• 98’s Guide To Buying a PC-98 Computer Written: October 2014 Revision Number: 1st Sections------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Introduction* * First Step: What Games Do You Intend On Playing?* • System Requirements • FM Sound • Graphics: Windows vs. Old Display Type (RGB) • Mouse/Controller * Choosing a PC-98* • PC-9801 vs PC-9821 • 98Note • EPSON PC • Operating System • Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse * Finding And Buying Your PC-98* • Yahoo! Auctions • Choosing a Deputy Service • Finding a PC-98 • Buying a PC-98 • CF Cards * Preparing For The PC-98‘s Arrival* • Voltage Converters • Creating a CD-ROM or Floppy Disk * Setting Up Your PC-98* • Powering It Up • Adjusting the Display • Play Games! INTRODUCTION:------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello, and thank-you for taking the time to read this guide. A few years ago, I became interested in Retro-gaming, which subsequently led me to Retro computing.

If you’re new to the world of PC-98 emulation, here are some tips. First up, a small explanation of the PC-9800 series of personal computers. What you’re emulating is a really old Japanese computer, basically. It comes with floppy disk drives and hard drives, which are the main methods you use to actually load up games and other software.

Giving the fact that I am also an avid anime/manga fan, it was only a matter of time before I looked to Japan for my retro-computing needs. There was the Sharp X68000, FM-Towns, and MSX(2), but I took interest in a far more popular, and yet largely unknown computer series: NEC PC-9800. NEC PC-9800 series is a type of computer manufactured from 1982 to 2000 by Nippon Electric Company (NEC).

NEC previously released the PC-6001, PC-100, PC-8001, PC-6601, and PC-8801 before finally releasing the PC-9801. NEC was, as far as I know, one of the companies that produced some of the first kit computers, so their history in Personal Computers goes way back. A PC-9800 computer is different from an IBM PC or compatible. In the US, IBM created a computing standard that most computers, even modern ones, follow. The standard was copied and widely used in the computing industry due to its simplicity and flexibility. Medal of honor allied assault windows 10. The PC-9800 series is not based on IBM’s standard.

PC-98 is more similar to the Commodore Amiga and Macintosh computers than to the IBM PC. Major differences include: FM Sound, differences in display controllers, architecture differences, BIOS, expansion bus, and overall, how the computers function. PC-98 operate similar to how game systems work; they both use sprites and gaming-specific hardware components.

Therefore, although originally intended as a business computer, the PC-9800 series became a popular platform for video games in Japan. Many “doujin”, or “Japanese Indie” developers got their start on the PC-98. Over 6,000 games exist for the platform, many which are undocumented/unknown outside of Japan. Good known PC-98 games include: -Touhou Project Games (5 exist for PC-98) -Corpse Party The majority of PC-98 games are adult-oriented anime games; primarily visual novels. This is because the PC-9800 series was marketed as a work/business machine; this would have made it more widely used by adults rather than other age groups.

However, there are a good amount of non-adult PC-98 games out there. I would like to mention quickly that, contrary to what most people think, it is actually not that hard to buy, import, and use a PC-98. Many people believe that the computers cost too much; while the shipping can be high, oftentimes you will find that a PC-98 costs less to buy than, say, a 3DS. Using a PC-98 is not necessarily difficult; I only learned MS-DOS a year ago. Regardless, if you are reading this, you are most likely content on buying a PC-98 for yourself, and I will try to provide as good of a guide as possible, so that this process will be as fun and easy as possible.

First Step: What Games Do You Intend On Playing? SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: You must first, before anything else, find out what you will need in order to play the games you are interested in playing. Just to get this out of the way, the Touhou Project Games should all be run on no less than a PC-9821 with an Intel i486 66Mhz or higher, with 4MB RAM. The Touhou games ideally should be used with a Pentium or Celeron processor.