Neo Geo Pocket Color: Taking On the King

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Most think of Neo Geo as the arcade console powerhouse, but at the turn of the century it tried to give the Game Boy series a run for its money.

Source material:

-- "Neo Geo Pocket Color Coming to United States -- Sooner Than Expected", Business Wire. March 26, 1999.
-- Original SNK commercial uploaded by vectorman0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUHYNmNrqoY).
-- Game Boy Color advertisement uploaded by Tanooki's Stuff (https://www.flickr.com/photos/65846913@N02/6054805722).
-- "Neo Geo Pocket Color -- You Can Keep A Good Platform Down", MultiMediaWire. April 18, 2000.
-- "Nintendo's Game Boy gets competition from private upstart SNK", Aaron Curtiss, The Fresno Bee. October 9, 1999.
-- "Nogo Geo", Jack Schofield, The Guardian. June 22, 2000.
-- Pachinko photo by Tischbeinahe (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tischbeinahe).
-- Neo Geo logo by Alforata (http://alforata.deviantart.com/art/Neo-Geo-Vector-Logo-107176853).
-- Frontlight mod images by KojiKendo (http://imgur.com/a/vHOvn).
-- NGPC print advertisement uploaded by vintagecomputing.com (http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/633/retro-scan-of-the-week-snk-neo-geo-pocket-color).

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