My NEC/Hudson Soft Stuff (Turbografx 16/PC Engine/Turbo Duo)

Showing off my NEC stuff. I've been getting alot of newb comments and PM's from people regarding my Valis IV and Dracula X videos because they never heard of the system before. So why not end it now? Here's what it looks like...one of the few variations of it anyway, in Japan, the PC Engine came in many forms while in America there was only three. I will tell some of why the Turbografx 16/Turbo Duo failed, and Nintendo of America is partially the one to blame. Because they were already at war with Sega, they had an anti-competitive and monopolistic strategy of hoarding third party developers and telling them they couldn't make software for any other system than theirs. By the time the mid 1990's rolled around, the strategy was later then ruled illegal. Unfortunately, the American branches of the third party developers we're all familiar with still didn't give a damn about the Turbo Duo and stuck to the Super Nintendo and Genesis. Which explains why we never saw any Konami games on the TG16, and Capcom arcade classics getting ported on the TG16 either by NEC or no-name developers. Dozens of Japanese PC Engine titles were slated for USA release but the plans all got axed due to their lack of interest. So like the Sega Saturn, if people have that mindset that Turbografx 16 sucks because of its selection of games (don't get me wrong, TG16 had a bit over a handful of good games), they need to wake up and buy some Japanese PC Engine imports. It's also said (don't quote me on that) that in Europe, particularly in France, the PC Engine had a decent sized fanbase as Japan did. Games were commercially sold with separate documents of the instruction manuals translated from Japanese to French. Compatibility is one thing that's confusing in the world of NEC systems, especially the models preceding the "Duo" subset. When it comes to HuCards, there is region lockout. Since my PC Engine Duo-R is a Japanese only model, my Duo-R is custom installed with a region switch so I can play TG16 Hucards, otherwise I'd have to buy uber expensive Hucard converters. However, the upside is that the CDROM is region free. But there are several different formats for the CDROM. Those will be covered in a future video. In case people are wondering what that bg noise is, it's the movie "Patton" showing on AMC. (American Movie Classics) Turbografx 16 Hucards (USA): Ninja Spirit, Tiger Road, Sidearms, Cosmic Fantasy II (CD), R-Type, Keith Courage, Bloody Wolf, Valis III (CD), Bonk's Adventure Japanese Hucards: Super Momotarou Densetsu II, Street Fighter II', Ninja Ryukenden/Gaiden, Genpei Toumaden II, Ninja Warriors, Youkai Douchuuki, Barunba, Jimmu Densyo, Son Son II, Salamander, Gradius, Dragon Spirit, Operation Wolf Japanese CDROM2 format - Valis IV, Final Zone II, Fighting Street, Red Alert, Record of Lodoss War II Super CDROM2: Riot Zone (USA), Double Dragon II, Tengai Makyo/Far East of Eden: Fuun Kabuki, Brandish, & Dracula X: Rondo of Blood

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Toneman

Length: 04:17
Rating: 3.92
Views: 12656

Tags: Engine  NEC  PC  PCエンジン/  Turbografx16  

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