NEC and Hudson’s last roll of the dice.
The stories of the NEC’s PC-FX’s failure are legion. Following the successful PC Engine, the PC-FX was an entrant in the fifth-generation console race in the mid-’90s, and its failure led to NEC’s departure from the game console market as a direct participant.
As a Japan-only console, there is a certain mystique around the PC-FX, just as there are with platforms such as the FM Towns and X68000. Part of that mystique is the story that surrounds the platform in the English language, taken from anecdotes from contemporary articles that have now solidified into fact-like status around the PC-FX and its failure.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
NEC and Hudson’s last roll of the dice.
The stories of the NEC’s PC-FX’s failure are legion. Following the successful PC Engine, the PC-FX was an entrant in the fifth-generation console race in the mid-’90s, and its failure led to NEC’s departure from the game console market as a direct participant.
As a Japan-only console, there is a certain mystique around the PC-FX, just as there are with platforms such as the FM Towns and X68000. Part of that mystique is the story that surrounds the platform in the English language, taken from anecdotes from contemporary articles that have now solidified into fact-like status around the PC-FX and its failure.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
