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unusual facts about NEC PC-8801



Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes

Within the next few years, it would also be ported to the NEC PC-9801, MSX 2, Sharp X68000, Mega Drive, Super Famicom, and TurboGrafx-16; a Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes Barcode Battler card set was also released by Epoch Co. in 1992.

Flip-screen

These limitations were not exclusive to the Spectrum; many early MSX, NEC PC-8801 and PC VGA games also used the flip-screen technique.

Kure Software Koubou

One year after being founded, KSK released their first game Argo for the NEC PC-88.

Silver Ghost was an early example of the tactical role-playing game genre, released in 1988 for the NEC PC-8801 computer.

NEC PC-100

Possibly due to the standard inclusion of a mouse, a blue anime style mouse with "PC-100" on its chest looking little like the Superman was used as a promotional character.

NEC PC-9801

Despite having hardware specifications far inferior to the Fujitsu FM Towns and Sharp X68000 personal computers, the massive install base and steady flow of game titles (in particular "dōjin" style dating sims and RPGs, as well as early games of the Touhou Project franchise) kept it as the favored platform for PC game developers in Japan until the rise of the DOS/V clones.

Oh My Goddess!

An adventure game titled Aa! Megami-sama! for the NEC PC-9801 was released in 1993 by Banpresto.

PC-FX

Unlike nearly any other console (except for the 3DO and CD-i), the PC-FX was also available as an internal PC card for NEC PC-98 and AT/IBM PC compatibles.


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