NeoGeo Pocket Selection Vol. 2 Steam Edition

NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 2 Steam Edition
Developers: SNK, Code Mystics Publisher: SNK Platform: Windows Released internationally: November 9, 2022 This game has hidden development-related text.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Find other mentions of the games in the "NGPCS.exe" file

Hidden Development Text

Used Games

If you open the "NGPCS.exe" file in a hex editor, you'll see the following game entries for the games that are actually included:

Baseball Stars Color    BaseballStarsColor  Baseball Stars Color (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_BaseballStarsColor

Big Bang Pro Wrestling  BigBangProWrestling Big Bang Pro Wrestling (Japan) (En,Ja).ngc  M_BigBangProWrestling

Biomotor Unitron    BiomotorUnitron_J   Biomotor Unitron (Japan).ngc    M_BiomotorUnitron_J BiomotorUnitron_UE  Biomotor Unitron (USA, Europe).ngc  M_BiomotorUnitron_UE

Ganbare Neo Poke-kun    (Ka)(NGPC)  GanbareNeoPokeKun   Ganbare Neo Poke-kun (Ka) (Japan).ngc   (Ka)(NGPM)  M_GanbareNeoPokeKun

King of Fighters, The - Battle de Paradise  KingofFightersTheBattledeParadise   King of Fighters, The - Battle de Paradise (Japan).ngc  M_KingofFightersTheBattledeParadise

Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus    NeoGeoCup98Plus Neo Geo Cup '98 Plus (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_NeoGeoCup98Plus

Pocket Tennis Color - Pocket Sports Series  (World)(NGPC)   PocketTennisColorPocketSportsSeries Pocket Tennis Color - Pocket Sports Series (World) (En,Ja).ngc  (World)(NGPM)   M_PocketTennisColorPocketSportsSeries

Puzzle Link 2   PuzzleLink2_UE  Puzzle Link 2 (USA, Europe).ngc M_PuzzleLink2_UE    PuzzleLink2_J   Tsunagete Pon_ 2 (Japan).ngc    M_PuzzleLink2_J

Rockman Battle & Fighters   RockmanBattleAndFighters    Rockman - Battle & Fighters (Japan).ngc M_RockmanBattleAndFighters

SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters' Clash - Capcom Version  (USA, Europe)(NGPC) SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashCapcomVersion   SNK/NGPC    SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters' Clash - Capcom Version (USA, Europe).ngc    (USA, Europe)(NGPM) M_SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashCapcomVersion SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters' Clash - SNK Version SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashSNKVersion  SNK vs. Capcom - Card Fighters' Clash - SNK Version (USA, Europe).ngc   M_SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashSNKVersion        SNK vs. Capcom - Gekitotsu Card Fighters - Capcom Supporter Version (Japan)(NGPC)   SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersCapcomSupporterVersion      SNK vs. Capcom - Gekitotsu Card Fighters - Capcom Supporter Version (Japan).ngc (Japan)(NGPM)   M_SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersCapcomSupporterVersion        SNK vs. Capcom - Gekitotsu Card Fighters - SNK Supporter Version    SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersSNKSupporterVersion SNK vs. Capcom - Gekitotsu Card Fighters - SNK Supporter Version (Japan).ngc     M_SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersSNKSupporterVersion 

Unused Games

Here are the following game entries for the games that are unused. Most of them are leftovers from NeoGeo Pocket Selection Vol. 1 Steam Edition but, Dynamite Slugger is a new unused game in this collection:

Crush Roller    (W)(NGPC)   CrushRoller Crush Roller (World) (En,Ja).ngc    (W)(NGPM)   M_CrushRoller

Dark Arms - Beast Buster 1999   DarkArmsBeastBuster1999 Dark Arms - Beast Buster 1999 (World) (En,Ja).ngc   M_DarkArmsBeastBuster1999

Dynamite Slugger    (Japan, Europe)(NGPC)   DynamiteSlugger Dynamite Slugger (Japan, Europe) (En,Ja).ngc    (Japan, Europe)(NGPM)   M_DynamiteSlugger

