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PC Genjin — the name is a double pun: PC Engine and Pithecanthropus Computerus. Hudson Soft built this 1989 platformer as the

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure)

PC原人

Platform · 1989

PC Genjin — Bonk's Adventure in North America — is the platformer that Hudson Soft built to be the PC Engine's answer to…

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Five players, one TV, no CPU opponents allowed. Bomberman (PC Engine, 1990) invented the party game genre — and required a ro

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bomberman

ボンバーマン

Action / Maze · 1990

Bomberman for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, released in December 1990, is the version of Bomberman that turned a single…

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500 million yen development budget in 1992 — possibly history first AAA game. Tengai Makyou II (PC Engine, Japan-only), score Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru

天外魔境II 卍MARU

Role-playing game · 1992

Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru (1992) is the most ambitious RPG ever produced for the PC Engine, and by some measures one o…

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Voice acting and animated cutscenes in 1989 — on a game disc. Ys I & II (PC Engine, 1989) was the first CD-ROM RPG in North A Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ys I & II

イースI・II

Action role-playing game · 1989

Yuzo Koshiro was nineteen when he wrote the music for Ys on a Japanese home computer in 1987. He had left Nihon Falcom b…

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Never once officially released abroad despite 20 million copies sold. Super Momotaro Dentetsu (1989, PC Engine) — Hudson's ra

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Super Momotaro Dentetsu

スーパー桃太郎電鉄

Board game / Party · 1989

Super Momotaro Dentetsu (1989) is the PC Engine entry in Hudson Soft's beloved board game series — a game about travelli…

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Koji Igarashi — later director of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night — worked the scenario. Tokimeki Memorial (1994, PC Engin Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Tokimeki Memorial

ときめきメモリアル

Dating simulation · 1994

Released on May 27, 1994, Tokimeki Memorial is the game that established the dating simulation genre in Japan and ignite…

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Gainax made Evangelion one year after this. Princess Maker 2 (PC Engine, 1994) — raise a girl from 10 to 18, 30+ endings. Jap Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Princess Maker 2

プリンセスメーカー2

Life simulation · 1994

Released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² on September 30, 1994, Princess Maker 2 is the definitive version of Gainax's i…

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Japan-only until 2007. Rondo of Blood (PC Engine, 1993) — Konami's direct prequel to Symphony of the Night, with CD voice act Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻

Action Platformer · 1993

Released in 1993 exclusively in Japan, Rondo of Blood is widely regarded as the finest game in the classic Castlevania s…

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Banned in multiple countries for its gore, it got a faithful home port anyway. Splatterhouse (PC Engine, 1990) — Namco horror Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Splatterhouse

スプラッターハウス

Beat 'em Up / Horror Action · 1990

Released in 1990, the PC Engine port of Splatterhouse brought Namco's horror arcade brawler into living rooms with remar…

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Ex-Technosoft staff swapped the sound chip for a full CD. Gate of Thunder (1992, PC Engine CD) — hard-rock shmup with a sound Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Gate of Thunder

ゲート・オブ・サンダー

Shoot 'em Up · 1992

Released in 1992, Gate of Thunder was the first shoot 'em up developed specifically for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² form…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Soldier Blade

ソルジャーブレイド

Shoot 'em up · 1992

Released in 1992, Soldier Blade is the fourth entry in Hudson Soft's Star Soldier series and one of the finest vertical …

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Buy two HuCards to play one complete game. R-Type on PC Engine (1988) sold a million copies anyway — the most arcade-faithful Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

R-Type

R-TYPE

Shoot 'em up / Side-scrolling shooter · 1988

R-Type for PC Engine is the 1988 home conversion of Irem's landmark 1987 arcade shoot 'em up, ported by Hudson Soft. Due…

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Winds of Thunder (1993, PC Engine) used its entire CD for heavy metal, not cutscenes. Gaming's most committed soundtrack choi Uncommon ▶

