NEC PC Engine

Lets take a look at the NEC PC-Engine (PCE) and the CD-ROM2 add-on drive with Interface Unit.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• NEC
• PCE
• PC
• Engine
• CD-ROM2
• Interface
• Unit

[xaer0knight]

talking about first CDROM based video game console.. wouldn't the FMTownsMarty be the first?

[MN12BIRD]

@xaer0knight No the PC Engine was the first video game system to use CD-ROM technology as it came out in Japan in 1988 the FMTowns came out in Japan in 1991 so the PC Engine has it beat by 3 years! Way ahead of anything else. But the FMTowns was the first stand alone video game console to be purely CD-ROM based, not an add-on.

[BrainCreep]

boy I still have my complete, mutant system. If only I could replace a few of the worn out parts. Nothing was finer than playing Battleship Yamato or the y's games on the cdrom. Could I get parts online?

[MN12BIRD]

@BrainCreep I don't know I heard it's impossible to get the replacement gears in them that wear out like mine did.

[MN12BIRD]

@RatsBoulevard The plastic turns yellow from oxidization over time.  It's not a simple cleaning to get it white again.

[MN12BIRD]

@MN12BIRD According to Wiki it's part of the 4th gen along with the Mega Drive and Super Famicom. In otherwords it's part of the "16-bit" gen. I wouldn't exclude it from the 16-bit gen because of a technicality. Many systems aren't technically x-bit with the other x-bit machines they are related to. We know the Intellivision is 16-bit and the X-Box is 32-bit but we don't consider them part of that generation. Also here in NA the TG16 and Sega Genesis came out within a week of each other.

[maximumrisk2004]

How come I never saw any of those Card Systems in Austria? I mean there seem to be many systems that use those Gamecards. Also they appear to contain more information than a Gameboy cartridge which should have been around the same time. Just saying I dont understand how this Tech was not used further in Handhelds.

[reymobilesuit]

Rare Pc engine's add on on Ebay

Virtual cushion

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[gamecollect101]

The yellow can be completely reverted to pure white without even touching it...I do it all the time.

[cpnnpr]

I so badly want that system! Are you selling?!?

[schtive81]

Great look at the PC engine and the CD-Rom2, they really did build that think well. Too bad that the Turbo Graphx 16 looked like a weird award mess when it was attached to the CD add on, in comparison.

[BrainCreep]

@MN12BIRD thats kinda what I thought. The vacuum ran over the powercord, shredding the outer plastic and ripping up the wires. I got it to work with a magnifying glass and a whole lot of electric tape. I just don't trust it and would like a new one. oh well.