Ask API. GET https://whichemulator.wtf/ask answers questions from the same data as this page, and it is the only place the setup steps are published. It takes the question as q and, optionally, this page's path as page, and returns JSON with answer, sources and follow_ups, or Markdown with Accept: text/markdown. No key needed.
curl -G 'https://whichemulator.wtf/ask' --data-urlencode 'q=Which Neo Geo Pocket emulator should I use on a Mac?' --data-urlencode 'page=/ngp/'Questions it answers:
SNK Neo Geo Pocket / Neo Geo Pocket Color, SNK, 1998. Covers the 1999 Neo Geo Pocket Color.
whichemulator.wtf calls its recommendation for each system the Gold Cartridge pick. For the Neo Geo Pocket, the Gold Cartridge pick is ares.
ares has the most accurate Neo Geo Pocket emulation available and wraps it in a proper desktop app. Most NGP emulators descend from the old NeoPop code, which plays the games but cuts corners on timing. ares doesn't.
Runs on Windows · Mac · Linux. Open source. Download: https://ares-emu.net
Either core is fine on phones and handhelds. RACE only matters on very low-end hardware.
SNK’s handheld only lasted a couple of years, and its library is small: under a hundred games, many of them excellent fighting games and puzzlers. Any modern machine runs it at full speed.
The original 1998 monochrome model only got a handful of games. Almost everything you’ll want is a Color release, and every emulator here handles both.
The NeoPop-based emulators have known inaccuracies in CPU timing, but in practice they play the commercial library fine. ares is the pick because it’s both accurate and pleasant to use, but if you’re on a phone or already in RetroArch, Beetle NeoPop will serve you well.
Reference: WEM-NGP-XCNQ