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This collection is cool, but there are some idiosyncrasies that are a little disappointing.

For example: sometimes, the D-pad just doesn't work in-game. It works in the menus, but as soon as you start up one of the titles, it becomes unresponsive. The only ways I've been able to fix this are by restarting the game or disabling the display skin, losing the cool-looking Neo Geo Pocket visualization surrounding the game screen. I've had this happen to me on both my PS4 controller plugged in to my PC and on my Steam Deck.

A sound plays when you're navigating through the main menu. It's very loud, but there are no sound settings to decrease the volume.

When you start a game for the first time, this charming little Neo Geo Pocket animation plays. Unfortunately, after the first time you see it, you can't actually watch it again (technically, you can rewind on that first session to rewatch it, but that rewind is cleared after you exit out of the game). So, in practice, since there are ten games, you can only see the startup sequence ten times. It seems strange for the developers to set it up this way.

The games themselves are good; there's actually a bit more depth to these titles than you might expect. It's just the frontend that's a bit weird.