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Neo Geo Pocket Color

1986·Console

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A truly phenomenal handheld system developed by NEC, the makers of the Neo Geo AES. Featuring a beautifully clear LCD (still one of the best ever made), a real 8-way microswitch joystick (a handheld first), and boasting an incredible 30-40 hours of battery life off of a pair of AA batteries, the Neo Geo Pocket was one hell of a contender. It released with limited fanfare, and continually gained ground in the market before an internal corporate collapse at NEC cut it’s life drastically short. This console remains the pinnacle of handheld gaming until the advent of the Gameboy Advance. Due to the excellence of the joystick, and the fact that NEC ported tons of great fighters to the system, this little handheld still plays the best handheld fighting games ever. Samurai Showdown FTW.

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The Modern Era (1999 - current)

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