/vr/ - Retro Games

...to this?

>>6028408
Japanese craftsmanship?

>>6028408
basically, ignorance. NEC didnt think realtime consumer-grade polygon rendering hardware was powerful enough to bother with. it also used a brand new RISC cpu no developer was familiar with (this was still the era when nearly every console game was coded in assembly, so this mattered). internal problems at NECs pc division diverted attention from the console. also strong competition from Sony and Sega. it was literally dead on arrival

>>6028408
Autism and Hudson Soft rushing hardware to beat their possible competition in a partnership with NEC just like the Supergrafx vs. the Taito console.

Has the whole thing about three separate system cards been resolved? Like is there a plug-and-forget solution yet?

>>6028428
Nec should have given the reighn to Hudson but should have said not to go trough with PCFX

>>6028405
That has to be one of the two best looking consoles along with the wood paneling version of the Atari 2600.

>>6028405
>>6028408
Guess you could say they... NEC'd themselves.

>>6029082

>>6028408
Does it have any good games? Any good exclusives? Discounting untranslated VN eroge.

>>6029093
Zenki.

>>6028751
NEC was an integral partner since Hudsons semiconductor division was fabless, NEC needed to do the manufacturing for them and for some twisted reason they also had a say in the design. They were both increasingly disinterested in the project, but mostly thanks to layers of bureaucracy, it actually made it to market

>>6028408
Fucking beautiful design. One of the best looking consoles ever.

>>6029315

Based taste. Just wish electronics still looked like this and mid 90's pre-iMac Apple hardware

>>6028528
Doesn't the arcade card work for every game?

>>6029093
No, not really, this console is a hard pass.

>>6029315
agreed

>>6030003
arcade card pro will bring you up to super system 3.0 on non-duo systems, yes.

>>6028528
this was never a problem, except for a couple of games no one cares about that need very specific system cards (like altered beast). duos have system 3.0 built in, and the system+cd combos can just get a 3.0 card or an arcade card pro to solve.

or, just get a fucking everdrive. there are patched super system card images that work on it.

>>6029093
Team Innocent

The PC Engine was basically just a one - hit wonder console. NEC and Hudson had no business designing video game consoles. They just saw that the Famicom was getting a bit long in the tooth and said "maybe someone should make a more powerful Famicom" which somehow completely blindsided Nintendo.

>>6030003
No

>>6032005
EOPs. lol

>>6028405
>>6028408
once the super famicom came out, hucard sales dropped like a rock

from especially 1992 onward, the CD became the main platform, and a much higher abundance of pure weebshit. digital comics, mahjong games, quiz games, etc

PCFX doesnt have any copy protection right?

>>6033120
That's THE main selling point going for it.

>>6029082
made me laugh

Are PCFXs rare?

>>6036332
Well it didn’t sell particularly well, so yeah, kinda. On the other hand it’s not hard to find one for sale. I think people tire of this system quickly.

>>6034231
I don't think that game is on PC Engine

>>6029082

>>6033120
>from especially 1992 onward, the CD became the main platform, and a much higher abundance of pure weebshit. digital comics, mahjong games, quiz games, etc

NEC really backed the idea that the PCFX would be an anime/ visual novel machine, because the PCE CDROM already had that reputation with gamers. I think NEC wanted to fill that niche market left behind from the PC98 and 3DO console in Japan. The real defining feature of the PCFX is that it can output some really clean looking video at 30 frames per second. But outside of that, it didn't have any polygon capabilities and it seemed to be kind of lackluster at delivering good 2D style games.

>>6037885
> and it seemed to be kind of lackluster at delivering good 2D style games.
They fucked up the resolution. With with 480 or possibly 1035 lines they could have put the competition to shame.

>>6037898
>They fucked up the resolution. With with 480 or possibly 1035 lines they could have put the competition to shame.

The resolution was probably some sort of compromise to achieve 30FPS video. This machine was developed in 1992. the 32bit hardware wasn't that bad. The PCFX does have an expansion bay in the machine that was meant for a 3D accelerator card. But it was never released because of the underwhelming sales of the system. In 1994 in Japan the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation were being released to the market. Making the PC-FX look like a pretty bad value in comparison.