![]() Not that that’s a bad thing, but having a bit of variety is good. A whole host of RPGs were left untouched, giving the PC-Engine a reputation of only being a home for shooters and high-octane action games. Fire Pro Wrestling was bafflingly left in Japan up until the release of the Game Boy Advance. We didn’t get those great ports of Gradius 1 or 2. But what didn’t we get? Gradius, for one. While we did end up getting stuff like an exceptional port of R-Type, we got Bomberman, we got Blazing Lasers, we got Valis somehow. Both were awesome systems that did really well in Japan, and got absolutely cut off at the knees by bad management everywhere else. Sitting down, thinking about the list of games that stayed in Japan, and I can’t help but liken the PC-Engine to the Saturn. Over here in The States, we regard the system as an absolute failure. Someday, I would like to actually own one of these things, but they are hard to find, or at least hard to find at a price that I don’t have to knock over a bank to afford.Īll that being said, the PC-Engine is still a wonderful gaming console, even if my experience with it is only at a software level. As such, I didn’t spend hundreds of dollars on a CD-ROM add-on so much as installing DAEMON Tools and mounting ISO images. It may be sacrilegious to some, but all I’ve ever known is pirating these old games and playing them with cheap USB pads, before making the switch to a six-button Sega Saturn controller when I was around 19 years old. ![]() It’s also the only emulator that can run Wonder Momo without graphical issues, something that modern ones cannot do. I still have that version around here it was on my previous laptop, in fact. I started with the shitty emulators with bad sound, before getting hooked up with a cracked version of Magic Engine. Nope, my entire experience of playing games on the system has been through emulation. Hell, I don’t even have a PC-Engine Mini. I should start this out with a confession: I’ve never owned an actual PC-Engine. Seeing as how I’m kinda sorta known for my love of the console, I figured I’d do a write-up about it. Today is the 34th anniversary of God’s favorite video game system, the PC-Engine. Posted in PC Engine, TV Game | Leave a reply the pc-engine is god’s favorite console: part 4, anniversary edition Long story short: the PC-Engine Mini rules, and I’m glad I was able to find one. It’s Christmas, and this is the best gift I got, materialism-wise. There’s no input lag, or at least no noticeable input lag when compared to running these games in Magic Engine or Mednafen (it’s about the same across the board). There are PC-Engine games on my TV, with no frameskipping, so I’m seeing every frame, despite what emulators tell me when there’s an obvious frame skip happening. ![]() Granted, this isn’t the real PC-Engine, with its HuCards and CD-ROMS, but it’s a reasonable enough facsimile. While I am a huge proponent of emulation, and getting a hold of games any way possible, I still felt a desire of ownership for this one particular console. I realize that I spent over a hundred bucks in order to play games that I’ve already been playing for free the last twenty years, but it was worth it. ![]() Those complaints aside, I have had so much fun with this little box. One more complaint about the games: JJ and Jeff, but no Kato and Ken. Only thing that’s missing here is my old bottle of vicodin Good! It’s about time the world finally comes to an agreement that Keith Courage fucking sucks. I mean, if The Kung Fu could be on there, why not? Another problem is the inclusion of shit like Appare! Gateball and the horrible port of Ninja Gaiden, a game where the background scrolls in the wrong direction. While Bomberman ’93 and ’94 are utterly fantastic, I would have liked to see the original Bomberman included, if only for historical reasons. Also, given the number of Namco games on here, there’s no Tower of Druaga, itself a big arcade hit with a great PC-Engine remake. I was surprised at a lack of Valis, given how big a deal that series was for the CD-ROM add-on. There are a few notable exceptions, for better and for worse. I never, ever thought that I would see a rerelease of Genpei Toumaden again, and yet here it is, on my big-ass TV. Most of the classic Compile shooters, Gradius 1 and 2, Genpei Fucking Toumaden (among a couple other Namco classics), Parasol Stars, and Rondo of Blood. The collection of games on it is very “Ramona-centric” I’ll say. I’ll instead say that again, the PC-Engine Mini is really cool. So no, I won’t be doing the standard review for this.
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