In this episode, Tony Coles talks at length about NEC's little wonder-console, the PC Engine. Expect the usual waffles and tangents, with diversions for arcade CPU trends, the two journos who singlehandedly created the UK import console scene and over-frothing the under-appreciated Taito classic, Parasol Stars. It finishes with a run through his HuCard collection and has multiple interjections from Barbarella, a cat.
Read Tony's PC Engine piece here. And another about his love of Bubble Bobble here. He wrote about shitloads of emulators in this piece, and learn more about the brilliant Zero magazine here!
Go on - buy a HuCard today! From Ebay! You'll feel better for owning one, even if you don't buy a PC Engine console.
With immense gratitude to NEC Retro, here's the absolutely glorious Parodius manual in full PDF glory.
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