To say that the feelings of many post-80s friends may be the childhood that grew up with the King of Fighters 95 and The King of Fighters 97. Although I can't find a friend who can play games with now, it is not difficult to look back at what it was like to play games back then. In addition to the emulator, even SNK itself has hyped a round of such cold rice, which is the official authorized joystick of SNK NEOGEO, and also comes with 20 NEOGEO games. Do you think such an official sentimental object will be expensive? Actually, it's not expensive at all.
In 2019, several SNK-licensed hardware suddenly appeared on the market, including the SNK mini arcade machine, the SNK NEOGEO home machine replica handle, and this NEOGEO joystick. However, after four years, the current operation of related products has been completely rotten, and the price of NEOGEO joystick has plummeted, at the beginning 1299 yuan is difficult to buy, but also to add a few hundred yuan, later dropped to 899 yuan, 599 yuan, now it has dropped to 169 yuan can start. For this price, I can only say don't wait, wait and it's gone.
That's right, this thing is only 169 yuan now. For this price, you can't even buy a slightly decent gamepad, let alone a regular gaming stick or the like. However, you can buy an SNK-licensed NEOGEO game stick and experience the feeling of playing arcade games at home. And it doesn't matter if there are no games, as long as there is a TV. Because this joystick has an HDMI interface and can be directly connected to the TV, he also brings a bunch of SNK arcade games, including the King of Fighters series and the Metal Slug series, who can refuse.
There are two types of NEOGEO joysticks currently on sale: Chinese and international. The international version comes with 20 games, and you can upgrade to 40 games by brushing the Christmas system pack. The Chinese version blocks the game mode and can only be used as a joystick, but the built-in system and 8GB storage space are still there, so you can also enter the game mode through a simple USB crack, and whether it is the Chinese version or the international version, you can flash the emulator to play more third-party games. Although limited to performance, it can only support a few hundred, but it is enough for daily entertainment.
In other aspects, in addition to being used as a normal joystick and as a NEOGEO game console, the NEOGEO joystick can support two joysticks to connect doubles, or connect to the NEOGEO home controller doubles. As for the operation feel and the like, you can't ask too much, after all, it's not three and joysticks and buttons, and there is no counterweight overall. In addition, the built-in cable is a USB type-C interface, whether connected to a PC, game console or mobile phone, there must also be a corresponding interface.
To sum up, there has been a wave of retro tide in game console products, including FC forks, SFC forks, MD forks, etc., and the high-priced replicas of various classic consoles are simply artifacts that cut leeks with feelings, and SNK replicas are also among them. But now it seems that maybe the trend has passed, or maybe the leek cutting failed, SNK authorized products including NEOGEO mini host, NEOGEO joystick, handle and other products have now all broken bones, in this type of products this joystick is the most worth buying. This price does not wait, and then wait can only wait for the delisting and price increase.