I recall seeing the Mega PC on Bad Influence. I had the SNES at time and was trying to convince my mum I needed that specific PC to help with homework 😂
@@TheLairdsLair I got a bunch of retron and hyperkin consoles plus dendy and subor Jackie chan computer Famicom if u need footage or photos of yeah I got the analogue nt original unit the 500 dollar one for NES/fam and the SNES unit. Helped dev them
I can't think of another vintage tech channel that could create a 17 minute video (playback time closer to 30 mins to account for pauses to read the various info sheets - nice addition btw) of compuers that, for the most part, I never knew existed (and the Sharp X1 I know of only because of previous entries on your channel.) Your research is only matched by the frequency of your content. Kudos and appreciation kind sir.👍👍
When Power Macs started to be able to play PC games... That kind of fits this concept. Albiet no word 'console'. You mentioned the Colleco Adam. Could it play 2600 games?
I wasn't sure so I just Googled it and apparently you can use the Expansion Module 1 with it, however it doesn't function properly and so unless you mod your Adam you either get no audio from it or really low audio that you can barely hear. So I guess it kinda qualifies.
I did consider putting it in, but I didn't because it's an official product, whereas none of these were playing the rival games "legally" so to speak. I did talk about the 3DO Blaster quite a bit in my 3DO Amazing Facts video recently.
I remember watching the old game show Starrcade when I was growing up in the 80's and a lot of times the contestants won a SpectraVideo Computer with a couple games as well. It looked like a cool computer at the time.
Always fun to see the Mega PC mentioned. I remember selling these, or as you correctly announce, not selling them. The reality was you could pretty much get a better pc and megadrive for not much more. The only saving grace being you got a screen to play the megadrive on.
Interesting that the Megadrive was on an ISA card - probably only there for seating or for some minor power input - but maybe the design features connections that were not used.
The PC Engine's hardware(CPU/GPU/Sound Chip) was designed by Hudson Soft, but NEC manufactured and sold it under their name. Something like the 3DO with Panasonic and Sanyo. So Sharp just licensed the hardware from Hudson Soft for their X1 Twin. That why the retro mini PC Engine was released by Konami and not NEC, as Konami bought Hudson Soft after Hudson Soft went bankrupt.
Yes, I know this, but at the time NEC would have had a licensing contract which no doubt would have included an exclusivity cause, to protect them and to stop it being cloned - giving them the power to sue. That's what makes this situation very unusual. That is why NEC, and not Hudson, tried to block consoles being imported into Europe as they were promising an official PAL release. The 3DO situation is very different, that was designed more like the MSX with the full intention to just license the design out to whoever wanted it.
@@TheLairdsLair that makes you near Brighton, I'll be flying into your side of the pond next month. Happy to buy the laird a pint and a brisket. For all the well done accomplishments
Not particularly, as Brighton is South East of London and about 100 miles away from me. I can get direct trains to Brighton from where I live though, which is pretty cool and much quicker than driving!
@@TheLairdsLair well hey. Glad I got a little navigation knowledge. I'm basically on vacation for 3 weeks so other than 3 days of work I got time to galavant all around. So if you happen to be at a pub or restaurant it be an honor to buy you a beer and perhaps a nice fresh autographed book. I am going to Wembley stadium for some b-roll if that any where closer. Any good arcades around? How bout retros man cave I was gonna attempt a invasion for a day, make one hell of a Collab lol. Either way no pressure.
