Magazines
The longest running NEC publication was sold in Japan under the name PC-Engine Fan Magazine and exclusively dedicated to NEC systems, beating out rival mags Gekkan PC Engine (Shogakukan) and Marukatsu PC Engine (Kadokawa Shoten) to the market by a month in late 1988. Published by Tokuma Shoten, the magazine started out as a separate department of Family Computer Magazine, Tokuma's flagship console publication; the "FAN" name was also used by sister titles MSX FAN and Mega Drive FAN.
While it occasionally featured extra pull-out material, its chief recognition among U.S. fans is the Hyper Catalog that was released in 1993; it featured an index of all of the Japanese published titles to date. The PC Engine Fan magazine also ran occasional specials, such as selling a second pressing of Magical Chase via mail-order after the original publisher went bankrupt almost immediately after releasing the shooter classic.
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