Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] CD-ROM System

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:13:53 +0000

Check out this interesting documentary in the hudson soft factory,where they work for the PC Engine Super CD Rom2 in 1989!

Truly beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDgEMeubib4&feature=related

By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Tengai Makyō Ziria @ Magweasel

[I ♥ The PC Engine] Tengai Makyō Ziria @ Magweasel — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:35:46 +0000

[...] along with the later Ys I/II, established the PC Engine CD-ROM² System as a truly viable game platform in Japan. It’s the first RPG ever released on the CD-ROM [...]

By: To Moon

To Moon — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:14:22 +0000

Well .. everyone has their own opinion, and should be respected, you have your say Benjamin,and others have theirs.

especially since all that has been said by me, and many others is all absolutely true!

It is not a matter of fanaticism, but of objectivity in ‘sets out the facts for what they are relaente!

Let me give you an example, I own the PC Engine CD-Rom, and I like a lot, but still I say the truth about his great defects!

There are some great games on the PC Engine CD-Rom,but this game could do the same identical on the PC Engine.
The CD-Rom, PC Engine sound excluded, did not add anything in terms of pure performance!

Unlike the Mega CD instead, games that could make the Mega Drive could not possibly do, for reasons outlined by other blogers.

This is the bitter truth, and should not be offended.

Greetings Benjamin.:-)

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:44:37 +0000

I just wanted to say that this was an amazing article. I learned quite a few things about the PCE that I didn’t know. More interesting though, were the bits of background information that you added. For example, putting the price of the system in contrast with the economic bubble. Anyhow, nice work.

And to the Sega fans, give it a break! Who fucking cares?

By: To Moon

To Moon — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:50:08 +0000

I never understood what it was serve for the PC Engine-CDROM as well as improving sound does not improve anything!
No many speed,no many memory,no many color,no additional CPU,no FMV for the reasons already explained and we all know,never custom chip(CPU),no 3D graphic.

In short summing up everything that made the PC Engine Super CD-Rom could do very well on PC Engine!!!
At this point a question comes to mind …..

Why does the NEC created this Add-on?….
And it was also very expensive!

His expensive price does not justify only to improve the sound!

NO COMMENT!!!

By: HTR-S

HTR-S — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:17:18 +0000

The FMV was not the only characteristic feature hardware additional technique, in spite of the PC Engine CDRom!

Everybody look what he was capable of doing the Mega CD/Sega CD with its ASIC chips.
UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80dODWdj9I

The PC Engine CDRom unfortunately could dream this kind of performance!

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:53:44 +0000

John H.says:[...]A surprising amount of console partisanship here in the comments. I guess old fights die hard.[...]

WHAT???……

By: John H.

John H. — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:38:07 +0000

A surprising amount of console partisanship here in the comments. I guess old fights die hard.

By: Final CdRom

Final CdRom — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:05:38 +0000

The video decoding of the Mega CD for the FMV was done by software using codecs built Cinepack/Truvideo with hardware enablement for the receipt of the software and all hardware on the overwhelming support from the video memory proper 6Mbit.

The PC Engine Super CDRom2 dont have:
1)a decoding video sistem.
2)Ram Video (memory) too low…
3)processor speed 7.Mhz too low…
4)transfer speed from CD ROM too loww…(150Kb/s for second)this latter point linked to the second point the ram video.

Even the Neo Geo CD and Mega CD has a CD ROM to 150kb/s transfer data But the latter have a much higher video memory.

516Kbi respectively for the Neo Geo CD,And well 6Mbit for the Mega CD.

By: deep

deep — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:59 +0000

There are some internet examples demos of attempts by the PC Engine CD Rom conversion of Mega CD titles,exemple,ax 101, Novastorm,and even the masterpiece Silpheed. And more….but the result is disastrous!
The PC Engine CD Rom was not the proper hardware to convert games of that caliber.
Not only did not have FMV hardware, but the speed of its CPU 7.00Mhz,vs.12.5Mhz by Mega CD was not quite enough to guarantee an acceptable framerate.
Be noted that the Mega CD had at his disposal than two CPU 16Bit processor,VS one hybrid architecture 8 / 16bit by PC Engine CD Rom.
Summing up of the Mega CD and the PC Engine CD there is an abyss which sees favorite Mega CD,as clearly and unambiguously superior hardware!
In my opinion, a comparison in this sense was not even done,there is too much difference,and disparity!
Bye ….:)