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The '''Neo Geo''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(ネオジオ ''Neo Jio''<sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span> is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_cartridge cartridge]-based [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_system_board arcade system board] and home [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console video game console] released on January 31, 1990 by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japanese] game company [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNK_Playmore SNK Playmore]. Being in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_%28fourth_generation%29 fourth generation of video game consoles], it was the first system in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo Neo Geo family], which ran throughout the 1990s before being revived in December 2012 with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_X Neo Geo X] handheld/home system.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kotaku_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-Kotaku-1 [1]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Eurogamer_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-Eurogamer-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-test_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-test-3 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-GR_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-GR-4 [4]]</sup> The original system's hardware featured comparatively colourful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2D_computer_graphics 2D] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics graphics].
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The '''MVS''' (Multi Video System), as the Neo Geo was known to the coin-operated arcade game industry, offered arcade operators the ability to put up to six different arcade titles into a single cabinet, a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace. With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game-cabinet could be exchanged for a different game-title by swapping the game's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_Cartridge ROM-cartridge] and cabinet artwork. Several popular franchise-series, including ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Fury_%28series%29 Fatal Fury]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters The King of Fighters]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Slug_%28series%29 Metal Slug]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Shodown_%28series%29 Samurai Shodown]'', were released for the platform.
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The Neo Geo system was also marketed as a very costly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console home console], commonly referred to today as the '''AES''' (Advanced Entertainment System). The Neo Geo was marketed as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-bit 24-bit], though it was technically a parallel processing 16 bit system with an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit 8-bit] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog Zilog] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80 Z80] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprocessor coprocessor]. The coprocessor was used as a CPU, and for sound processing.
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Production of the system was discontinued in 1997, but official production of game cartridges lasted until 2004;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> The Neo Geo was ranked 19th out of the 25 best video game consoles of all time by the video game website [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGN IGN] in 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_%28system%29#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup> There continues to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_%28video_games%29 homebrew] market for the system over a decade and a half after its discontinuation.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup>
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==Emulators==
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|[http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/MAME MAME]
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|Windows, Linux, OS X
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|0.149
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| style="text-align: center;"|✓
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|[http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Burn_Alpha Final Burn Alpha]
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|Windows
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|0.2.97.29
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| style="text-align: center;"|?
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| style="text-align: center;"|✓
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|[http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch RetroArch] (Final Burn Alpha)
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|Multi-platform
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|0.2.97.28
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Revision as of 18:10, 23 July 2013

The Neo Geo (ネオジオ Neo Jio?) is a cartridge-based arcade system board and home video game console released on January 31, 1990 by Japanese game company SNK Playmore. Being in the fourth generation of video game consoles, it was the first system in the Neo Geo family, which ran throughout the 1990s before being revived in December 2012 with the Neo Geo X handheld/home system.[1][2][3][4] The original system's hardware featured comparatively colourful 2D graphics.

The MVS (Multi Video System), as the Neo Geo was known to the coin-operated arcade game industry, offered arcade operators the ability to put up to six different arcade titles into a single cabinet, a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace. With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game-cabinet could be exchanged for a different game-title by swapping the game's ROM-cartridge and cabinet artwork. Several popular franchise-series, including Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters, Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown, were released for the platform.

The Neo Geo system was also marketed as a very costly home console, commonly referred to today as the AES (Advanced Entertainment System). The Neo Geo was marketed as 24-bit, though it was technically a parallel processing 16 bit system with an 8-bit Zilog Z80 as coprocessor. The coprocessor was used as a CPU, and for sound processing.

Production of the system was discontinued in 1997, but official production of game cartridges lasted until 2004;[5] The Neo Geo was ranked 19th out of the 25 best video game consoles of all time by the video game website IGN in 2009.[6] There continues to be a homebrew market for the system over a decade and a half after its discontinuation.[citation needed]

Emulators

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version # of systems emulated Recommended
MAME Windows, Linux, OS X 0.149 ? ✓
Final Burn Alpha Windows 0.2.97.29 ? ✓
RetroArch (Final Burn Alpha) Multi-platform 0.2.97.28 ? ✓
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