Neo Geo Mini International Edition Pre-Orders Now Available

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Announced earlier this year, SNK's miniaturised classic arcade cabinet - the Neo Geo Mini - is available for pre-order from Amazon, in a fancy new International Edition, releasing October 15 2018.

The Neo Geo Mini: International Version comes loaded with 40 classic Neo Geo games in the system by default, including classics from the Metal Slug, King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown franchises. The Mini is modelled after classic Neo Geo arcade cabinets, which were hugely popular in Japan and the US, albeit with different colour schemes in different territories.

The International version available for order here reportedly includes 14 games not previously included in the Japanese Neo Geo Mini release. The system is HDMI enabled and features a 3.5-inch display that runs at the ideal resolution for classic Neo Geo games. All of this will cost you $109 while the stocks last.

In addition to the sytem itself, you can also order yourself Black and White controllers modelled after the classic Neo Geo home console pads. Those will set you back $25.90 each and release the same day as the system itself.

Outside of the US market, the system and controllers are available to pre-order from Amazon UK, where the Neo Geo Mini will cost you £129.99 and the Black and White controllers will set you back £24.99 each. The whole lot releases slightly later in the UK - launching October 29, 2018.

The full list of games included in the system, as listed on Amazon, is as follows:

Action games

• Metal Slug
• Metal Slug 2
• Metal Slug 3
• Metal Slug X
• Metal Slug 4
• Metal Slug 5
• King of the Monsters
• King of the Monsters 2
• Sengoku 3
• Magician Lord
• Blue's Journey
• Shock Troopers
• Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
• Robo Army
• Crossed Swords
• Mutation Nation
• 3 Count Bout

Fighting games

• King of Fighters 95
• King of Fighters 97
• King of Fighters 98
• King of Fighters 2000
• King of Fighters 2002
• Art of Fighting
• Fatal Fury Special
• Real Bout Fatal Fury
• Garou: Mark of the Wolves
• Samurai Showdown II
• Samurai Showdown IV
• Samurai Showdown V Special
• Last Blade 2
• World Heroes Perfect
• Kizuna Encounter
• Ninja Masters

Sports games

• Top Players Golf
• Super Sidekicks
• Football Frenzy

Shooting games

• Blazing Star
• Last Resort
• Ghost Pilots

Puzzle games

• Puzzled

Tragically, the one big omission here is the original version of Windjammers, though that game is mercifully available on PS4 currently - and soon Nintendo Switch.

Stock is likely to be limited at launch, so if you're determined to get yourself one of these little guys, now's your best chance.