FM Towns Marty

[esteban]

Why do i remember totally random crap like this, but not big stuff...

This happens to me all the time. Hey remember that time you sent me a couple of Altered Beast PCE CD tracks while talking on MSN? 

Hahhahahahahaa. That's too funny. I forgot about that.

I think you were drawing some graphics for something?

Also, I think I showed you the new magazine website about... 2-3 years before everyone. There were only a few people I showed it too, and I only showed it when I thought I was "nearly finished" working on it. Ha!

[geepee16]

i jsut had a very intersting marty experience:  my last student - it turns out - worked for fujitsu as a salesman and he was in the division responsible for the marty machines!  we just happened to be talking about his work experience and i was the one who wound up getting an education.  he was shocked i knew anything about the unit.  i should probably run this over to the wikipedia entry people.  basically he said that it wasn't intended to be a game machine until  much later and that , even then, fujitsu had problems shedding their children's pc image (many of their pc sales were to schools and young students) while nec had the adult and business market.  nec basically had taken a huge chunk out of the game market when it launched the pc engine and was well-established before the marty ever did anything significant.  ultimately, the company considered all incarnations of the marty a failure and my student went on to greener pastures shortly thereafter.

somwhat off-topic but still relevant i guess. more later

[esteban]

i jsut had a very intersting marty experience:  my last student - it turns out - worked for fujitsu as a salesman and he was in the division responsible for the marty machines!  we just happened to be talking about his work experience and i was the one who wound up getting an education.  he was shocked i knew anything about the unit.  i should probably run this over to the wikipedia entry people.  basically he said that it wasn't intended to be a game machine until  much later and that , even then, fujitsu had problems shedding their children's pc image (many of their pc sales were to schools and young students) while nec had the adult and business market.  nec basically had taken a huge chunk out of the game market when it launched the pc engine and was well-established before the marty ever did anything significant.  ultimately, the company considered all incarnations of the marty a failure and my student went on to greener pastures shortly thereafter.

somwhat off-topic but still relevant i guess. more later

That is very interesting. I always thought that Marty was "just another competitor" in a crowded field, but to learn that they had the stigma of "kiddie computer" working against them paints a fuller picture.

[rainbow_bright]

The marty looks beautiful congrats! I've also been interested in one of these for a while, but I'm not sure how many good games there are for it (the anime porn doesn't interest me).

[geepee16]

actually, there are quite a few good games for it though, as has been stated, they are really pricey.  some of them can easily be found on the pc engine but still, it's worth getting if you have the funds and the desire to play some of the best versions of classic games of the late 80s early 90s.