PC Engine Shuttle

[wilsonw111]

ok,, guys, I've never heard anyone talking about the PC Engine Shuttle... What is it... what's the dif with the other consoles ?? I gotta say it's the worse looking one


heehee
 

[SpaceRunaway]

The Shuttle is the simplified, marketed to children version of the PC Engine.  It didn't have the expansion port, and was therefore incompatible with any of the CD attachments.

I don't know, I think it's kind of neat looking.  I don't think I'd ever pick one up, but its a look more pleasing to look at than the Supergrafx.

*ducks*

[wilsonw111]

hahah talking about Super Grafx,, picked up one 1 day ago,, and I'm just in love with it..haha, 15 year old machine.. =)

The Shuttle is the simplified, marketed to children version of the PC Engine.  It didn't have the expansion port, and was therefore incompatible with any of the CD attachments.

I don't know, I think it's kind of neat looking.  I don't think I'd ever pick one up, but its a look more pleasing to look at than the Supergrafx.

*ducks*

[Necromancer]

SpaceRunaway pretty well explained it, but I'll add that its batwing controller looks cool.  I haven't used one though, so I can't say if it's comfortable to hold.

[SuperDeadite]

What I really hate about the shuttle is its length.  Its about twice the size of a normal PC-Engine/Core Grapfx.  Why NEC? WHY??

[Necromancer]

Because bigger is always better (just ask the ladies).

Good question though, and why the heck did they remove part of the expansion bus?  Pretty dumb idea to discourage people from buying accessories.

[Turbo D]

I'm pretty sure it has some sort of expansion, just an odd shaped one that didn't connect to any cd peripherals. I do know that there is some sort of av booster or tenokoe for it out there.

[nat]

The Shuttle is awesome looking. I would buy one in a second.

[Nintega Turbine Trio-CBS]

I would have bought one if it has a CD port. What a shame. I love the design. 

I'd stick with either a Core Grafx, Super Grafx, or a Duo.

[ccovell]

I think NEC had no idea what they were doing with the PC-Engine line.  They obviously thought they should be like Toyota and release several different models of the PCE at different price ranges, but rather than give people "choices" like in a car, it confused them and diluted the PCE's strength and presence in the market.

They were similarly stupid in America, releasing the Turbo at almost exactly the same price as the PCE was released at in Japan, including the overpriced accessories like the Backup Booster / TurboBooster Plus or Multitap.  This might have been fine in bubble-economy reefer madness Japan, but did not translate well to price-conscious America.

Poor Hudson, having to contractually fawn over the hardware convolutions that NEC blundered up.  As always in this type of discussion, I'm happy to point out the PCE 'scene's reaction to the SGX, Shuttle, etc:

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/sgxreactions.html     

[nat]

http://www.disgruntleddesigner.com/chrisc/sgxreactions.html     

Great page, Chris.

Somehow I'd missed that one in the past.

[Keranu]

Some people to have a SERIOUS hate for the Shuttle's design and I never understood why! I think it looks awesome as all hell.

[Black Tiger]

The Shuttle is awesome, especially the tinted hatch you open to insert a HuCard.

[Keranu]

The Shuttle is awesome, especially the tinted hatch you open to insert a HuCard.

Yes! The tinted hatch is my favorite part!

[shubibiman]

Thanks for that link, Chris, it's really interesting!