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03-21-2009, 05:35 PM
chinitosoccer

PC-Engine Discussion Thread.

Im tired of people talking about how good a game for pc engine is, and how it bests the megadrive version, just to name a few:
Devil crush, street fighter 2, blazing lasers better than M.U.S.H.A.???? it is not the 9th marvel of the world but technically speaking, i cant imagine a game like musha running under the TGFX hardware, at least without some previous changes on GFX department(for worst)

Devil crush, crash...crish crosh whatever, it is certainly more colorfull on the tgfx but the animation isnt smooth as it is on the megadrive (less FPS), less things are shown onscreen at the same time too(Lords of Thunder for PCECD and the Sega cd is another example), and the music on the megadrive is better, and anyone who says the opposite should die of cancer.

Street Fighter 2 on other side is lacking backgrounds and scroll layers, and has worst graphics overall for a wide range.

My point is that theres no version of the same game wich is better on pcengine, its an 8bit console for the Segagod sakeS!!!!
the shitty PCE does not have blast procesing for """""HIGH DEFINITION GRAPHICS"""""!!! not even the SNES can come closer to the coolnes of the Sega megadrive;
I believe it is a matter of how people sees the PCE and specially the Turbo Duo (a piece of crap compared to the Sega CD) a very expensive and 'cooljapanonlygameconsole' wich only a few lucky ones are worthy to own and play.
Any thoughts?, flames? go ahead..
03-21-2009, 05:45 PM
Zebbe

I've never tried the thing, it wasn't released here, which, like I said before, means it probably sucks. Btw, the thread title should be "PC Engine = overrated IMO".
03-21-2009, 06:12 PM
TheEdge

The first time I ever played the PC-Engine was a month or so ago on one of my emulators. For the time it was amazing and I must admit it had more vibrant colors than the Genesis but the library lacked luster and I think we can all agree that if a console has a crappy library it will not survive.

Ironically I learned recently from another one of my threads:

"SegaCD = Best CD add-on?"
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6767

That the PC-Engine / CD Add-on had a very long life span in Japan. It kind of reminds me of the Saturn's popularity in a way. Its strange that NEC never continued with another system after that. Heck, if they remade them I would pick one up in a flash.
03-21-2009, 06:31 PM
havok666

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEdge

Its strange that NEC never continued with another system after that. Heck, if they remade them I would pick one up in a flash.

They did.

The PC-FX succeeded the PC Engine and it bombed hard. Most of the games are FMV or text based adventures.
03-21-2009, 06:32 PM
Metal_Sonic

NEC did make a console after the PCE, it was called the PC-FX. Huge piece of crap if you ask me.

EDIT: Oh wow one minute too late.
03-21-2009, 06:38 PM
chinitosoccer

I cant edit the tittle and you are right, it is overrated and i can give you proofs, Dracula X:
a very expensive and overrated game, the worst sound in castlevania series, music is ok because its cd quality but the Fx sounds just SUX!.even the famicom games have better sound, graphic wise, is colorfull but theres no animation, Dracula X might be the game with less moving sprites onscreen, the backgrounds are just plain static, even a game and watch have more animation, and that applies for the most of the PCE game library, and forget about multiple layer backgrounds and parallax scroll that megadrive and SNES players are used to see in most games, maybe its only my opinion but i prefer more special effects, better animation and more things going onscreen at the same time over a bigger and shiny color palette.
03-21-2009, 06:44 PM
TheEdge

Quote:

Originally Posted by havok666

They did.

The PC-FX succeeded the PC Engine and it bombed hard. Most of the games are FMV or text based adventures.

Yep, I did some research and it didn't even sell over 100,000 units. Jeez....

Quote:

The PC-FX was discontinued in late 1997. At the time of the console's discontinuation, according to NEC the PC-FX had sold just under 100,000 units
03-21-2009, 07:09 PM
Kollision

Yeah, I agree with the MD versions being superior. All that I've tried so far are better in the MD.

I do love the PCE's library though, and actually I do *not* consider it to be an 8-bit console. It's got great games (for my taste at least), and the fact that I'm discovering it today makes the whole experience even more interesting.
03-21-2009, 07:29 PM
TheEdge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kollision

Yeah, I agree with the MD versions being superior. All that I've tried so far are better in the MD.

I do love the PCE's library though, and actually I do *not* consider it to be an 8-bit console. It's got great games (for my taste at least), and the fact that I'm discovering it today makes the whole experience even more interesting.

Well, didn't it have an 8-bit processor but a 16-bit graphics card right? So I guess it was kind of a hybrid. I noticed that many of its games were already on the NES. I was wondering why the PC-E was rehashing these titles considering they were already sold in the last generation.
03-21-2009, 09:04 PM
Devil N

It's so weird that the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx completely passed me by in the 16-bit days. The console was of course never released in Europe, though allegedly plenty of shops here sold import machines. Even so, I've never seen one back in the day, never even heard of it. It was just the SNES and Mega Drive that existed, as far as I knew.
03-21-2009, 10:17 PM
Joe Redifer

Wow. This thread is definitely troll material. I disagree with it and I love the PC Engine! I also love the Mega Drive Genesis!
03-21-2009, 10:31 PM
Jesse813

I've never played any PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 games before so I can't say, I would like get my hands on 1 though just for the Bonk Games.
03-21-2009, 10:58 PM
tomaitheous

Quote:

Originally Posted by chinitosoccer

I cant edit the tittle and you are right, it is overrated and i can give you proofs, Dracula X:
a very expensive and overrated game, the worst sound in castlevania series, music is ok because its cd quality but the Fx sounds just SUX!.even the famicom games have better sound, graphic wise, is colorfull but theres no animation, Dracula X might be the game with less moving sprites onscreen, the backgrounds are just plain static, even a game and watch have more animation, and that applies for the most of the PCE game library, and forget about multiple layer backgrounds and parallax scroll that megadrive and SNES players are used to see in most games, maybe its only my opinion but i prefer more special effects, better animation and more things going onscreen at the same time over a bigger and shiny color palette.

Everyone has their opinions, but you're just full of spite and hate. Please go back to Assemblers forum, you troll mongering son-of-a-bitch.
03-21-2009, 11:05 PM
Tears of Ash

There's quite a few brilliant Turbo/CD games, but I don't they all blow MD out of the water. Rather, most of them have a few things better than the MD versions, and vice versa.

None of the systems are perfect, but I know people that would take Bonk over Sonic any day. I'm not one of them, but they sure are fun. Devil's Crush, Jaki Crush, and Alien Crush are all very superb games, IMO.
03-21-2009, 11:56 PM
outrunner

Shouldn't this be in Insert Coin.

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