Fun fact - I created the promo video for Tommo that you can see parts of in the intro here. I had filmed devotional videos for the Neo Geo, Atari Nuon and TurboGrafx-16 back in the day and they wanted me to film one for the X so I did 👍

I believe that even before the NGX, the PSP Go offered hybrid docked gaming, no hdmi out, but composite and component were available

Such a beautiful setup - modeling the dock on a full size AES replica was a real master stroke. If only Nintendo made a dock based on the NES! 😁

I remember being hyped for the Neo-Geo X because it was around the time I got into retro game collecting. I was so disappointed by the results that not only did I not buy one, I forgot it even existed up until right now

Someone forgot about the Turbo Express that came out 5 years before the Nomad 😉

If the Nomad counts as a hybrid than surely the PSP counts as well with its AV output? The big pain with both is having to keep a charger plugged in for long sessions. And it's pretty awkward to have both the AV and power cablea hanging off it.

Thanks for bringing up the Nomad! I still have mine, and even at the time it didn't feel like a system that got much publicity. I was so excited to purchase mine used off of ebay, along with a whole box of genesis games to go along with it. I was even able to connect it to my TV via RCA ports and attach another controller for 2-player support on the TV. It was absolutely terrible on batteries, and you basically also needed to have the wall outlet connection if you didn't want to go broke and change batteries every couple hours. But I loved it!

I have this thing! Bought it when it released and mostly played it in handheld. For some reason, I'm a sucker for all NEO GEO remake boxes; I have the mini arcade (the international version) and the Arcade stick that has a bunch of games built-in. I am aware of the issues this device faces, but one thing you didn't touch on is how it looks MUCH better on a standard def TV. If you use the composite breakout cable included in the box, it looks far better. Yeah, it isn't perfect, but the modding scene is great and that hardware is a really cool thing to have on your shelf. People are always blown away when they shriek that I have a NEO GEO, and I slide the lock to make it pop open :)

I was around 10 years old when the Neo Geo came out and was blown away by the graphics when I first saw it (Fatal Fury was the first game I saw) but then I realised just how expensive it was and clearly my dad said no to buying one. As years went by my love for the brand grew and when I noticed the NGX my expectations were sky high...but alas it was far from the product the brand deserved. However, I'm still hoping a proper mini console release that will be respectful and faithful to its legacy. Thank you MVG for the great video; truly appreciate the quality and consistency of your content.

6:46 And the PSP has TV output better explored in the 2000 and 3000 models which is crazy for the time it was released combined with its power. Allegedly the DS Lite could have something like that if Nintendo wanted.

I got the Gold Limited Edition with the extra controller when it came out and the first thing I did was hack it, lol. Luckly mine was one with the first batches with the internal micro SD card holder/slot for the internal memory (comes with a 2GB micro SD) which was later replaced by a nand chip in newer revision(s). Ended up adding all the NeoGeo games with icons and swapped out the regular NeoGeo bios to the Unibios one. Yes, its emulation could have been better, but it's not bad for what it is, I'm glad to have this console in my collection.

I read a lot about the neo geo x back when it was being produced. Sounds like Tommo should have targeted a slightly higher price point, bumped the specs up and definitely shouldn't have just stolen the emulator. With a few small tweaks it could have been a wild success. Now almost every good Neo Geo game can just be played on Switch

Great video! Was expecting you to mention the Neo-Geo Arcade Stick Pro!

Nintendo seldom did a thing first, but rather did a thing when it made the most economical sense and happened to be what everyone was wanting.

I bought the Neo Geo X Gold and really liked it. I never noticed any issues with it, though mainly played it with the handheld. The only issue I had was I didn't use it for a while and came back and it wouldn't charge. The battery needed replacing, but since then its been perfect.

The PSP Go was also a hybrid console of sorts--it even packed a Switch-like dock long before the Switch did.

Your VoiceOver has become practicaly Professionel. Good pacing and sound !!!

That's a really nice setup, you gotta admit. If that thing had power, I'd use it as a dedicated emulation rig.

PSP Go was the first hybrid console. you can doc it to your tv and connect a Dualshock 3 controller. and THIS handhald had realy high quality and tons of emulation and Games working perfectly

I've always felt Nintendo's own Gameboy Players for SNES and GameCube are also interesting antecedents for the Switch. It's separate hardware, but with battery or password saves you could effectively play GB games seamlessly between a home console experience or on the go.

You forgot to mention that the PSP had a video out option too. I used to play a ton of PSP games connected to TV back in the days.

Great part of gaming history and videos as per usual. Keep up the great work friend

The PSP Go had a Dock Accessory where you could Dock the thing and output the video to your TV, and when docked you were able to sync a PlayStation 3's DualShock 3 controller to it so you could play your PSP on the TV while on the couch. The PSP Go and that Dock released 3 years before the Neo Geo X, so while you Could say the Neo Geo X was the first Hybrid, it's not actually true, it was just the first to bundle the dock with the device.

always glad to see you upload a new video.

