...huh, apparently there was a portable version of the PC-Engine / Turbografx, with a gameboy form factor but a backlit screen and full compatibility with all PC-Engine games
and it came out in 1990
apparently the reason it didn't do well was 1) NEC was really bad at advertising, 2) it was expensive as fuck, and 3) NEC wasn't really a well known game company on the scale of nintendo and sega
(only reason 2) applies to japanese sales though)
looks like used ones still demand prices upwards of $350 on ebay too
it's called the TurboExpress incidentally if you want to look it up. it looks really neat
@Violet I was mostly just surprised at how many I recognised
@Felthry there was also a collection of PCE machines on exhibit at the made in Japan festival at the computer museum back in May as well of you're interested in the system
@Violet honestly, I barely even knew it existed until recently
had thought it was japan-only for the longest time
@Felthry it's lovely, you should check out a cute shmup called coryoon if you haven't heard of it
@Violet shmups are very not our style of game I'm afraid!
@Felthry ah, shame! You should take a look at videos of it anyway, it's a charming little game with nice music
@Felthry yeah he's definitely reviewed a few of these