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Cyber-Boy: Neon Protocol is the oldest game on the shelf. It is a one-file arcade fighter drawn entirely in red on black, like a cabinet from an old 3D handheld. The earliest copy we still have, from September 2026, already had ten fighters, each with a passive trick and a big EX move. Its record is thin: no notes or version history survive, so this journal only lists what the dated copies prove. It joined the Secondhand Saves shelf in November as a play-in-browser game.
These updates come from the same feed as the shelf. The illustrated build history follows below.
· Neon Protocol 2.1
Ten original sector machines replace the old roster, with clearer portraits and PausePostcard captures.
· First copy
The earliest copy we still have is already a complete arcade fighter in red on black, with scanlines. You pick one of ten fighters on a select screen. Each has health, attack, defense and speed bars, a passive trick and a big EX move. Player 1 uses W A S D, and Player 2 uses the arrow keys or I J K L, or the computer takes the other side. The game may be older than this copy.
· Parody notice
A later copy is the same game with one addition: a clear notice on the title screen and in the how-to-play panel saying the fighters are original caricatures and the game is unofficial and non-commercial. The rules did not change. The change happened some time between September and early November.
· On the shelf
Cyber-Boy was listed on the Secondhand Saves shelf as a monochrome arcade fighter you can play in your browser with a keyboard.
Turning point
· Arcade capture
A capture of an earlier build followed the fighter roster and a computer duel. Those images and the clip were retired when the roster was replaced with original fighters.