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Lords of Thunder

ウィンズ・オブ・サンダー

Shoot 'em up / Action · 1993

Masamune Shirow drew the manga Ghost in the Shell. After he finished it, he painted the box art for a PC Engine shooting…

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Three tables scrolling as one unbroken board — no transitions. Devil's Crush (PC Engine, 1990): Compile's gothic demonic pinb Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Devil's Crush

デビルクラッシュ

Pinball / Action · 1990

Devil's Crush — known in Japan as Devil Crash — is the 1990 PC Engine pinball-action game developed by Compile and publi…

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Kojima left Act 3 unfinished in 1988. Snatcher (PC Engine CD, 1992) — Japan-only. The first version to finally close the cybe Rare

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Snatcher

スナッチャー

Cyberpunk adventure / Visual novel · 1992

Snatcher for PC Engine CD-ROM² — known as the 'CD-ROMantic' edition — is the 1992 cyberpunk adventure game created by Hi…

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Hudson never hid it: Neutopia (PC Engine, 1989) is openly Zelda-inspired — the adventure TurboGrafx-16 owners needed. Differe

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Neutopia

ニュートピア

Action / Adventure · 1989

Neutopia (1989) is Hudson Soft's earnest attempt to bring a Zelda-style action-adventure to the PC Engine. Widely discus…

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Publisher Palsoft bankrupt at launch. Magical Chase (1991, PC Engine) — built by the Ogre Battle team, scored by Sakimoto. On Ultra Rare

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Magical Chase

マジカルチェイス

Horizontal Shooter · 1991

Magical Chase (1991) is one of the rarest and most visually stunning shooters on the PC Engine, starring Ripple the appr…

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One of the playable ships is an actual PC Engine console that fires HuCards. Star Parodier (PC Engine CD, 1992) — Hudson's se Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Star Parodier

スターパロジャー

Vertical Shooter · 1992

Star Parodier (1992) is Hudson's self-aware parody of its own Star Soldier vertical shooter series, replacing the hard s…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Dungeon Explorer

ダンジョンエクスプローラー

Action RPG · 1989

Dungeon Explorer (1989) is one of the earliest home console games to support up to five simultaneous players in cooperat…

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Puyo Puyo creator 'Moo' Niitani directed Blazing Lazers / Gunhed (PC Engine, 1989) — Hudson and Compile co-developed, zero sl Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Blazing Lazers

ガンヘッド

Vertical Shooter · 1989

Co-developed by Hudson Soft and Compile — the studio behind Zanac and the Puyo Puyo series, led by Masamitsu 'Moo' Niita…

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Only ~12 games ever used the Arcade Card expansion. Japan-only. Ultra Rare

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Sapphire: Ginga Fukei Densetsu

銀河婦警伝説サファイア

Vertical Shooter · 1995

Released in November 1995 as the PC Engine's lifespan neared its end, Sapphire is simultaneously one of the most technic…

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Wargames belonged to PCs. Hudson put a hex grid on TV — Nectaris (PC Engine, 1989), lunar turn-based strategy. Predated Fire Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Military Madness

ネクタリス

Turn-Based Strategy · 1989

Released in February 1989, Nectaris was one of the earliest hexagonal turn-based strategy games to appear on a home cons…

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Falcom licensed Ys IV to two studios at once. Hudson's Dawn of Ys (PC Engine CD, 1993) — voice acting, animation — is the ver Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys

イースIV ザ・ドーン・オブ・イース

Action RPG · 1993

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² exclusive entry in Falcom's celebrated action RPG series — a title …

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Ryuichi Sakamoto walked into Hudson uninvited to offer his music. Tengai Makyou Ziria (1989, PC Engine) — world first CD-ROM

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Tengai Makyō: Ziria

天外魔境 ZIRIA

RPG · 1989

Released on June 30, 1989, Tengai Makyō: Ziria is widely recognised as the world's first RPG on CD-ROM media. Exploiting…

