So whats the deal with the arcade card?

[Joe Redifer]

I wish they would have focused on the Arcade CD instead of the PC FX.  More people would have upgraded if they kept putting good games on there, but nobody was going to buy a PC FX because it didn't have any good games.  I'd buy a SuperGrafx before I'd consider a PC FX.  At least the SuperGrafx has games I want to play and isn't full of FMV anime garbage.  The PC FX is a console that had appeal only to hardcore anime geeks in Japan.  It never had a chance.  Dumb ol' NEC (or whoever).

[c0ldb33r]

The AC didn't really take off because it was expensive and it was the end of the PCE's life.

How much was it originally? I got mine a few years ago loose and I don't recall that it was pricey.

I have it, but it would be a crappy video.  AKA: me holding a digital camera and hitting record while I play one handed.

Man get ahold of yourself. Yeah, Mai is hot but it's just a videogame!

[T2KFreeker]

The AC didn't really take off because it was expensive and it was the end of the PCE's life.

How much was it originally? I got mine a few years ago loose and I don't recall that it was pricey.

I have it, but it would be a crappy video.  AKA: me holding a digital camera and hitting record while I play one handed.

Man get ahold of yourself. Yeah, Mai is hot but it's just a videogame!

DAMN!!!

Nice to see you c0ldb33r!

[T2KFreeker]

Oh wait, I just saw that World Heroes 2 was on the Arcade Card as well? What the Hell? Was it good? I'd play that all day!

[Edmond Dantes]

I dunno about World Heroes, but I'm able to compare Fatal Fury 2 to the version on the Playstation 2's Battle Archives release.

The only difference so far is that the shadows flicker and there are load times.  Oh, and you have to play with a PC Engine controller.  That's it.  It seems to be a solid port.

[SignOfZeta]

I wish they would have focused on the Arcade CD instead of the PC FX.  More people would have upgraded if they kept putting good games on there, but nobody was going to buy a PC FX because it didn't have any good games.  I'd buy a SuperGrafx before I'd consider a PC FX.  At least the SuperGrafx has games I want to play and isn't full of FMV anime garbage.  The PC FX is a console that had appeal only to hardcore anime geeks in Japan.  It never had a chance.  Dumb ol' NEC (or whoever).

I've gotten to the point where I can't even tell if you are trolling or not. I think certain sentences in there are and others aren't? I have no idea.

The AC didn't really take off because it was expensive and it was the end of the PCE's life.

How much was it originally? I got mine a few years ago loose and I don't recall that it was pricey.

I have it, but it would be a crappy video.  AKA: me holding a digital camera and hitting record while I play one handed.

Man get ahold of yourself. Yeah, Mai is hot but it's just a videogame!

I think it was about $120 or so for the Duo, $20 or so more for the Pro. If anyone wanted to play Fatal Fury Special that bad they could just buy the Super Famicom version. At that point basically every gamer in Japan had a SFC, and the SFC actually had enough buttons on the standard controller.

[Edmond Dantes]

Yeah, but wasn't the Super Famicom port exceedingly bad?  In general, The Super Famicom really wasn't a good console for fighting games (save for supposedly having the best home ports of Mortal Kombat 2 and 3, though why you'd even care in that case is a good question).

Though, RPGs are big in Japan, and the SNES had a metric ton of those.

[Arkhan]

Who says im looking at Mai!?


and, PCE had maor RPGs than the super famicom.

[GohanX]

Yeah, but wasn't the Super Famicom port exceedingly bad? 

The SFC version was a pretty good port, but it was pretty obvious that it was a port to lower quality hardware. From what I've been told the PCE version is damn near arcade perfect, but I haven't played it myself.

[PunkicCyborg]

I could make a video.

I have it, but it would be a crappy video.  AKA: me holding a digital camera and hitting record while I play one handed.

couldn't you just set the camera on something?

[BigusSchmuck]

And I thought I was the only one who had a thing for Mai. ^^ Anyway, kind of curious now which looks better, pc engine fx games or arcade card games?

[geise]

World Heros 2 is so close to the neo geo it's kinda scary.  They did an awesome job with the Neo Geo ports.  It would've been nice if the arcade card received more love by Konami or Capcom.  Some CPS1 ports would've been quite nice.  I know Keranu could give two shits though since it's Capcom. 

[c0ldb33r]

I always thought it was neat that they included the zooming in Art of Fighting. They couldn't do it in the Genesis or SNES versions.

[Necromancer]

I think it was about $120 or so for the Duo, $20 or so more for the Pro.

I know memory wasn't cheap, but was it really that pricey?  The 32x had more memory for a similar price, so either Sega priced it knowing they have to sell many games for each 32x just to break even or NEC priced the ACs to turn a tidy profit.

[geise]

I don't remember there being that big of a price difference backthen.  Not by $100 anyways.