Official Neo Geo X Gold System details and price announced!

[BoneSnapDeez]

Hopefully mine will ship from GS tomorrow.

[shallowgamer]

FINALLY I GET TO PLAY METAL SLUG AGAIN!!!

I guess after the LE runs out, we´ll all want one and start cursing at ebay: theze prizes!!!!

Are there any plans for the "LE" to run out? I'm not being fecetious, I just figured that would be the only SKU for this thing.

And the ebay prices are getting a little more realistic. $280 for a machine that costs $200. At the end of the day, sellers would be making maybe $50 on that deal.

[indecks]

There's a version with just the handheld coming out in Feb, without the extra stuff or Ninja Master's.

But I think the "LE" version is just the Gold "comes with the stick and docking station" version. But it won't have Ninja Masters anymore.

I think, anyway.

[DrCirno]

I'm fairly upset. GS messed up and didn't have my preorder today. Not only that, but the manager was unable to locate my unit in their system's shipment reports. I mean its not like I had only put 20$ down on it, I had the thing paid off I'd expect a little more service and consideration. But this is Gamestop, and I should've known better and expected it really.

[Breetai]

I played one of these today. One of my friends just got it in the mail. Definitely cool. The joystick felt good, although I think the joystick ball was smaller than on the AES and made of different material. Then again, the AES stick I was using has had the ball replaced. Other than that, I put it next to an actual AES stick and they felt just about the same. The 'clicking' nose was a bit different between the two, but I didn't notice much difference in feel. The NGX joystick feels slightly lighter than the real one as well.

The actual handheld unit was very impressive from the little bit I played with it for.

[indecks]

Just got home with mine, and I'm impressed. It's clearly emulation, as expected and the menu is kinda blah like that one guy had mentioned on N-G.com, but the loading time isn't as bad as he said. It's not bad at all. I did get my Ninja Master's card, and it literally is an SD card. Even has the little slider for locking/unlocking.

I almost want to slap it into my computer to see what happens..

Controls are pretty responsive, but I haven't tested it on my TV yet. I dont feel like fiddling with HDMI cables and what-not. But I'll have to set it up to charge, as apparently it only charges with the docking station and not it's AC adapter. :/


edit: Also, the presentation here is actually pretty damn top notch. The outside sale box is very reminiscent of the original AES box, and it has 2 white boxes inside. One box for the stick, the other for the Docking station/handheld. And on the white boxes is the familiar Neo Geo 'logo' that looks like it's a torn piece of paper:



The old Neo's, and sticks came in boxes like that, as did the memory cards. They clearly put some thought and love into the packaging for this thing.

[hashiriya1]

Arrived at work to find mine had arrived, too!

My co-workers were like "What the hell is that?"




The little details






I am really impressed with the packaging of this whole thing. As mentioned, a lot of love went into this. Totally worth the $200 price tag.

[bryan_65]

Sweet pics guys. I am glad everyone seems happy with the product so far. I though about getting one for a long time, but I just couldn't bring my self to do it. Mainly because I have a MVS setting in the next room. If I had not got my cab I may have jumped on one. Any way looking forward to more pics and reviews. Now start playing everyone.

[foxhound1022]

Yeah, if I hadn't just aquired an AES in the last couple months, I'd definitely have jumped on this.

[jay_red]

Does anyone know if you can buy these in any stores? It seems like an online only thing, but if I could walk into somewhere after work I might have to pull the trigger lol.