NEC PC-88

For emulators, see PC-8800 series emulators and Emulators on PC-8800 series.

The PC-8800 (usually shortened to PC-88) is an 8-bit personal computer series made by NEC and originally intended for business use. Though it was the lead computer in Japan, it was followed closely by it's main competitors, Sharp's X1 and Fujitsu's FM-7. It was later succeeded by the more powerful PC-98, which cemented NEC's position as the lead computer manufacturer in Japan.

As far as games go, the PC-88 saw the birth of various series such as Dragon Slayer and Ys as well as prolific companies such as Enix and Hudson. But note that it was technically inferior to the X1 and FM-7, so if a game is also on one of those, that version is likely superior.

The list

Cover	Title	Genre	Description	Screenshot
	Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu Scenario 1 & 2	Action-RPG	One of the original gangsters of action-RPGs with platforming. 1985! Combines platforming and overhead dungeon-crawling. Has lots of secrets, puzzles, items, magic spells, enemies, platforming, exploring, etc. And of course, big badass bosses you'd expect from Falcom. Scenario 2 is better, but you'll want to beat Scenario 1 first, as 2 pulls tricks and traps early on that a totally new player won't understand. The process to get Scenario 2 started requires you to get prompted to copy aspects of Scenario 1 unto a Scenario 2 disk and use the training center and maze of Scenario 1 to get to the dungeon entrance, then, when prompted again, change disks to proceed with the Scenario 2 game. HG101 article
	Silpheed	Shoot 'em up	Fly in space and take down the space terrorists that can destroy planets with their space nukes. Super cool polygonal shmup, years before polygons became popular. Widely ported, but this is the original. HG101 article, video review
	Thexder	Platformer	Be a transforming robot, zap the enemies with a homing laser. Widely ported, but this is the original.
	XZR: Hakai no Gouzou	Action-RPG	The very first game in the series which would later be known as Exile on the TurboGrafx-16. You control Sadler, a Syrian assassin who smokes drugs to restore health and seeks to end the tyranny of the evil rulers, so you run around the land solving all sorts of problems, then you get transported to the future, where you must kill the President of the United States! This game received a port for the MSX, which has worse graphics and no scrolling, but is much, much easier. Though there are no fan-translations available for either version, you can find walktroughs on the internet.

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