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Pcenginefx

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• Feb 11, 2009

• #1

Hi Gaffers,
I wanted to start up this NEC console appreciation thread to bring to light a short film which for the first time really captures the passion and spirit of the NEC line of consoles (PC Engine, TurboGrafx, PC-FX). I don't think there has been a production of this magnitude ever done for any console by a end-user (if there has, I'd love to see them!)

Remembrance: A NEC Console Legacy Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_zP7z7GlE (HD streaming available & highly recommended)

Capturing the majestic beauty and form of an experience never to be forgotten, Remembrance brings you into the world of the NEC console legacy in a way never done before. Featuring the PC Engine, CD-ROM2, Shuttle, DUO-R, TurboGrafx-16, Turbo-CD, TurboDuo, TurboExpress and other related hardware & games.

Screen captures from the film:

 

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djtiesto

is beloved, despite what anyone might say

• Feb 11, 2009

• #2

Nice video, I love the NEC consoles and their industrial design.. very retro-futuristic and unlike any other system on the market.

 

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kazuo

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #3

Hi Aaron!

it is nice to see that you are bringing your PCE love to GAF, to show these guys what PCE is all about.

Great video! Love the epic music.

 

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Rufus

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #4

kazuo said:

it is nice to see that you are bringing your PCE love to GAF, to show these guys what PCE is all about.

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Too bad the video doesn't do anything in that direction.

 

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Warm Machine

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #5

Nice fetishistic look at the console design. The NEC stuff besides the Shuttle and the Super was really beautiful for the time.

 

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nextgeneration

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #6

Freakin awesome. Shame that NEC got out of the console business. Bravo to the person who made the video.

 

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zmet

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #7

I got into PCE gaming a year and a half ago (PCE Duo-RX) and I've been loving it. It's good to see an appreciation thread finally pop up -- gonna check out the video now.

 

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GDGF

Soothsayer

• Feb 11, 2009

• #8

Very cool! I wanted a PC Engine badly back when I was a youngster. Very nice looking machines. Killer library. First machine that sold me on the benefits of CD ROM technology.

 

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Pcenginefx

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #9

Thanks for all of your comments - it is much appreciated. To clarify, "Remembrance" was created to show off for the first time the various console design iterations, accessories and games (however the focus was on hardware/accessories).

This week I will be releasing a "remix" of this film adding short snippets of gameplay from various TurboGrafx-16 games, but again in the vein of "remembering" the console (not to educate specifically).

If you would like to see another NEC-related film (and this time to educate), I have an equally-impressive PC-FX film here:

The PC-FX: A Devotional Film
http://vimeo.com/2520066 (HD streaming available)
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3CxCqXb0g4 (HQ streaming available)

Now this film was made to educate a person on the console, accessories and most importantly the games for this lesser known 32-bit console.

 

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Ninja Dom

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #10

I used to own a PC Engine Duo. I thought that was an incredible machine at the time, must have been around 1993.

Only bad thing was it only had one controller port.

I remember reading that the former Nintendo President, Hiroshi Yamauchi, said that the only time he was ever worried about the games industry was when NEC decided to make a console!!

 

mr stroke

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #11

nice!

loved my TG16 at the time. Sad I never had the money as a kid to get the CD or Duo


and NEC wins for having the best console box art of all time-

 

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·feist·

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #12

Great thread... even though it makes me sad...

 

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ScrabbleBanshee

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #13

Wow, that video was annoying. Anyway, I still have a TG16 in a bin in storage... it only has one surviving game, which happened to be left in the slot... BONK. :lol

I still remember the good old days when it was still new, seeing the TG16 in action at the mall Radio Shack made me drool.

 

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Pcenginefx

Member

• Feb 11, 2009

• #14

ScrabbleBanshee said:

Wow, that video was annoying.

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What did you find annoying with it?