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turbo-digest digest, Volume 10, Issue 206 [message #4799] Fri, 27 July 2012 01:20
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	Video game exhibit-pce& pc-fx

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From: duo16@mindspring.com
Date: Mon Jul 26 21:08:12 EDT 2004
Subject: Video game exhibit-pce& pc-fx


hey List,  yesterday,  i went to the national science museum in ueno (where=
 there was a killer star wars exhibit recently) to see the really cool vide=
o game exhibit.  they had lots of cool stuff and sold a great exclusive boo=
k there which went a little further than most other game books in that it h=
ad a pippin, playdia,  a laseractive and some other things not often includ=
ed in the game family.  the pc engine was nicely represented there by an or=
iginal pce,  a second display with a pce + cd rom,  a duo,  a duo R, a GT, =
and, an LT.  there was also a tv monitor running a video of three games bei=
ng played:  r-type I, tokimeki memorial (not sure why), and another game i =
can't recall right now.  of the 16 bit systems, i believe only the pc engin=
e had such a video display. it has a nice display in the book that i bought=
 and the feauture games in that are:  tokimeki memorial (again),  tengai ma=
kyou manji maru which,  this book claims, features 100 hours of play time, =
china warrior,  bomberman,  r-type I, a mahjong type game (maybe shanghai?)=
 and Ys I & II.  there is also an interview with three guys from hudson sof=
t about the pc engine which looks like it might be cool.  i'll need to get =
some help translating it.  if anyone is interested,  i can post it here or =
any of the turbo fan sites out there can have it for their use.

the pc-fx was displayed with no real fanfare just showing the console and a=
 controller.  it, and just about all the other systems also had their origi=
nal boxes displayed as well.  it also got half a page in the book featuring=
 the tengai makyou anime fighter- forgot the name.

anyway,  they also featured something i've never seen before though i think=
 i have heard of it.  it's called the x1  twin and it looks almost like a b=
lack pc-fx.  there doesn't appear to be a cd-drive but there does appear to=
 be a 5"disc drive.  everything loads through the front.  what was this thi=
ng? =20

the laseractive was kind of neat too.  it was shown in the museum with the =
mega drive pack next to it but in the book,  they show it the same with wha=
t appears to be a pc engine pack built into the machine.  is this possible?=
  also,  it seems that the pcengine controller was actually called he Laser=
Pro or something like that.  it 's the same body as other turbo controlers =
but the colors on the pad's sticker are gold & red.  was it easy to buy add=
itional pads of this kind?

in addition to the questions above,  i'd also like to know about the follow=
ing:

i saw an LT up close and in person for the first time and was stunned becau=
se i was always under the impression that it was bigger and that it had a c=
d drive.  but,  this machine looked as though it was just an oversized GBA =
SP and could only play hu cards.  i mean,  yeah it looks cool and it may ha=
ve had a tv tuner built in, i think,  but,  i thought this thing could play=
 cd's....what gives?

finally,  i asked this list a little while back if it would be possible to =
emulate the pc engine on the PC-FX and was told that it probably couldn't b=
e done because of the slow processor but, the pc-fx- if these numbers in th=
e book are correct- seems to be only slightly slower than a saturn which i =
never thought of as a slow machine. so,  i'll ask again, is it possible?

       i have picturesbut i am not sure if we are allowed to send pix thoru=
gh this list.  they are small and can send them to the list if it's okay.

okay,  my express from TZD is coming from home in the US.  i have waited 14=
 years for this and can't wait to get my mits on it to play it.  i have a c=
onverter coming with it and am really psyched!
=20
        take care all,  george
ps- saturn list subscribers, a similar email is coming to our other list.



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