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NiGHTS

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« on: September 28, 2005, 06:26:17 PM »
hey i wanna ask you something?

as you can see on the topic, which games where the first cd rom rom on the pc engine

i only know about fighting street that came on december of 1988.

but then again...i am a little confused by the date the cd rom system was launched........a few time ago i read something about june/july of 1988, but thats something i read.

and well i dont know exactly the date the cd system came out in america and which games were avaible

so here again. me and my foolish questions....

but i realley apreciate all your information

(and sorry, my english is not good)

akamichi

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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2005, 06:43:58 PM »
I'm not at home right now to check, but that sounds right.  The first CDROM games were Fighting Street and No Ri Ko.

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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2005, 10:50:27 PM »
In the US the first CD games were Fighting Street and Monster Lair. Not sure when the CD unit launched (not sure of the exact date the Turbo launched either or if there even was a real "launch date") but I do know the CD unit was available in the US by October 1989 because I remember seeing one for sale when I bought my TurboGrafx-16. Fighting Street was also there for sale, but not Monster Lair. I have promotional material for the launch of the Turbo with HuCard and CD lineups though, and both Fighting Street and Monster Lair are listed, but Fighting Street had no date (so I assume it was a launch game) while Monster Lair had something like December 1989 listed (I'd have to dig up the old brochure to make sure).

More titles followed in the spring of 1990 (Valis II, Final Zone II, and Last Alert). I remember Ys Book I & II came out in May or early summer 1990.

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Keranu

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« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2005, 10:29:29 AM »
I really want to play No-Ri-Ko or at least see more screenshots of something for it because there is not much information about it! I love a good cheesy game.
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

NiGHTS

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« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2005, 07:17:53 AM »
oh i see. interesting.

the list is really complete? wow

mmm im a bit lazy, someone have the list on numerical order?? je...je..je

and another question

the pc engine cd rom system, was the first platform, to play cd based games? i now that in the console market, but also incluing the PC market?

what im trying to say is, the very first cd rom based games were on the pc engine cd rom system?

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« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2005, 07:28:57 AM »
by the way ....only 3 games on 1988? wow
and on 1989 there are few games too

wow the beginning of the cd rom era......how romantic!

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« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2005, 01:37:16 PM »
Very romantic, yes!
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).