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The Neo Geo Pocket can play many of the newer color games. There are, however, notable exceptions such as Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure or SNK vs. Capcom: Match Of The Millennium. Since the newer Neo Geo Pocket Color is fully backwards compatible, it does play all the Neo Geo Pocket cartridges. Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure is a game from the Sonic the Hedgehog series for the ill fated Neo Geo Pocket Color game system. ... The SNK vs. ... Neo Geo Pocket Color The Neo Geo Pocket Color (or NGPC) was released in 1998 in Japan. ...
Specifications
16 bit TOSHIBA TLCS-900H high performance core CPU
32 bit/16 bit register bank cofiguration @ 6.144 Mhz
The NeoGeoPocket Color (or NGPC) was released in 1998 in Japan.
It came after SNK's original NeoGeoPocket monochrome handheld, which debuted in 1998 in Japan (and was released in the USA in 1999).
However, it was hurt by several factors, such as the NeoGeo heads' legendary lack of communication with third-party developers, and anticipation of the Game Boy Advance.
It was released in Japan in late 1998, and discontinued in 1999, with the advent of the NeoGeoPocket Color, due to lower than expected sales with the Monochrome NeoGeoPocket.
Since the newer NeoGeoPocket Color is fully backwards compatible, it does play all the NeoGeoPocket cartridges.