The Neo Geo X Portable System - Review - Game Sack
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Episode 79 - So they crammed the Neo Geo on a handheld device and are selling it for $200. Is it worth it?
We made a video about the firmware update for this thing here: • The Neo Geo X Firmware...
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I don't get it, aes emulation is FLAWLESS on everything from an ancient pc to a smartphone. how could they screw this up?
Looking back at those days I don't remember so many wrestling games but seeing videos like these show's they made a ton.
I'm happy to report that the new game packs (which come in old school looking cases) are going to available June 25th, it also includes the firmware update for the system to help sound issues, visual issues and the aspect ratio issues too!
I waited off on buying one of these, but I think I might pick one up now as the gold system (now discontinued) can be picked up on eBay for an easy $140-150.
Might as well get one of the new volumes too!
Man I love that stop motion animation you did at the end.
Man, I've been meaning to buy a Neo Geo X for years, a Retron too now that I'm on the subject but now that I've seen your videos about them I no longer have any desire to buy either one. Thanks for saving me some money.
It may be nothing special now, but I looked for Alpha Mission 2 for YEARS after playing it at a place called Hall of Fame Pizza in Menifee, CA back around 1997. The pizza place closed down around the turn of the millennium and I never found the game up until maybe 2015. The music wad so rad!!!
I used the included composite cable for when I was talking about composite video. I used the HDMI cable when talking about HDMI video and for the game reviews.
Hopefully Dave pics one up. If he does we'll definitely do a really short video updating everyone on what (if anything) as fixed. It wouldn't be a regular episode, but an inbetween episode release.
I want to come to Colorado and play games, and then go chill with Brandon "weird to throw his name out in a video game channel comment section " Perna
I love videos like this on older consoles, especially those that I missed growing up. Another great videos Game Sack.
Like most, I couldn't afford a NEOGEO growing up. Nor did I know anyone who had one. I think that is why the system has always been so fascinating to me.
The Neo Geo X. The only console that plays arcade games he can pull out of his Game Sack.
Great overview, guys. I did play Neo-Geo on a regular basis in the arcade. Very few of them made it onto the collection. Even so, it feels like this is a system I can skip (for now) and not feel like I'm missing anything.
Nice reviews folks, I just ordered one today. For the price it's just OK. I guess is a good device if you want to have a good time with your friends with some beers. I didn't know about this channel, I subscribed.
These days, honestly your best bet for legal, perfect neo geo on the go, is a switch with the hamster games of your choice, and the hori d pad for $25 USD which is one of the best D pads i have ever used in my entire life (only works in portable mode, if you are a docker, use the 8bitdo sn30 pro or an arcade joystick). They look great in HDMI docked or in handheld mode, and have an option to add a little extra to the sides (in the correct, original aspect ratio) that was cut out originally to fit 4:3 aspect ratio TV's. It's just an absolutely sublime neo geo experience. Right now almost 70% of the entire released neogeo library is available for 6 or 7 USD a pop depending on title, with more to come. I am sure we will hit over 80% coverage this year! Also, controls are instantly responsive in the switch versions. I LOVE it and have over 20 titles so far and have put many more in my watch list :).
The stop animation was absolutely brilliant! I bet it took quite awhile to get that completed.
The SNES game you're looking for is a Genesis game called Phelios.
I never liked nor will I ever play 90% of the games that GameSack reviews, but I can't stop watching. I get excited on new episode day, because it's an awesome show. Great job hooking someone out of your target audience.
His name is Galford and what he keeps on saying is Plasma Blades.
Thank you. Now I don't have to make this comment.
Thank YOU, Mr. Eikichi Kawasaki 😁 ACA NEOGEO, please keep these titles available for everyone everywhere forever!
Street Fighter 2 became mega-popular and it endured. SNK wanted a slice of that sweet pie so basically they just kept trying and trying. Funnily enough it's the Metal Slug series that's the true star of the console.
this system was a good idea but poorly executed sadly .. should have done better really
Ammer Reduron snk needs to make it so we can Beat these game. Like on easy to allow infinite continues bc I played shocktroppers one on PS3 and it's hard even on easy.
@@Malouco get good
I really like those stop-motion shorts you guys do with the consoles. They are funny, cool, and very well done.
FYI, I'm seeing listings on Amazon for 5 "Neo Geo X Classics" game cards, each of which contains an additional 3 games + a firmware update that "includes game save functionality, improved TV aspect ratio compatibility, improved sound quality and more." They're all preorderable and listed as coming out on June 25th, so it looks like next month will be the moment of truth for this thing.
If Joe and Dave had a TV show, I'd actually have a reason to watch TV. Great stuff as always, guys!
I actually own one of these Bad Boys and I played 'Baseball Stars 2' and found a glitch. The glitch was, if you got the ball in a Home Run, you could pause the game and unpause it, it would then make a copy of the person running and give you an extra point.
