Images of the ultimate portable PC Engine!

Otaking · 07/11/2012, 05:23 PM

Earlier I was flicking through some of my PC Engine memorabilia and found this article below.
It's from a NEC/Hudson promotional booklet printed before the GT/LT was released.
They wanted to get in on the handheld market, their suggestion for PC Engine on the move is as follows.

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henrycsc · 07/11/2012, 05:53 PM

um, speechless.

SuperPlay · 07/11/2012, 05:55 PM

Great find. Thanks for sharing :@)

Otaking · 07/11/2012, 06:16 PM

Also found this about the Power Console

NecroPhile · 07/11/2012, 06:21 PM

Heh, that's awesome. Quite the stretch of the word 'portable' though.

Bernie · 07/11/2012, 06:53 PM

Thats the most retarded thing I have ever seen.. lol

meka · 07/11/2012, 07:42 PM

There has to be one of them somewhere

Bernie · 07/11/2012, 08:14 PM

Quote from: meka on 07/11/2012, 07:42 PMThere has to be one of them somewhere

God I hope not.

PunkCryborg · 07/11/2012, 08:27 PM

I love it!

csgx1 · 07/11/2012, 08:42 PM

Interesting. I like how the article breaks down how to do a composite mod.

I guess they didn't sell/make the security bit to properly open the PCE back then.

Nando · 07/11/2012, 10:26 PM

Most impressive! Great find

jlued686 · 07/12/2012, 12:23 AM

This is why I love these forums. Thanks for posting that!

Fuck...I miss 90s video gaming. Absurd.

Frank_fjs · 07/12/2012, 01:45 AM

I built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

Tatsujin · 07/12/2012, 02:09 AM

Its so proto type.

soop · 07/12/2012, 06:16 AM

Otaking · 07/12/2012, 06:27 AM

Quote from: Frank_fjs on 07/12/2012, 01:45 AMI built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

lol

Otaking · 07/12/2012, 06:35 AM

What I love about this article is it shows NEC/Hudson were always aiming the PC Engine at the hardcore gamer.
You would never see Nintendo or Sega suggesting opening up, soldering or drilling holes in their hardware as you'd invalidate the manufacturers warranty blah, blah...

Ji-L87 · 07/12/2012, 06:50 AM

It's pretty awesome. It's also awesomely ghetto.

RegalSin · 07/13/2012, 12:07 PM

Well, women at some point becomes gold diggers, so seeing a man in early 1990's with a portable television ( which I might add became really small during the late 1990's ) would make you look attractive. Nowadays a man who looks like they are hardly working and some what young probably does the same thing for finsters, Alley Mcbeals, and SIC-types.

GT is ten times better then this.

Nando · 07/13/2012, 12:47 PM

Quote from: Ji-L87 on 07/12/2012, 06:50 AMIt's pretty awesome. It's also awesomely ghetto.

esteban · 07/17/2012, 06:03 PM

Quote from: Otaking on 07/11/2012, 05:23 PM

That dude is my hero. I would instantly kiss+hug anyone doing that, at any point in history.

Otaking · 07/18/2012, 08:26 AM

Quote from: esteban on 07/17/2012, 06:03 PM

That dude is my hero. I would instantly kiss+hug anyone doing that, at any point in history.

Seconds after the photo was taken the women next to him pounced, unable to resist his awesomeness.

esteban · 07/25/2012, 01:39 PM

Quote from: HardcoreOtaku on 07/18/2012, 08:26 AMSeconds after the photo was taken the women next to him pounced, unable to resist his awesomeness.

It might have happened. I want to believe it happened.

It did happen.

KnightWarrior · 07/25/2012, 02:07 PM

It gotta start somewhere..In the end it turned out cool

LMS · 07/25/2012, 07:01 PM

Awesome find. Thanks for sharing man.

Otaking · 08/01/2012, 07:48 AM

I was looking in to making one of these myself.

Can't find the monitor to buy anywhere...

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http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/seikocoltd_lcd_color_tv_lvd_204.html#b

TheClash603 · 08/01/2012, 09:57 PM

People are always Kickstarter-ing stupid shit.

We need to raise some money and get this thing in production!

T2KFreeker · 08/03/2012, 09:31 PM

It's the Treamcast's Grandad. I'd have wanted one!

Otaking · 08/04/2012, 09:23 AM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 08/01/2012, 09:57 PMPeople are always Kickstarter-ing stupid shit.

We need to raise some money and get this thing in production!

For fun I wanted to attempt to build one using the same components used in the pictures, but other than the Engine console which I already own I couldn't find the other bits anywhere (I guess that's not surprising considering the age and obscurity of the items).

GameFreak · 08/04/2012, 03:19 PM

the monitor reminds me of the movie Rain Man

cjameslv · 11/12/2014, 12:14 PM

Quote from: Frank_fjs on 07/12/2012, 01:45 AMI built myself a similar setup, it's totally portable:

I call fake there's no hucard plugged in.

esteban · 11/12/2014, 03:43 PM

Ha! I had forgotten the two articles listed at the beginning of the thread.

That dude on the train remains my hero.

imparanoic · 11/12/2014, 08:30 PM

nice retro diy solutions

SuperGrafx · 11/12/2014, 09:54 PM

I had no idea that the Power Console controller for the SuperGrafx was that massive.

Christ...the entire console slides into the back of the controller!
I just assumed (from the few pics that I've seen over the years) that it was merely a standalone controller, similar to the Steel Battalion controller setup on the Xbox.

spenoza · 11/12/2014, 10:05 PM

The Power Cons... I mean cake. The cake is a lie.

PukeSter · 11/12/2014, 10:58 PM

Kyuukyoku tiger sure was popular back then.

Otaking · 05/08/2016, 07:41 AM

re-uploaded missing images.

crazydean · 05/08/2016, 03:19 PM

Quote from: Otaking on 05/08/2016, 07:41 AMre-uploaded missing images.

Thanks for doing so. This is the first time I've seen this.

Digi.k · 05/08/2016, 04:04 PM

man if they stuck permanent NEC signs on that portable TV and speakers I would so buy into it...

esteban · 05/08/2016, 07:22 PM

Quote from: Digi.k on 05/08/2016, 04:04 PMman if they stuck permanent NEC signs on that portable TV and speakers I would so buy into it...

I still want to meet someone on the NYC subway doing this.

IT WILL HAPPEN.

Some day.