I'm pretty interested in the relation between the NES & the TurboGrafx 16. If you think about it, the PC Engine really is a "spiritual successor" to the NES when it comes to hardware, which makes sense. Realizing that the NES was competing against SG-1000 and MSX, showed that the NES was a bit ahead of it's time, especially knowing Nintendo's hardware was unique. All 3 systems were released pretty much the same month in June 1983 (if you count Spectravideo's SV-328, as a canon release, instead of the official October release). Unlike the NES, the other two had derived hardware, the SG1K, like the ColecoVision derived from the TI 99, while the MSX standard came from the aforementioned SV-328.
Despite the NES being a bit ahead in hardware, I think it seems to most that the NES didn't get a proper upgrade 'til the SNES, even then, I can't even really call it an upgrade bc, it's pretty much a completely different system (although it can kinda emulate NES games, thanks to Project Nested). Meanwhile, the other systems did get upgraded, with the SMS & MSX2, even the 7800 was backwards compatible with the 2600. And I think since the PC Engine has more similar hardware, I think it could be valid to call it an unofficial successor. I think NEC made it the way they did to lure in NES devs.
Despite the NES being a bit ahead in hardware, I think it seems to most that the NES didn't get a proper upgrade 'til the SNES, even then, I can't even really call it an upgrade bc, it's pretty much a completely different system (although it can kinda emulate NES games, thanks to Project Nested). Meanwhile, the other systems did get upgraded, with the SMS & MSX2, even the 7800 was backwards compatible with the 2600. And I think since the PC Engine has more similar hardware, I think it could be valid to call it an unofficial successor. I think NEC made it the way they did to lure in NES devs.
Statistics: Posted by FloResolution — Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:01 pm — Replies 2 — Views 45