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Players memorised spawn timings to the frame for the 2-minute mode. Super Star Soldier (1990, PC Engine) — Japan's original c

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Super Star Soldier

スーパースターソルジャー

Shooter · 1990

Released in 1990, Super Star Soldier is the PC Engine entry in Hudson Soft's celebrated Star Soldier shooter series, and…

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PC Engine version runs faster than the arcade original, dividing fans to this day. Ninja Spirit (1990, PC Engine) — Irem's sh

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ninja Spirit

最後の忍道 NINJA SPIRIT

Action · 1990

Originally an arcade game by Irem in 1988, Ninja Spirit was ported to the PC Engine in 1990 and became one of the platfo…

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Sold 400,000 copies at PC Engine launch. Legendary Axe (1988) — a caveman action game where charging your axe mid-swing is th

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

The Legendary Axe

魔境伝説

Action-Platform · 1988

Released at the PC Engine's launch window in 1988, The Legendary Axe was one of the first games to show what the hardwar…

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Bonk the caveman, recast as a mohawked cyborg. EGM named Air Zonk their TurboGrafx-16 Game of the Year for 1992. Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Air Zonk

PCデンジン パンキックサイボーグ

Shooter · 1992

Released in 1992, Air Zonk is a horizontal shoot-'em-up spin-off of the Bonk series, reimagining the stone-age caveman h…

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Let the enemy capture your ship twice and you fly three at once. Galaga '88 (1988, PC Engine) — Namco's dimension-warping seq

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Galaga '88

ギャラガ'88

Shooter · 1988

Released for the PC Engine in 1988, Galaga '88 is Namco's ambitious sequel to the classic Galaga, expanding the fixed-sc…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

イースIII ワンダラーズ フロム イース

Action-RPG · 1991

Originally released for PC-8801 in 1989, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys received its definitive home version on PC Engine CD-…

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PC Engine's finest mascot game. Bonk's Revenge (1991) added a meat power system and ceiling-cling shortcuts that rewarded pla

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bonk's Revenge

PCくん2

Platform · 1991

Released in 1991, Bonk's Revenge is the sequel to the PC Engine's mascot platformer PC-Genjin (Bonk's Adventure), and wi…

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Tomohiro Nishikado designed Space Invaders. Thirteen years later he produced this PC Engine game, where the umbrella that blo Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III

パラソルスター

Action-platformer · 1991

Parasol Stars was built by Taito's Second Development Division together with Bits Laboratory, and the producer was Tomoh…

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The Western TurboGrafx-16 Mini included this but the Japanese PC Engine Mini did not. Salamander (1991, PC Engine) — Konami a

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Salamander

沙羅曼蛇

Scrolling Shooter · 1991

Salamander for PC Engine, released in December 1991, is a port of Konami's 1986 arcade shoot-em-up — the companion/spin-…

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Arcade Bravoman used pressure-sensitive buttons no home port could replicate. Bravoman (PC Engine, 1990) — a salaryman upgrad

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bravoman

超絶倫人ベラボーマン

Action Platformer · 1990

Bravoman — Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabōman in Japan — is an action platformer based on Namco's 1988 arcade game, following a s…

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Cotton doesn't want to save the world — she wants candy. 1993 PC Engine shooter starring a greedy witch voiced by Chibi Maruk Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

コットン ファンタスティック・ナイト・ドリームズ

Shoot 'em Up · 1993

Released in February 1993 for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM², Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a horizontal scrolling shoo…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Neutopia II

ニュートピアII

Action Adventure · 1991

Released in September 1991 as the sequel to Neutopia, Neutopia II is Hudson Soft's second instalment in their answer to …

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NEC published it, not Capcom — and Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (PC Engine, 1993) still beat most rival ports on a Hu

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Street Fighter II': Champion Edition

ストリートファイターII' チャンピオンエディション

Fighting · 1993

Released in June 1993, the PC Engine version of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition was remarkable for one reason above…

