NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro

"Carry ON the Legacy."

- Tagline

NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro is a home Arcade console developed by SNK, first announced in September 10th, 2019. The console is a Arcade stick inspired by the Neo Geo CD's controller design, initially released with 20 pre-installed Neo Geo fighting game titles. 20 additional games can be unlocked by following instructions in the official site (two games for month) for a total of 40 games.

The features on the Arcade Stick Pro (abbreviated as ASP) are similar to those found on the Neo Geo Mini. Like the Mini, all of the games featured on the system are based on their AES home versions, granting players a limited number of credits to beat each game. While the memory card feature is also present on the ASP, allowing players to save their progress upon a game over with most games, players can also use up to four save states for every title whenever they please. All of the games are based on their Japanese versions. Additional accessories such as a USB Type A to Type C adapter, stickers and silicone covers for the unit and joystick ball can be purchased separately. Like the Mini, a USB plug is not included to power the unit.

Additional gameplay features to the ASP include more video filters, such as vertical, horizontal and diagonal scanlines, and the ability to remove all filters for a pixel perfect appearance. The joystick also includes microswitches, giving it a "clicky" sound which the Neo Geo Mini was lacking and criticized for. The emulation quality overall has also been improved.

The ASP can also be used as a controller for the PC as well as the Neo Geo Mini through its USB-A cord. Additionally, the Mini itself and the USB gamepads produced for it can also be used as controllers to use on the ASP. An extra peripheral, the Game Linq, can be ordered separately to make the ASP and the USB gamepads compatible with the Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 3 and 4. The ASP is not compatible with Microsoft's Xbox systems.

Like the Mini, the Stick Pro has the rating Teen (ESRB), due to some games having blood and gore, crude humor, suggestive themes and violence.

Available Games
A total of 40 games are pre-installed on the ASP, but only 20 can be accessed. In order to unlock the remaining 20, unlock keys must be downloaded from the product's official website, extracted onto a USB stick, and placed into the ASP to read. Two games were made available each month starting from December 2019 until September 2020.

The King of Fighters series

 * The King of Fighters '95
 * The King of Fighters '97
 * The King of Fighters '98
 * The King of Fighters '99
 * The King of Fighters 2000
 * The King of Fighters 2002

Fatal Fury series

 * Fatal Fury Special
 * Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
 * Garou: Mark of the Wolves

Art of Fighting series

 * Art of Fighting

Samurai Shodown series

 * Samurai Shodown II
 * Samurai Shodown III
 * Samurai Shodown IV
 * Samurai Shodown V Special

World Heroes series

 * World Heroes 2
 * World Heroes 2 Jet
 * World Heroes Perfect

The Last Blade series

 * The Last Blade 2

Savage Reign series

 * Kizuna Encounter

Other Game

 * Ninja Master's

Samurai Shodown series

 * Samurai Shodown

Metal Slug series

 * Metal Slug
 * Metal Slug 2
 * Metal Slug X
 * Metal Slug 3
 * Metal Slug 4
 * Metal Slug 5

The Last Blade series

 * The Last Blade

Fatal Fury series

 * Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
 * Fatal Fury 2
 * Real Bout Fatal Fury Special

Art of Fighting series

 * Art of Fighting 3

Savage Reign series

 * Savage Reign

Super Sidekicks series

 * Super Sidekicks

Shock Troopers series

 * Shock Troopers
 * Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad

Other Games

 * League Bowling
 * Ninja Combat
 * The Super Spy
 * Soccer Brawl

Christmas Edition
This version was released in October 15, 2020, and includes a NEOGEO mini PAD, a silicone cover and other accessories, besides all games of the standard version (between pre-installed and unlocked) and an album with special illustrations celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the NEO GEO system/brand. All of the games are based on their MVS versions.