MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Shouldn't that say 'Famicom'?... Edit, vid added.

Sega even released games for the PC-Engine. Japan's videogame market was so much cooler than the US's. In the US, it was all about exclusives and keeping stuff off other consoles.

I miss the 8-bit days, but I think I had the most fun during the Playstation/Saturn era. There were some real gems to be had back then.

> > > Sacrilege!
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonk's_Adventure
> >
> > Bonk's Adventure is a 2D platform video game developed by Red Company and Atlus
> that
> > was released in 1989-1990 for the TurboGrafx-16. In Japan it was released as PC
> > Genjin (PC原人?) in 1989, a play on the Japanese name for the system,
> 'PC
> > Engine'. The game was re-released for the TurboGrafx-16 in the U.S. in 1992 on the
> > Gate of Thunder 4-in-1 game CD-ROM. The game was later ported to the NES, Game Boy,
> > Amiga, arcade systems under different titles (FC Genjin, GB Genjin and BC Genjin).
> It
> > is also available through Nintendo's Virtual Console service, on the PlayStation
> > Store and there is a version for mobile phones in Japan.
>
> because Japan.
>
>
> eta:
>
>
> Hmm. I never knew this... Maybe because it was when the NES was on death's door step.