The PC-Engine is 20 years old. It's 10 years younger than me

Post by **marurun** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:05 pm

The PC-Engine is now 20 years old. It joins the Famicom in old age. Hard to believe the first "16-bit" system and the last 8-bit system has finally made the transition. While the TG-16 didn't have much of an impact here in the US or in Europe, the PC Engine was a runaway hit in Japan and defined much of Japanese gaming that game after. While we were getting off on the Genesis, the Japanese Mega Drive stagnated, never able to truly compete with either the PC Engine or the Super Nintendo. And what was the Super Nintendo designed to compete against? Not the Mega Drive, but the PC Engine. Which is interesting, given the PC Engine was designed largely to trounce the NES. Talk about a convoluted chain of oneupmanship.

Post by **Droid party** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:19 pm

I don't really have anything to add other than , nice little rundown of the field of play back in the day.

Post by **claudio** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:42 pm

yeah, to bad most of the good games are in japan.

anyways, i finally purchased a turbo graphx 16 enchancer, and i cant believe it doubled the size of my system. im thinking about going back to RF, NOT!

Post by **RadarScope1** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:03 am

I don't know how hard it would be to get one, but I think it would be kinda cool to have a PCE. They don't take up much space, and there would be a ton of shmuping to be had. Getting hold of games would a hassle though. I'd have to get them all via the Web.

Also, I think the 2600 was released 30 years ago in October.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:48 am

Alot of games are turning 20, heck Combat turned 30 last month. This all just makes me feel old.

Post by **marurun** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:04 am

Yes, but the NES was the first of the "modern" generation of systems and it turned 25 just recently. And the TG-16/PCE was the first of the "16-bit" and the last of the modern 8-bits. It won't be long before the Genesis and SNES pass that 20 year mark. Scary...

Post by **kinn** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:22 pm

Oh man now I feel old!

I remember when me and my brother got one. Made us so popular at school (to kids who knew about games).

Also could not believe how small the thing is!

Amazing system for its time.

Post by **gradualmeltdown** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:36 pm

I just remember buying Fighting Street for Super CDrom thinking it was the awesome Street Fighter 1. Then I found out there was NO awesome Street fighter 1

Still dig the SF2 conversion, its so wierd!