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Claim 75% of the screen while a boss hunts you. Volfied (1989, PC Engine) is the sci-fi sequel to Qix — Japan-only HuCard ter

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Volfied

ヴォルフィード

Action / Puzzle · 1989

Volfied is Taito's science-fiction successor to the classic territory-claiming game Qix. Players pilot a small spaceship…

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Capcom packed Champion Edition onto a single HuCard, barrel bonus and four bosses included. Street Fighter II' Dash (PC Engin

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Street Fighter II' Dash: Champion Edition

ストリートファイターII' ダッシュ チャンピオンエディション

Fighting · 1993

This PC Engine HuCard brought Capcom's Champion Edition to NEC's machine in June 1993, a notable feat for a console more…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Momotarou Densetsu Turbo

桃太郎伝説ターボ

Role-playing game · 1990

Momotarou Densetsu Turbo is Hudson Soft's PC Engine remake of the Famicom RPG Momotarou Densetsu, released in July 1990 …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bikkuriman World

ビックリマンワールド

Action / Platform RPG · 1987

Bikkuriman World is the PC Engine version of Westone's arcade action game Wonder Boy in Monster Land. Hudson Soft licens…

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Tarosuke dies before the player touches a button. Youkai Douchuuki (1988, PC Engine) — Japanese afterlife action with oni, te Uncommon

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Youkai Douchuuki

妖怪道中記

Action Platform · 1988

Youkai Douchuuki is a 1988 PC Engine action platformer in which the boy Tarosuke dies in the opening moments and must na…

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Cosmic Fantasy 2 for pc engine (1991) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Cosmic Fantasy 2

コズミック・ファンタジー2

role-playing video game · 1991

Cosmic Fantasy 2 is a 1991 role-playing video game for the pc engine, developed by Telenet Japan.…

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Cadash for pc engine (1991) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Cadash

カダッシュ

platform game · 1991

An hourglass in Cadash's shops bought a few more minutes of life, paid for in the gold you needed for armor. In the arca…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project

スプリガン mark2

horizontally scrolling shooter · 1992

Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project is a 1992 horizontally scrolling shooter for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM². Develope…

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Coryoon for pc engine (1991) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Coryoon

こりゅん

shoot 'em up · 1991

Coryoon is a 1991 shoot 'em up for the pc engine.…

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Fighting Street — the PC Engine release of 1988 by Alfa System for Hudson Soft. Its history, the people behind it, and what t

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fighting Street

ファイティング・ストリート

2D fighting game · 1988

Three men sat at the back of a Capcom board meeting sometime in the mid-1980s, smoking and bored out of their minds. Par…

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SimEarth (1990) brought the Gaia hypothesis to life: manage a planet across 4.5 billion years. James Lovelock advised on deve

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

SimEarth

シムアース

life simulation game · 1990

SimEarth is a 1990 life simulation game for the pc engine, developed by Maxis.…

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Capcom's 1987 WWII shoot-'em-up reached the PC Engine in 1991 — not as a straight port, but as '1943 Kai,' an enhanced Japan-

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

1943: The Battle of Midway

1943 ミッドウェイ海戦

shoot 'em up · 1991

1943: The Battle of Midway is Capcom's 1987 WWII vertical shoot-'em-up. Its PC Engine release (1991, Japan only) was an …

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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum for PC Engine CD (1992) — the most heavily reworked port, with char

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum

role-playing video game · 1992

Jon Van Caneghem spent three years programming the Apple II original. On January 24, 1992, five and a half years after h…

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Populous for PC Engine (1990) — the first god game, where you shape the land instead of commanding units. Peter Molyneux's ge

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Populous

Populous

real-time strategy · 1990

Released in 1989 for the Amiga and later ported to the PC Engine in 1990, Populous is credited as the first 'god game' —…

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J.J. & Jeff (PC Engine, 1990) — Hudson Soft's platform game. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese ori

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

J.J. & Jeff

カトちゃんケンちゃん

platform game · 1990

J.J. & Jeff is a platform game for the PC Engine (1990), from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of J…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Cyber Core

