Tonight I have been mostly playing.....

[Neil_H]

...R-Type on the PC Engine GT



Best shoot-em-up on the best handheld ever?

[ShadownINja]

Best shoot-em-up, full stop?

[Polarbert]

My mobile phone has a bigger screen than that.

[The_Jackal]

Even better on the PSP.

[Neil_H]

Polarbert said:

My mobile phone has a bigger screen than that.

So does mine, even my camera does..

That's not the point though, back in 1990 that as state-of-the-art. For its time it was awesome.

I got a PSP on launch day, it leaves me cold.

[ShadownINja]

Why is it called a PC Engine, btw?

[Neil_H]

No idea, just one of those crazy Japanese names I think!

[ShadownINja]

Ah!

[M@T.R]

You need to get yourself a sega game gear! Now thats a proper hand held!

[Neil_H]

M@T.R said:

You need to get yourself a sega game gear! Now thats a proper hand held!

Thinking of getting one of these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Nomad

I was never a big Sega fan, but I do quite fancy playing some of the Sega classics.

[adycav]

I have one of these PC Engine GTs sitting gathering dust in a cupboard. It works perfectly and even has the original box, instructions etc.

I am going to sell it I think, does anyone have any idea what it's worth?

[Neil_H]

adycav said:

I have one of these PC Engine GTs sitting gathering dust in a cupboard. It works perfectly and even has the original box, instructions etc.

I am going to sell it I think, does anyone have any idea what it's worth?

Condition is everything. If it's mint (ie brand new) £150+. Good condition, boxed and in full working order, anything up to that figure, but more likely around £100+. If it has any flaws, dodgy sound (very common), dead pixels, scratches etc then anything under that.

YMMV

[adycav]

Thanks Neil, that's really useful. It is mint condition, as new pretty much. The screen and sound are both perfect.

It's on ebay now.