Unfortunately, since the recent update came out, I was unable to do this glitch. :(
I was going to ask why there was a pretty noticeable delay in the game footage. I'd say more than a few frames, but maybe it's made worse on youtube. Great video and total kudos for taking time to do the stop motion at the end. I really love seeing you do those (knowing how long it can take for just a short skit). Thanks guys!
The firmware upgrades are due to be presented on future game cards for the system due out later this year in June or July, but I assume this summer when the Neo Geo X handheld will be sold as a separate machine, probably with some mains adapter for charging instead of the AES docking station. Oh and guys £ pounds are used in the UK ONLY, much of Europe including Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium etc. uses the Euro currency.
This is, by far, the best review for the Neo Geo X I have seen. I reall like mine and I don't regret getting it, especially since I have never played the original system. That being said I am quite hopeful that the firmware update will fix some of those problems.
Really good episode, guys. The stop frame animation at the end made me smile :)
9:37 the muscleman in the background appears to be wiping his ass on a sheep's face. A great episode on a system I'd never heard about until today. I'd love to get a hold of one of these, even though I'd probably just use it for playing Metal Slug and Samurai Showdown on the bus. Excellent show as always.
The Neo Geo X has it's flaws which to some people can be a lot. But to me I was glad to pick one up last month at the convention I was at. I've always wanted to have a Neo Geo ever since I was a little kid, but the price tag kept it out of my reach. When I saw this in it Gold edition box the little kid in me was stunned. And me on the outside was in awe, and asked if they could hold it so I could get my money from my friends that owed me. I'm glad you guys reviewed, and I'm glad I got one.
Excellent review! I could tell you wanted to like it but it didn't exactly meet expectations. Love how you gave it praise for the few games that worked well. Y'all have a knack for seriously breaking down both sides to show the pros and cons. Others usually take the Fox News approach and focus solely on one side or the other. Production values don't need to be mentioned, some of the best on YT. Thank you for taking the time to review. Keep on keepin' on brothas!
you guys should make short videos between the regular ones (7 minutes maybe?), it will be great to keep the channel always updated, i love this channel i think its the best videogame channel on youtube, the other channels are like a news show or something like that tv shit cnn or whatever, you know what i mean? keep the good work!
Great job on that stop motion part at the end. I bet that took forever... Just wanted to share some appreciation for the details. Keep it up!
I got mine for about $180, the gold edition, and it included the mega pack! I got it back in December 2015 and I'm sure glad I did, the prices have increased a ton since then. A ton of people complain about the quality and while it may be a bit over priced but so is buying an AES , Neo Geo CD, and buying every individual game on the virtual console, you also get a handheld and a good quality stick (not as good as the original Neo geo but not bad for the price at all). Overall it's only slightly dissapointing, I'm not a video/sound freak, I just want to play some Last Blade and Metal Slug and this is a pretty great way of doing so, plus if you jailbreak you have access to pretty much any retro game you want.
I KNEW I should have bought this system when it came out, the prices for it now are insane, even for the game carts they are crazy prices. I even almost bought it a second time when they were going for like 250 but I still didn't bite th bullet because the reviews weren't the greatest for it.
When i lived in S.Korea they had all these CD-Roms that each had 1 full SNK games and they were in gifts shops EVERYWHERE. All you needed was a PC and some 'Won'
Can't stop watching your videos. Professional and thorough. Great great content boys!
great episode as always gamesack!
i am not much of a gamer anymore, but i really like watching you guys!
speaking about handheld consoles, i don't think you 've talked yet about the Nomad(correct me if i'm wrong).
How were you able to decipher this?
There are blood codes for KOF 95 and Samurai Shodown 2 BTW. For KOF wait till the high score screen comes up during the demo and hold A and C for Player 1 and B and D for Player 2, then hit start. For SS2, just select Japan for language and hold ABCD on Player 1 and hit start on exit. Then go back to options and select English.
I have seen a bunch of reviews for this thing (all negative reviews) but none of them mentioned the horrendous composite video signal, thanks for the info.
Sooo happy to see a new episode!
I know your other post is apologizing for this but we still put out more content than most other channels which release about 10 minutes a week. You have no idea the amount of work that goes into just one of these episodes, obviously and we do have other real life obligations. Fortunately, I think that most people do know how much work an episode takes. I really don't know why a select few people think as you do but trust us, we would do more episodes if Game Sack could pay the bills.
Great Lord Karnage would not like what are you saying about most of those games...
You should not make Lord Karnage mad. He has intergalactic space arcade at his disposition, that thing is dangeorus!!