サイバーコア

shoot 'em up ·

Cyber Core — a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese originals.…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Mado King Granzort

魔動王グランゾート

Action · 1990

Mado King Granzort is a 1990 action for the pc engine, developed by Hudson Soft.…

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Bomberman '93 (PC Engine) — Hudson Soft's action game. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bomberman '93

ボンバーマン'93

action game ·

Bomberman '93 is a action game for the PC Engine, from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese…

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Kyūkyoku Tiger (PC Engine) — shoot 'em up. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Kyūkyoku Tiger

究極タイガー

shoot 'em up ·

Kyūkyoku Tiger — a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese originals.…

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Bomberman '94 (PC Engine) — Hudson Soft's action game. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bomberman '94

ボンバーマン'94

action game ·

Bomberman '94 is a action game for the PC Engine, from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese…

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Momotarō Katsugeki went on sale in Japan on September 21, 1990, from Hudson Soft — the PC Engine action game Akira Sakuma ins

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Momotarō Katsugeki

桃太郎活劇

platform game · 1990

Momotarō Katsugeki went on sale in Japan on September 21, 1990, and never left — Hudson made no overseas version, so eve…

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Majin Eiyūden Wataru (PC Engine) — Hudson Soft's action role-playing game. History, trivia, and what to know before buying th

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Majin Eiyūden Wataru

魔神英雄伝ワタル

action role-playing game ·

Majin Eiyūden Wataru is a action role-playing game for the PC Engine, from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum'…

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Dragon Spirit (PC Engine, 1988) — Namco's shoot 'em up. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Dragon Spirit

ドラゴンスピリット

shoot 'em up · 1988

Dragon Spirit is a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine (1988), from Namco. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japane…

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Fantasy Zone (PC Engine, 1988) — Sega's shoot 'em up. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fantasy Zone

ファンタジーゾーン

shoot 'em up · 1988

Fantasy Zone is a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine (1988), from Sega. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese…

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Altered Beast (PC Engine) — Sega's beat 'em up. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanese original.

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Altered Beast

獣王記

beat 'em up ·

Altered Beast is a beat 'em up for the PC Engine, from Sega. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese origin…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Super Momotarō Dentetsu II

スーパー桃太郎電鉄II

board game ·

Super Momotarō Dentetsu II is a board game for the PC Engine, from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record…

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Necromancer (PC Engine, 1988) — Namco's action role-playing game. History, trivia, and what to know before buying the Japanes

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Necromancer

ネクロマンサー

action role-playing game · 1988

Necromancer is a action role-playing game for the PC Engine (1988), from Namco. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Genpei Tōma Den

源平討魔伝

action game · 1990

Genpei Tōma Den is a action game for the PC Engine, from Namco. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese ori…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Space Harrier

スペースハリアー

Shoot em up · 1988

Space Harrier is a PC Engine game released in 1988, developed by NEC Avenue. It is a Shoot em up.…

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Art of Fighting (1994) for PC Engine CD-ROM² — SNK's fighting game ported by Hudson Soft, requiring the Arcade Card to run. U

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Art of Fighting

龍虎の拳

Fighting · 1994

Art of Fighting is a fighting game originally developed by SNK for Neo Geo (1992), ported to PC Engine CD-ROM² in 1994 b…

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Pac-Land (PC Engine, 1989) — Namco's 1984 arcade sequel replaced the maze with side-scrolling platforming. The PC Engine vers

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Pac-Land

パックランド

Platformer · 1989

Namco's 1984 arcade sequel replaced Pac-Man's maze with a side-scrolling walk home; the PC Engine version, released on 1…

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Shanghai (PC Engine) — the mahjong-tile solitaire Brodie Lockard built on a hospital-room PLATO terminal in 1981, which went

