<s>
The	O
is	O
a	O
32-bit	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
NEC	O
and	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
discontinued	O
in	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
as	O
NEC	O
's	O
final	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
NEC	O
V810	O
CPU	B-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
(	O
known	O
overseas	O
as	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
form	O
factor	O
is	O
like	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
tower	B-General_Concept
PC	I-General_Concept
,	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
similarly	O
upgradeable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
was	O
uncompetitive	O
with	O
its	O
fifth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
peers	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
3D	O
polygon-based	O
graphics	O
chip	O
,	O
high	O
price	O
,	O
and	O
limited	O
developer	O
support	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
NEC	O
partnered	O
with	O
game	O
publisher	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
released	O
internationally	O
as	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
was	O
successful	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
TG-16	B-General_Concept
struggled	O
in	O
overseas	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
created	O
a	O
strong	O
relationship	O
between	O
NEC	O
and	O
Hudson	O
,	O
who	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
true	O
successor	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
SuperGrafx	B-General_Concept
,	O
an	O
upgraded	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
that	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
the	O
year	O
before	O
to	O
low	O
sales	O
and	O
was	O
already	O
discontinued	O
)	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
companies	O
designed	O
a	O
prototype	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Tetsujin	O
"	O
(	O
"	O
Iron	O
Man	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
32-bit	B-Application
console	I-Application
with	O
full-screen	O
video	O
playback	O
,	O
2	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
Hudson	O
created	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Star	B-Device
Soldier	I-Device
displaying	O
3D	O
objects	O
over	O
pre-rendered	O
backdrops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publications	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
's	O
continued	O
success	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
made	O
NEC	O
and	O
Hudson	O
reluctant	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
succeeding	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
technologically-superior	O
consoles	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
and	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
,	O
made	O
the	O
Tetsujin	O
's	O
hardware	O
look	O
more	O
dated	O
by	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
redesigned	O
to	O
resemble	O
a	O
PC	B-General_Concept
tower	I-General_Concept
with	O
slots	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
future	O
modules	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Very	O
little	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
itself	O
was	O
changed	O
from	O
the	O
Tetsujin	O
prototype	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
upgraded	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
32-bit	O
V-810	O
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
,	O
the	O
"	O
PC	O
"	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
nod	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unusual	O
for	O
a	O
fifth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
console	O
,	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
's	O
reasoning	O
for	O
this	O
was	O
that	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
processors	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
relatively	O
low-powered	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
figures	O
having	O
a	O
blocky	O
appearance	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
for	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
pre-rendered	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
and	O
showcased	O
at	O
the	O
1994	O
Tokyo	O
Toy	O
Show	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presented	O
alongside	O
several	O
competing	O
systems	O
—	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Sega	O
Saturn	O
,	O
Neo	B-Device
Geo	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Bandai	B-Device
Playdia	I-Device
—	O
its	O
PC	B-General_Concept
tower	I-General_Concept
design	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
ridicule	O
from	O
commentators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hudson	O
demonstrated	O
FX	O
Fighter	O
,	O
a	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
created	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
Virtua	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
,	O
to	O
showcase	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
's	O
target	O
audience	O
was	O
roughly	O
five	O
years	O
older	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
hopes	O
that	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
fans	O
would	O
be	O
brought	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
successor	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
early	O
1998	O
with	O
only	O
400,000	O
units	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
uses	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
as	O
its	O
storage	O
medium	O
,	O
following	O
on	O
from	O
the	O
expansion	O
released	O
for	O
its	O
HuCard	B-Device
based	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Device
controller	I-Device
is	O
virtually	O
identical	O
to	O
a	O
DUO-RX	O
controller	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
rapid	O
fire	O
switches	O
