<s>
The	O
Hyper	B-Application
Neo	I-Application
Geo	I-Application
64	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
SNK	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1997	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
MVS	I-Application
,	O
within	O
the	O
Neo	B-Operating_System
Geo	I-Operating_System
family	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
SNK	O
hardware	B-Architecture
set	O
capable	O
of	O
rendering	O
in	O
3D	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
replace	O
SNK	O
's	O
older	O
MVS	O
system	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
executives	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
bring	O
SNK	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
era	O
of	O
3D	O
gaming	O
that	O
had	O
arisen	O
during	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
corresponding	O
home	O
system	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
aging	O
and	O
expensive	O
AES	B-Application
home	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposed	O
home	O
system	O
never	O
got	O
beyond	O
initial	O
planning	O
stages	O
and	O
only	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
Fatal	B-Application
Fury	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
Ambition	I-Application
,	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
home	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hyper	B-Application
Neo	I-Application
Geo	I-Application
64	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
to	O
bring	O
SNK	O
into	O
the	O
3D	O
era	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
replace	O
their	O
aging	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
home	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
officially	O
unveiled	O
at	O
the	O
February	O
1997	O
AOU	O
show	O
,	O
though	O
all	O
that	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
the	O
show	O
was	O
a	O
videotape	O
containing	O
a	O
few	O
seconds	O
of	O
footage	O
of	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
which	O
SNK	O
announced	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1997	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
custom	O
64-bit	B-Device
RISC	I-Device
processor	I-Device
,	O
4	O
megabytes	O
of	O
program	B-Device
memory	I-Device
,	O
64	O
megabytes	O
of	O
3D	O
and	O
texture	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
128	O
megabytes	O
of	O
memory	O
for	O
2D	O
characters	O
and	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
title	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
Road	O
's	O
Edge	O
,	O
with	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
64	I-Application
and	O
Fatal	B-Application
Fury	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
Ambition	I-Application
following	O
soon	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fatal	B-Application
Fury	I-Application
:	I-Application
Wild	I-Application
Ambition	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
home	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
details	O
regarding	O
the	O
planned	O
home	O
system	O
are	O
sparse	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
believed	O
that	O
like	O
the	O
AES	B-Application
console	O
,	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	B-Architecture
from	O
the	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
64	I-Application
arcade	O
platform	O
would	O
also	O
have	O
been	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
home	O
system	O
,	O
meaning	O
gameplay	O
would	O
be	O
identical	O
or	O
nearly	O
identical	O
whether	O
a	O
given	O
game	O
was	O
played	O
at	O
home	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Processors	B-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	B-General_Concept
layout	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
Cartridge	B-Protocol
ROM	B-Device
mapping	O
is	O
variable	O
.	O
</s>
