Early PC Engine pictures

[Thibaut]

When had been showed first pictures of the PC Engine ?
And the first pictures of Kung Fu ?
Thanks

[GigaDrive]

well, here are some of the first pictures of the PC-Engine that I ever saw.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/306/vgceapril19ln.jpg
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9315/vgceapril21nx.jpg
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1125/vgceapril34jb.jpg


they're from the April, 1989 Video Games & Computer Entertainment, which were no doubt put together in EARLY 1989 given the magazine lead times. Yet still, well over A YEAR *after* the PC-Engine had been released in Japan, in Nov 1987.



I am looking for the picture of PC-Engine R-Type that was published in a spring or summer 1988 issue of Electronic Game Player, the forefather to Electronic Gaming Monthly.

[SuperGrafx]

I am looking for the picture of PC-Engine R-Type that was published in a spring or summer 1988 issue of Electronic Game Player, the forefather to Electronic Gaming Monthly.

Hehe. Same here.
If I recall, Quartermann or Steve Harris referenced that pic in response to a letter in the mailbag section of an early 1990's era EGM.

[StarWolf]

http://nfg.2y.net/games/pce_protos/

[Thibaut]

GigaDrive : thank you very much for yours pictures, but PC Engine was released in october 1987 and pictures are to april 1989. I search the first pictures PC Engine in the summer 1987....with Kung Fu the first game.

StarWolf : Thanks, but I know those pictures, it´s just prototypes of the CD-ROM², modem,....

Very difficult to find those pictures after 20 years...

[GaijinPunch]

Very difficult to find those pictures after 20 years...

Indeed. I wonder if it'll be easier 20 years from now, now that everyone has a digital camera and a scanner.

[GigaDrive]

Hehe. Same here.
If I recall, Quartermann or Steve Harris referenced that pic in response to a letter in the mailbag section of an early 1990's era EGM.


yes, you're absolutely right.

this is it, I believe: http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/361/egmpceletter762x10162fn.jpg

the relavant portions are not glared out

[GigaDrive]

GigaDrive : thank you very much for yours pictures, but PC Engine was released in october 1987 and pictures are to april 1989. I search the first pictures PC Engine in the summer 1987....with Kung Fu the first game.

StarWolf : Thanks, but I know those pictures, it´s just prototypes of the CD-ROM², modem,....

Very difficult to find those pictures after 20 years...


Thibaut , yes I know, those April 1989 VG&CE pics are some of the oldest of the PC-Engine that I have, and I don't have any of the Kung Fu game....you don't mean China Warrior, do you?

[GigaDrive]

It seems TurboGrafx-16 China Warrior was called Kung Fu on the PC-Engine, and this Kung Fu is from 1987

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/cwar.htm


THE KUNG FU / CHINA WARRIOR (HUDSON SOFT)

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/Cwarr34.gif

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/Cwarr14.gif

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/Cwarr24.gif

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/Cwarr30.gif

http://www.pcengine.com.br/cards/cwar/Cwarri9.gif


I remember China Warrior having huge charactors for the time.


http://pcenginebible.roarvgm.com/HTML_Games/Drunken_Master.htm
One of the first games that really showed people the power of the PC Engine. Massive sprites with no clash or slowdown were not common in those days. Today, the gameplay has dated and its essentially a very shallow scrolling beat em up, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t fun for a while and it is collectable, being Hudson Soft’s Vol 1 game.

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9535/coverthekungfu4vl.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmR1xJAho_c
a commercial, most likely from 1989, comparing TurboGrafx China Warrior (PC-Engine Kung Fu) to Nintendo Kung Fu on NES



now as far as the very first pictures of the PC-Engine and Kung Fu that were published in 1987 in magazines, newspapers, etc, I cannot help you there.... :(

or perhaps you are talking about some other, unreleased Kung Fu game for the PC-Engine? I don't know about it, if that's what you meant.

if we're meant to be on the subject of unreleased games (but not PC-Engine)
there *was* an unreleased Kung Fu II game by Irem for the Famicom / NES


http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nrhtml/kungii.htm

http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii1.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii2.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii3.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii4.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii5.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii6.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii7.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii8.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii9.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii10.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii11.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii12.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii13.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii14.jpg
http://www.nesworld.com/mirror/nr2/kungii15.jpg

[ccovell]

Spartan X (another Jackie Chan movie, but not related to "Kung Fu") was the original game on the NES and in arcades. The unreleased one above is Spartan X 2, AKA Kung Fu 2.

