Editing Neo Geo CD (section)

{{short description|Home video game console}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox Information appliance <!-- please provide a SOURCE when adding any details here about when the console was discontinued -->
| title = Neo Geo CD
| logo = File: Neo Geo CD logo.svg
| logo_size = 180px
| image = File:Neo-Geo-CD-TopLoader-wController-FL.png
| caption = The top loading Neo Geo CD system with controller
| manufacturer = [[SNK]]
| type = [[Home video game console]]
| generation = [[History of video game consoles (fourth generation)|Fourth]]
| releasedate = {{vgrelease|JP|September 9, 1994|EU|December 3, 1994|AU|December 23, 1994|NA|January 15, 1996}}
| price = {{vgrelease|NA|{{USD|399}}|JP|{{JPY|49800}}}}
| discontinued = 1997
| CPU = [[Motorola 68000]] @ 12 MHz
| media = [[CD-ROM]]
| predecessor = [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo AES]]
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Neo Geo CD'''|ネオジオCD|Neo Jio Shī Dī|lead=no|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[home video game console]] produced by [[SNK|SNK Corporation]], released on September 9, 1994. The system is the same platform as the cartridge-based [[Neo Geo (system)|Neo Geo]] released four years earlier, but converted to the cheaper [[CD]] media format which retailed at {{val|p=$|49 |to| 79}} per title compared to over $200 for the equivalent cartridge.<ref name="GPro85">{{cite magazine|title=Neo Geo CD: The New Kid in Town|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=85|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=October 1995|page=30}}</ref>

The Neo Geo CD was launched with a bundled [[Gamepad|control pad]] instead of a joystick like the AES version of the Neo Geo came with; however, the system was compatible with controllers from the AES. The Neo Geo CD had met with limited success due to it being plagued with slow loading times that could vary from 30 to 60 seconds between loads, depending on the game. As of September 30, 1997, there had been 570,000 Neo Geo CD units sold worldwide;<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Console_Plus_Numero_073#page/n46/mode/1up|title=Japon Previews: Tokyorama - Les Ventes De L'année|magazine=[[:fr: Consoles +|Consoles +]]|issue=73|publisher=[[:fr:M.E.R.7|M.E.R.7]]|date=February 1998|page=47|lang=fr}}</ref> production of all Neo Geo hardware was discontinued in 1997, while new software continued to be released until 2004.