BEHIND THE SCENES DIARY OF THE PC ENGINE MINI DEVELOPMENT
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Hiromasa Iwasaki
Despite the “secret” vibe of the title, it’s not a scandalous book—because 2020 was the year the PC Engine Mini launched, and the author’s name appears in the staff roll, they felt they had to make a PC Engine Mini book. Within what they can safely share, they write about what kind of work they were doing while the mini was being made.
They say it’s not a “look how hard I worked” story—more a book about the kinds of struggles Konami and M2 went through. The hope is that readers will come away understanding how much time and effort it takes to reproduce retro-console games accurately in a modern environment. It also gathers hard-to-know details, like who made the original PC Engine development hardware and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about games included on the Mini.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
Japanese | Paperback | N/A | 2020 | 42 | |
Japanese | Paperback | Remastered* | N/A | 2026 | 82 |
*Double the size of the original release, it adds many more stories and anecdotes about the games included on the Mini, and it closes with a text explaining the relationship between IP rights and games—describing “rights” as retro gaming’s biggest enemy.
OTHER NAMES
PC Engine Mini: Behind-the-Scenes Diary of Development
PCエンジンmini 製作裏日記
PCエンジンmini 製作裏日記 リマスター
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Authors: #HiromasaIwasaki
Publishers: #HIGHRISKREVOLUTION (HIGH RISK REVOLUTION)
Languages: #Japanese
Format: #Paperback
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Year: #Year2026
Genres: #GeneralHistory
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#TurboGrafx16 (PC Engine)