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PC-8801 The , commonly shortened to PC-88, are a brand of Zilog Z80-based 8-bit home computers released by Nippon Electric Company (NEC) in 1981 and primarily sold in Japan. The PC-8800 series sold extremely well and became one of the three major Japane ...

computer in April 1982. It was one of the earliest commercial Japanese erotic computer games, featuring sexually explicit images, and a precursor to the modern

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genre. ''Night Life'' was marketed as an aid for the sex life of couples. It included such features as a schedule to determine a woman's

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, and a catalog of possible

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s, with artwork consisting of black-and-white outlines. The PC-8801 version got an English translation patch on May 19, 2022.

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