Neogeo Pocket Color Selection Vol.1

While half the games in the collection are fighting games, the remainder are an interesting variety to choose from. The emulator itself however, could use some work.

A decidedly niche retro fix for fans of the beloved if underappreciated Neo Geo Pocket Color.

As far as museum extras go, the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection does include looks at each game's manual, box and cartridge in English and Japanese. Other than that, the spartan menu only offers the option to play the games. This is a letdown considering the historical context a bundle like this can provide. SNK and the team at Digital Eclipse has provided the Samurai Shodown series with this level of respect in the past, and it's painfully missing here. Sure, this is basically a collection of games previously rereleased on their own, but a brief rundown of this obscure handheld's history could ...

There are some impressive bonus features in the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection as well. You can switch between NeoGeo Pocket Color and non-Color systems, Japanese and English versions of the games, and you can look at 3D replicas of the game cartridge and the case it came in. You can even read through a digital recreation of each game’s manual, which is a nice touch for collectors and NeoGeo purists. Plus, all the features from previous NeoGeo Pocket Color releases are present. You can rewind frames if a level is too difficult, you can pick a border for your virtual NeoGeo Pocket Color, and you...

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.

SNK has been busy on the eShop since the Switch’s launch. With Hamster they’ve brought a considerable amount of their titles via the Arcade Archives line, and

SNK has a huge library of classic NeoGeo games and they've just released a collection of 10 portable gems that you can play on Switch.

No doubt, Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection is something of a curious release. The majority of the games in this compilation have already been made available indiv

The Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Volume 1 for Nintendo Switch brings a forgotten handheld to the forefront. Featuring 10 games that defined SNK's unique platform, this collection serves as a glimpse into gaming history. Six fighting games, two action games, an RPG and a sports title bring something for everyone, but has age been kind to them? This is an in-depth look into how the collection holds up over 20 years later.