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Shanghai

上海

Puzzle · 1987

A mahjong-tile solitaire built in 1981 on a PLATO terminal by Brodie Lockard, published by Activision in 1986, and broug…

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F1 Circus (PC Engine, 1990) launched Nichibutsu's long-running Formula One series. Password saves, overhead racing, internati

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

F1 Circus

F1サーカス

Racing · 1990

F1 Circus was the first entry in Nichibutsu's long-running Formula One series, released on September 14, 1990 as a HuCAR…

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F1 Circus '91 (PC Engine, 1991) — Second entry in Nichibutsu's Japan-only F1 racing series. Top-down racing with fictional te

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

F1 Circus '91

F1サーカス'91

Racing · 1991

F1 Circus '91, released for the PC Engine on July 12, 1991, was the second entry in Nichibutsu's Japan-only F1 racing se…

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Human Entertainment's 1991 tennis simulation for PC Engine. Awarded 'Best PC Engine Game of 1991' by Power Play magazine. Fou

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Final Match Tennis

ファイナルマッチテニス

Sports · 1991

On July 17, 2000, Ryoji Amano answered his fans on the message board of A-Max, the Tokyo game studio he headed. Human En…

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Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout (PC Engine, 1991) — Masato Masuda's second Fire Pro entry, built on grappling simulation and timi

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fire Pro Wrestling: 2nd Bout

ファイヤープロレスリング 2nd BOUT

Sports · 1991

Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout, released in 1991 exclusively in Japan, was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in …

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Masato Masuda left Nintendo and created the timing-based grappling system that shaped all wrestling games. Fire Pro Wrestling

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fire Pro Wrestling: Combination Tag

ファイヤープロレスリング コンビネーションタッグ

Sports · 1989

Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag, released June 22, 1989, was designed by Masato Masuda, who had previously worked on …

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Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 (PC Engine, 1990) — Released six weeks before the 1990 World Cup in Italy. First in Human Ent

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90

フォーメーションサッカー ヒューマンカップ'90

Sports · 1990

Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 was released April 27, 1990, timed to coincide with the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.…

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Ganbare! Golf Boys (PC Engine, 1989) — Two courses, thirty-six holes, four-player multitap support. The second golf game on P

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Ganbare! Golf Boys

がんばれ！ゴルフボーイズ

Sports · 1989

Released March 28, 1989, Ganbare! Golf Boys was the second golf game on PC Engine that year. It featured two courses wit…

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Gaiflame (PC Engine, 1990) — Turn-based strategy game by Masaya/NCS, released January 26, 1990 on HuCard. Features strategic

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Guyframe

ガイフレーム

Strategy · 1990

Gaiflame (1990) for the PC Engine — a strategy game developed by Masaya, a subsidiary of Nippon Computer Systems (NCS). …

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Makai Hakkenden Shada (PC Engine, 1989) — Action-RPG based on Japan's longest classical novel. Password save means no battery

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Makai Hakkenden Shada

魔界八犬伝 シャダ

Action RPG · 1989

Makai Hakkenden Shada is an action-RPG based on Nansou Satomi Hakkenden, the longest novel in the history of Japanese li…

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Hudson Soft's 1990 wrestling game chose menus over reflexes. Command-based wrestling with four-stat growth system — PC Engine

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Maniac Pro Wrestling

マニアックプロレス

Sports · 1990

Released in May 1990, Maniac Pro Wrestling (full title: Maniac Pro-Wrestling: Ashita e no Tatakai) was a command-based w…

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Sengoku Mahjong (PC Engine, 1988) — The first mahjong game for the PC Engine. Twelve warlords settle territorial disputes acr

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Sengoku Mahjong

戦国麻雀

Mahjong · 1988

Sengoku Mahjong (1988) for the PC Engine, published by Hudson Soft.…

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Super Volleyball (PC Engine, 1990) — Video System's arcade volleyball port featuring side-view action with quick attacks, tim