Well the great Lord Karnage can come here and tell me that himself, but somehow I'm betting that he's moderately good, not great. :)
Game Sack O Great Lord Karnage would not come here and speak with mortals like us :( but i heard that sometimes he speaks to those who have Vectrex or Neo-Geo MVS Arcade :O
+Game Sack this crossover better happen
+RabidPlatypus With a side of a smack to the face like a bitch
+MocnyBrowarek : Oh please, half the games Mark reviews he can't even really play.
Dammit Dave! We forgot to check with Jason Potts before we made this video. He thinks the Neo Geo X is great. Therefore we have no business informing people of its shortcomings! Damn, if only we'd known.
Awesome video! I especially love the little stop-motion short at the end (Especially Neo Turf Masters, how did you guys get it?!). I'm always looking forward to the latest episode of Game Sack!
I like how all but one Real Bout Fatal Fury Special game play scene has you guys playing as Mai Shiranui.
Definitely not worth the 200$ I paid for it. I probably would not be so disappointed with the Neo Geo X if it was cheaper when I got it. I think I'll just sell mine and grab a couple of SNK franchise collections for the PS2.
Vivi Ornitier
Apparently the psp has a way to play all the games ever made and it will cure cancer too. Nobody will tell me where this hidden lake is so I can dip my psp into its mana. I just keep asking but these evil gamers are so selfish. I might go on an adventure but going alone would prove to dangerous.
If u know anyone willing to help me on this journey to find the lake of emulation let me know.
Yup the SNK compilation on PS2 n PSP are just awesome
rewatching yalls old vids and man, this just reminds me so bad that i wish i had seen this before i bought mine. I got it delivered from amazon the day vid came out and mine never worked right.
playing that game with the volume maxed out back in the day helped a bit ;)
Now you can play Neo geo games with enhanced resolution and shaders on cheap smartphones and retro handhelds.
Does anyone else watch game sack while eating? After I prepare dinner I love to sit and watch this show.
Excellent hand acting there with the hdmi cable. Personally, I would have added in a clenched fist at the end though.
We are so good we even help you in digesting food. Keep eating and watching Game Sack.
While you are entitled to your opinion it should be noted that WORLD HEROES PERFECT is a hidden gem with deep-fighting-mechanics/without-taking-away-fun-factor that has influenced Street Fighter IV and V as well as the Arc System Works Co. as a whole.
Thanks for the video, I wasn't aware of all that emulation problems. Don't really want to buy it anymore, will look for a decent deal of original Neo Geo instead.
Stop motion video at the end is fantastic, I love you guys.
Just started collecting for the Neo Geo MVS. It's great. And Game Sack is the best!
Fatal Fury Special is the first SNK fighter I remember playing, I was taking a tennis course at some kinda exercise facility where my grandma was doing something as well, we spent like a week or two there and I played the game lots. Very fond memories. I might have to do a series retrospective on it for my channel like I'm doing with KOF right now.
Maybe one of Art of Fighting too, since there are way less entries in it. I remember getting WRECKED when I played against someone in the arcade. I chose the big guy and actually said maybe it'd help me out to choose the strongest guy. The guy I was playing against pwned me with King.
Metal Slug was definitely one of the premium series on the system, did a retrospective of it too, the games still feel and look really good to me.
3 Count Bout was one of the better wrestling games of the time, but if you don't like the genre it definitely isn't for you and it relies HEAVILY on bashing buttons, so it's kinda physically punishing too.
Oooh, Samurai Shodown 2, played SO much of it while there was one near a tabletop gaming and comics store I used to frequent, such a shame the arcade closed down. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
Not a bad at all initial offering, but they clearly held back quite a few gems in hopes of selling them later.
Ninja Master's is really under the radar, I never hear anyone even mention it, but I thought it was nifty. Not one of SNK's best fighters, but still way better than average in the genre at the time.
I always loved the stop motion stuff you guys do, and that ending was great!
You have to do a lot more than that. You have to open it up and muck with things internally.
Firmware update (and games) have now been postponed to early July.
I hope that they make some original games for the system and a quieter joystick.
Love the show guys!!! Really impressed with the production of your vids!!! TOP NOTCH STUFF all the way! I like the dry sense of humor bits too!!! Keep up the great work!!! Glad I stumbled across you guys!!!
I got one of these with King of Fighters from one of my friends, in high school, for a piece of crap skateboard. I played it for a few months; then traded it (only had one game and couldn't find anyone to trade games with) for one of those huge old vhs cameras. The camera was traded at some point also. I now want it all back. Vhs's and Neo-Geo (portable)'s should be hip again. Things were more fascinating back then... Is that why things now tend to remade over and over?
Dude I missed these guys!!!
The original Fatal Fury was actually profitable in arcades is Japan even in the wake of SF2. I mean it makes sense since they made so many damn sequels for it.
I'm not sure if this thing has enough built-in fighting games.