[mr-monday]

Kung-Fu is actually known as Drunken Master IIRC.

I've got an English mag called The Games Machne that covered the PC Engine in 1987, trouble is it's in the attic at my mum's house.

[ccovell]

Kung-Fu is actually known as Drunken Master IIRC.

I've got an English mag called The Games Machne that covered the PC Engine in 1987, trouble is it's in the attic at my mum's house.

That's what it's commonly known as, but that isn't its title. I don't know where that Drunken Master title came from, but I bet it was made up by an importer that couldn't read Kanji but could identify Jackie Chan.

[SuperGrafx]

Ah, China Warrior. A tad repetitive and choppy, but always a personal favorite of mine. Pretty impressive stuff back in 1989.

[Thibaut]

"Pretty impressive stuff back in 1989"

Kunf Fu came out in 1987.

[SuperGrafx]

"Pretty impressive stuff back in 1989"

Kunf Fu came out in 1987.

I'm talking about China Warrior, not Kung Fu/Spartan X.
The monstrously huge sprites that China Warrior featured were a far cry from the tiny sprites utilized in Kung Fu.

[GaijinPunch]

I scanned a very famous PC-Engine flyer (http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=chirashi&id=1425) which has some games I've never heard of. Dynamite Ball? Jungle-Ou? Not sure what Dynamiate Ball was. The latter might be Angoku Densetsu or something.

[wheelaa]

Very cool. Famous piccie indeed that top one.

I particularly like the cd unit, and what looks like a briefcase/monitor setup.

[ccovell]

I'm talking about China Warrior, not Kung Fu/Spartan X.
The monstrously huge sprites that China Warrior featured were a far cry from the tiny sprites utilized in Kung Fu.

So is Thibaut. The Kung Fu (Chinawarrior) was the first PC-Engine game to come out, in October of 1987.

Those pictures are really cool! The car in Victory Run is a different type/colour. Jungle King (Ou) became Legendary Axe (Makyou Densetsu). Dynamite Ball could have been scrapped in favour of Alien Crush, but it's too bad; the PCE has enough cool-looking unreleased games as it is.

[SuperGrafx]

So is Thibaut. The Kung Fu (Chinawarrior) was the first PC-Engine game to come out, in October of 1987.


Well, we didn't get China Warrior in the US until 1989. That's the first time I got to play it, hence my response.

[Thibaut]

GaijinPunch : your flyer is great !! Fantastic !

Do you know the date of the Flyer ?

Thanks

Edit :
Could you please make some high scans of this flyers ?

Thanks again

[ServiceGames]

Immediately after I saw that first pic of Kung Fu I began to wonder why I don't have a PC Engine. It may be 2006, but those are some kick ass graphics and the sprite size and details are amazing.

I suppose I know what my next purchase should be. Hell, maybe I'll actually start playing games again.

[GaijinPunch]

GaijinPunch : your flyer is great !! Fantastic !

Do you know the date of the Flyer ?

Thanks

Edit :
Could you please make some high scans of this flyers ?

Thanks again

I'm not sure of the date. Such things don't have dates printed on them. :(

I can make some high res scans, although my (new) scanner doesn't scan as well at high resolutions it seems.

[Baseley09]

Kung Fu is great just one of the best games they made.

Nice flyers cheers, those were the days of glory.

[GaijinPunch]

I've got like... a thousand or something posted on gamengai. Grab some popcorn and get sucked away into nostalgia. Some of the Famicom ones are filled with 80's goodness.