PCE latecomers

[vestcoat]

I forget what topic it was in, but somebody recently posted a list of all the posthumously released PCE games from 95-99.  Could somebody link to the thread again or repost the list?  Also, where did the list come from?  I'm curious because there were games on there that aren't listed at pcecp.com (like Quest of Jongmaster and Dead of the Brain).  Why aren't these games listed at pcecp?

[PC Gaijin]

Quest of Jongmaster is listed as Jong Shin Densetsu. Dead of the Brain is listed as...Dead of the Brain 1 & 2. They're both there.

[vestcoat]

Quest of Jongmaster is listed as Jong Shin Densetsu. Dead of the Brain is listed as...Dead of the Brain 1 & 2. They're both there.

Sure nuff, there Quest of Jongmaster is.  Thanks.

However, I did a search for Dead of the Brain 2 weeks ago and I swear to god it was no where on that site....but, I guess it is now.

At any rate, some one did post a sweet list of all those final games complete with the date, or at least the year, they were released.  Anyone remember what I'm talking about?

[SignOfZeta]

I remember that thread, but I don't remember enough about it to tell you how to find it.

I'm curious as to why you say, "posthumously". The original thread had something to do with games released post-Sapphire, but is there some sort of of official "death of the PCE" date that I don't know about?

[vestcoat]

I remember that thread, but I don't remember enough about it to tell you how to find it.

I'm curious as to why you say, "posthumously". The original thread had something to do with games released post-Sapphire, but is there some sort of of official "death of the PCE" date that I don't know about?

Hell yeah!  The TG16 and a posse of TurboBoosters kicked the PCE's ass and gave it a curbie back in '95.  What rock have you been under?


I don't know, I just thought it was...you know, dead.

[Kaminari]

You could say the PC Engine "officially" died in December 1995, after Hudson released their last game for the system (Seiya Monogatari).

[SignOfZeta]

Nah, not when NEC of all people eventually released the last game.

To me, personally, a system is dead when the last officially licensed piece of software is released. The Neo finally died with...SamSho5 Special (or whatever it was), the PCE died with Dead of the Brain, the Dreamcast seems to have died with Under Defeat, but you can never be certain when a game is in fact "the last game" (see: the last 10 DC releases).

Of course this theory gets a bit hazy when you consider machines that weren't %100 dependent on official releases in this first place. Is the MSX dead? The 2600? The NES certainly is. Very fuzzy.

[Black Tiger]

Nah, not when NEC of all people eventually released the last game.

To me, personally, a system is dead when the last officially licensed piece of software is released. The Neo finally died with...SamSho5 Special (or whatever it was), the PCE died with Dead of the Brain, the Dreamcast seems to have died with Under Defeat, but you can never be certain when a game is in fact "the last game" (see: the last 10 DC releases).

Of course this theory gets a bit hazy when you consider machines that weren't %100 dependent on official releases in this first place. Is the MSX dead? The 2600? The NES certainly is. Very fuzzy.

So all the PCE needs to reclaim the longest running console crown is to have another 'officially' release game?

[Kaminari]

Very fuzzy.

That's a way of putting things. Personally, I don't consider "NEC" (NEC HE, NEC Avenue, Hunex, InterChannel) to be the reference developer of the PCE. It never was. And when the genuine designer of the system (Hudson) decides that it's time to call it quits, you know the "official" time of decease has been pronounced. In my book, that was eleven years ago.

[GUTS]

I have to agree with Zeta on this one, the official death of a system is when the last "Official" piece of software is released.  No homebrew or self published shit, it has to be an officially licensed game.

[Keranu]

I also go by the last "official" software released, but I fully support homebrew and am glad to see consoles still living because of it.

[Odonadon]

The system is dead when the manufacturer is no longer producing new units.  Discontinued = dead.

However, thanks to homebrew and whatnot, gaming on the system will live on.

OD

[SignOfZeta]

The system is dead when the manufacturer is no longer producing new units.  Discontinued = dead.

However, thanks to homebrew and whatnot, gaming on the system will live on.

OD

First of all, those two sentences contradict each other. Secondly, I disagree with the first sentence. That would have placed the death of the Neo Geo quite a bit earlier. Probably around 1997 or so. I can't remember when they actually stopped making AES units but it was at least five years before the final game was released.

[nodtveidt]

What a pathetic way to go out though...SS5 was the worst SS game ever made, toppling even SS3 in terms of raw suckage. But then again, everything with the Eolith or Playmore label on it was pretty much guaranteed to suck anyways...

[GUTS]

What was wrong with the last Samurai game?  I thought 5 Special or Zero or whatever they called it was awesome, I mean the game was feeling quite dated by then but I didnt notice anything about it that made it worse than than the others.