I got one of the gold editions, on a whim, late at night, plus I purchased volume 2 of the games available on SD card. At the time, I thought it was great, but I basically had no previous experience with Neo-Geo, so I didn’t know that I was getting a bad emulation. It stopped working after a few months or so. I couldn’t even say what I did with it. I was going to sell it to a speciality gaming store, but deemed it worthless once the docking system broke down.
Rub my brain? Nah, Galford is clearing saying, "Celebrate." That's what it sounded like to me as a kid.
I enjoy it. I mean it's pretty old and the Genesis version doesn't have the scaling and rotation of the arcade, but it's still pretty fun.
Probably because they couldn't fund a manufacturer who makes 4:3 screens any more would be my guess. It's the same size and resolution as the PSP screen.
Thanks a bunch Gamesack for making this video for picky collectors like myself so that we are able to make an educated buying decision :-)
Oh my I though I had watched every episode, but here we are!
Yeah, I wanted to say: AWESOME stop-motion ending.
Too bad for this system's video output, thumbs up for showing many glourious games of the Neo Geo.
One of the best channels ever. You guys are old.....like me! Keep gaming!
Best outro yet, guys .... loved it
I like the funny lil Skit at the end.
I like the stop motion you guys do :3
We're glad you like it and thanks for the sub.
Hey Guys,
Good review. Have you tried the NEO GEO X with the firmware update that came out with the newly released games? I've read that it's a major update and I'm curious to hear if it addresses any of the concerns you had with the system.
Looks decent, but for the price I was hoping for better quality. Thanks for the review!
The neo geo mini is great. Got 2 in Tokyo never looked back
I have the international version and I'm happy with it...just wish the games weren't censored (especially the Metal Slug games).
that stop motion bit toward the end was kinda funny. What program did you use for that fight between the Neo Geo and its handheld counterpart?
Great guide, shame about bad emulation and such. Was originally pretty excited about this, should have been sceptical when I saw that Blaze were involved.
I would personally recommend people get themselves a Wii and Tatsunoko stick and pick up SNK Arcade Classics, Metal Slug Anthology, Samurai Shodown Anthology and KOF: Orochi Saga... bliss!
First game snack episode i saw back in the day
I thought the neo geo would burp to the camera after eating the neo geo x. perfect animation. LOL
you are right! a company in korea named mega enterprise did some conversions of snk neogeo titles to pc.
0:10-0:30 This is Nancy's report! ♥
Their press release for the Classic/Mega Game Packs mention the firmware update is included with each card. No word on other options.
Would suck if a $25 game card purchase is required just to update the firmware. If the system uses a standard SD slot, you'd think they'd offer a downloadable update as well.
Job well done on another great video, MrGameSack. I wanted to ask you something though. What is your opinion of the Neo Geo CD? I've been thinking about getting one but I have some reservations based on the sizes and prices of the different models. Do you think it is a system worth getting? As much as I would love to have an AES or MVS there is no way that I could afford one of those consoles let alone the game cartridges for each system.
this console could of used Money Idol/Puzzle Exchanger for its puzzle game... That's gotta be one of my faves on the Neo Geo
yeah i thought it was very expensive to.I was tempted to get the neo geo x but till the emulation improves i will leave it for a while used to own a mvs system years ago sold it due to lack of space
I'll believe it when I see it. Since they haven't mentioned exactly what the firmware update will fix then I am skeptical.
Should have Windjammers. That’s a fun game that nobody seems to remember
Thank you sir. I'm assuming sir. :) A lot of work goes into it.
I'll stick with my NGCD, terrible loading times for the most part, but all the games look, sound, and play great.
ha. if i buy a neo geo out of japan i have to buy a converter for it.what kind if converter are they talking about is it a RF or a power converter. i could really use some help guy thanks.
You really need to. The Mega Pack Vol 1 has some nice games in it and the firmware makes the system better.
I'll just say one thing: this system is not meant to last (lincredibly low quality). I own one, so I know what I'm talking about. Add up the rest of issues we all know of (sound, emulation, you name it) and you've got a perfect failure and a monumental rip-off deal.
These remake of old consoles are never worth it. They try to get you by the nostalgia feeling because no kids would play games like these in 2015.
I do i have a SNES
Whoever wrote the emulator that the Neo-Geo X uses needs to be taken out and shot. No vertical sync? Even Neo-Rage X, the first true Neo-Geo emulator far surpasses it in every way. They should have hired the guys behind MAME or FBA. Porting mame's neo-geo driver to whatever SoC they used would've been almost a trivial affair. They also could have overclocked the simulated CPU to eliminate slowdown in games like Metal Slug and many more (which you can do in FBA/MAME). Sigh. Better just to buy one of the great chinese Android tablet/handhelds and use the perfect emulators available for Android. Cheaper too.