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| Product type | Arcade system board, video game console, handheld game console |
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| Owner | SNK |
| Country | Japan |
| Introduced | April 26, 1990 |
Neo Geo[a] is a brand of video game hardware developed by SNK.
It was launched with the Neo Geo, an arcade system (called MVS) with a home console counterpart (AES). Games on the Neo Geo (MVS and AES) were well received and it spawned several long-running and critically acclaimed series, mostly 2D fighters. Later, SNK released the Neo Geo CD, a more cost-effective console with games released on compact discs, which was met with limited success. A new arcade system, Hyper Neo Geo 64, was released in 1997, but it did not fare well. SNK also released a handheld console under the brand, the Neo Geo Pocket, which was quickly succeeded by the Neo Geo Pocket Color, which have been given praise despite its short lifetime.
SNK encountered various legal and financial issues resulting in a sale of the company in 2001. Despite that, the original Neo Geo arcade and console continued receiving new games under new ownership until 2004. The Neo Geo brand was revived in 2012 with the release of the Neo Geo X[1] handheld. Since then, a number of other Neo Geo products have been released based on the original Neo Geo.
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- ^ "New console out today as NEO GEO X hits EU/US". Games Radar. Future Publishing. December 18, 2012. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2013.