Korean Vistar (Vistar-16): Does anyone here actually own one??

[munchiaz]

^ i think the vistar looks better than the US tg-16. i hate the little indented(lack of a better word) area on the tg-16. Hard to keep clean

[MotherGunner]

I never thought the Jaguar looked like a toilet seat....  I thought it looked like dental imaging equipment though!  

http://www.imaginsystems.com/Graphics/HotRod%20DS-final.pdf

[MotherGunner]

Sorry for the double-post.

[BigusSchmuck]

I never thought the Jaguar looked like a toilet seat....  I thought it looked like dental imaging equipment though!  

http://www.imaginsystems.com/Graphics/HotRod%20DS-final.pdf

I never thought of it that way. Now that I look at it, it does look like some sort of dental equipment!
Still fugly though.

Heel, even the original Genesis/Megadrive looked weird. looks like a toy of some kind.
 

Maybe because it is a toy! 

[T2KFreeker]

I never thought the Jaguar looked like a toilet seat....  I thought it looked like dental imaging equipment though!  

http://www.imaginsystems.com/Graphics/HotRod%20DS-final.pdf

I never thought of it that way. Now that I look at it, it does look like some sort of dental equipment!
Still fugly though.

Heel, even the original Genesis/Megadrive looked weird. looks like a toy of some kind.
 

Maybe because it is a toy!  

Point I was making.  I still thought the Turbo was cool looking.

[termis]

Man, the Vistar-16 looks a hell of a lot better than the US Turbo by a long shot.

Surely you jest - it looks like a frickin' early DSS receiver!

Necro is correct.

Seriously, though, I would love to have a Vistar but I don't think I'll even get a chance to hold one only hands before I die.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HUCARDS WERE AVAILABLE IN KOREA.

Anyone who can help compile a list would be greatly appreciated. I emailed Nfgman (Lawrence or Laurence?) back when he first posted his article on Vistar and he provided only a handful of titles.

They're pretty rare in Korea too, but when I browse the Korean websites, I read messages of people getting/selling the system for somewhere between $50-$65.  (Granted the those prices I found were from 2002 and 2007, respectively).  So I guess they're not so rare to the point that it exchanges for crazy sums of cash - at least in Korea.

According to the ad below, 22 titles were "localized".  The 5 titles on the ad showing:
Bonk 2
Neutopia II
Soldier Blade
Ninja Spirit
Dead Moon



On this blog, I also see:
http://blog.naver.com/q__________?Redirect=Log&logNo=130042584125
Air Zonk
Keith Courage

And the aforementioned nfg game site where most English-speaking folks initially got their info:
I'm about 95% sure the guy who sold it to him has it listed here (he says that he sold it some dude in the US, and the games on the pic are exactly that of those listed on the nfg site)  -- http://bbs2.ruliweb.daum.net/gaia/do/ruliweb/default/308/read?bbsId=G005&itemId=110&articleId=1329327

Bloody Wolf,
King of Casino,
Super Star Soldier,
Vigilante,
Super Volleyball,
Psychosis
Devil's Crush.

That's 14 out of 22...

[GameFreak]

^ i think the vistar looks better than the US tg-16. i hate the little indented(lack of a better word) area on the tg-16. Hard to keep clean

^ Yeah its kind of odd they put FAKE vents on the top of the US tg16. Im always cleaning dust from mine with q-tips dipped in hot water. But I noticed the vents on the white pc-engine are actually real, so I can't clean the dust out of them with liquid for fear of it dripping inside. Does it even get warm inside PCE to justify vents?
My xbox360 has vents on every side and it still over-heats...LOL.

It looks like the Vistar has AV hookups....cool.

[esteban]

termis, you f'n rule. Thank you for the swift response and the evidence/sources to build a credible account of Vistar's history in Korea.

If anyone else can provide more input/observations, please do so.

BONUS: termis, do you know if PCE had any presence in South Korea prior to the introduction of the Vistar? I mean...did some folks import it? Did magazines mention it?

Thanks again.
 

Man, the Vistar-16 looks a hell of a lot better than the US Turbo by a long shot.

Surely you jest - it looks like a frickin' early DSS receiver!

Necro is correct.

Seriously, though, I would love to have a Vistar but I don't think I'll even get a chance to hold one only hands before I die.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HUCARDS WERE AVAILABLE IN KOREA.