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Super Volleyball

スーパーバレーボール

Sports · 1990

Released on February 7, 1990, Super Volleyball was Video System's arcade volleyball game ported to PC Engine. The game f…

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Momotaro Densetsu Turbo (PC Engine, 1990) — Enhanced HuCard remake of the Famicom RPG based on Japanese folklore. Supervised

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Momotaro Densetsu Turbo

桃太郎伝説ターボ

RPG · 1990

Momotaro Densetsu Turbo is an enhanced remake of the 1987 Famicom RPG Momotaro Densetsu, released by Hudson Soft for PC …

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Susanooh Densetsu (PC Engine, 1989) — A turn-based strategy RPG based on Go Nagai's Susano-o manga and the Shinto myth of the

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Susanoh Densetsu

凄ノ王伝説

Turn-based Strategy RPG · 1989

Susanoh Densetsu is a action rpg game for the PC Engine, released in Japan in 1989.…

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Takeda Shingen (PC Engine, 1989) — Eicom's port added RPG elements to Jaleco's 1988 arcade brawler. Experience points, money

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Takeda Shingen

武田信玄

Action · 1989

Takeda Shingen for PC Engine, published by Eicom on July 28, 1989, is a heavily reworked port of Jaleco's 1988 arcade be…

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The Kung Fu (PC Engine, 1987) — Hudson Soft's technical showcase featuring unprecedented full-screen character sprites for 8-

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

The Kung Fu

THE 功夫

Action · 1987

The Kung Fu, released by Hudson Soft in Japan on November 21, 1987, was renamed China Warrior for its 1989 North America…

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USA Pro Basketball (PC Engine, 1989) — Aicom's five-on-five basketball game with cutaway dunk scenes. Released in North Ameri

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

USA Pro Basketball

USAプロバスケットボール

Sports · 1989

USA Pro Basketball, published by Aicom in Japan on December 1, 1989, was released in North America the following year as…

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Winning Shot (PC Engine, 1989) — Data East's golf simulator and the first golf game released for the PC Engine. Features stro

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Winning Shot

ウィニングショット

Sports ·

Winning Shot is a golf game for the PC Engine, developed and published by Data East.…

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World Jockey (PC Engine, 1991) — Namco's horse racing game with four-player multi-tap support and enhanced PC Engine graphics

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

World Jockey

ワールドジョッキー

Sports · 1991

World Jockey is a horse racing game released by Namco for the PC Engine in Japan on September 20, 1991. Enhanced from th…

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R-Type I for PC Engine (1988) contains the first four stages of Irem's arcade shooter. HuCard storage limits forced the game

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

R-Type I

R-TYPE I

Shooter · 1988

R-Type I for PC Engine, published by Hudson Soft on March 25, 1988, contains only the first four stages of Irem's arcade…

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Designers: Hiroyuki Murakami and Hiroshi Ogawa. Under TEAM LOTUS SIDE: Peter Wright, Chris Murphy, Häkkinen, Herbert. PC Engi

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

F1 Circus Special: Pole to Win

F1サーカス・スペシャル ポール・トゥ・ウィン

Racing · 1992

F1 Circus Special: Pole to Win reached Japanese shops on June 26, 1992. On one side of its credit roll stand Hiroyuki Mu…

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Blodia (PC Engine, 1990) — Hudson's rolling-ball pipe puzzle on HuCARD Vol.25, adapted from a 1983 original by Manuel Constan

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Blodia

ブロディア

Puzzle · 1990

A sliding-tile puzzle for the PC Engine: rotate pipe pieces to carve a path so a rolling ball can reach the goal. Hudson…

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Yokai Dochuki (PC Engine, February 5 1988) — Namco’s first title for the PC Engine. Its five endings are decided by the final

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Yokai Dochuki

妖怪道中記

Action · 1988

A side-scrolling action game from Namco. A boy named Tarosuke is taken to the underworld in his sleep as punishment for …

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First-person boxing game by Naxat Soft (1989, PC Engine). Set in 20XX, fight clone boxers and a robotic final boss. Japan exc

