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Although engineers of Nintendo developed Disk System in 1986, but they violated a large mistake unintentionally: Copy disk machines can be made by simple modification of circuit from the original machines. The effect of the loss of investment is not very serious in Japan. But in Hong Kong, some merchant brought this copy machine from Japan and produce illegal copies of game. Finally, original copies of game phased out and disappear in Hong Kong.

任天堂雖然創造了磁碟介面系統，但是在遊戲版權上估計錯誤，造成收入損失：他們不慎地將可以

經過修改而擁有COPY功能的磁碟機推出市場，當時對於日本並不是一回事，由於人民很愛國，對於損害到國家

經濟的事（即翻版），就算知道也不會作大事宣傳；但在香港，當商人知道後，往中國內地引入磁碟作為抄碟

之用，抄碟程式亦在這時應運而生。翻版磁碟的出現，更令原本的原裝遊戲更見萎縮，最後消失於香港市場。

Before 1987, Nintendo owned the whole video game console market. NEC started the battle against with Nintendo by their first game console introduced in the October of 1987 ----- PC-ENGINE. Many books denoted that PC-ENGINE acts as the strong enemy respect to Nintendo. New challenger can advance the technology of the game console.

在1987年以前，任天堂壟斷電視遊戲市場。就在這時，NEC發表了新一代遊戲機－－－PC-ENGINE

，並於同年十月推出。從此，NEC投入了發展電視遊戲的生涯。並被當時不少遊戲書籍評定PC-ENGINE將會是

任天堂一個前所未有的勁敵。不過有競爭才有進步，電視遊戲硬件引入新競爭對消費者亦是一件好事。

Strong Enemy of Nintendo ---- PC-ENGINE

任天堂的勁敵－－－PC-ENGINE

（港譯：白機）

Two games published with the born of PC-Engine. 'The Kung Fu' is an action game with a large characters which about occupied quarter of the whole screen! It probably focus to the weakness of Family Computer because the limitation of the hardware design, blink or unstable screen may be appear if too many character appear within screen. PC-Engine suitable with the player who required a high quality.

在PC-ENGINE推出之時，有兩套軟件同時推出。第一套就是THE功夫，是一個橫向

動作遊戲，最大賣點是無論主角或敵人都是非常巨大，主角佔了全畫面的四

分一。由於紅白機的機能有所限制：過大或過多角式在同一畫面出現會造成

遲緩及閃爍。所以此作相信是針對紅白機的弱點，

希望在任天堂旗下搶到一部份需要高質素畫面的用

家。

The another game was an action game called 'Kato & Ken'. The main character can be chosen by the player. It was similar to Mario Bros of NES. Size of character of this game were very large, too.

第二套軟件就是卡杜先生&健先生，亦是個動作遊戲，玩者

可選擇卡杜先生或杜先生為主角，畫面有瑪利奧兄弟的影子，

也是個擁有巨大角式出現的遊戲。

Name of Game (遊戲名稱)	THE功夫 (THE Kung Fu)	卡杜先生&健先生 （KATO & KEN）
Producer (生產廠商)	HUDSON SOFT	HUDSON SOFT
Type (種類)	Action (動作)	Action (動作)
Volume (容量)	2M ( Hu-Card）	2M ( Hu-Card）
Date of publish (發售日期)	1987 年 11 月 21 日	1987 年 11 月 30 日

Promotion are required to increase the portion of PC-Engine in video game console market. NEC had starts the competition of video game in Japan, Hong Kong & Taiwan. Many players invited to join to let more and more people to know the high performance product by PC-Engine. For the copyright, the complicated electronic circuit inside Hu-card to avoid the merchant made a unauthorized copy for use of selling. This made PC-Engine can remain in the market of video game console in Hong Kong today.

NEC為了令PC-ENGINE在各市場鞏固勢力，在宣傳上不遺餘力，曾在日本、香港及台灣舉辦電視遊

戲比賽，盛況空前。令更多人知道PC-ENGINE的威力。至於處理翻版方面，PC－ENGINE做得相當不錯，由於

當年設計Hu-Card內部擁有複雜電路，造成翻版Hu-Card的成本很高，利潤並不多，不能吸引翻版商的垂青。所

以仍能夠在香港的電視遊戲留一席位。

Released on 14 May 1998

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