up any games for it sine I got it last year.
I agree about the screen I use a reading lamp to see the screen, definitively brought me back the days of the first model GBA. 

[DragonmasterDan]

There are only 31 games for the system...
•Biomotor Unitron
•Bust-A-Move
•Crush Roller
•Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999
•Densetsu no Ogre Battle: Zenobia no Ōji
•Densha de Go! 2
•Dive Alert: Becky's Version
•Evolution: Eternal Dungeon
•Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton
•Faselei!
•Fatal Fury: First Contact
•Ganbare Neo Poke-kun
•Kikou Seiki Unitron
•King of Fighters R-2
•The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny
•Metal Slug 1st Mission
•Metal Slug 2nd Mission
•Neo Turf Masters
•NeoGeo Cup '98 Plus
•Pac-Man
•Pocket Tennis
•Puyo Puyo 2
•Puzzle Link
•Puzzle Link 2
•Samurai Shodown II
•Shanghai Mini
•SNK Gals Fighters
•SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash - Capcom V...
•SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighter's Clash - SNK Version
•SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
•Sonic The Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
 
Most of them are arcade games, puzzlers, or fighters. Definitely lacking in the action/adventure department.

That list is missing a lot of games.

[soop]

Get sonic pocket adventure it's a stellar platformer. Tell me how metal slug is I haven't picked up any games for it sine I got it last year.
I agree about the screen I use a reading lamp to see the screen, definitively brought me back the days of the first model GBA. 

He already has it! 

I only own 3 games including Sonic, Samurai Shodown, and Metal Slug.  I haven't played mine in a while, but it's a nice system!

[DragonmasterDan]

Here are all the games from all territories including the B&W Neo Geo Pocket games.

Baseball Stars                 
Baseball Stars Color    
Big Bang Pro Wrestling                           
Bikkuriman 2000 Viva! Pocket Festiva!                       
Biomotor Unitron                   
Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble Mini                 
Cool Boarders Pocket              
Cool Cool Jam                           
Cotton                        
Crush Roller Pocket
Dark Arms ~Beast Buster 1999~    
Delta Warp                                
Densha de Go!                         
Dive Alert Becky's Version                   
Dive Alert Matt's Version                   
Dokodemo Mahjong Color                             
Dynamite Sluggaer (Dynamite Slugger)            
Evolution ~Eternal Dungeons~                             
Faselei!                                                
Fatal Fury 1st Contact
Gals' Fighters                                
Ganbare Neo Poke Kun                             
Infinity Cure                             
Kikouseki Unitron (Biomotor Unitron II)                             
King of Fighter R-2    
King of Fighters Battle de Paradise                      
King of Fighters R-1            
Koi Koi Mahjong                          
Last Blade ~Beyond the Destiny~                            
Magical Drop Pocket                             
Master of Syougi                            
Master of Syougi Color                                
Melon-Chan's Growth Diary                        
Memories Off Pure                             
Metal Slug 1st Mission    
Metal Slug 2nd Mission    
Mezase! Kanji-Ou                             
Mizuki Shigeru's Ghost Photo Gallery                                
Neo 21                                              
Neo Baccarat                                                 
Neo Cherry Master                                
Neo Cherry Master Color    
Neo Derby Champion Horse Racing                            
Neo Dragon's Wild    
Neo Geo Cup '98                   
Neo Geo Cup '98 PLUS                                          
Neo Geo Cup '98 PLUS Color
Neo Mystery Bonus    
Neo Poke Pro Yakyuu                           
Neo Turf Masters/Big Tournament Golf
Nige-Ron-Pa                                
Oekaki Puzzle (Picture Puzzle)                             
Ogre Battle Gaiden                             
Pachinko Pocket Parlor Guide                               
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Azteca                        
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Dekahel 2                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Desol 2                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - E-Cup                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Hanabi                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Oo Hanabi                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Porcano 2                                
PachiSlot Aruze Kingdom - Ward of Lights                             
Pacman    
Party Mail                                
Picture Puzzle / Oekaki Puzzle                                
Pocket Love IF                                                     
Pocket Reversi                           
Pocket Tennis                  
Pocket Tennis Color    
Puyo Pop/ Puyo Puyo    
Puzzle Tsunagete Pon!     / Puzzle link                       
Puzzle Tsunagete Pon! 2 / Puzzle Link 2                                                            
Rockman Battle and Fighters                             
Samurai Shodown! II/Samurai Spirits II    
Samurai Shodown!/Samurai Spirits                 
Shanghai Mini    
SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters Clash 2:  Expand Edition
SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters Clash Capcom                                
SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters Clash SNK                   
SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millenium    
Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure                   
Soreike! Hanafuda Dojo                                       
Super Real Mahjong       

[DragonmasterDan]

so is it like a GBA screen/graphics wise?

It's a bit weaker than the GBA, it came out around two years earlier. It's better than a Game Boy Color or Wonderswan color. But worse than the GBA.

[bob]

Ugh, this thing brings back terrible memories. I had high hopes for it and picked one up with 15 games for $100. What a piece of shit. No backlight makes it impossible to see and the blur was worse than OG gameboy. I threw the whole lot out in the garbage and the trash man wouldnt even take it

[Bernie]

Get sonic pocket adventure it's a stellar platformer. Tell me how metal slug is I haven't picked up any games for it sine I got it last year.
I agree about the screen I use a reading lamp to see the screen, definitively brought me back the days of the first model GBA. 

I have the Sonic one.  I will let you know about the Metal Slug. 

[SignOfZeta]

Ugh, this thing brings back terrible memories. I had high hopes for it and picked one up with 15 games for $100. What a piece of shit. No backlight makes it impossible to see and the blur was worse than OG gameboy. I threw the whole lot out in the garbage and the trash man wouldnt even take it

Are you talking about the color or the b/w version. There is ZERO blur on the color one. None. No blur whatsoever.

The lack of a backlight is a bummer, but considering no handheld in 1998 had a backlight it's hardly out of the ordinary.

Another thing: the stick is not analog. I'm not sure how anyone could think it is since it clearly goes "click" with every micro switch actuation. It's a four switch, eight direction joystick just like a real Neo Geo. It's also by far the best f*cking stick to be built into anything. I can tick FAB with Zangief all day and all night on this bitch.

As for game recomendations, aside from the pachinko shite you can't really go wrong. Much like the full scale Neo the vast majority games is somewhere between good and awesome.

My favorites:

Match of the Millenium (duh!)
Gals Fighters
Card Fighters 2
Ganbare Neo Poke-kun
Neo Turf Master (yes, even the sports stuff is good)
Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus Color
Last Blade

More notes:

Front light mods really take away from the clarity and the lighting itself won't be that great. If you are in total darkness, obviously the "FLU mod" is great but if you are outdoors or on an airplane or in a bathroom, it's best stock.

Performance wise the unit sits between GBC and GBA. Its kinda comparible with Wonderswan Color. The WS can put a lot more color down, has bigger ROMs, higher resoltion, better sound, etc but for some reason rarely manages to actually entertain anywhere near as well as an NGP.

It was a f*cking great system that was killed off early because of financial difficulties at SNK at the time and the political BS of Aruze basically trying to destroy the company at the time. Even though, considering how short lived the thing was the number of games that are still super fun is amazing.