Neo Geo Pocket (WIP)

Check the dumping hardware overview for a list of known preservation hardware.

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This guide covers both the original monochrome Neo Geo Pocket and its successor: the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

The two current methods are finicky and will require making multiple dumps

This thread on the no-intro forum gives an in-depth summary of the challenges in dumping this system's games.

1. Sanni Cart Reader
2. Tengu Neo Geo Pocket Dumper

The Sanni Cart Reader requires building or purchasing an adapter to dump NGP cartridges. Make sure your Sanni is running the latest available software, as versions released before September 2021 (older than software V8.0) don't properly detect locked sectors and can accidentally include save data in dumps.

Visit the Sanni Cart Reader wiki for proper settings, and dumping instructions.

Also known as the “Gamebank NGP,” this tool is somewhat unreliable. It has software with both Windows and macOS support, but it's proprietary/closed source and no longer receives updates.

The Hidden Palace recommends dumping carts at least six times and using the most-common hash.

Game serials are printed on the cartridge label and always start with NEOP0. After that is the game ID. For example, the “SNK vs. Capcom - The Match of the Millennium” game ID is 069. Generally, the final digit will be region.

• 0 - Japan
• 1 - USA
• 7 - BEST Collection reprints

European releases have their final digit omitted.

Version info isn't marked on the label and requires dumping. This data is stored at address 0x22.

Once you've dumped your games, it's time to generate and submit metadata to a preservation project for validating and cataloging. See the dump submission instructions for more information.