Why The NEC PC- Engine Shuttle Failed! - Japanese Console History

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Today Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the PC Engine Shuttle and more importantly why it failed.
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A man in a top hat, with a dashing moustache or a highly distinguished beard, reviews rare video games in his massive collection. Appreciate the finer things in life! Top Hat Gaming Man travels around the globe, playing the best games for the handhelds around the world. The best games are like fine wines and only get better with age. Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the PC Engine Shuttle and more importantly why it failed.
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@mechmancannon 5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Top Hat, Your Channel in it's Entirety, Is Brilliant!! Thank you for showing me more than I ever knew. I grew up in the early 1990's, and I am 41 years old. I have always liked the look of the Super Grafix, and I almost got a Duo back when they were on clearance.

@CPS2 5 жыл бұрын

The Shuttle controller is really nice. Much more comfortable than the regular PCE pads.

@jhoughjr1 5 жыл бұрын

the issue with the tg16 marketing in the us was that you couldn't rent the games or systems. Most parents wouldn't buy a system no-one had seen.

@JustWasted3HoursHere 5 жыл бұрын

If they had passed the production cost savings down to the consumer (by actually pricing the system accordingly), then it might have had a chance. But then again, its incompatibility with the add-ons was a big negative as well, so you never know.

@arcadeutopia3035 5 жыл бұрын

Wicked video thank you top hat gaming man

@stringanime 5 жыл бұрын

A glorious review. Now go play "Alex Jones vs The NPC's" as your reward!

@derektorres6260 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about this version, thanks

@hwogrillo 5 жыл бұрын

I love this machine. It's just so goofy looking, how could anyone not want to buy 6 of them?

@Lightblue2222 5 жыл бұрын

I know right? I had 5 but pretty much needed 6

@thecurmudgeon7350 2 жыл бұрын

Just bought 6

@chloedevereaux1801 5 жыл бұрын

thankyou for listening to us and showing this superb lump of grey tat 🤗

@doraeguyakaneddie6586 5 жыл бұрын

I see anime girl i click

@GreatSageSunWukong 5 жыл бұрын

Mr Neddlemouse: The legendary Sanic Master they put me off TBH wish he'd stop it.

@gititgiitit5450 5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking how unnecessary those pics are. Also this KZfaqr has a certain creep factor going on

@borntoworkanddie6708 5 жыл бұрын

...sad

@MetallicaFan1442 5 жыл бұрын

I am sure I had one of those Amstrad consoles as a kid, dont remember ever using it a lot.

@roberthornibrook6344 5 жыл бұрын

What no PC Engine LT? That would be a great video to see..

@skins4thewin 5 жыл бұрын

Nice job using the Y's Books 1 & 2 Soundtrack during this vid! I think it's rather curious as to why they bothered to use a dumbed down expansion port on the back, as I can't imagine that reducing costs hardly at all. I mean why bother even including an expansion port at all if it's incompatible with the CD Add-On? Kind of a dumb move I think.

@TexasHollowEarth 3 жыл бұрын

... for the save module only, apparently.

@Lightblue2222 5 жыл бұрын

The AV out must make it better as long as ur not planning on a CD add on.

@chebert0815 5 жыл бұрын

Thx 4 the y‘s Music 🙂

@SuperKokuJin916 5 жыл бұрын

Wait... it's that the Atari Jaguar mold?! Who didn't buy the rights to that mold? LOL

@almostliterally593 2 жыл бұрын

This predates jag by several years

@xtremekirby07 5 жыл бұрын

so the PC-Engine Shuttle was basically the Sega Genesis Model 3 of the PC-Engine Line but launched almost at the same time as the first model and for the same price in a low attempt by NEC to scam parents.

@chadkirk150 5 жыл бұрын

3:25 Um you do realize Billy Mitchell is a cheat?

@mazonemayu 5 жыл бұрын

whenever I hear the Ys soundtrack, I want to skip work & pop in the game ;)

@tHeWasTeDYouTh 5 жыл бұрын

4:31 I SALUTE YOU TOP HAT Only a true gentleman would have Ys music playing on his video. Well done Sir

@SEABASSTHEGREAT 5 жыл бұрын

Yasssssssss!

@borntoworkanddie6708 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah...

@AlexTenThousand 5 жыл бұрын

Where does the background music come from?

@SEABASSTHEGREAT 5 жыл бұрын

AlexTenThousand Ys Book 1&2 From TurboGrafx-CD/PC-Engine CD-ROM2. At least at the 4:20 mark

@jakster16 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the name of the songs used in the video?

@kamil4151 5 жыл бұрын

I like your videos. Still I can’t help but wonder, what is the reaction of random observers, when you do that strange thing of yours - love eyes holding a console like a baby, nod into the camera.. It makes me a bit uneasy even from here!

@joeyparkhill8751 5 жыл бұрын

Richard, do you think there will ever be a functional Atari Jaguar emulator?

@adamcayzer2564 5 жыл бұрын

Hi joey. I do remember downloading and using a jaguar emulator literary year's ago and it was usable to an extent with most game's but sadly i can't remember the name of the emulator it's self. I wanted it so i could have a blast of AVP which i do own myself and just wanted to compare. Surprisingly it did run very very well aside's from you score number's getting screwed up lol but apart from that and one or two texture's missing it was really good, oh an at the time i was using a 32bit windows 7 PC lol's so im certain there'll be one out there much better now...remember google is your friend ???????????, so we used to think lol.

