Final Crisis - Pushing PC-88 Hardware Limits (PC-88 Paradise)

[@SutorenjiKamereon]

I'm Russian, and I can explain the word. It's интрига, "intriga", pronounced kinda like "in-tree-gah". It's basically "intrigue", when used as a noun. Here it's more likely to mean "something mysterious" rather than "a secret plot or scheme", but who knows what the game creators meant. Anyway, it's hilarious to see a random Russian word in all caps all over the screen.Thank you for your excellent videos, I love them!

[@CorporalDanLives]

Hey basement brothers, thank you so much for making these videos. There is so little information on this kind of stuff in english, you guys really are a godsend.

[@alphadog6970]

The strange word is written in cyrillic and "ИНТРИГА" means intrigue. You pronounce it as you read it,provided you known any of the cyrillic languages. Great episode and I cant wait for the next one.

[@jackmcmorrow]

Which, oddly enough, is the same sound of the word in Portuguese.

[@20windfisch11]

@@jackmcmorrow this is because Russian adapted many words from other languages.

[@matthieupellet580]

yes! And google trad says it is bulgarian... thanks again for these videos about pc-88 (and 98 [please, do more pc-9801 videos])!!!

[@alphadog6970]

Wow this exploded 5 years later 😘😘😘

[@ArcadiaGosh]

@@alphadog6970 hahahha exactly! But is the concept of time relevant when looking at pc-88/98? :)😂

[@oziphantom9465]

adding the extra sound board is not free, you will need a lot more CPU cycles to drive the extra sound channels, and RAM to hold the extra music. This game is on the limits performance wise and adding more sound would hurt the FPS.

[@loganjorgensen]

Wow I didn't think the PC-88 could do something like this. It's reminds me of early DOS scrolling which was less smooth but very functional, guessing it likely uses Adaptive Tile Refresh much like iD software's early side scrolling games like Commander Keen. Looks fun and you normally don't get that much story in a shooter.

[@Michirin9801]

My favourite PC-88 game~♥ Very nice review, totally does the game justice ^^

[@Michirin9801]

Looking forward to whenever you get to review the Game Arts games! Thexder, Silpheed and Fire Hawk are also amongst my favourites on the system ^^

[@willmistretta]

I've been on a tear through the PC-88 Paradise playlist latest, but most of the other games on it just seem too opaque for those of us who can't read Japanese. Well, I just gave this one a go and can now say I've finished my first PC-88 game. Thanks!

[@Abyssal_Mayura]

Nice for translating the dialogue of the game.

[@Esteban_LeGrafx]

Yet another superb video! Damn, the music sounds great, but I agree-SoundBoard II support probably would have elevated the already solid soundtrack to greater heights. I eagerly await the next video...

[@Wyrdwad]

My only familiarity with the Soundboard II is The Scheme, but... yeah, that's enough to make me a fan! That would be a cool game to review, too, as most people just know it as "that platformer with the great Yuzo Koshiro music and the hero who looks exactly like Adol." But it genuinely is a really good Metroidvania, especially for 1987, and I had a very good time playing through it! And that soundtrack is just... so delicious. ;) ...Oh, also, good to see another PC-88 video! I really enjoy these, and am always happy to see a new one pop up on my KZbin subscriptions list.

[@Wyrdwad]

Ah, I had no idea it was an expensive title -- but I suppose I'm not surprised. I don't own a PC-88, but my MSX collection certainly hasn't come cheap. I'm sure it's a very similar story with the PC-88 library. I played my copy of The Scheme on my Windows PC via a CD called "All About Bothtec" that came as a free bonus gift with the copy of Dragon Slayer Chronicle I bought several years ago -- and apparently, I lucked out, as those All About Bothtec discs are supposedly fairly rare too, having only been thrown in with the very first batch of Dragon Slayer Chronicle boxes that were shipped out.

[@Wyrdwad]

Oh, of course. I don't even own a PC-88, and I'd totally buy a copy of The Scheme if I saw it in the wild for a decent price, just to have it in my collection! (Though I'd defer to actual PC-88 owners first, as I prefer to see collectible games get some actual use rather than just sit on shelves forever.)

[@madson-web]

This is like the PC-88 equivalent of Alien Soldier. Let's set that NEC CPU heat on fire!

[@СаняВен-е4с]

Интрига sounds like Intriga (means Intrigue)

[@RONJIXRONJI]

ご紹介頂き誠に有難う御座います！

[@intigod7868]

Nice video, keep up the good work

[@astrades2601]

Wow, this SHMUP surely looks great. I even feel urge to play it :D

[@stockicide]

Great review! Very entertaining.

[@sneakillysneak2388]

Интрига - intrigue, mystery in russian. I believe its more like Mystery in this case

[@Alianger]

Do you have a list of pc-88 or 98 games that used cd audio music?

[@marktheshark274]

It's nice to see a PC-88 game with somewhat smooth scrolling. If there's one thing that I don't like about many PC-88 games is that the scrolling is often very choppy. I might be a bit spoiled by games that scroll smoothly, but choppy scrolling still feels very jarring to me. Also, a bit of an unrelated question, but do you have Valis I and/or II on the PC-88? If so, do you have any plans to talk about them in a future episode of PC-88 Paradise?

[@Mythteller]

Need it to be a remake version to see how updated graphics and computing power will affect the gameplay😁

[@quarkbent9165]

Techno Grard sounds like a Soviet Bloc business :)

[@BasementBrothers]

Guess that's why they used the Russian writing and Russian-sounding character names. :) Thanks for watching.

[@MxArgent]

I've noticed some '80s-'90s Japanese game designers displaying a certain fascination with the Russian language and soviet culture. Some of the plot beats in Konami's SNATCHER, Sega's widely distributed Tetris implementation, and the multiple(???) puzzle games starring a mascot version of Gorbachev come to mind. I get the impression relations between the two countries must have warmed a fair deal in the Perestroika period.

[@KuroNoTenno]

Didn't NEC release their BIOS and other PC-88/98 stuff online for free? I vaguely remember reading about that somewhere.

[@BasementBrothers]

Never heard of that. Can you find any source?

[@KuroNoTenno]

@@BasementBrothers I can't find anything about it from a quick search, and I don't remember where exactly I read about it either, so I might be misremembering things. Sorry.

[@olegushakov5074]

looks like NES "over horizon" inspired heavily by it!

[@CorporalDanLives]

I like the way you say TECHNO GRARD~!

[@PlasmaSnake369]

Do you have Star Cruiser for PC 88? That couldn't make for an interesting video.

[@immortus127]

which cpu are you fast the snes or the pc-8801 mk II sr

[@oziphantom9465]

4Mhz Z80 vs 2.68Mhz 65816, SNES wins easily, then FastROM 3.5 Mhz SNES destroys.

[@immortus127]

@@oziphantom9465 thanks... right now i play a game on my steam deck. Dracula xx a snes game in the Castlevania advanced collection

[@FeelingShred]

So... taxpayers have to pay for all these bullets, missiles and fuel??

[@estebanvillalobos2303]

the content is fire but your intro is pure cringe

[@BasementBrothers]

That's the joke though. Intentional cringe.

[@Jacob-dw4vd]

TY88

[@blumiu2426]

Going through these vids, I've never seen these PCs in my life haha

[@napoleonfeanor]

I don't think they ever sold much outside of japan.