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Title: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on July 11, 2012, 10:23:23 AM
Earlier I was flicking through some of my PC Engine memorabilia and found this article below.
It's from a NEC/Hudson promotional booklet printed before the GT/LT was released.
They wanted to get in on the handheld market, their suggestion for PC Engine on the move is as follows.

Click on images for a larger image
(http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/PCEngineengine/1_1.jpg)

(http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/PCEngineengine/2_1.jpg)

(http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/PCEngineengine/1_2.jpg)

Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: henrycsc on July 11, 2012, 10:53:10 AM
um, speechless.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: SuperPlay on July 11, 2012, 10:55:40 AM
Great find.  Thanks for sharing :@)
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on July 11, 2012, 11:16:48 AM
Also found this about the Power Console

(http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/PCEngineengine/3_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Necromancer on July 11, 2012, 11:21:03 AM
Heh, that's awesome.  Quite the stretch of the word 'portable' though.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Bernie on July 11, 2012, 11:53:17 AM
Thats the most retarded thing I have ever seen.. lol
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Post by: meka on July 11, 2012, 12:42:58 PM
There has to be one of them somewhere
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Bernie on July 11, 2012, 01:14:10 PM
There has to be one of them somewhere

God I hope not.
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Post by: PunkicCyborg on July 11, 2012, 01:27:56 PM
I love it!
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: csgx1 on July 11, 2012, 01:42:51 PM
Interesting.  I like how the article breaks down how to do a composite mod. 

I guess they didn't sell/make the security bit to properly open the PCE back then.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Nando on July 11, 2012, 03:26:54 PM
Most impressive! Great find
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: jlued686 on July 11, 2012, 05:23:17 PM
This is why I love these forums. Thanks for posting that!

f*ck...I miss 90s video gaming. Absurd.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Frank_fjs on July 11, 2012, 06:45:04 PM
I built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/PCEPortable.jpg)
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Tatsujin on July 11, 2012, 07:09:57 PM
Its so proto type.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: soop on July 11, 2012, 11:16:05 PM
:D
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on July 11, 2012, 11:27:28 PM
I built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/PCEPortable.jpg)

lol
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on July 11, 2012, 11:35:30 PM
What I love about this article is it shows NEC/Hudson were always aiming the PC Engine at the hardcore gamer.
You would never see Nintendo or Sega suggesting opening up, soldering or drilling holes in their hardware as you'd invalidate the manufacturers warranty blah, blah...

Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Ji-L87 on July 11, 2012, 11:50:10 PM
It's pretty awesome. It's also awesomely ghetto.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: RegalSin on July 13, 2012, 05:07:41 AM
Well, women at some point becomes gold diggers, so seeing a man in early 1990's with a portable television ( which I might add became really small during the late 1990's ) would make you look attractive. Nowadays a man who looks like they are hardly working and some what young probably does the same thing for finsters, Alley Mcbeals, and SIC-types.

GT is ten times better then this.

Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Nando on July 13, 2012, 05:47:36 AM
It's pretty awesome. It's also awesomely ghetto.



(http://www.coolgraphic.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ghetto-fabulous.gif)
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: esteban on July 17, 2012, 11:03:06 AM
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6030/66701161.jpg)

That dude is my hero. I would instantly kiss+hug anyone doing that, at any point in history.

(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)

Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on July 18, 2012, 01:26:43 AM
(http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx295/PCEngineengine/1_2.jpg)

That dude is my hero. I would instantly kiss+hug anyone doing that, at any point in history.

(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)



Seconds after the photo was taken the women next to him pounced, unable to resist his awesomeness.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: esteban on July 25, 2012, 06:39:32 AM

Seconds after the photo was taken the women next to him pounced, unable to resist his awesomeness.

It might have happened. I want to believe it happened.

It did happen.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: KnightWarrior on July 25, 2012, 07:07:23 AM
It gotta start somewhere..In the end it turned out cool
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: LMS on July 25, 2012, 12:01:01 PM
Awesome find. Thanks for sharing man.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on August 01, 2012, 12:48:43 AM
I was looking in to making one of these myself.

Can't find the monitor to buy anywhere...
(http://www.tubecollection.de/ura/images_tv/TV_LVD204_Seiko_AUT41894.jpg)

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/seikocoltd_lcd_color_tv_lvd_204.html#b





 :D

Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: TheClash603 on August 01, 2012, 02:57:44 PM
People are always Kickstarter-ing stupid shit.

We need to raise some money and get this thing in production!
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: T2KFreeker on August 03, 2012, 02:31:06 PM
It's the Treamcast's Grandad. I'd have wanted one!  :lol:
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on August 04, 2012, 02:23:05 AM
People are always Kickstarter-ing stupid shit.

We need to raise some money and get this thing in production!

For fun I wanted to attempt to build one using the same components used in the pictures, but other than the Engine console which I already own I couldn't find the other bits anywhere (I guess that's not surprising considering the age and obscurity of the items).
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: GameFreak on August 04, 2012, 08:19:40 AM
the monitor reminds me of the movie Rain Man
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: cjameslv on November 12, 2014, 04:14:02 AM
I built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/PCEPortable.jpg)


I call fake there's no hucard plugged in.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: esteban on November 12, 2014, 07:43:06 AM
Ha! I had forgotten the two articles listed at the beginning of the thread.

That dude on the train remains my hero.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: imparanoic on November 12, 2014, 12:30:55 PM
nice retro diy solutions
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: SuperGrafx on November 12, 2014, 01:54:18 PM
I had no idea that the Power Console controller for the SuperGrafx was that massive.

Christ...the entire console slides into the back of the controller! 
I just assumed (from the few pics that I've seen over the years) that it was merely a standalone controller, similar to the Steel Battalion controller setup on the Xbox.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: spenoza on November 12, 2014, 02:05:06 PM
The Power Cons... I mean cake. The cake is a lie.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: lukester on November 12, 2014, 02:58:21 PM
Kyuukyoku tiger sure was popular back then.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Otaking on May 08, 2016, 12:41:30 AM
re-uploaded missing images.  :D
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: crazydean on May 08, 2016, 08:19:17 AM
re-uploaded missing images.  :D

Thanks for doing so. This is the first time I've seen this.
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: Digi.k on May 08, 2016, 09:04:24 AM
man if they stuck permanent NEC signs on that portable TV and speakers I would so buy into it...
Title: Re: Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!
Post by: esteban on May 08, 2016, 12:22:03 PM
man if they stuck permanent NEC signs on that portable TV and speakers I would so buy into it...

I still want to meet someone on the NYC subway doing this.

IT WILL HAPPEN.

Some day.