Its sound-producing capabilities were also more advanced than other machines of the time. NEC's American subsidiary, NEC Home Electronics (USA), marketed variations of the PC-8801 in the United States.įor its time, the PC-8801SR (V2-mode) had a high display resolution, but could only display 8 out of 512 colors simultaneously. It and its variants are informally called the PC-88. You can also play these games on a PC using one of the following emulators found here.The PC-8801 is a Zilog Z80-based home computer released by Nippon Electric Company (NEC) in 1981 in Japan, where it became very popular.
If you wish to find out more details about these games I have provided the original Japanese kanji which you can copy and paste in any search engine to get even more results.
Here are thirty great games, in alphabetical order, that you can play on the NEC PC-8801. Sound: beep + YM2203 ( 3 FM channels, 3 SSG ) Mono N mode: PC-8000 Series compatible graphic mode SPECIFICATION - PC-8801mkII SR model 30 (1985)ĬPU: NEC PD780C-1 4 Mhz (Z80A-compatible) Many popular video game series first appeared on the PC-88, including Dragon Slayer, Snatcher, Thexder and Ys. The PC-8801 had several upgrades all the way up to the PC-8801 MC (1989), which came with a CD-ROM drive, and became Japan's top 8-bit computer, helping to establish NEC as the number one company in the Japanese computer industry for almost two decades.
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