The Luxury All-In-One PC Engine from 1988 | Tech Nibble

The NEC PC Engine is a games console that most agree has an great library of games and is well worth exploring, but what was the best way to enjoy the system? Today we look at a very special version of the system that aims to deliver just that, but it comes at a price.

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00:00 Intro to the PC Engine
01:56 The NEC PC-KD863G PC Engine Monitor
06:15 How gaming magazines took screenshots
11:23 The not so good things about the PC-KD863G
14:30 Other games consoles built into TV's
16:02 Final thoughts on the PC-KD863G PC Engine

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[joonglegamer]

All the stuff I messed around with in my life and childhood, and yet you and other youtubers manage to find units I've never heard of or ever seen, yet another golden find.

[besotoxicomusic]

This combined with a PC98 would’ve been peak NEC gaming back in the early 90s.

[ZaPpaul]

Can confirm, 5 player bomberman is a blast with your friends. Me and my pals would gather round mine on the weekends and play for hours on end. The smacktalk and laughs were legendary :)

[joncarter]

I remember that SF1 SNES/TV combo being on Bad Influence when I was in primary school! It was a Christmas episode and they were doing a parody of the twelve days of Christmas and the SF1 was 'a cartridge in a TV'.

[suspeh]

I love the aesthetics of the PC engine in general, looks from a sci Fi movie from the 80s

[earlbrown]

Thoroughly enjoyed that video. Love your work, tuning in from Thailand.

[cameralabs]

Great video, and really nice filming of all those screens. Love Julian Rignall too, although I think he meant 25fps for PAL, not 24. The whole refresh rate thing and shutter speeds is still an issue when filming anything with a screen, like a phone or tablet. And some of the screens we have in our phones can refresh at unexpected rates. As a UK YouTuber, I generally film in 25p with a shutter speed of 1/50, to keep the 180 degree rule. But my Galaxy S20 screen refreshes at non PAL rates, so if I film it at 1/50, I get flicker. But if you adjust your shutter speed in 1/3 EV intervals either way, you're often able to reduce or eliminate flicker. For my phone screen, I find a filming shutter of 1/40 successfully eliminates flicker while crucially still being faster than the actual capture frame rate. Of course I could alternatively just make an internal screen recording, but I often like to see the actual phone and fingers in the video! Same technique can be used for pesky LED lighting, which is often at 60hz, even sold in the UK. So if your lighting is flickering in videos, just try adjusting your filming shutter speed a little.

[MrButtonpresser]

These videos are very well produced and presented, thanks guys.

[nickiebanchou]

i discovered the PC-Engine super late thanks to emulation, and ever since it amazes me how many sprites and colors were displayed, while i was playing the NES .... this is what 8bits can do!!

[TechWithSean]

I've just been emulating my PCE/CD games on my tablet lately, they look and play great on an OLED.

[dazrael]

I still maintain that the screenshots for SNES Streetfighter II in Mean Machines back in the day are the best gaming images ever taken. The crispy RGB on display was amazing.

[WINTERMUTE_AI]

I loved TurboGrafx 16. I found a video rental shop that was importing the TurboExpress. They required you to buy a whole complete system, the home system, express and accessories to get it, and I bought the whole kit. NEC was way ahead of their time, its too bad it didnt dominate the American market

[Grinder]

I am simultaneously inspired and repulsed by your commitment to cd-rom-rom as word play. Well done.

[Strumjough]

One of my fave vids of yours thus far. I have the PC Engine Duo and it's easily my fave console out of the 24 I have in the house. I'd never seen the all in one before. Really hoping I can get down to visit the cave next year.

[coffeecuparcade]

Never even heard of it until today! Thanks Neil! What an amazing PC Engine all in one. I would love to own one of those. I am a massive fan of the platform, I am honored to have owned over 10 of their consoles and 500+ of the games. It was and is one of my favorite consoles of all time!

[Dr.Dp]

Interesting to remember the economic climate in Japan at the time which allowed such high end luxury tech like this to find a market..in the 1980s Japan was at the height of its economic power, with a booming domestic economy and soaring exports. Even the Americans were worried that Japan would overtake them as the Worlds top economy. Even reflected in the movies as well such as Die Hard.

[PXAbstraction]

That is a gorgeous display indeed. I find these display/console hybrid devices fascinating. It's interesting that this was never really a thing in the west, aside from maybe the LaserActive, for the handful of people that owned those.

[Majikal_Mike]

I watch a lot of this channel, to be clear, but never have I wanted so much stuff in a single video. That B&O! The Dreamcast Combo! The AIO PCE. I need it all!!!!

[Rendarth]

The screen capture discussion was fascinating. I never stopped to think what went into all those images in Nintendo Power, etc.

[davidbanner]

That's how I remember the pc engine as a kid. An amazing console that I only ever saw in the magazines of the time and originally only available in Japan. I never saw one in the UK, even at the many, many computer expo's I attended as a kid. The same can also be said of the Sharp X68000 as well.