NEC

Game Consoles, Home Computers, Peripherals

Models

PC Engine — The PC Engine emerged from a 1985 initiative at Hudson Soft, where marketing director Toshiyuki Takahashi noted rising frustration with Nintendo’s refusal to adopt proposed…
TurboGrafx-16 — The system was marketed under multiple formal designations: 'TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem', 'TurboGrafx-16 SuperSystem', and more succinctly as 'TurboGrafx-16' or…

PC-6001 — Not a machine built for glory, the PC-6001 was engineered for aisle placement. NEC, already dominant in Japan’s office computing sector, turned its gaze westward in 1981 with…
PC-8801 — More than a dozen distinct models carried the PC-8801 designation, indicating a prolonged and segmented product lifecycle.
PC-8801 mkII — The PC-8801 mkII was not a single model but a family of machines differentiated by suffixes indicating configuration and capability.
PC-9801 — NEC PC-9801: the 16-bit Japanese standard that sold 18M+ units, ran a 10 MHz V30, and built its own graphics and C-Bus ecosystem.

MultiSync — NEC MultiSync (1985) — the first color monitor to auto-scan across MDA, CGA, EGA, and VGA, popularizing multiscanning and earning Smithsonian milestone status.