Neo-Geo X Handheld Will Sell Separately For $130, Still Seems Pricey

By McKinley Noble, Contributing Editor
Posted on September 11, 2012 AT 02:55pm

Ever-determined to revive a console hardly anyone bought, the Neo-Geo X “Gold” system pack will now be selling the handheld device as a standalone. And all it costs is 130 bones.

Purchasing the device will net buyers 20 Neo-Geo games pre-installed (according to the product page), mirroring the same deal that you would get in the $199 set that includes the HDTV-compatible Neo-Geo and joystick.

Here’s the specs on the smaller Neo-Geo system, as reported by Inside Games:

Linux OS
480 x 272 resolution
128MB DDR2 RAM
SD card support (1GB to 8GB)
Six-hour battery life

Of course, this is definitely a collector’s item, especially at such a high price.

For more tech-saavy gamers, it’s actually not too difficult to get Neo-Geo games on a mobile device or console-like PC build through alternative (and less than legal) means. Naturally, we don’t endorse that practice.

Source: Inside Games

McKinley Noble has been writing about video games for seven years as a blogger and journalist, with each job adding to his painstakingly alphabetized collection of retro gaming memorabilia. When not cracking jokes about the gaming industry, he's a talking encyclopedia when it comes to mixed martial arts and anything MMA related. Follow him on Twitter: @KenTheGreat1. Meet the rest of the crew.

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