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7754849 No.7754849 [Reply] [Original]

>NEC were not confident that polygons would be the future of video games, seeing the low polygon counts of 1993 as visually unattractive, instead preferring the idea of streaming 2D content very quickly off a disc, to the point where animations could be displayed without further processing by the CPU
They took this away from us NEC bros.

>> No.7754856

>>7754849
They were based.

But from a business standpoint, it was retarded

>> No.7754863

In hindsight, they were correct. The first console that truly got 3d right was the Dreamcast. No blurry textures, no jittering/warping.

>> No.7754870
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7754870

>PC-FX GA had the 3D chip
Uhh Nec bros?

>> No.7754873

>>7754849
>to the point where animations could be displayed without further processing by the CPU
So it's DMAing animations from a CD? Actually incredible

>> No.7754874

>>7754870
That bee on that chip just made me sad. RIP Hudson bee ;_;

>> No.7754878

>>7754856

hindsight is 20/20

What pricepoint did this thing sell for, anyway?

>> No.7754883

>>7754878
Just buy it as junk for cheapies and adjust the lens.

>> No.7754887

>>7754878
Oops, I misunderstood the post. Initial mrsp was the same as Saturn I recall.

>> No.7754891

>>7754883

i meant new on launch

>> No.7754895

>>7754878
49800 yen, 10k more than a ps1

>> No.7754905

>>7754849
There's 62 games for you to jerk off to.

>> No.7754927

>>7754905
There's only 2 lewd games.

>> No.7754964

>>7754927
you're joking. I'm not familiar with the library at all, but I guarantee there are at least 2 lewd mahjong games.

>> No.7754969

>>7754964
No really, there's only 2 lewd games the 3DO has way more lewd stuff.

>> No.7754978

>>7754969
amazing.

they took this from us.

>> No.7755413
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7755413

>Fuck tons of voice acting
>A typical 16bit early cd based console style soundtrack none of that orchestral shit
>Plenty of FMV cutscenes
PC-FX games really do feel like a direct continuation of the 4th gen cd add-on mentality.

>> No.7755427
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7755427

Best version of the game.

>> No.7755438

>>7754849
Are the PC-FX emulators great?

>> No.7755440

>>7754849
they were right

>> No.7755508

>>7754874
bzz bzz :(

>> No.7755621

>>7755413
But CD add-ons were gimmicky at best. What a shitload of fuck.

>> No.7755636

>>7754870
That's a 2d chip because it's a square. 3d chips are cubes.

>> No.7755641

>>7754870
why does the bee have whiskers?

>> No.7755680

PCEngine came out in Japan in 1987, at this time full 3d graphics were things you world only find in some arcades (however rudimentary) or in novelties like the Battletech pods were you could pilot a mech (think really primative Mechwarrkor) for $10 per 15 minutes. Or more. Sprite-based gaming was more practical, economical, and the right choice since sprite-based gaming finally had evolved to include sprite tricks like rotation, scaling, and more, so there was still a lot of innovation going on.

When the Turbo Graphic 16 came out I remember being so jealous because it kicked the snot out of the NES and C64, but that lead quickly evaporated once the Genesis (MegaDrive) came to be.

Ahhh, it was a good time to be a gamer kid in the 80s! So much evolution and innovation witnessed...

>> No.7755709

>>7755680
as much as i like the pc engine now i probably wouldn't have wanted one back in the day, most of the best games are japan-only and it's extremely light on games that aren't shmups

>> No.7755782

>>7755438
The Retroarch core and the mednafen one are.

>> No.7755786

>>7754849
>Make a 16 bit console
>It sells great in Japan but was nonexistent elsewhere
>Make a console for the next generation
>Do absolutely nothing to regain what was lost
They deserved it

>> No.7755928

>>7754870
Shantae, NEC bro?

>> No.7755932

>>7755786
They support tech like WonderSawn and N64 CPU

>> No.7755938

>>7754849
History has vindicated them.

>> No.7755946

>>7755709
PC-Engine has many incredible games, but yeah, they are mostly Japan-only, even the CD ones.

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7756040

>>7754927
There's 3 adults-only rated games
Still not exactly a cummy cornucopia

>> No.7756049

I had high expectations for this thing at first, thinking it'd be a worthy successor to the PC Engine. But in the end I got a Saturn instead.

>> No.7756060

>>7755938
No it hasn't. The tastes of this board represent a small fraction of gamers worldwide.