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Digital Champ: Battle Boxing

デジタルチャンプ バトルボクシング

Boxing / Sports · 1989

Digital Champ: Battle Boxing is a first-person boxing game developed and published by Naxat Soft for the PC Engine in 19…

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Irem's Vigilante reached the PC Engine on January 14, 1989 — a HuCARD conversion of the 1988 arcade beat-'em-up set in downto

PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Vigilante

ビジランテ

Beat-'em-up / Action · 1989

Irem put Vigilante into arcades in February 1988, and Data East handled it in North America. Eleven months later, on 14 …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Cho Aniki

超兄貴

Shooter · 1992

Released in December 1992 for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM², Cho Aniki is a side-scrolling shooter built entirely around a…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

R-TYPE I + II

R-TYPE I + II

Shoot-em-up · 1988

Released in 1988 for the PC Engine, R-Type I + II brought Irem's arcade masterpiece home — split across two HuCards beca…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

The Legend of Xanadu

風の伝説ザナドゥ

Action RPG · 1994

The Legend of Xanadu is an action RPG released for PC Engine Super CD-ROM² in February 1994. Developed and published by …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

The Legend of Xanadu + Cyber Cross Set

ザ・レジェンド・オブ・ザナドゥ + サイバークロス セット

Action RPG Set · 1994

A bundle of two PC Engine games: The Legend of Xanadu (Super CD-ROM²), Falcom's first console-exclusive RPG released Feb…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

PCE Bomberman / Bomberman '93 / Bomberman '94

PCE Bomberman / Bomberman '93 / Bomberman '94

Action Maze · 1990

A collection of three Hudson Soft Bomberman titles for the PC Engine, released in consecutive Decembers between 1990 and…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Parodius Da! ~Shinwa kara Owarai e~

パロディウスだ! 〜神話から笑いへ〜

Shoot 'em up · 1992

Parodius Da! ~Shinwa kara Owarai e~ (From Myth to Laughter) was released for the PC Engine on February 21, 1992. The sec…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Gradius

グラディウス

Shoot 'em up · 1987

Released for the PC Engine in March 1987, Gradius brought Konami's arcade classic to home consoles with remarkable fidel…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Image Fight

イメージファイト

Vertical Scrolling Shooter · 1990

Released in 1990 for the PC Engine, Image Fight is a vertically scrolling shooter originally developed by Irem for arcad…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Fire Pro Wrestling 3: Legend Bout

ファイヤープロレスリング3 レジェンドバウト

Sports (Wrestling Simulation) · 1992

Fire Pro Wrestling 3: Legend Bout, released on November 13, 1992 for the PC Engine in Japan, is a professional wrestling…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Monster Pro Wrestling

モンスタープロレス

Wrestling · 1992

Monster Pro Wrestling (1992) is a turn-based wrestling game exclusive to the PC Engine featuring muscle-bound mutant cre…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Bonk's Adventure

PC原人

Platform · 1989

Released in December 1989 in Japan as PC Genjin and in 1990 in North America as Bonk's Adventure, this platformer was Hu…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

F1 Triple Battle

F1トリプルバトル

Racing · 1989

Released in December 1989, F1 Triple Battle was a Formula 1 racing game for the PC Engine. The screen splits three times…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

R-Type II

R-TYPE II

Horizontal Scrolling Shooter · 1988

Released in 1988 for PC Engine, R-Type II is not a sequel — it is the second half of the original R-Type arcade game. Hu…

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

After Burner II

アフターバーナーII

Combat Flight Simulator · 1990

Released exclusively in Japan on September 28, 1990, After Burner II for PC Engine was NEC Avenue's port of Sega's 1987 …

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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16

Shadow Land

妖怪道中記 (Yōkai Dōchūki)

Platform · 1987

Shadow Land (known in Japan as Yōkai Dōchūki) is a 1987 platform arcade game developed and published by Namco. The playe…

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