Anthony1
02-24-2006, 03:09 AM
From what I remember, the PC Engine actually came out in Japan in October of 1987. Pretty freaking amazing if you really think about it. It was available in Japan almost two full years before it came out over here. The question I have, is what PC Engine games were actually available in 1987?
Also, if anybody knows any details about the launch of the PC Engine back then in 1987 or a link to any websites that talk about it's debut. I wonder if anybody in the U.S. actually imported one back then? I mean, talk about state of the art. Had I seen the TG-16 in action in 1987, I would have had a heart attack!
Back in 1987, I was a junior in High School and I had a NES system at the time and was little more than a casual sports game player. Me and my buddies would play games like Tecmo Bowl and Double Dribble and Bases Loaded. I had absolutely no clue whatsoever that such a pimp system actually existed in Japan at that time. If I could go back in time and change things, I would have somehow got my hands on a bunch of money and bought as many PC Engines as possible, and I would have also bought as many Commodore RGB monitors as possible. I would have gotten some electrician dude to build me RGB cables for them, and I would have opened up a Game Store. People would have come in and seen the PC Engine operating in RGB with true stereo sound, and at that time, it would have been mind blowing. I could have changed the course of history single handedly for NEC, if only I could use a time machine!!
Just kidding, but still, it would have been amazing to have actually experienced the PC Engine from the very beginning. The closest I've ever came to experiencing something like that, way before the common folk, was when I played a Super Famicom shortly after it was released. Talk about mind blowing. I think that was in 1990, or maybe early 1991. Can't really remember. Anyways, as mind blowing as it was to see games like Super Mario World and F-Zero way before they came to the U.S., it would have been even more amazing to have played a system like the PC Engine in 1987.
Also, if anybody knows any details about the launch of the PC Engine back then in 1987 or a link to any websites that talk about it's debut. I wonder if anybody in the U.S. actually imported one back then? I mean, talk about state of the art. Had I seen the TG-16 in action in 1987, I would have had a heart attack!
Back in 1987, I was a junior in High School and I had a NES system at the time and was little more than a casual sports game player. Me and my buddies would play games like Tecmo Bowl and Double Dribble and Bases Loaded. I had absolutely no clue whatsoever that such a pimp system actually existed in Japan at that time. If I could go back in time and change things, I would have somehow got my hands on a bunch of money and bought as many PC Engines as possible, and I would have also bought as many Commodore RGB monitors as possible. I would have gotten some electrician dude to build me RGB cables for them, and I would have opened up a Game Store. People would have come in and seen the PC Engine operating in RGB with true stereo sound, and at that time, it would have been mind blowing. I could have changed the course of history single handedly for NEC, if only I could use a time machine!!
Just kidding, but still, it would have been amazing to have actually experienced the PC Engine from the very beginning. The closest I've ever came to experiencing something like that, way before the common folk, was when I played a Super Famicom shortly after it was released. Talk about mind blowing. I think that was in 1990, or maybe early 1991. Can't really remember. Anyways, as mind blowing as it was to see games like Super Mario World and F-Zero way before they came to the U.S., it would have been even more amazing to have played a system like the PC Engine in 1987.