It was originally launched as a rental console for video game stores in Japan (called Neo Geo Rental System), with its high price causing SNK not to release it for home use – this was later reversed due to high demand and it came into the market as a luxury console. A home console version was also made, called AES (Advanced Entertainment System). With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game cabinet can be exchanged for a different game title by swapping the game's ROM cartridge and cabinet artwork.
The MVS offers owners the ability to put up to six different cartridges into a single cabinet, a unique feature that was also a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace, as well as saving money long-term. The Neo Geo originally launched as the MVS (Multi Video System) coin-operated arcade machine. The Neo Geo was marketed as 24-bit its CPU is technically a 16/ 32-bit 68000-based system with an 8-bit Z80 coprocessor, while its GPU chipset has a 24-bit graphics data bus. It was the first system in SNK's Neo Geo family.
The Neo Geo ( Japanese: ネオジオ, Hepburn: Neojio), stylised as NEO 320×224 resolution, 4096 on-screen colors out of a palette of 65536
