Pc engine on par technically with snes / genesis ?

[esteban]

That's mystic formula.

 http://pc-engine.emuunlim.org/mystic/mystic_formula.htm

Visually a rather nice game, bur lacks some pepp and good gameplay imo.

Wow, I played that game awhile back, I guess it never really sunk in on how nice it looked!

Mythic Formula looks and plays nice in some parts, but there are many segments of the game that are not particularly great/impressive.

But who cares about the aesthetics when the game itself SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ENGAGING.  I agree with the person who said Mystic Formula was lacking "pep"... it is a damn, shame, too. The cinemas seem nicely done (from what I remember).

DISCLAIMER: This game was on my " want" list for years, so I may be somewhat critical/tough on it.

[roflmao]

This thread is win.

[Gillian Seed]

  Though I would probably say my favorites for exclusives would be 1st the SNES, 2nd Mega Drive and very VERY close 3rd the PCE.

 

Blasphemer

But it ranked very high conidering you have absolute no nostalgic feelings for it. So I would assume, that PCE would be your absolute #1 if you had it back in time.

I'm actually someone who has no nostalgia toward any of the 3. I *get ready for this* skipped out on the 16-bit gen. I owned only a NES until the 32/64-bit gen, and only played mostly Genesis and some SNES at friend's places. I finally got a SNES when I was 15 by trading a friend for my PSOne, a Genesis was given to me on my 17th birthday by my now sister-in-law, and I've only owned a PC Engine Duo for about a year and a half.

For me personally, I actually like the PC Engine the most. I also have to admit a lot of the reason for it being my favourite is how much more interesting the console is itself. All the hardware variations, the HuCard format, the great CD sound and cutscenes. How can you not be a fan of the console?

[Tatsujin]

Some peeps are not a fan of PCE for pure jaleousy reasons.
Just talked to one recently.

[MottZilla]

Some people aren't fans of PCE cause they just don't know it exists. I had never heard of the TG16 or PCE until around 2000 or so when emulation was getting popular. Or perhaps they just don't know about some of the amazing games that were made for it. I imagine perhaps one of the most well known games would be Castlevania Dracula X. One of my favorites is Lords of Thunder. However I have no idea how or when I found out about it. It may have been from stumbling across a Turbo DUO promo video that featured it.

[Gillian Seed]

I was really young at the time (I'm only as old as Sonic the Hedgehog ), but I know I didn't know much about the TG-16/PCE until about the same time as well. The only thing I really remember about the TG-16 from the 90s' are seeing Bonk ads in magazines and wanting to play it. I don't know if the media just didn't pay it enough attention or if I just skimmed through everything that wasn't a mascot (pretty sure this isn't true though, since I played many games back then).

[EvilEvoIX]

This thread is hilarious.

[EvilEvoIX]

So..., care to tell us in English which games the screenshots come from?

I recognize 7 of those, and a couple more seem somewhat familiar, but I would appreciate knowing which games go with which screenshots.

Unlike you, I have an internet connection. Therefore, I own all the games, therefore I have played all the games, therefore I know all about all the games, including all of the ones like Super Zelda 3, Super Mario Bro IV, Super Ninja Boy, Super Secret of the Stars, Super Darius Twins, Super Earthbound, Super Pit Fighters, Super Unicycles, Super Street Kombat, Super Drankon and Super Dragon Slayers I, -which show the limitations of the SNES hardware. If the hardware wasn't so limited, then these games WOULD NOT exist. This is indisputable proof than even fanboys can't deny.

I personally feel that the SNES is like a Super charged 2600 and sits on the boarder between Odyssey and real 16-bit consoles like  Intellivision. The thing required a freaking SATELLITE upgrade just to keep up with real video game systems, let alone all of the gun upgrades, mouse upgrades, etc. It has more hardware revisions than any console ever released and is impossible for real people to figure out.

This guy is speaking my LANGUAGE!!!!  The SNES actually did have some sort of Satellite upgrade in Japan.  Most of us knew about the Satellaview, but it just produced more fake sprites.

[Tatsujin]

This thread is hilarious.

This dude is hilarious.