NEC’s PC-9801 personal computer system dominated the Japanese computer market for much of the 80s and 90s, and the platform soon spawned the nascent market for “dating simulators,” or rather visual novels and eroge, which despite the handicaps of low resolution and as few as 8 colours soon evolved into a vibrant artistic medium.
The Vippers share some of their favourite erotic illustrations of the era below:
Animated:
Those interested in seeing more may wish to look at the similarly themed Retro Eroge Gallery, with more pictures and even some of the legally released classics available in yet another such article.
Wow, this takes me back to went I first heard of/started collecting hentai in the mid-90's. I remember staying up late at night downloading these CG sets manually image by image, on a 28.8k dial-up modem via Netscape, and keeping them stashed on floppies (upgrading to 56k and Zip disks in the late 90s). Pretty sure I still have those sets buried somewhere inside the HDD where I store all of my hentai. But I don't think I'd be able to get off to most of that stuff now, though not because of the quality of the art, but because I've developed more extreme tastes as time went by.
I like these classic games than modern eroge, really. It looks artistic than the modern CGs, sadly enough I don't know many games and people stop making this kind nowdays.
Ah! This brings back memories! The very first eroge I played was Doukyusei by ELF on the PC98. Eroge these days have sounds and better graphics. But most of them won't ever reach the kind of impact that those classic titles had in their days. I am curious what kind of progress they will make in another 10 years.
Damn I so love these old CGs. Chances are good that I have more of this stuff than I have 'modern' eroge CG sets. It's nice to see these old games and their CGs pop up on the net more often recently.
Why don't we list the ones we recognize:
8-14 Pokkii
63-71+88-90 Hacchake Ayayo-san (There are 5 of these games, Ayayo 3-5 look a lot better.)
72-81, 91 I think the game was called Bran Marker.
82-87 Some of Alice Soft's Rance games.
92-97 I think it was called Ayumi-something and is from Alice Soft too.
105-107 Everybody should know this.
Some of the others look so damn familiar, but no matter how hard I think, I can't remember the titles. I should browse through my PC-98 folder again sometime D:
Okay, so the question must be asked: where can we actually get our hands on these games nowadays without knowing Moonspeak? (I cut my teeth on Aypio's game SEX as well as ISLE, Sexy Fighter (Chinese) and a Chinese one I can't remember that had purple text. Couldn't read it but didn't have to be able to anyway... SO WHERE CAN WE GET THEM?!
A few days late again, but this article made my day. Ah for the days before you had to 'woo' your virtual chicks and such absurd inventions as 'routes' and 'love', 'medium endings' and 'harem endings'. There was only rape and nukige. Oh, and shitloads of kickassery. Thank you Artefact.
A couple of western composers made a tribute album to these kinds of games - they even did the pixel art backgrounds and characters! http://yogurtbox.com/
Something that crossed my mind... 20 odd years is barely enough to get a science textbook updated in meattime, however in computerland it's so long ago that a whole generation stand between us and the world for which those images were created. Doesn't it cause a little awe to stare at them, and remember that in a mere 20 years the PC-98 platform arrived, pretty much ruled the japanese market - and then was so completely gone that most people this side of Earth never heard of it?
I SHED MANLY TEARS. This evokes a feeling... like what we would felt if we get to meet face to face with Azumi Kawashima. Or perhaps the young, still untainted with hatred Agnes Chan.
*sheds manly tears while fappin' with the force of a freight train*
Ahh for the case of Retro vintage NEC PC-9801 eroge art 092.png to Retro vintage NEC PC-9801 eroge art 097.png, they are pictures from Ayumichan Monogatari ... which is one of the best Eroge of PC98 era ... Really moe despite of censorship ... The ONLY catch the lack of voice from Seiyu ...
Though many of them are almost ingenuous in their attempts at erotism, I really like those old games' images. To me they're like a window to times past... When hardware would fall that much short of imagination, and yet gamers wouldn't get into it any less than they do today.
I'm more interested in these old eroge from a historical standpoint, I guess. By accident I once downloaded "Akumu 95" (which I think is actually from 1997), and I was less interested in playing and fapping to it than I was in studying it. Fucking interesting.