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
mode	O
A/B	O
switches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peripherals	O
include	O
a	O
PC-FX	B-Device
mouse	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
strategy	O
games	O
like	O
Farland	O
Story	O
FX	O
and	O
Power	O
DoLLS	O
FX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
is	O
able	O
to	O
decompress	O
30	O
JPEG	O
pictures	O
per	O
second	O
while	O
playing	O
digitally	O
recorded	O
audio	O
,	O
essentially	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
Motion	B-Application
JPEG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
gives	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
superior	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
quality	O
over	O
all	O
other	O
fifth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
'	O
s	O
computer-like	O
form	O
factor	O
was	O
unusual	O
for	O
consoles	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
stands	O
upright	O
like	O
a	O
tower	B-General_Concept
computer	I-General_Concept
while	O
other	O
contemporary	O
consoles	O
lay	O
flat	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
three	O
expansion	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
it	O
features	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
power	O
supply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-FX	B-Device
includes	O
an	O
HU	O
62	O
series	O
32-bit	O
system	B-Device
board	I-Device
,	O
an	O
LSI	O
chip	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
32-bit	O
V-810	O
RISC	B-Architecture
CPU	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
can	O
display	O
16.77	O
million	O
colors	O
(	O
the	O
same	O
amount	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unusual	O
for	O
a	O
fifth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
console	O
,	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
's	O
reasoning	O
for	O
this	O
was	O
that	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
processors	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
relatively	O
low-powered	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
figures	O
having	O
a	O
blocky	O
appearance	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
better	O
for	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
pre-rendered	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
graphics	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
GA	O
(	O
"	O
game	O
accelerator	O
"	O
)	O
for	O
PC-9800	O
and	O
DOS/V	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
cards	O
integrate	O
an	O
additional	O
3D	O
chipset	O
(	O
Kubota/Hudson	O
HuC6273	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
regular	O
PC-FX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
computer	O
graphics	O
accelerators	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
arguably	O
the	O
most	O
comparable	O
device	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
the	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
3DO	B-Device
Blaster	O
)	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
GA	O
outputs	O
over	O
a	O
separate	O
video	O
connection	O
rather	O
than	O
from	O
the	O
PC	O
's	O
interface	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
relatively	O
high	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
card	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
itself	O
,	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
card	O
selling	O
incredibly	O
poorly	O
;	O
below	O
even	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
dedicated	O
PC-FX	B-Device
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
launch	O
games	O
were	O
Graduation	O
2	O
:	O
Neo	O
Generation	O
FX	O
,	O
Battle	O
Heat	O
,	O
and	O
Team	O
Innocent	O
on	O
December	O
23	O
,	O
1994	O
and	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
released	O
was	O
First	B-Application
Kiss	I-Application
Story	I-Application
on	O
April	O
24	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
demo	O
discs	O
were	O
released	O
with	O
publications	O
which	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
disc	O
in	O
a	O
CD-equipped	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
or	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
directed	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
,	O
continuing	O
their	O
partnership	O
over	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
develop	O
only	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
popular	O
anime	O
franchises	O
and	O
using	O
prerendered	O
animated	O
footage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
this	O
policy	O
played	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
's	O
strengths	O
,	O
it	O
barred	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
from	O
bringing	O
successful	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
series	O
such	O
as	O
Bomberman	B-Application
and	O
Bonk	O
to	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
launched	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
awarded	O
the	O
console	O
an	O
18	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
,	O
one	O
point	O
lower	O
than	O
the	O
score	O
it	O
gave	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
writer	O
for	O
Ultimate	O
Future	O
Games	O
in	O
April	O
1995	O
said	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
had	O
impressively	O
competitive	O
hardware	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
game	O
library	O
relied	O
largely	O
on	O
animation	O
over	O
gameplay	O
,	O
so	O
readers	O
should	O
"[not]	O
expect	O
much	O
just	O
yet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Criticism	O
writers	O
believed	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
troubled	O
by	O
a	O
weak	O
software	O
lineup	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
and	O
creativity	O
from	O
NEC	O
,	O
and	O
served	O
as	O
an	O
unsuitable	O
and	O
inferior	O
follow-up	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
