PC Engine Availability

Raven Games are one of the largest suppliers of PC

Engine hardware & software worldwide with

shipments arriving from Japan regularly.

All the rare titles like Castlevania X, Spriggan 2, Parasol Stars, Strider etc. turn up regularly, in fact a lot of the hardware and software mentioned on the following pages we have in stock now. We always have at least 150 different Japanese titles in stock at one time.

Check out the stock list below link or e mail us at

info@ravengames.co.uk for any other info you need regarding Pc Engine.

PC Engine History / The Beginning

On the 10th October 1987 the Japanese electronics giant NEC launched a powerful video games system which they named the PC Engine HE System.

It was the centre (or engine) of a much larger entertainment system incorporating keyboard, disc drive and a printer. However, in the 1st few months the system did not appear to be very popular. NEC shelved the idea of making the machine the centre of a home entertainment system and concentrated their time and resources in marketing the machine as a games only system.

Still, it took time for the new machine to be widely accepted in Japan. The Nintendo Entertainment System was still the market leader with 3 in 5 Japanese homes owning one.

It was not until game companies such as Hudson Soft and Irem started to produce quality software that the Japanese public started to take notice. Games such as Chan & Chan and Dragon Spirit were now being produced. In particular it was a game called R-Type which started the now tremendous popularity of the system. From the beginning of 1988 the PC Engine became the second most popular games system in Japan.

A year later NEC released the CD Rom drive. From this point the popularity of the system was assured with many other software companies such as Namco and Taito producing games on both card and CD format.