PC-FX

The is a 32-bit home video game console co-developed by NEC and Hudson Soft. Released in December 1994, it is based on the NEC V810 CPU and CD-ROM, and was intended as the successor to the PC Engine (known overseas as the TurboGrafx-16). Unlike its predecessor, the PC-FX was only released in Japan.

Key facts

Information appliance.name: PC-FX
Information appliance.logo: File:NEC PC-FX logo.png
Information appliance.image: PC-FX-Console-Set.jpg
Information appliance.developer: NEC, Hudson Soft
Information appliance.manufacturer: NEC
Information appliance.type: Home video game console
Information appliance.generation: Fifth
Information appliance.units_sold: 300,000
Information appliance.media: CD-ROM
Information appliance.cpu: NEC V810
Information appliance.predecessor: TurboDuo
Information appliance.display: 256x240 to 341x240, 16.77 million colors
Information appliance.graphics: HuC6270, HuC6271
Information appliance.cpu_speed: 21.475 MHz
Information appliance.memory: 2 MB
Information appliance.sound: 16-Bit stereo, two ADPCM Channels, six 5-Bit sample Channels

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Technical specifications
PC-FXGA
Library
Reception
Notes
References

Its form factor is like that of a tower PC, intended to be similarly upgradeable. The PC-FX was uncompelling in the marketplace due to lack of a 3D polygon-based graphics chip, high price, and limited developer support and is considered a commercial failure. It was discontinued in February 1998 and NEC subsequently exited the home video game console business.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “PC-FX” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.