Obscure PC Engine hardware

[Necromancer]

I meant pics of the develo box, by the way.  I can do without pics of your rolfee hardened nether bits.

[esteban]

Thanks for the pics henrycsc, and that poster you did is great although its the items not on there that I really would love to see... the stuff that didn't really get sold in great volumes or no-one has really seen before.

I have been trying to track down some of the PC Engine hardware that was released in France, so far all I have manage to find is a boxed controller...

That pad has a crazy amount of "ribbing" bas-relief (for lack of a better term for all the ridges in the mold).

Tell me more about this controller!

Was it a generic controller, or specifically for PCE?

Was it just a branded version of a third-party (or Chinese) PCE pad?

[rcantor77]

Sorry the picture is nto great so here is another, as it is actually grey not black...


Sodipeng made this who had the distribution rights in France for the Core Grafx, Super Grafx and GT that got released there, so this considered an officially licensed product. There is also a Multitap that they did that looks like the Turbo Tap.

[rcantor77]

And here is a better image of the Multitap they did...

[Necromancer]

The controller is pretty cool looking, like what Giger would design, but they f*cked up with the 'start' button.

[Punch]

Yeah I didn't notice the START and B A labels... I don't know what to think about the Sodipeng controller, it has a cool design but it looks cheap at the same time.

[Necromancer]

Stupid Frenchies.  What button do you press to deploy the white flag?

[mickcris]

I wonder if they designed that for the NES and then just didn't bother to change it

[esteban]

I never knew about the Sodipeng controllers and multitap.. Pretty neat.

[deubeul]

Sodipeng distributed The PcE in France (PcE, CgX1, SGX, CD-rom², GT, Duo and Duo-R, and maybe the SCD but I'm frankly not sure about this one), but it wasn't an official importation (Nec even published a disclaimer in french vidogames magazine because peoples were calling them for after sale services)

That's why the prices were pretty high at the beginning, Sodipeng bought consoles in HK, RGB modded them for 100% compatibility with (f*cking) SECAM TVs, added a 220V french plug AC adapter, and had to make their profit margin after all that.

The Sodipad and Soditap were Sodipeng's own cheap accessories manufactured without Nec's agreement,  wich only purpose was to shortcut the HK seller.

But Shubibiman could talk about this better than me, he made a great investigation on Sodipeng for the Vol2 of "La bible Pc Engine". And he's better than me in English.

[esteban]

Sodipeng distributed The PcE in France (PcE, CgX1, SGX, CD-rom², GT, Duo and Duo-R, and maybe the SCD but I'm frankly not sure about this one), but it wasn't an official importation (Nec even published a disclaimer in french vidogames magazine because peoples were calling them for after sale services)

That's why the prices were pretty high at the beginning, Sodipeng bought consoles in HK, RGB modded them for 100% compatibility with (f*cking) SECAM TVs, added a 220V french plug AC adapter, and had to make their profit margin after all that.

The Sodipad and Soditap were Sodipeng's own cheap accessories manufactured without Nec's agreement,  wich only purpose was to shortcut the HK seller.

But Shubibiman could talk about this better than me, he made a great investigation on Sodipeng for the Vol2 of "La bible Pc Engine". And he's better than me in English.

Thank you

Who were the key people running Sodipeng? Have there been any interviews with them?

It is fascinating.

[Arkhan]

I forgot to take a picture.  I'll try and remember when I get home.   I'm kind of lazy about cameras.

[xelement5x]

Thanks for the pics henrycsc, and that poster you did is great although its the items not on there that I really would love to see... the stuff that didn't really get sold in great volumes or no-one has really seen before.

I have been trying to track down some of the PC Engine hardware that was released in France, so far all I have manage to find is a boxed controller...

That pad has a crazy amount of "ribbing" bas-relief (for lack of a better term for all the ridges in the mold).

Tell me more about this controller!

Was it a generic controller, or specifically for PCE?

Was it just a branded version of a third-party (or Chinese) PCE pad?

I've been told that ladies like ribbing on products. 

Arkhan would know though

[shonenx]

i love how many controllers and sticks came out for the PCE but not much else in 3rd party accessories. So weird.

[Arkhan]

The picture was boring.  It's just a box.  So, I fixed it.





f*ck yeah Valis/FF crossover bestiality finisher mode.