History of video games/Platforms/Neo Geo X

Development
By January 2012 rumors of a new Neo Geo handheld began surfacing on news sites.

The Neo Geo X was initially supposed to launch in Q2 2012.

Launch
The Neo Geo X Gold handheld and dock launched in December 2012 for $199.99 alongside the base handheld only Neo Geo X, which sold for $129.99.

By late 2013 SNK and Neo Geo X maker Tommo entered a legal dispute, with SNK trying to end production immediately, and Tommo claiming the right to produce the console till 2016.

Technology
There is some speculation that the Neo Geo X was based on a modified Dingoo A320 handheld. However the SOC in the Neo Geo X is significantly newer then the one used in the A320, and the system has more RAM.

Compute
The Neo Geo X is powered by an Ingenic Semiconductor Jz4770 system on a chip with an Xburst CPU clocked at one gigahertz and a GPU.

The Neo Geo X has 128 megabytes of DDR2 RAM clocked at 250 megahertz, though some Eurogamer claims it has 256 megabytes of RAM.

Hardware
The Neo Geo X has two gigabytes of built in storage which is either just an internal microSD card glued to the system or a properly mounted flash chip on later revisions, and can accept official games through a SD card slot.

The Neo Geo X has a 4.3 inch LCD with a resolution of 480 by 272 pixels, and features composite AV output and HDMI output.

The control stick uses microswitches.

The Neo Geo X is powered by a 3.7 volt lithium ion battery with a capacity of 2200mAh.

Software
The Neo Geo X operating system runs the Linux 2.6.31.3 kernel.

The Neo Geo X runs Neo Geo games through the Final Burn Alpha emulator. At launch the only system check done was matching the file names of ROMs on the internal storage with what it expected, leading to easy and quick modifications within a month after the system launched.

Games
The Neo Geo X saw the official release of 36 Neo Geo games.

20 Neo Geo games were built into the Neo Geo X, with an additional 16 available.

A special Ninja Master's game card was released.

External Resources

 * Archived official website