The Neo Geo X console, which emulated Neo Geo AES games, is to be discontinued due the termination of the license and distribution agreement between its manufacturers, TOMMO Inc, and the copyright holders, SNK Playmore. Not only that, but they have demanded that the Neo Geo X Arcade Stick is taken off the shelves altogether.
Being an owner of this console I am sad that this will mean that there will be no more game releases; leaving a total library of 36 games, including the 20 which were pre-loaded on to the machine. But I’m not that surprised at this news. It was a poorly made machine; possibly in breach of trading standards, with firmware updates causing more harm than good and a warranty of only 90 days. It wasn’t cheap either and left a lot of consumers -mainly collectors of retro gaming hardware and software- dissatisfied. The news is still a shame regardless.
Here’s the notice taken from the SNK Playmore website, which also lists all the products affected:
IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION
To whom it may concern:
Please be informed that the License and Distribution Agreement between TOMMO Inc. and our company is terminated as of October 2nd, 2013.
The Licensed Products set forth in the agreement are as follows;
Terminated Licensed Products:
– NEOGEO X GOLD Limited Edition
– NEOGEO X MEGA PACK VOLUME 1
– NEOGEO X Classics Vol. 1
– NEOGEO X Classics Vol. 2
– NEOGEO X Classics Vol. 3
– NEOGEO X Classics Vol. 4
– NEOGEO X Classics Vol. 5Upon termination of the License and Distribution Agreement, SNK has demanded that TOMMO Inc. immediately cease any and all manufacturing, distribution, marketing & promotion and selling of the Licensed Products.
In addition, SNK has demanded TOMMO immediately cease all sales of the “SNK NEOGEO X Arcade Stick” product being sold separately from the NEOGEO X GOLD Plug and Play Console, and remove the “SNK NEOGEO X Arcade Stick” product from store shelves and online retailers. In order to protect our intellectual property rights such as “NEOGEO” and “SNK”, decisive measures will be taken against all unapproved NEOGEO X products not subject to the License Agreement.
Regarding customer support for any/all of the Licensed Products, please contact the retail store / online retailer from which the product(s) were purchased.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation,
SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION
List of terminated NEOGEO X related Licensed Products:
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