At least once a year, I become a wee bit obsessed with the PC Engine LT.
I've wanted one of these sexy, laptop-esque portables ever since I saw a photo of one in an old issue of either Diehard GameFan or Electronic Gaming Monthly (or maybe it was Super Gaming, an EGM spin-off) magazine as a youngster, but I've never bought one because they're so darn expensive.
That hasn't kept me from dreaming about the day I throw caution--and my credit card--to the wind and purchase one, though. Until that day arrives, I'll waste my time reading blog posts about and watching YouTube videos of NEC's little gray wonder.
Speaking of the latter, the following video--produced by YouTube user futurematt5--is helping me get through my most recent phase of PC Engine LT obsession. (I wonder if that'll be considered a diagnosable and treatable disorder when the DSM-5 is published in 2013?)
Here's part two of the video, by the way, and here's (actually, go here and here) a series of videos in which futurematt5 attaches the PC Engine LT to the Super CD-ROM2 peripheral. Oh, and here's a fabulously porn-ish video that features "high-quality footage and close-ups" of the system.
Anyway, here's to hoping that next year at this time I'll be posting my own photos and videos of the portable system that futurematt5 says is the gaming world's equivalent of an eccentric uncle.
Note: This post originally appeared on my PC Engine-focused blog, iwasateenagepcenginefan.wordpress.com.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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A rather desirable machine indeed! I doubt I'd ever want one enough to spend the sort of cash they go for but it would sure be a lovely bit of kit to have :)
Yeah, they're definitely pricey, Simon. Still, I've wanted one forever. I may have to break down eventually and seek one out. We'll see...
That would be a lovely day for you AND for us, since Im sure we'd hear all about it!
Oh, yes, Justin, you'd definitely hear about it :) We'll see what happens in the next 6-12 months!
That looks cool. Definitely a better buy than that portable Dreamcast!!
Yes, Sean, definitely! It's too bad Nintendo themselves never released a portable Famicom, though.
Indeed. There are portable Famiclones that have started appearing on the market recently, which retail for about 60 dollars each. I've never bought one as their quality looks pretty iffy.
It's funny, in a way, that theses portable Famiclones are just showing up now -- 25-ish years after the system was first released!
I'm with you, BTW -- they look a bit cheap. I will say, though, that someone I trust has one and likes it quite a bit.
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