Graphics
320×224
- Colors on screen
- 3,840
- Palette
- 65,536 colors
- Sprites
- 380
Neo Geo
Also known as Neo Geo MVS (Multi Video System) · Neo Geo AES (Advanced Entertainment System) · NEO•GEO
- SNK
- Arcade system (MVS) · Home console (AES)
- Fourth generation
157 Neo Geo games, all playable free in your browser.
SNK's Neo Geo is a cartridge-based platform introduced in Japan in April 1990 in two forms: the MVS (Multi Video System) arcade hardware, whose cabinets take one, two, four or six game cartridges, and the AES (Advanced Entertainment System) home console. Both run identical code, so home players received the arcade games unchanged, although the arcade and home cartridges are physically different and not interchangeable.
- First released · Japan
- 1990
- Units sold
- 410,000
- CPU
- 16-bit
- Games in the library · all playable
- 157
TIMELINE
1990–2004
- JPJapan
- AUAustralia
- NANorth America
- EUEurope
- ENDDiscontinued
Games per release year
| Year | Games |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1991 | 25 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 21 |
| 1996 | 21 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 |
- GenesisSega Genesis / Mega Drive: Oct 29, 1988 – 1997
- PCE CDPC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD: Dec 4, 1988 – end not recorded
- Game BoyGame Boy: Apr 21, 1989 – Mar 31, 2003
- LynxAtari Lynx: Sep 1, 1989 – 1995
- Neo GeoNeo Geo: Apr 16, 1990 – 2004
- Game GearSega Game Gear: Oct 6, 1990 – Apr 30, 1997
- SNESSuper Nintendo: Nov 21, 1990 – Sep 25, 2003
- Sega CDSega CD / Mega-CD: Dec 12, 1991 – 1996
- CPS-2Capcom CPS-2: Sep 10, 1993 – Dec 22, 2003
All 36 systems
- Atari 2600Atari 2600: Sep 1977 – 1992
- SpectrumZX Spectrum: Apr 23, 1982 – 1992
- ColecoColecoVision: Aug 1982 – 1985
- Atari 5200Atari 5200: Oct 1982 – May 21, 1984
- VectrexVectrex: Oct 1982 – Feb 1984
- NESNintendo Entertainment System: Jul 15, 1983 – Sep 25, 2003
- SG-1000Sega SG-1000: Jul 15, 1983 – Oct 1985
- MSXMSX: Oct 21, 1983 – 1993
- Amstrad CPCAmstrad CPC: Jun 21, 1984 – 1990
- Master SystemSega Master System: Oct 20, 1985 – 1996
- Atari 7800Atari 7800: May 1986 – 1992
- X68000Sharp X68000: Mar 28, 1987 – end not recorded
- PC EnginePC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: Oct 30, 1987 – Dec 16, 1994
- CPS-1Capcom CPS-1: May 13, 1988 – May 11, 1995
- GenesisSega Genesis / Mega Drive: Oct 29, 1988 – 1997
- PCE CDPC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD: Dec 4, 1988 – end not recorded
- Game BoyGame Boy: Apr 21, 1989 – Mar 31, 2003
- LynxAtari Lynx: Sep 1, 1989 – 1995
- Neo GeoNeo Geo: Apr 16, 1990 – 2004
- Game GearSega Game Gear: Oct 6, 1990 – Apr 30, 1997
- SNESSuper Nintendo: Nov 21, 1990 – Sep 25, 2003
- Sega CDSega CD / Mega-CD: Dec 12, 1991 – 1996
- CPS-2Capcom CPS-2: Sep 10, 1993 – Dec 22, 2003
- Neo Geo CDNeo Geo CD: Sep 9, 1994 – 1997
- 32XSega 32X: Nov 1994 – 1996
- PS1PlayStation: Dec 3, 1994 – Mar 23, 2006
- N64Nintendo 64: Jun 23, 1996 – 2002
- CPS-3Capcom CPS-3: Nov 21, 1996 – end not recorded
- NAOMISega NAOMI: 1998 – end not recorded
- GBCGame Boy Color: Oct 21, 1998 – Mar 31, 2003
- NGPCNeo Geo Pocket Color: Mar 19, 1999 – Oct 30, 2001
- PS2PlayStation 2: Mar 4, 2000 – Jan 4, 2013
- WonderSwanWonderSwan Color: Dec 9, 2000 – 2003
- GBAGame Boy Advance: Mar 21, 2001 – 2010
- OpenBOROpenBOR: 2004 – today
- TIC-80TIC-80: Mar 22, 2017 – today
A bar that fades out means the end date is unknown. Fantasy consoles and game engines are still available.
UNDER THE HOOD
Technical specifications
Processor
12MHz
- CPU
- Motorola 68000
- Core
- Motorola 68000 (16/32-bit), often second-sourced by Toshiba or Hitachi
- Word size
- 16-bit
- Zilog Z80A — sound CPU · 4 MHz
- SNK LSPC2-A2 — line sprite generator · 24 MHz
12 MHz, about 1.75 MIPS
Memory
64KB
- Main RAM
- 64 KB
- Video RAM
- 84 KB
- Z80 sound RAM
- 2 KB
- Battery-backed save RAM
- 64 KB
- On-board ROM
- 512 KB
Sound
14channels
- Chip
- Yamaha YM2610
4 FM channels (four operators each), 3 SSG channels and 7 ADPCM channels (6 ADPCM-A + 1 ADPCM-B)
Sales
410,000
- Scope
- AES home consoles (as of 1997-03)
- Best-selling game
- Samurai Shodown
Below: SG-1000 400,000 · Above: Neo Geo CD 570,000
Media
Cartridge
- Cartridge
- up to 89.5 MB
Launch price
¥58,000
- Japan
- ¥58,000
- North America
- $649.99
Family line
- This system
- Neo Geo
- After
- Hyper Neo Geo 64
THE STORY
About the Neo Geo
The AES was first offered for rent in Japan and only later sold at retail, launching in the United States at US$649.99, which kept it a niche product. The MVS, by contrast, suited arcade operators thanks to its low cost, compact size and swappable cartridges, and it carried series such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown, The King of Fighters and Metal Slug.About one million MVS and 410,000 AES units were sold, and the AES has since become a collector's item.
- Marketed as the first 24-bit system: the CPU is a 16/32-bit 68000 and the 24-bit figure is the graphics data bus.
- Draws up to 380 sprites and 3,840 colors at once from a 65,536-color palette, with no scrolling tile layers.
- The Yamaha YM2610 provides 14 sound channels: 4 FM, 3 SSG and 7 ADPCM.
- Cartridges grew from the original 330-megabit specification to about 716 megabits with bank switching.
- The first home console with a removable memory card for saved games.
- In 1994 the MVS was the best-selling arcade PCB worldwide.
- About one million MVS arcade systems were sold, in addition to the AES home consoles.
THE LIBRARY
157 Neo Geo games on Back2OldGames
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Release years 1990–2006
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THE GAMES
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