Neo Geo Neo Geo AES Neo Geo CD Manufacturer SNK Generation Fourth generation Retail availability January 31, 1990 / 1991 Discontinued 2004 Units sold 4-5 million Media, CPU 12MHz 16-bit processor, 4MHz 8-bit processor Successor Hyper Neo Geo 64 () The Neo Geo is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released in 1990 by Japanese game company SNK. The hardware featured comparatively colorful 2D graphics and high-quality sound. Star Wars 1313 Torrent. The MVS (Multi Video System), as the Neo Geo was known to the coin-op industry, offered arcade operators the ability to put up to 6 different arcade titles into a single cabinet, a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace. With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game-cabinet could be exchanged for a different game-title by swapping the game's ROM-cartridge and cabinet artwork.