I was one of the original buyers of the Neo Geo X. I even got the extra mega pack of games. All of it is sitting in my closet right now and it’s original boxes. Great video!

It’s strange how the Neo Geo Mini had a lot of the same emulation issues. Those wouldn’t be corrected until the Neo Geo arcade stick was released.

This is awesome Please do a video on all the cool stuff you can install on it

I'm sure there were handhelds other than the Nomad that allowed TV output. One of the later PSP revisions had its own cables to output to a TV and supported pairing with a Dualshock 3. There were a bunch of cheap Chinese handhelds with composite output too, but they typically accessed a different set of games (LCD-style handheld games, and Famicom emulation on the TV).

Actually the PSP Go done the docking first around 2009, you forgot to mention this device in your video, but this one was the first one with the docking concept

Had a Nomad as a kid and loved that thing!! Wish I had never gotten rid of it.

About 6 or so years ago if I got the math right, I walked into a Walmart and there was a brand new Sega Nomad behind the glass. $600. The box was kind of beat up. I was so confused. I'm guessing either a manager had one and used Walmart to sell it, or a manager found one stacked away in the back and since it was legit theirs, they tried to sell it......for 600 friggin bucks. Wonder what happened to it.......

I had considered purchase of the Neo Geo X, but it didn't become very apparent that there was a modding community for it at the beginning of its life or even at the 6 mo mark, and I objectively looked at the titles and 'everything' I would have expected to be able play just wasn't available and didn't seem like it would be coming out. I had dug out my original PSP and made it my compact on-the-go Neo Geo emulator. I too always wanted a Neo Geo system, but the $650 price with $250 games was just a non starter. Fast forward to today and Neo Geo on the Switch seems to be one of the best, and most authentic experiences for those games...once you get over the weird start-up lag.

I remember the Neo Geo X during the failed handheld gaming and microconsole era with the Ouya and those infamous Atgames handhelds that used the Coleco brand! That was before they did the scam Coleco Chameleon!

Well that was weird as I was thinking about the Neo Geo X yesterday, it looked really cool but I was really hoping for a improved version later on

I feel like I was the only one who knew that this thing existed, that is until Sakurai showed in in Terry's reveal

A third contender in this category of “hybrid before Switch” exists - the PSP Go. Yes, it has a dock!

I have a neo geo gold x and a 2nd controller I leave it in the boxes since I can play all the neo geo games I want on the switch. I sold my og neo geo aes & I regretted it. good video keep up the good work.

We need MORE SNK NEO GEO COMPLAMATIONS COLLECTIONS these days seriously. 🎮 🎮 🕹

nice video dude, i did a repair on 1 of these not too long ago but it was so fiddly.

I'd add the PSP GO with the dock to the list of hybrid consoles. Great video!

wow big NeoGeo fan & this completely flew under the radar! black exterior of handheld kinda reminds me of an iPhone 4 which came out a year or two prior!

Geez seeing this reminds me of the old video of Ashens reviewing this.

I remembered seeing this console at one point for $99 on sell , too bad I passed on it . Great video btw

I had the PSP go with the TV out cradle. You could also sync a PS3 controller via bluetooth predating the Neo Geo X for 5 years I thinks

By this definition PSP was also a hybrid console :P Although it didn't have a dock, it did have a cable that would hook up to a TV :D

Growing up I never even heard of the home versions of a Neo Geo, the most I ever saw was the odd arcade cabinet and then those disappeared too. And here we are again. An updated retro-mini console-esque Neo Geo that I never even heard of until now 😄

You reminded me I have one of these with a bad sd card slot. I put a Raspberry PI 3 in the dock so it looks like a AES. I guess I should get around to fixing the handheld 😂

Another forgotten hybrid system was the PSPgo. It had video output, could connect to a DualShock 3 controller and even had an official dock. It had it's share of issue (like the lack of UMD support) but the original PSP couldn't connect to a controller and the PSVita lacked the video output.

PSP Go had a TV out, official TV dock and was compatible with DualShock 3 controllers so you could play on your couch just like the Switch.

I forgot that it existed! I remember that I wanted one if I could get a custom ROM that would make it feel more like a Dingoo type device with music and video playback features, but I don't think one was ever developed. I also forgot that the back kinda looked like the back of a BlackBerry phone of the time.

If your dedicated retro handheld can be beaten by a hacked PSP, you're already in trouble. To be fair, that arcade stick looks godly, it's a shame they stopped making it because of a crappy system.

wonderful machine, if just some developers or indie games could make SRPGs and platforms on it, so much potential.

the clicky d-pad, analog to the Neo Geo Pocket and the CD controller was one of it's best features. SNK kinda borked this with the Nei Geo mini release.

probably need to find mine as I have a fully loaded one of these with jailbreak software to boot. the SD card slot was a standard one except a couple of the pins were swapped.

