Thoughts on differences between Western and Japanese home computer markets

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Okay, so last month (December of 2025), I saw a few screenshots of PC-98 games and went wondering: “in comparison, why do Western home computer games of the same era (the kind that you’d see on an Amiga or Atari ST) tend to be so ‘meh’-looking?”, in comparison to both console games of the same era and PC games that would come out shortly after games like DOOM would prove the PC was actually a viable mainstream gaming platform?".

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Thoughts on differences between Western and Japanese home computer markets