NeoGeo Pocket

Type: Handheld
Publisher: SNK
Firstly released in: Japan
First release: 1998
Release and compatibility details: Color version (Neo Geo Pocket Color) was released year later worldwide.

Success and unsuccess:

Most popular years: 1998
Most popular countries: Japan
Amount of games in database: 69 (list)
Amount of music records in database: 3 (list)
Amount of downloadable MIDI tunes: 3 (list)
Importance on the market in the most popular years: Low

Characteristics:

Pocket handheld from SNK, created as competitor of Nintendo Game Boy. Though the hardware specifications are better than GB, the handheld suffered on low amount of games and it caused also its dead.

CPU: 16-bit TOSHIBA TLCS-900h na 6.144 Mhz, plus Z80 on 3.072 Mhz for sound
Screen: 160x152 pixels (45x48mm)
Colors: Monochrome display
Sound: 12bit DAC, 6 channels PSG, stereo
Output: serial, 19.2kbps
Battery: 2xAA batteries, officially it should be on 40 hours

Games and music info:

Most common media for storing games: Cartridge
Average packed game size: 500 kB

Emulation info:

NeoPop - Probably the best NeoGeo Pocket/Pocket Color emulator.

This emulation info was written on 17.December 2002. (This time is very important, because emulation info very depends on the time it was written - emulators can improve a lot after this time..).