The Neo Geo X being the first true hybrid system is not a fine statement, because, while the Neo Geo X was release in 2012, in 2009, Sony released the PSPgo, who have a dock as an accessory sold separadly, and can be paired with a DualShock 3. We can argue the PSPgo is a updated version of an already released system who was originally not designed to be hybrid, or the dock is sold apart of the system, while the Neo Geo X was build as a hybrid system in mind, and came with the dock in the bundle, but it's a fact the PSPgo works and looks closer to what a Switch is than the Neo Geo X, and it came 2 years before... Anyway, the video is really informative. Thank you for the nice material...

What could have been if they only got the emulation right. Fantastic video!

Another great video, thanks!

I wanted a Neo-Geo so bad, I used the dock from the Neo-Geo X and put a raspberry pi p3 model b board in it. Loaded all of the AES, MVS, and CD games onto it. Was hoping this thing would have been sucessful.

I'd also love to see a video on the homebrew Vita dock that one can make with a Raspberry Pi.

I like how Sakurai featured this in his Terry episode. :p

Great outro music ❤

This is totally the OG hybrid console/handheld, looks amazing, I wish I knew about it back in the day.

I kept thinking for a while I wanted a Neo Geo X even when the Switch was out. But now you can play a good chunk of the Neo Geo library on the Switch.

When we speak about hybrid gaming as "connect a handheld to a TV to play the same games on it", it is not fair to leave out PSP 2000, PSP 3000 and PSP Go. Go even had a dock available and allowed connecting Dual Shock 3 via Bluetooth. For a while, it was the best option to play PSP games on large screen and allowed for playing almost all the same PS1 titles as real hardware, with great accuracy - of course, you needed to mod it, because not all were available on PS Store. It would remain the best option still, but nowadays PS TV with sharpscale plugin, crisp HDMI output and Dual Shock 4 (even Dual Sense if you install homebrew plugins) support takes the cake - but it is no longer a handheld device. But yeah, PSP Go is mostly a forgotten relic of era when people were going "ewww" when thinking about digital-only console without physical media. It was also released late into PSP lifecycle. Neo Geo X and even Nomad were interesting devices, but they weren't mainstream either. Only two handhelds were: PSP 2000 and 3000 - they sold at significant number, had great library of titles and TV output, which was really easy to set up - cable was all you needed, console itself acted as a controller. In reality, PSP is the only console which done similar thing to Switch and met moderate success.

I’m hoping for an upcoming video that’s sets the record straight about the Wii U NAND

I wanted one of these back then because of how slick it looked and hoped for a homebrew scene. But never got around to it. Wow. 2012...

What about the Master System compact? Release in 1992 was 100% wireless and played all master system games. Check it out.

500 for a NEO GEO X? Yikes. Better to put that money towards a real AES or a NeoSD Pro AES is you already own the console. Great video as always. I do wish SNK would've let TOMMO keep selling the controllers. They felt pretty decent when I tried them out.

Great vid! Makes you wonder what if Sony made the Vita to be a hybrid system OR even better… they make a new Vita that is hybrid!

PSP Go + Dock + Six Axis = another hybrid console

The best outcome perhaps is Neo Geo X Dock with a Pi as the emulator: not quite hybrid but for someone with a dock this does atleast unleash a new lease of life.

I bought a Sega Nomad and a handful of games probably 15 years ago at a flea market for about 50-60 bucks and had a blast because we couldn't afford one of those (With 2 siblings) when I was a kid!

I remember my friend picking this up back then and all I can think of now is how this was a pre Switch lol

I remember when this thing came out and just didn't have the cash for this considering the emulation and buying games separately. I had a psp and gp2x for on the go emulation. Shame we still have yet to get a neo Geo mini in this shape.

Sakurai had briefly touched on this device, in his terry bogard smash reveal video.

PC-Engine and Game Boy games could be played on home and portable system variations (the latter an adaptor for the Super NES, with even the GBA platform being playable via a different adapter for the GameCube), making the platform hybrid if not the systems themselves, similar to Vita platform with the addition of the PSTV;. Also, PSP-2000, 3000, and Go were true hybrid consoles, with the Go capable of using PS3 controllers while plugged in to the TV (though, because charging and video output both use the same port, it requires a specific dock that does both to truly consolize the system, and it costs more than a PSGO at this point). Too bad the Neo Geo X project was shutdown before it could be perfected.

