Game Boy vs Neo Geo Pocket

[CupheadtheCritic]

This is basically a follow up to GCN vs Xbox vs PS2. I should probably do these more than whatever the shit sticks are my other posts...
Anyway, let's begin.

RAM:
NGP: 12 MB
GB: 8 KB

Resolution:
NGP: 160 x 152
GB: 160 x 144

Units Sold:
GB: 118.69 million (how much EarthBound should have sold)
NGP: 25,000

Quality:
GB: Could survive an EXPLOSION.
NGP: I'm not entirely sure.

Games Published:
GB: 1046
NGP: 86

Design/Comfortability:
GB: Better grip and hand space
NGP: Same comfortability as the Game Gear but a bit more compact and downgraded.

Lifespan:
GB: 1989-2003
NGP: 1999-2001

Overall winner:
Game Boy, no doubt about it. While the Neo Geo had it's ups, there was mostly the downs.

 

[ScaryHobbit]

I found and bought a Neo Geo Pocket Color lying on a random shelf at Goodwill a few years ago!
Got it for very cheap and surprisingly good condition - I bet the employees probably thought it was some wierd Game Boy knockoff, or one of those LeapFrog handhelds, and just threw it on the shelf.

I currently have just two games: Metal Slug 1st Mission and Sonic Pocket Adventure.
It pretty much is a slightly more powerful GBC, and I'm not much of a Fighting Game guy, so the lineup is kinda bare-bones for me. I can see why it got crushed by the GBA.

That can't be right on the Units Sold, though. Do you have the source for that one?

 

[CupheadtheCritic]

I found and bought a Neo Geo Pocket Color lying on a random shelf at Goodwill a few years ago!
Got it for very cheap and surprisingly good condition - I bet the employees probably thought it was some wierd Game Boy knockoff, or one of those LeapFrog handhelds, and just threw it on the shelf.

I currently have just two games: Metal Slug 1st Mission and Sonic Pocket Adventure.
It pretty much is a slightly more powerful GBC, and I'm not much of a Fighting Game guy, so the lineup is kinda bare-bones for me. I can see why it got crushed by the GBA.

That can't be right on the Units Sold, though. Do you have the source for that one?

Google.

 

[ScaryHobbit]

Just did a quick look on Wikipedia - looks like the 25,000 was for Japan.
Europe sold 100,000, and in North America it "retained a 2% market share - although minuscule compared to the Nintendo's Game Boy Color, it was enough to turn a profit for SNK America."

 

[CupheadtheCritic]

Just did a quick look on Wikipedia - looks like the 25,000 was for Japan.
Europe sold 100,000, and in North America it "retained a 2% market share - although minuscule compared to the Nintendo's Game Boy Color, it was enough to turn a profit for SNK America."

Well, at least I got SOMETHING RIGHT

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I have a gameboy color on my backpack today, in 2023, so it's clear who's the winner for me.

That said, playing Metal Slug on the NG Pocket was a blast on that old days (I did just once, during a single day), and I don't even like Metal Slug games.

 

[x65943]

"
RAM:
NGP: 12 MB
GB: 8 KB
"

lol lad, the N64 with jumper pak didn't even have 12MB of ram, I think you meant KB

 

[Tarmfot]

This is basically a follow up to GCN vs Xbox vs PS2. I should probably do these more than whatever the shit sticks are my other posts...
Anyway, let's begin.

RAM:
NGP: 12 MB
GB: 8 KB

Resolution:
NGP: 160 x 152
GB: 160 x 144

Units Sold:
GB: 118.69 million (how much EarthBound should have sold)
NGP: 25,000

Quality:
GB: Could survive an EXPLOSION.
NGP: I'm not entirely sure.

Games Published:
GB: 1046
NGP: 86

Design/Comfortability:
GB: Better grip and hand space
NGP: Same comfortability as the Game Gear but a bit more compact and downgraded.

Lifespan:
GB: 1989-2003
NGP: 1999-2001

Overall winner:
Game Boy, no doubt about it. While the Neo Geo had it's ups, there was mostly the downs.

Stick neo geo pocket > all things gameboy

 

[Jayro]

I feel the NeoGeo Pocket Color, specifically, had more hardware capabilities. It felt like a 16-bit system that could only output 8-bit color graphics. It's honestly a weird system for me. PC Engine / TurboGrafix 16 feels the same way... 16-bit graphical capabilities, but limited by 8-bit style pallets most of the time. I dunno, those two systems are just odd to me. NES and SNES differed greatly between their graphical styles, same with Master System and Mega Drive. PCE and NGPC just feel like they fall somewhere between the 8-bit and 16-bit machines, and I can't quite place it.

 

[ScaryHobbit]

I feel the NeoGeo Pocket Color, specifically, had more hardware capabilities. It felt like a 16-bit system that could only output 8-bit color graphics. It's honestly a weird system for me. PC Engine / TurboGrafix 16 feels the same way... 16-bit graphical capabilities, but limited by 8-bit style pallets most of the time. I dunno, those two systems are just odd to me. NES and SNES differed greatly between their graphical styles, same with Master System and Mega Drive. PCE and NGPC just feel like they fall somewhere between the 8-bit and 16-bit machines, and I can't quite place it.

The sound system in the NGPC is like that too.
It can only output 8-bit chiptune music,
yet in Metal Slug the game samples very high quality sound effects and voice clips straight out of the arcades.

 

[CupheadtheCritic]

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The sound system in the NGPC is like that too.
It can only output 8-bit chiptune music,
yet in Metal Slug the game samples very high quality sound effects and voice clips straight out of the arcades.

meant the regular NGP