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The PC Engine Racked and Stacked

by electricviking

Borgmaster has instructed me to render this list. I render it thusly, at least in so far as the 100 entry limit shall allow.

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Devil's Crush

1. Devil's Crush

Haven't written about it yet outside of mentioning it in my 2022 roundup post. Suffice to say Devil's Crush is a top five PC Engine game.

R-Type

2. R-Type

"With apologies to Victory Run, it’s the first truly essential game in the system’s library. You owe it to yourself to have a look at this thing if you are interested in the platform." -2023

Victory Run

3. Victory Run

"Victory Run gets an unreserved recommendation as the platform’s oldest immediately fun game. It has a measured depth to it, looks and sounds great for a 1987 home console game, plays well, and will take a few attempts to master." -2022

Shanghai

4. Shanghai

"A very no frills puzzle game, and sometimes that’s what the heart wants. Just swap to Melody 2 as soon as you can, the droning sustained chord in the background of Melody 1 will make you eat your hands." -2022

Wonder Boy in Monster Land

5. Wonder Boy in Monster Land

"Eh. The underlying game is fine, but I’m taking the Master System version over [Bikkuriman World] all day." -2022

China Warrior

6. China Warrior

"The game is eminently easy to dunk upon, accomplishing so very little with so much. Twelve levels slowly walking forward punching wasps and dodging rocks? No thank you." -2022

Shadow Land

7. Shadow Land

"Youkai Douchuuki is about as middling a game as I can imagine... [N]othing to recommend it today." -2023

World Class Baseball

8. World Class Baseball

"[World Class Baseball and World Stadium] are both ancient sports games which hold limited contemporary appeal beyond firing up for the sort of TurboGrafx-16 multiplayer parties dreamed of by only the most perverse YouTube retro gaming personalities." -2023

Pro Yakyuu World Stadium

9. Pro Yakyuu World Stadium

"The appeal here is getting a Family Stadium-style ballgame onto the platform, nothing more or less." -2023

Jaseiken Necromancer

10. Jaseiken Necromancer

"I’ve messed with quite a few “classic” JRPGs at this point... I don’t recall any of those games filling me with as much dread as Necromancer did when, upon defeating my first trash mob of one bug, I was awarded one (1) single experience point and two (2) gold." -2023

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