History of the Amazing PC Engine! [Book II]

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  @daniloberserk · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m one of the very, VERY few who had the lucky to play PC Engine in Brazil. My aunt had a japanese friend named Taba, who was flying back to Japan and he gave us his PC Engine with some games. It stayed on my grandma&apos;s and everytime I was there, I&apos;ve played, it was my &quot;first console&quot;. It was about 1996.<br><br>Damn, those SHMUPS was BRUTAL to me as a kid! And of course, I couldn&apos;t understand japanese (I couldn&apos;t even understand english, but at least I could read menus and such for some games, like Bomberman 93).<br><br>My grandma played a shit ton of Bomberman 93, and she finished the game almost everyday without losing a single life! When she actually died in the game, she just turn off the console as she loved the remote bomb control and couldn&apos;t stand playing without it.<br><br>Damn.. Growing up playing things like R-Type, Image Fight, Side Arms, Cybercore, Barunba, Lode Runner, Space Harrier, F1 Circus 91, Final Soldier. It was brutal lmao! Most games didn&apos;t even have an password system or something, and since I couldn&apos;t play all the time, or leave the console on, it was almost impossible to finish those bastards. Funny thing is, no one I&apos;ve ever met here know about this console, or games, or whatever, so I couldn&apos;t share or talk about it. Since it was in my grandma&apos;s house, it was quite rare for some friends to go there. I was very young and many of then lived way to far. Some people even didn&apos;t believed in me when I talked about this console. The luxury to have pictures was expensive.<br><br>I only rediscovered it again in 2004 when I&apos;ve finally had internet connection and dig the info in the internet that this console was called PC Engine (I know this was printed on the console, but it seemed like an generic name at the time, and mine was the Core Grafx II, who had the bold CORE printed on the console, and I thought that was the actual name of the console). Then, I remember when I&apos;ve found the Magic Engine emulator and damn, that was a moment of realization. Having the opportunity to play then again was great! But I STILL couldn&apos;t finish most games without abusing save states!<br><br>I still have it to this day, it&apos;s plugged in an CRT screen with an flashcart nowadays with some other retro consoles. I thought it was broken for many years, as a technician said to me. But for my surprise, one day I&apos;ve tried an Mega Drive (Genesis) power supply and it worked! I was happy AF.

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• BI

  @BigJuffer · 5 years ago

  Wow you didn&apos;t disappoint with part 2, and props for the production values, there&apos;s so much work gone into this video! Amazing stuff :)

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• DR

  @dryker7085 · 4 years ago

  Literally, the only Youtube channel I watch content of over and over again, because no one captures it better. It doesn&apos;t hurt that I was a TG16 kid by choice. Played all the consoles at the time, but I knew what I wanted, and never regretted a second.

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• WI

  @winstonpendarvis9943 · 4 years ago

  I watch and i am a fan of sega lord x but i give you your respect because you put time and childhood emotions into the production as well. When you talk about retro games and consoles you really take me back in my days of real gaming. I miss getting together with friends to compete with each other physically, face to face, shoulder to shoulder while talking trash to each other. Wow🤔 i miss my childhood gaming days, they were the best. Thank you so much for your hard work and keep the retro gaming coming. Im a mega sega genesis fan and turbographx 16 also.👍🏿

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• CH

  @chriscalvert4609 · 5 years ago

  Beautiful. Absolutely amazing. I had to watch it three times in a row. You can tell these are passion projects. Thank you, Junkie, for creating such emotionally-stirring videos!

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• CR

  @CrossoverGameReviews · 5 years ago

  The documentary by itself was enough for me to watch, but those little skits made this video ten times more awesome. I loved them!

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• JE

  @jeanpaulchen44 · 5 years ago

  This channel is soooo good. Just checked on my cookie-free work computer, when you type in “shmup” on Youtube, “junkie” will be the first autofill suggestion. Congrats, well deserved!

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• CL

  @ClockedIt · 5 years ago

  Since discovering your channel and having a PC Engine Mini for a recent birthday, I&apos;ve been utterly blown away by this console. I knew all about it at the time, but like many kids back then, you couldn&apos;t have every console and I settled with my Megadrive and SNES, but man, the PC Engine is proving to me that it could easily stand toe to toe with those systems in many areas. Great video, your passion and knowledge shines through.

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• AC

  @actionhanz3420 · 5 years ago

  This, the Compile history and your PCE Mini review are your best videos imo. They are just oozing with love and care :D

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• CH

  @Chinopolis · 5 years ago

  Hard to believe you&apos;ve only been at this for a year, you&apos;ve outdone yourself with this one. &nbsp;These videos this a whole world of shmups that I would have completely overlooked otherwise, &nbsp;I eagerly look forward to giving them a go.

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• MI

  @midiriots · 5 years ago

  A BIIIIIG SHOUTOUT TO @ShmupJunkie FOR THIS SPECIAL EPISODE!! THIS IS HIGH QUALITY CONTENT! THIS IS FUN! THIS IS HISTORY!<br>Thank you for your passion...and the talent of guiding all generations through the golden video game era with your on point made videos!!💜<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/retro">#retro</a>

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• TY

  @tygrus3495 · 5 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh-pXInZeNc&amp;t=787">13:07</a> The Narcs: &quot;Keep moving, nothing to see here&quot; : )

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