Find out how Hudson and NEC’s mighty little console took Japan by storm in the History of the Amazing PC Engine! [Book I] and became a best seller, crushing Sega’s Mega Drive and rivaling Nintendo for market dominance. Was the PC Engine 8 bit? 16 bit? Both? Why did Japan go crazy for the smallest console ever produced? Was it the first ever CD system? Was it the largest library of Shoot Em Ups in gaming history? The large library of RPGs and visual novels that catered to the otaku? Or the famous games like Castlevania Rondo of Blood and Far East of Eden? Possibly their massive third party support from giants Konami, Capcom, Taito, Compile, IREM, Naxat Soft and more? Take a journey back to late 80s and early 90s Japan in Part I of the series, chronicling the rise and history of the amazing PC Engine!
CHAPTERS
- 00:00 – In the Beginning [Ys style]
- 06:14 – The Amazing PC Engine
- 07:36 – Console Wars?
- 09:23 – David becomes Goliath
- 10:23 – Enter the CD
- 11:19 – Technology level over 9000!
- 13:02 – A Suped Up Nintendo Famicom (NES)
- 15:13 – Japan loves PC Engine
- 16:19 – Japan loves Shooters
- 16:44 – The Greatest Shoot Em Up Library of all time
- 18:33 – Hudson Caravan Competitions
- 20:13 – Really? More Shooters? OMG the Shooters!
- 24:17 – Westward Ho! Bonk in the USA.
- 26:09 – The Truth: Why the TurboGrafx16 REALLY failed in the USA
- 26:34 – Finale: We Love You PC Engine
Some Popular Games in this video:
- Ys Book I and II
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
- Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
- Super Star Soldier, Final Soldier, Soldier Blade and Gunhed aka Blazing Lazers
- Legend of Xanadu
- Ys Book IV
- Fatal Fury Special
- Art of Fighting
- Street Fighter 2
- Gradius I & II
- R-Type
- Gate and Lords of Thunder
- Super Darius series
- Tatsujin
- Legendary Axe
- Bonk’s Revenge
- Air Zonk
- Ninja Spirit
Finished the video and want to check out Part 2 – The Real History of the TurboGrafx 16 next? https://shmupjunkie.com/2021/05/the-real-history-of-the-turbografx16/