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rcantor77

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New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« on: December 31, 2015, 08:49:33 AM »
http://www.pc-engine.co.uk

I have setup a new website for the PC Engine that hopefully people will find useful. As I like to collect the hardware I found it very difficult to find a definitive list of what was officially released... the only sites out there are Japanese and only Japanese PC Engine focused.

I have pulled together everything I am aware of, for all Japanese, American, British and French hardware items... I am sure there are things I have missed so please let me know if you know of anything. The pictures so far have come from my collection or some members and many of the pictures I have pulled from the internet, so if these are yours then thanks in advance, but if you woudl like them removed, please let me know and I will source another.

There are still some photos that I am looking to include, so if you have the items and can help then please let me know.

I need photos of the items and boxes where applicable for the following items:
CD-ROM2 AC Adaptor (PI-AD1)
Duo Monitor AC Adaptor (PAD-126)
*FOUND* NEC LaserActive Control Pad
NEC PC-KD863G Control Pad
PC Engine Duo Carrying Bag
Pioneer LaserActive Extension Cable
Power Pack Conversion Kit (PK-01C)
*FOUND* Shogakukan Card Holders
*FOUND* Turbo Duo Intelligent Link

And I need photos of the boxes for the following items:
*FOUND* Battle Stick 307
*FOUND* Beeshu Ultimate Superstick
*FOUND* Turbo Duo Pad
Fly-Wing Joystick
Hori Wing Commander

I have then also added in some useful software lists and info... for anyone involved in homebrew and can see anything I have missed or got wrong then please let me know. Or if I have not got images or info for your homebrew then tell me and i'll get it added.

Hopefully this will all be useful for some people... enjoy.  :)
 
« Last Edit: May 11, 2016, 11:26:55 AM by rcantor77 »
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2015, 09:00:18 AM »
Is the site live now?
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2015, 09:06:44 AM »
Is the site live now?

Yes it is... just realised I hadn't actually put a link to it so have added that now.
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2015, 10:25:43 AM »
Nice! Very metro UI. Keep up the good work!


Glad you like... I did actually put a link to your site on the Links section and to all sites that I have used over the years, but I had to create some custom sized images so they were all the same... hope that's ok.
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2015, 11:22:22 AM »
I like the look of the site. Is there a reason that Caravan Shooters are singled out exclusively for their own page, as opposed to shooters or other genres?

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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2015, 11:32:37 AM »
I like the look of the site. Is there a reason that Caravan Shooters are singled out exclusively for their own page, as opposed to shooters or other genres?


Well the PC Engine was known for its Caravan tournaments (as is the Famicom) so I wanted to document all for the games (including hidden) where there is a timed scoring option.

There are already many sites with full/genre bases game lists... pcengine.co.uk, pcecp.com, pcedaisakuisen.net etc but none of them provide this list for caravan games, so I have. :)
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2015, 01:26:33 PM »
Great site, lot of stuff I didn't know. Thanks!


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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2015, 10:05:16 PM »
One question... on accessory support, i see a few entries for the Virtual Cushion. I always thought it was simply a bass shaker butt seat thing. Do you know if games like metamor jupiter and image fight 2 really do anything special for the virtual cushion?


I'm not aware that the games are any different, as you say all games will work as it just adds the bass, but I believe these games had a compatibility logo added as they were released at the same time... Image Fight II on the exactly the same day as the Virtual Cushion (18/12/1992) and Metamor Jupiter a month later (22/01/1993)

I'm going to get the text translated to know exactly what the logo says...



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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2015, 10:52:07 PM »
Cool new site  :D

Do you know if games like metamor jupiter and image fight 2 really do anything special for the virtual cushion?
I'm going to get the text translated to know exactly what the logo says...



I can't read the two kanji, but the katakana says "Virtual Cushion" and "Soft" as in software.


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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2015, 11:26:26 PM »
It basically just means it supports the Virtual Cushion.

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« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2015, 11:35:05 PM »
Cool new site  :D

Do you know if games like metamor jupiter and image fight 2 really do anything special for the virtual cushion?
I'm going to get the text translated to know exactly what the logo says...



I can't read the two kanji, but the katakana says "Virtual Cushion" and "Soft" as in software.



Thanks... possibly something like Virtual Cushion Enhanced Software or something. I was going to dig my copy out and work through it later... my Japanese is very limited and would have involved me matching up against a table of symbols. So thanks again for saving me the pain. :)
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2016, 12:35:56 AM »
I like the Homebrew listed. I never knew all that existed. Lots of other info there in pictures that I never knew. I like what I am seeing. Has potential to be a very informative site.

I have that springboard converter for my TurboGrafx 16.
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2016, 12:41:08 AM »
I like the Homebrew listed. I never knew all that existed. Lots of other info there in pictures that I never knew. I like what I am seeing. Has potential to be a very informative site.

Thanks mate, that is what I hope... just wanted to get some info down first and get the site out there for comment.

If anyone has suggestions then please let me know, I want to make it as useful as I can.
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Re: New PC Engine Website - www.pc-engine.co.uk
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2016, 02:24:02 AM »
I really liked the site good job. 

So many accessories were released for our great system.  Every time I see a list like this I find something I had no clue existed.