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NEC PCFX

Unread postby Trekiej » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:13 pm

Anyone here ever own one of the good looking machines?
If so, what did you think of it?
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby Raion-Fox » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:23 pm

I played on one. If you're not Japanese or don't understand it, its not really worth owning. There's a lot of RPGs, shmups and VNs exclusively for it, but you're dealing with very dialogue driven games.
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby pentium » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:50 pm

I saw a few boxed units in Japan. All a touch out of my budget last I was there but yeah, not a lot of selection unless you find the SCSI adapter and just use it as a CD drive.
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby Trekiej » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:09 am

I am getting myself into a new hobby of collecting computer and consoles.
Ugh, I may have to abandon it due to other issues.
Ebay has become my new tv show. :D
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby pentium » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:24 am

If you stick to ebay for everything you'll be bankrupt before you know it. I've been going everywhere but ebay for the last 15 years.
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Unread postby Raion-Fox » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:46 am

I only go to eBay if there's a deal to be had, such as when I got Komachi for $130
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby vishnu » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:33 am

Completely anecdotal but having watched sgi hardware on ebay since forever, I'd say that something like 99 out of 100, or maybe even 999 out of 1000 items, are ludicrously overpriced. Occasional gems pop up but they're rare and if you blink you miss 'em. I got my Octane2, complete with every imagineable piece of hollywood special effects software installed and running, for a mere 180 USD... :mrgreen:
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby arhiman57 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:01 am

I was one time tempted by a complete pcfxga setup with a Win95 Jap PC (not the pc98 version).....
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby Trekiej » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:30 pm

I see some good deals on ebay but this can be like being addicted to a drug.
Some times I feel like it is a waste of time so If I do collect items I am going to try to let it happen naturally.
I look at every thing from rack cabinets to new case work. I seem to want to buy it just to see what it is like to have it.
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Re: NEC PCFX

Unread postby D-EJ915 » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:19 am

I have a PC-FX. Honestly I never hooked it up or turned it on when I received it. I'll have to give it a go sometime.
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