Faselei_    (Europe)(NGPC)  Faselei_E   Faselei_ (Europe).ngc   (Europe)(NGPM)  M_Faselei_E Faselei_J   Faselei_ (Japan).ngc    M_Faselei_J

Fatal Fury F-Contact - Pocket Fighting Series   FatalFuryFContactPocketFightingSeries   Fatal Fury F-Contact - Pocket Fighting Series (World) (En,Ja).ngc   M_FatalFuryFContactPocketFightingSeries

King of Fighters R-2 - Pocket Fighting Series   (JE)(NGPC)  KingofFightersR2PocketFightingSeries        King of Fighters R-2 - Pocket Fighting Series (World) (En,Ja).ngc   (JE)(NGPM)  M_KingofFightersR2PocketFightingSeries

Metal Slug 1st Mission  MetalSlug1stMission Metal Slug - 1st Mission (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_MetalSlug1stMission

Metal Slug 2nd Mission  MetalSlug2ndMission Metal Slug - 2nd Mission (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_MetalSlug2ndMission

Neo Turf Masters    NeoTurfMasters  Neo Turf Masters (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_NeoTurfMasters

Samurai Shodown! 2  (JUE)(NGPC) SamuraiShodown2_JUE Samurai Shodown_ 2 (JUE) [_].ngc    (JUE)(NGPM) M_SamuraiShodown2_JUE

SNK Gals' Fighters  (J)(NGPC)   SNKGalsFighters_J   SNK Gals' Fighters (Japan).ngc  (J)(NGPM)   M_SNKGalsFighters_J (UE)(NGPC)  SNKGalsFighters_UE  SNK Gals' Fighters (USA, Europe).ngc    (UE)(NGPM)  M_SNKGalsFighters_UE

SNK vs. Capcom - The Match of the Millennium    SNKvsCapcomTheMatchoftheMillennium      SNK vs. Capcom - The Match of the Millennium (World) (En,Ja).ngc    M_SNKvsCapcomTheMatchoftheMillennium

Sonic The Hedgehog - Pocket Adventure   SonicTheHedgehogPocketAdventure Sonic The Hedgehog - Pocket Adventure (World).ngc   M_SonicTheHedgehogPocketAdventure

Last Blade - Beyond the Destiny, The    (E)(NGPC)    TheLastBladeBeyondtheDestiny_E  Last Blade, The - Beyond the Destiny (Europe).ngc   (E)(NGPM)   M_TheLastBladeBeyondtheDestiny_E    (J - Bakumatsu Rouman Tokubetsu Hen - Gekka no Kenshi)(NGPC)    TheLastBladeBeyondtheDestiny_J  Bakumatsu Rouman Tokubetsu Hen - Gekka no Kenshi - Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiri Yuku Hana (Japan).ngc  (J - Bakumatsu Rouman Tokubetsu Hen - Gekka no Kenshi)(NGPM)    M_TheLastBladeBeyondtheDestiny_J

If you open "Data/manual.csv", you can see the used games using the label that follows the "M_" prefix to specify what rom to use:

game	id	cartridge	language	path	pages	format	multilingual	steam	rom
13	bs	16	0	vol2/manual_bs/japanese/%02d	13	jpg	y	vol2	BaseballStarsColor
13	bs	16	1	vol2/manual_bs/english/%02d	13	jpg	y	vol2	BaseballStarsColor
14	bu	17	0	vol2/manual_bu/japanese/%02d	15	jpg	x	vol2	BiomotorUnitron_J
14	bu	18	1	vol2/manual_bu/english/%02d	15	jpg	x	vol2	BiomotorUnitron_UE
15	cfc-c	19	0	vol2/manual_cfc-c/japanese/%02d	19	jpg	x	vol2	SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersCapcomSupporterVersion
15	cfc-c	20	0	vol2/manual_cfc-c/english/%02d	18	jpg	x	vol2	SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashCapcomVersion
16	cfc-s	21	0	vol2/manual_cfc-s/japanese/%02d	19	jpg	x	vol2	SNKvsCapcomGekitotsuCardFightersSNKSupporterVersion
16	cfc-s	22	1	vol2/manual_cfc-s/english/%02d	19	jpg	x	vol2	SNKvsCapcomCardFightersClashSNKVersion