@adamcayzer2564 5 жыл бұрын

Well i don't know who gave me a like for my comment ? but if it was you Joey ? it's much appreciated m8👍, and if not ? it's appreciated to everyone all round to whom ever did it👍.... cheer's. I just realized though i didn't say thank you to Top Hat Gaming Man in my last comment for making this great video!...so thank you @Top Hat Gaming Man! and i really do appreciate all the work you put in to your content because i really do enjoy watching your video's! I'm from the 80's lol and luckily my older brother alway's has and still is into video game's and 9/10 he alway's had to have the newist console on the market regardless of price, so luckily i've been privileged to play some of the best console's and game's on the market up until this point, plus imho it's still definitely great to see so many people still interested in retro video gaming 😃!, and again with retro console's i was luckily enough to play on a PC-Engine that was imported by my brother's best friend "Baz". So when he "Baz" brought his PC-Engine around to show us "Me and my brother lol" and hooked it up to the TV it was just a WOW! factor for me and an experience i'll never forget! At the time we'd never seen ANYTHING like it at the time until my brother got a MegaDrive with Altered Beast as a packin with the console itself but he also bought a copy of Revenge of Shinobi and again at the age i was it was such an amazing experience for me just being there while he bought the MG and ROS!!!. Apologie's for going on a bit back there lol so back to the PC-Engine. I remember playing Splatterhouse for the first time and it was just incredible!!!....unbelievable!!! and nothing i'd ever seen before with all the blood an gut's an other stuff it was disgusting "but i loved it! 😉", also Ninja Spirit, Atomic Ro-Bo Kid, Drunken Master, Gunhead,Mr Heli and we can't forget Vigilante were also superb game's too and again i was very lucky at the time to experience all of them and many more too. So imho the PC-Engine only being a 8bt console at roughly the time of the MG and the SNES were on the horizon it was was waaaaaay waaaaaay ahead of it's time and will alway's have a special place in my heart for console and gaming experience's. WOW 😨 !!! H/S!!!, i didn't realize my comment would get so in depth lol. Well if anyone ever read's this prolonged comment and get's to the end? i really do greatly appreciate it. Thank you guy's/gal's and all the best to everyone of of you. Later's ✌.

@joeyparkhill8751 5 жыл бұрын

@@adamcayzer2564 That was me who liked your comment yes.

@Dragon1276 Жыл бұрын

❌ CD-ROM Two ✅ CD-ROM ROM

@joeyparkhill8751 5 жыл бұрын

How many PC Engine variations did NEC make anyway? I remember the laptop variation...

@SAM-ru4vx 5 жыл бұрын

laser-active is the best one

@Asobitech 5 жыл бұрын

These are the variations I own, PC Engine, CD-ROM2, Core Grafx, Core Grafx II, Super CD-ROM2, Shuttle, PC-KD863G Monitor, Super Grafx, Turbografx, GT, LT, Duo, Duo-R, Duo-RX, LaserActive PC-Engine PAC-N1. I am missing the Turbografx CD-ROM2 unit and the Sharp X1 Twin - Japanese PC with PC Engine built in.

@beefyappa 5 жыл бұрын

@@Asobitech I wish you posted more! You own some interesting things.

@Asobitech 5 жыл бұрын

Brandon McNeill there’s lots of fun stuff on my Twitter, Instagrams and KZfaqs.

@billcook4768 5 жыл бұрын

Dumbed down? Over priced? Shut up and take my money

@MegaManNeo 5 жыл бұрын

I like the design somehow, it screams 90's to me in a way. But yea, from a consumer standpoint it doesn't add anything in value to the system.

@pvtpeppers6176 5 жыл бұрын

That 80s female anime character looks so familiar. I know I’ve seen it before.

@turrican3839 2 жыл бұрын

Looks a LOT like the Jaguar haha

@jerricabenton842 5 жыл бұрын

was that a gameboy advance laptop?

@MitsuhashiTakashi 5 жыл бұрын

That skirt though

@MrBaconNater 5 жыл бұрын

Makes fun of the way Japanese people talk then proceeded to say "pee-she ingin" for the rest of the video.

@DasAntiNaziBroetchen 4 жыл бұрын

It's not even the way it's pronounced in Japan. It's ん (n) not ぬ (nu) at the end.

@jacktako2820 11 ай бұрын

Also says “con-shoe-mer”

@AlphaRaptor2k6 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm so SEGA copied NEC in the 90's(Add-ons, and Add-ons for Add-ons), then Nintendo Copied them again with the Wii(reducing functionality and unit cost but, while keeping same price point). Talk about lack of originality in terms of business strategy...

@skins4thewin 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, if you were looking for a PC Engine with AV out back in the day before the Core Grafx came out, then this wasn't such a bad deal. The only thing that's really cut back about it is the dumbed down Expansion port, which most consumers probably weren't even aware of at the time. It does look ugly as hell though, so there's that. I will probably still buy one tho because I'm a foolish collector like that.

@AcornElectron 5 жыл бұрын

Pointless endeavour was the shuttle.

@sega_kid4288 5 жыл бұрын

Not to split hairs, but I don't think this "failed" as it's just another model of Pcengine. It would be like saying the SNES Jr. fail but its sells counts as SNES sells. The supergraphx was a failure as it was meant to replace the Pc-engine.

@BlownMacTruck 5 жыл бұрын

What region is this guy's accent from? English folks are all so weird with their insane regional accent differences.

@VisionThing 5 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it was designed to take on Nintendo AND Sega? Pretty sure it was Nintendo only.

@Fanuc_Operator1990 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, but I have seen NO MENTION of the PC ENGINE LT!! That's right! Just when you thought it couldn't get stranger or more obscure than this, NEC still has an ace up their sleeve! The PC ENGINE LT was everything you would never want in a portable gaming system, lol it even still had to be powered with a wall cord! Lolol check it out top hat if you weren't aware of the LT already! Love the vids! Keep em coming! Peace!