- November 9, 2022
- Code Mystics
Neogeo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1
A fun, if somewhat redundant, collection of NeoGeo Pocket Color games.
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Nintendo Switch
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Windows
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"Neogeo Pocket Color Selection vol.1: Steam Edition" is a collection of 10 classic handheld games from SNK, now available on Steam. This includes popular titles like Samurai Shodown! 2, King of Fighters R-2, and Metal Slug 1st Mission. The collection also offers 3D model viewing, monochrome display for authentic handheld experience, and local co-op play for certain games.
- The collection features original unaltered ROMs of 10 excellent games for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, providing a nostalgic experience for fans.
- Includes a nice mixture of game types, such as action, RPG, and sports, with standout titles like Metal Slug and a golf simulator that is praised for its accuracy.
- The front-end interface is user-friendly, offering features like 3D models of game boxes, high-quality manuals, and the ability to play games in both color and black and white modes.
- The emulation has significant issues, including problematic save and rewind features that can lead to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- There are no options for borderless windowed or full-screen modes, which can detract from the overall experience.
- Some games in the collection feel underwhelming compared to other titles, particularly the fighting games, which do not match the quality of other SNK releases.
- gameplay2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
Players have expressed concerns about accidentally triggering emulation features like save, rewind, or reset buttons during gameplay, which can disrupt the gaming experience.
NeoGeo Pocket Color Collection Vol. 1 (Switch eShop) Review
A fun, if somewhat redundant, collection of NeoGeo Pocket Color games.
90%Preserving history --- NeoGeo Pocket Color Selections Vol. 1 Review
While the games themselves haven’t aged terribly well and there are too many fighting games here, NeoGeo Pocket Color Selections Vol. 1 demonstrates the best way to preserve old games. On top of simply playing the games themselves, you can take a look at everything that came with the cartridges way back when on top of taking advantage of convenience features like rewind.
75%Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1 Review
A strong showing for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, this is an eight-game compilation with seven avowed recommendations. That's a pretty high ratio, and that tantalising "Vol. 1" in the title makes us hope and pray that more SNK handheld goodness is to come. Now that Match of the Millennium has been accounted for, after all, there's surely no reason to hold out on us vis-a-vis Card Fighters Clash, the absolute best game on the system. Sonic Pocket Adventure would be ace, too. But that's all speculation – in the here and now, Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 is a great little compilation and all the better if you didn't buy all the previous standalone releases. If you did, is it worth the money? To this writer, yes, but you can quietly seethe about the financial imposition.
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