Cool concept. Imagine a Nomad 2 with bulit in games and hdmi output. I'd get 1. Also if it had a optional dock that looked like a Genesis, just for decoration

good video, but it seem to you have forgotten to mention PC engine LT when introducing hybrid game console

What about the PSPGo with its dock? That was for me a hybrid way to play on the fly and on the TV with dualshock 3

love my neo geo x... got the bundle we have a switch but love the games on the x and it gets played more then the switch...lol

I have known about this device for some time and always hoped that if Nintendo made a Switch successor; they make the dock look like a console and have the tablet slide in (perhaps make it look like an SNES replica and the tablet would be like a cart with a 7inch Bezel less OLED screen).

i picked up the Neo Geo X Gold when it came out, and i absolutely love it. I modded it and everything.

The best thing about the NeoGeo X are the joysticks. They need to be modified slightly to make them feel a little bit more authentic but after that, I love them. I use them on a Polymega. The cchandheld itself not too bad of a consul but once you put it in the dock games, take a major hit

I wanted to get one but it wasn’t in the cards, years later I picked up the Neo Geo mini in the collectables area of a Gamestop of all places.

Would be cool to list all the neo geo X games that are now available on switch. Essentially we could just recreate this.

PSP was alsp a hybrid console, with its component cables.

1:27 truer words have never been spoken.

So many hybrids though. Panasonic Q as GameCube/DVD among others. JVC X Eye Genesis, Karaoke and more, others consoles with computer options. Ngage/Gamecom/Gizmondo/Zodiac for PDA/Phone and gaming hybrids then just to the tv hybrids. Besides well tablets/phones cable or wireless to the tv (besides mobile computing being a hybrid). Didn't know the NEO GEO had an X system (during or before the mini console period?) come out also cool it can be hooked up in such a way too wow. But the Nomad yes. PSP 2000 too. Turbo Express yeah didn't have a video out did it? Pocket PCs/PDAs having a dock. Tapwave Zodiac and Gizmondo only PC syncing like a PSP to a PC no video out I think but those and the Ngage are hybrid because their Mobile or PDAs on the go. Even the Tiger Gamecom had apps a computer would have so they count right? The Switch is great but Nintendo fans over talk it's dock the only impressive is the Joycons splitting and the splitscreen for a console otherwise it's nothing special for video to the TV when so many companies computer or console space existed before the Switch. Tapwave Zodiac, Gizmondo Tiger, Gamecom and Nokia Ngage are hybrid for being phone or PDAs and gaming handheld consoles on the go. I like projected devices to the TV handhelds (Nomad, PSP2000/PSP Go) Pocket PCs with a dock/video cable, a smartphone wirelessly, laptop/tablet with mini/regular HDMI, Super Gameboy to the TV but there is just something.about the Dreamcast, GameCube/GBA/Wii U being dual screen cable or wireless than projecting only 1 screen that makes it more impressive to me. Or dual screen smartphones doing more like use 2 apps at once then the DS/3DS being limited for connection to the same handheld but not two apps just the two visual elements with the 1 software each time.

The psp also had a video out in some variants. It's not about features. It's about the user experience. Drop in the dock and play. That's the key.

The psp go also had a docking station but it’s very rare

The PSP connected up through a port cable to the T.V.

I want one. But I don't need the dock. I'd be happy with the 20 inbuilt games. Well, for a while.

Great video like usual... But PLEASE do a video on the hybrid consoles not mentioned, the PSP 2000 & Go (especially the PSP Go). 🎮 📺 #TeamMVG

I have one of these, and I remember really hoping it'd work well. Unfortunately, mine had a busted switch for the clicky stick, so movement to the right didn't click. Might not sound like much, but it was pretty bad when every other direction clicked. I remember trying to email support, or _anyone_ about this to try at least to get a replacement part I could de-solder/re-solder myself (if possible), but I never got any response. I still like the usb Neo Geo sticks, although I never really use them for anything even if they'd probably be good for emulation. I still wish this thing would work well, but now it just kinda sleeps in the Neo-Geo sized game case that came with the game pack with all the games they were offering. Doubt I'll ever pull it out again.

Been messing with my X gold recently, hating the screen I ordered a PSP IPS screen as a replacement and it fits perfectly. Now we just need someone to mod the software to play Neo Geo Pocket games and we're golden!

Sony PSP could output component.

When i played Mosnter Hunter Ultimate 3 on the Wii U and saw how easy it is to take your save with you on the 3DS and even play local Multiplayer with a Wii U and some 3DS, i was very sure Nintendo will bring a Crossplattform Game Device.

Glad I passed on it. I'm pretty happy with my analogue pocket for running neo geo stuff though maybe one day I'll build a mister

would every PSP console except the 1000 count as a hybrid system? They have video out, and the go has a dock and Bluetooth controller support

LOVE my NEOGEO X! How do you keep the rubber back from getting sticky? Mine is tacky on all the rubber surfaces. Thanks!!!