ChopstickSamurai
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Atari Jaguar.
The Marty is based on a computer system called FM Towns that got sold in Japan from the late 80s to the mid 90s. The computer wasn't exactly a big hit but got some good games spread over various genres like arcade action/ports, Japanese adventures and RPG, adult titles, OVA tie-ins, strategy, simulations and war gaming, as well as a large number of tools and business software.
The computer runs on early PC-style hardware and has a PC-ish operating system but isn't fully PC-compatible out of the box. The Marty has a faster CPU and some custom chips for graphics and sound made by Fujitsu. Its main medium are CDs but you can also connect a floppy drive to it. Most FM Towns games also work on the Marty, which is good because the number of Marty-exclusive games is small. Many of the ports that came out on it are considered arcade-perfect, even more so than the PC Engine versions. The CDs and floppies have no copy protection (at least none that I know of), both systems will work with CD-Rs. It should be noted that while many of the text-heavy FM Towns games will technically work on the Marty, they cannot be played without keyboard, mouse and/or a floppy drive for saving progress and other stuff.
In the end, it all depends on your means and tastes. If you want a reliable system that has all the big titles of the late 80s and 90s in mostly good quality (plus a bit of obscure stuff) and is relatively accessible, get a PC Engine. If you're looking for a large variety of genres, very good ports, a true Japanese-centric gaming experience and a system that sort of breaks the boundaries between late 80s/early 90s gaming and home computing, get a Marty. Of course things look different if you take pricing and availability into consideration, FM Towns and Marty stuff is very expensive and difficult to find outside of Japan.
Irem... Where have you gone....
FEET BEHIND THE FUCKING GRASS YOU MOTHERFUCKING COW FUCKING BASTARDS!
Some fucker went and ruined the shutout.
Let's blame this on Airraid, no matter what.
Didn't he post something asking for opinions on whether or not people thought he should suck a dude's dick in exchange for access to a woman who may or may not have been willing to have sex with him?lol, Airraid
one of the most bizarre members to grace this forum
When this thread started I actually knew all about the Marty.
I now have no fucking clue.....
so clearly, it's still PCE.
I've been deciding this for a while now,and I thought that the neo community could give me a hand.Should I get a Sega Saturn or a 3DO? Both have excellent games on them but I am mainly looking for really hard games.
If you have a hankering for a Japanese non-DOS PC, get a Sharp X68000.