Author Topic: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!  (Read 1191 times)

sosoyo180

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Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« on: August 15, 2014, 09:53:50 AM »
Just picked up a Yellow Crystal model with two games yesterday and I can say that i'm already in love with it!

Anyone else wanna share the love?
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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2014, 02:23:39 PM »
I've owned a few over the years and I have a few games for mine right now, but I have not played it in a while. Maybe I'll fire it up this weekend.

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2014, 02:56:40 PM »
This is actually a really, really good handheld. The stick on it is far better than anything else. Quite perfect, in fact. One of these days I'm going to bother getting it backlit.

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2014, 04:01:23 PM »
This is actually a really, really good handheld. The stick on it is far better than anything else. Quite perfect, in fact. One of these days I'm going to bother getting it backlit.

The stick is phenomenal, I dunno, something about it just sounds so satisfying to me!

If I ever gain the competence to do a mod like that I'll have to give it a try but until then my system's gonna stay diurnal...
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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2014, 09:18:41 PM »
I was thinking about this handheld today. I need to get somemore games for it. Really need to get my hands on capcom vs snk card fighters. If anyo e has a spare let me know

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2014, 07:12:56 AM »
i bought one for $100 with 20 games about a year ago. hated it.
no backlight made it unplayable. gave it away a week later.

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2014, 07:46:13 AM »
Thinking about getting mine front lit. I find it so annoying that a can't see the screen properly. Anyone here ever get that done? Is it worth it?

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2014, 08:21:10 AM »
I love the NGPC... especially that clicky, clicky stick! There may not be a whole lot of games available for it, but the good stuff:crap ratio is definitely tilted heavily in the favor of good stuff.

Plus, Card Fighter's Clash is one of my all-time favorite games. 8)


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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2014, 12:39:42 PM »
Yeah, this thing had an amazing library for having such a short lifespan.  SNK vs. Capcom: Match of the Millennium and Metal Slug 2nd Mission are must haves, but as long as you avoid the gambling games, you're virtually guaranteed to pick up something that's at least decent.  I'm going to recommend Biomotor Unitron and Faselei as good pickups.  The former is a Pokemon inspired game about building a giant robot, and the latter is a strategy game with a frankly bizarre gameplay gimmick that works about 100 times better than it should.  You have to put in all commands for your mech before a turn without any indication as to what your enemy is going to do beyond patterns you've observed.  Somehow this made for a tense, strategic game with surprisingly little frustration.

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2014, 02:56:57 AM »
I never really got into the system. I ended up selling mine with the five games I had for it a couple years back. Don't regret it either.

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2014, 04:15:42 AM »
I love the NGPC.

There's a few too many fighters with the exact same engine, but the hardware is great and there's enough unique games and a good variety of software on the platform to make it worthwhile.
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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2014, 04:14:53 AM »
It is almost the Dreamcast of the hand held market. Great library for such a short amount of time, new ideas (admittedly the stick was awesome but didn't catch on (unless you count analogue, which I won't)) and really fun to play. The screen is the only issue but if you have it front-lighted it's pretty nice.
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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2014, 05:08:33 AM »
Apart from trying out a demo unit back in the day at some game store I couldn't recall the name to with a gun to my head I have a fleating abilty to recall anything about this hand held apart from a decent Metal Slug port and a super deformed fighter based off KOF ...  oh and one of the Final Fantasies I think as well.


was there any other games that are must plays (not must own, not must have) simply must try the Neo Geo Pocket Color (as it as an interesting port, or only found on this system).

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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2014, 07:36:00 AM »
Apart from trying out a demo unit back in the day at some game store I couldn't recall the name to with a gun to my head I have a fleating abilty to recall anything about this hand held apart from a decent Metal Slug port and a super deformed fighter based off KOF ...  oh and one of the Final Fantasies I think as well.


was there any other games that are must plays (not must own, not must have) simply must try the Neo Geo Pocket Color (as it as an interesting port, or only found on this system).

It sounds like you have it confused with the Wonderswan Color. There were no Final Fantasy games on it.

Probably the two biggest titles for the system were Sonic The Hedgehog and SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium
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Re: Show Some Neo Geo Pocket Color Love!
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2014, 07:43:21 AM »
Apart from trying out a demo unit back in the day at some game store I couldn't recall the name to with a gun to my head I have a fleating abilty to recall anything about this hand held apart from a decent Metal Slug port and a super deformed fighter based off KOF ...  oh and one of the Final Fantasies I think as well.


was there any other games that are must plays (not must own, not must have) simply must try the Neo Geo Pocket Color (as it as an interesting port, or only found on this system).

It sounds like you have it confused with the Wonderswan Color. There were no Final Fantasy games on it.

Probably the two biggest titles for the system were Sonic The Hedgehog and SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium

You are right.  I got the two mixed up.

Looked on ebay.  What there is a copy of cotton on this?  Eh to expensive.

Wait there is a copy of magical chase on gb color! 

Nope to expensive. 

Hey look a penny!