Editing Neo Geo Pocket emulators

{{Infobox console
|title = Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
|logo = neogeopocket.png
|imagecaption=Neo Geo Pocket
|developer=[[SNK]]
|type = [[:Category:Handheld consoles|Handheld game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles|Fifth generation]]
|release=1998 (Neo Geo Pocket)<br/>1999 (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
|discontinued=1999 (Neo Geo Pocket)<br/>2001 (Neo Geo Pocket Color)
|successor=Neo Geo Pocket Color
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}

The '''Neo Geo Pocket''' (NGP) and '''[[gametech:Neo Geo Pocket Color|Neo Geo Pocket Color]]''' (NGPC) are fifth-generation handheld game consoles produced by [[wikipedia:SNK|SNK Corporation]] in 1998 and 1999 respectively. The NGPC was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|69.95|1998}}. The NGP was only released in Japan, due to its low popularity, however the NGPC was released worldwide. It was the last handheld console produced by SNK.

==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Neo Geo Pocket">NGP</abbr>
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Neo Geo Pocket Color">NGPC</abbr>
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Should not be confused with link-cable emulation.">[[Netplay#Arcade|Netplay]]</abbr>
! scope="col"|<abbr title="NEOP-10021, The link cable for linking systems together">Link<br/>Cable</abbr><ref>[https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2015/11/a-quick-look-at-neogeo-pocket-link-cable.html A Quick Look At The NeoGeo Pocket Link Cable by Tom Charnock]</ref>
! scope="col"|<small>[[Sega_Dreamcast_emulators#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|<abbr title="NEOP-22020, not to be confused with the NeoGeo Pocket system link cable which is NEOP-10021">Dreamcast<br/>communication</abbr>]]</small>
! scope="col"|[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=14 Retro<br/>Achievements]
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="13"|PC / x86
|-
| [[ares]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[Mednafen]]<br/><small>mednafen_ngp_libretro</small>
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N>Possible with RetroArch version or standalone mednafen with [https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Netplay#Arcade NullDC-BEAR].</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA>Only with retroarch version.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| [[MAME]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest nightly]<br/>[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/latest stable]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{NC}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[[BizHawk]]<br/><small>(mednafen 1.29.0)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
|[https://gitlab.com/TASVideos/BizHawk/-/pipelines Dev builds]<br/>[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[[higan]] (火眼)
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| [https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{higanVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]].</ref>
|-
|[https://nih.at/NeoPop-SDL/ NeoPop-SDL]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://github.com/nih-at/NeoPop-SDL 0.2a]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|-
| [[NeoPop]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/misc/neopop.html 1.06b]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| NeoGPC
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [https://code.google.com/p/neogpc/downloads/list 1.1]
| {{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| [[vdmgr]]
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| [http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html {{vdmgrVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}  ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
|-
! colspan="13"|Mobile / ARM
|-
| <small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_cygne/ mednafen_wswan_libretro]</small>
| align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux}}
| [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|[http://www.explusalpha.com/home/ngp-emu NGP.emu]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.NgpEmu {{.emuVer}}] <br> [https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
|WonderDroid Ultra
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atelieryl.wonderdroid 5.3][https://github.com/williehwc/wonderdroid-x git]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
! colspan="13"|Console
|-
| <small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_cygne/ mednafen_wswan_libretro]</small>
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP|PS3}}<br/>{{Icon|PS4|Vita}}<br/>{{Icon|WiiU|3DS}}<br/>{{Icon|Xbox360}}
| [https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.15.0/windows-msvc2019-uwp/x64/RetroArch-msvc2019-UWP_x64.msixbundle <abbr title="For Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X">UWP libretro core</abbr>]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
|align=left|{{Icon|XboxOne|SXS}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=platforms libretro core]
|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}
|-
| RACE! PSP
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
| [https://github.com/libretro/RACE libretro core]<br/>[https://psp.akop.org/race.htm 2.16] <br>[https://github.com/8bitpsp/race git]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}<ref group=N name=lrRA></ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPDS/blob/main/README.md NGPDS]
| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
| [https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPDS/releases {{NGPDSVer}}]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
| NeoPop PSP
| align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
| [http://psp.akop.org/neopop.htm 0.71.15] <br>[https://github.com/8bitpsp/neopop git]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
| Neopop-SDL
| align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}
| [https://github.com/Nop90-Switch/neopop-SDL/releases git]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
| NeoPop-SDL 3DS
| align=left|{{Icon|3DS}}
| [https://github.com/nop90/Neopop-SDL git] <br>[https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/NeoPop_SDL_3DS 0.4]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
| NeoPop Vita
| align=left|{{Icon|Vita}}
| [https://github.com/frangarcj/NeopopVITA/releases git] <br> [https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/165 0.71.15]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}
|-
| DC NeoPop
| align=left|{{Icon|DC}}
| [https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/1095-dc-neopop?tmpl=component 1.0]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|NeoPop/PS2
| align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}
|[https://mundowiihack.wordpress.com/tag/neopopps2 Release]
| {{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|}
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===Comparisons===
;[[ares]]
:Neo Geo Pocket core is [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/r4wrbn/ares_v126_released_multisystem_emulator/hmlf0vo most accurate] out of any other emulator for Neo Geo Pocket.

==References==
* [http://www.neo-geo.com/pocket/index.htm NGPC Games list]

[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Handheld consoles]]
[[Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color emulators|*]]
[[Category:SNK consoles]]