#pc-6001

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'Space Harrier'

[PC-6001] [JAPAN] [MAGAZINE, SPREAD] [1987]

Finally available with high-speed 3D graphics. Emergency Launch Due to supernatural phenomena and an unknown enemy, Dragon Land has been taken over by vicious magical creatures. The righteous dragon Uriah seeks Harrier's help to restore peace. Harrier is a supernatural warrior from Earth. Can you save Dragon Land? Space Harrier, which was considered difficult to play in the PC-6001 version, has finally been realized with high-speed 3D graphics. The rear view of the galloping Harrier remains the same, while the magical creatures of Dragon Land are depicted with their distinctive movements. The high-speed scrolling is so powerful you'll find yourself moving your body involuntarily. Enjoy all 16 exciting levels to your heart's content. ~Ad Caption [BMT🤖]

Source: Gekkanmaikon, February 1987 || Internet Archive; taihen

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Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken

In a cutscene at the end of Metal Gear Solid V, a game set in the 1980s, a man is loading a cassette tape in MSX computer and the characteristic loading noises from a data tape are played. It did not take fans long to find out that the audio contained the header of the 1983 Japanese adventure game The Portopia Serial Murder Case, a game Hideo Kojima famously has quoted as one of the reasons he went into the video game industry. In fact, this by modern standards rather primitive graphical text adventure is often heralded as one of the most influential games in Japanese video game history. Similar to how Sierra’s King’s Quest (1984) shaped the direction western computer adventure games would take, Portopia has been instrumental to the development of the adventure (ADV) genre, but also to Japanese video game interface design in general. 

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Hydlide (ハイドライド) - T&E Soft - PC6001 - 1984

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Love Match Tennis (ラブマッチテニス) - Enix - PC-6001 - 1983

The very first game created by Yuji Horii, who made the title single-handedly as part of a hobbyist programming contest held by Enix. While the game did not win the one million yen grand prize, that was awarded to Koichi Nakamura for Door Door, Love Match Tennis did make it to the finals of the contest and was published alongside other finalists in February of 1983. Humble beginnings for a creator that would release the genre defining Portopia Serial Murder Case only a few months later and eventually create the storied Dragon Quest franchise.

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Crazy Driver/クレイジードライバー for Nec Pc-6001 made in 1983 by Compac, Zec Soft, and STR Mutans

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Maze/迷路 for Nec Pc-6001 made in 1982 by Nec

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Crazy Newton/クレイジー・ニュートン for Nec Pc-6001 made in 1982 by Computer Land Hokkaido, Naoto Shinada, Fumiya Matsui, Touru Funamizu, and H. Sasaki