Anyone who can help compile a list would be greatly appreciated. I emailed Nfgman (Lawrence or Laurence?) back when he first posted his article on Vistar and he provided only a handful of titles.

They're pretty rare in Korea too, but when I browse the Korean websites, I read messages of people getting/selling the system for somewhere between $50-$65.  (Granted the those prices I found were from 2002 and 2007, respectively).  So I guess they're not so rare to the point that it exchanges for crazy sums of cash - at least in Korea.

According to the ad below, 22 titles were "localized".  The 5 titles on the ad showing:
Bonk 2
Neutopia II
Soldier Blade
Ninja Spirit
Dead Moon



On this blog, I also see:
http://blog.naver.com/q__________?Redirect=Log&logNo=130042584125
Air Zonk
Keith Courage

And the aforementioned nfg game site where most English-speaking folks initially got their info:
I'm about 95% sure the guy who sold it to him has it listed here (he says that he sold it some dude in the US, and the games on the pic are exactly that of those listed on the nfg site)  -- http://bbs2.ruliweb.daum.net/gaia/do/ruliweb/default/308/read?bbsId=G005&itemId=110&articleId=1329327

Bloody Wolf,
King of Casino,
Super Star Soldier,
Vigilante,
Super Volleyball,
Psychosis
Devil's Crush.

That's 14 out of 22...

Call me crazy, but I'd love to find out what the remaining HuCards were!

[esteban]

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HUCARDS WERE AVAILABLE IN KOREA.

Anyone who can help compile a list would be greatly appreciated. I emailed Nfgman (Lawrence or Laurence?) back when he first posted his article on Vistar and he provided only a handful of titles.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it played U.S Hucard games that were left over from surplus?
http://nfggames.com/games/vistar/

[/quote]

I believe that only a subset of the NA library was actually re-badged/re-labeled with the Vistar logo on the HuCard & packaging.

[termis]

termis, you f'n rule. Thank you for the swift response and the evidence/sources to build a credible account of Vistar's history in Korea.

If anyone else can provide more input/observations, please do so.

BONUS: termis, do you know if PCE had any presence in South Korea prior to the introduction of the Vistar? I mean...did some folks import it? Did magazines mention it?

Thanks again.

Yeah, no wuz.  The PCE was imported into Korea by several different mobs. 

The original PCE, in its original form, was first imported into Korea by some small-time importer called Alpha Trading.  It seems the original CD-ROM was imported as well.  I'd imagine it was gray-market import, but this ad claims they're the official importer of NEC consoles in Korea.



Then Daewoo stepped briefly stepped in to importing the PCE shuttle, as the "Zemmix PC Shuttle".  Zemmix series, as some of you may know, are a series of MSX consoles in Korea by Daewoo, but they also used the Zemmix brand for their one-off venture in a non-MSX console.  Daewoo localized the PCE shuttle for the Korean market with a 220v PSU, and tacked on a Daewoo sticker on the bottom with the label "Daewoo PC Shuttle".  Unlike the Vistar, the Daewoo imported the Japanese version of HuCards.  But similar to the Vistar releases, the Daewoo-released HuCards were just stickers on the back of the HuCards, along with a translated(?) manual.  I see Daewoo-versions of HuCards of Dragon Spirit and Deep Blue in these two blogs below.  The author mentions recalling having several other Daewoo-imported HuCards, including R-Type part I/II.

http://blog.dreamwiz.com/hanhogyu/3830105
http://blog.naver.com/backmr?Redirect=Log&logNo=42529355



But Daewoo eventually stepped out of importing PCE as well, and that's when Haitai (a now bankrupt confectionary(!) company) came in to release the Vistar.

So in sum - Vistar is not the only Korean-market PCE, and it's not even the first one...

[MotherGunner]

Holy Shit, I had no idea Korea had more than just the Vistar!  Termis, this is outstanding.  Thanks for sharing!

[shubibiman]

Didn't the Caravan Taikai take place in many countries in Asia such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei and Korea?

[csgx1]

Great info and scans on Korean systems.  Makes me want a Vistar even more now. 

[Necromancer]

Thanks for all the info. on the Korean stuff, Termis. 

[Windy]

awesome info! Im going to print and kick it to my Korean friend who is going to Korea next visit in April not that she will find one but worth a try.