PC Engine Fan was a Japanese magazine dedicated to the

PC Engine The TurboGrafx-16, known as the outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics. It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era, though ...

, published by

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, m ...

. It ran from 1988 to 1996.

History

The first issue of ''PC Engine Fan'' was published in late 1988. The magazine originated as a section in ''Family Computer Magazine'', but was eventually spun out into its own publication. The magazine had two sister titles, ''MSX Fan'' and ''Mega Drive Fan''. Artwork and covers for the magazine were often drawn by artist

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. From 1993 onwards, the covers usually featured the magazine's mascot, Mana. ''PC Engine Fan'' was the last magazine to focus exclusively on NEC consoles. It shut in 1996, but two specials named ''Super PC Engine Fan Deluxe'' were published in 1997.

CD-ROMs

Throughout its history, ''PC Engine Fan'' produced a number of discs, which could be played on a PC Engine with the

CD-ROM² The TurboGrafx-16, known as the outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics. It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era, thoug ...

addon. The first disc is notable for including two homebrew games, which were not sold at retail. These games, developed with the Develo kit, are ''Frisbee Ken John'', a one-button game about a dog catching a

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, and ''Maru-Maru'', a simple

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. *''PC Engine Fan: Special CD-ROM Vol. 1'' contained a simplified version of the game ''Virgin Dream'' as well as two homebrew games; ''Frisbee Ken John'' and ''Maru-Maru''. *''PC Engine Fan: Special CD-ROM Vol. 2'' contained demos of ''Kokuu Hyouryuu Nirgends'' and ''Blue Breaker'', as well as a Game Database. *''PC Engine Fan: Special CD-ROM Vol. 3'' contained a demo of ''Super God Trooper Zeroigar''. *''Super PC Engine Fan Deluxe Special CD-ROM Vol.1'' contains demos for '' Angelique Special 2'', '' Yuna FX'', ''Nirgends'' and ''Fire Woman''. *''Super PC Engine Fan Deluxe Special CD-ROM Vol.2'' contains demos for ''Comic Road'', ''Tonari no Princess Rolfee!'', ''Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari'' and ''Last Imperial Prince''.

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TurboPlay Magazine & Game Manual Database - PC Engine FanPC Engine FAN on Archive.org
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