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Welcome to the NeoGeo Development Wiki

This wiki is about every technical aspects of the SNK NeoGeo hardware and software (AES, MVS, CD and CDZ).

Our aim is to provide the most detailed, accurate and up to date information for preservation, homebrew development and repairs.
The wiki has 569 pages. Contributors list. Hosting provided by ElBarto.
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File:Ban base.jpg Base system What's common to every NeoGeo systems: main architecture, data formats, BIOS functions... Last edits: Wait cycle 23:23, 1 October 2024 NGH number 11:54, 17 June 2024 Z80 port map 09:19, 28 January 2024 Pages in category: 42	File:Ban video.jpg Video system How graphics are handled and displayed, from bitplanes and colors to the video output. Last edits: Sprite graphics format 06:24, 10 July 2024 VRAM 00:42, 15 March 2024 Eyecatcher 20:41, 26 November 2023 Pages in category: 36	File:Ban audio.jpg Audio system Everything related to music and sound effects: The Z80 subsystem, synthesized and sampled sound, CDDA playback... Last edits: Z80 port map 09:19, 28 January 2024 NEO-ZMC 09:16, 28 January 2024 Z80 08:21, 28 January 2024 Pages in category: 28	File:Ban tools.jpg Repairing Troubleshooting dead or glitchy MVS boards, CD laser assemblies, cartridges... Last edits: SLOT6 board 20:59, 23 June 2024 NEO-273 21:17, 15 June 2024 Repair help 18:24, 20 May 2024 Pages in category: 45
File:Ban cart.jpg Cart systems Particularities of the AES and MVS systems: ROM types, memory cards, cab I/O, data security... Also cartridge boards information. Last edits: SLOT6 board 20:59, 23 June 2024 Neo Print 19:18, 21 March 2024 P ROM 18:27, 11 March 2024 Pages in category: 106	File:Ban cd.jpg CD systems NeoGeo CD and CDZ specificities: Differences and limitations, new memory functions, CDDA... Last edits: CD drive control 06:23, 8 October 2023 Reading CDDA sound levels 04:14, 26 September 2023 LC98000 14:23, 24 January 2021 Pages in category: 48	File:Ban code.jpg Software Code snippets, register definitions, guides on how to display stuff, use BIOS functions, play music and sounds, read user input... Last edits: Development tools 19:34, 9 February 2024 Eyecatcher 20:41, 26 November 2023 68k interrupts 23:50, 16 October 2023 Pages in category: 60	File:Ban chips.jpg Electronics What makes everything work (or not), physically. Schematics, chip pinouts and functions, troubleshooting hardware issues... Last edits: NEO-273 21:17, 15 June 2024 NEO-C1 12:46, 8 May 2024 P ROM 18:27, 11 March 2024 Pages in category: 109
Games Remarquable games for some of their technical aspects: special effects, unusual hardware use, hidden features... Last edits: Super Bubble Pop 03:56, 6 April 2023 Puzzle Bobble 01:55, 6 April 2023 Neo 2048 18:17, 11 March 2023 Pages in category: 241

How to edit, guidelines, available templates, suggestions: The wiki

Todo

• See wanted pages, old pages, short pages, and Todo/Mysteries.
• Publish asm highlighter for ConTEXT
• Make subcategories, move/merge "BIOS calls"
• More schematics, chip details/pinouts
• Troubleshooting tips
• Make a downloadable offline capture every few months ?