This gallery would have been more interesting if more historical context would have been provided.
What year did it come out?
What was it? Was it any good? A short review perhaps?
well I haven't exactly played any vn with 90's style art or graphics but when I look at these picture I feel like I'm at a museum or something. I can't exactly fap to artish things like those nude greek statues. It's just interesting how people used to fap to this. Hopefully no one will look at the current generation of hentai and vn's and think the same thing.
wow.not bad.at thet time PC eroge that i play just a fighting game that can strip bra if win 1st round, and strip all when win 2nd.haha.and also have hentai pic in every stage.but cannot defeat this gallery
The amazing thing is that apparently they had to jump through programming hoops to get the machines to play them - the most common PC-98 machine only had a 8-10MHz CPU and something like 4MB ram
Don't know what you 'modern' guys think, I love it, this is the first time I ever appreciate what you are doing Arte, good job, great job, brilliant job.
Nice, this system was the birth place of Touhou.
It amuses me to think the source of some of these images could be older than the people commenting on this article.
I find #7 really appealing, and I'd actually like to see more of that style. #4 is also nice, but it looks more like a 00's art.
Most of the other images in the gallery just look odd to me, though they aren't terrible.
Some of the older art reminds me of pics on the C64 and Apple IIe.
Later PC-98s had 4096 colors similar to an OCS Amiga such as the 500 and the very last ones had SVGA modes.
since 98'
i don't even recognize 1 of them
This takes me back~
This is the real shit.
Some of these are uncensored!! Man, back in the day...
Pretty nice O:
Unfortunately some pics deserves a place here: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/12/27/epic-eroge-fail/
Wow, this takes me back to went I first heard of/started collecting hentai in the mid-90's. I remember staying up late at night downloading these CG sets manually image by image, on a 28.8k dial-up modem via Netscape, and keeping them stashed on floppies (upgrading to 56k and Zip disks in the late 90s). Pretty sure I still have those sets buried somewhere inside the HDD where I store all of my hentai. But I don't think I'd be able to get off to most of that stuff now, though not because of the quality of the art, but because I've developed more extreme tastes as time went by.
I like these classic games than modern eroge, really. It looks artistic than the modern CGs, sadly enough I don't know many games and people stop making this kind nowdays.
classic stuff is good stuff. stuff of legend perhaps.
There's some really nice art here. The classic style is really hot.
Ah! This brings back memories! The very first eroge I played was Doukyusei by ELF on the PC98. Eroge these days have sounds and better graphics. But most of them won't ever reach the kind of impact that those classic titles had in their days. I am curious what kind of progress they will make in another 10 years.
- Simon Cowell of Eroge
Is it bad I recognize most of the images? LoL
Anyway, where is Metal and Lace images and Cobra Mission?
I think its pretty awesome considering the limited means they had when it came to making game art!
OMG Invisible dicks everywhere!!
This anon is a dickboy.
no paradise heights? Sad T__T
Damn I so love these old CGs. Chances are good that I have more of this stuff than I have 'modern' eroge CG sets. It's nice to see these old games and their CGs pop up on the net more often recently.
Why don't we list the ones we recognize:
8-14 Pokkii
63-71+88-90 Hacchake Ayayo-san (There are 5 of these games, Ayayo 3-5 look a lot better.)
72-81, 91 I think the game was called Bran Marker.
82-87 Some of Alice Soft's Rance games.
92-97 I think it was called Ayumi-something and is from Alice Soft too.
105-107 Everybody should know this.
Some of the others look so damn familiar, but no matter how hard I think, I can't remember the titles. I should browse through my PC-98 folder again sometime D:
92-97, it is unmistakenly Ayumichan Monogatari ... One of the best PC98 Eroge ... The only catch is hte lack of seiyu voice ...
If anyone would post a list of what games these are, i will be forever greatful.
So much better than the shit now adays.
Okay, so the question must be asked: where can we actually get our hands on these games nowadays without knowing Moonspeak? (I cut my teeth on Aypio's game SEX as well as ISLE, Sexy Fighter (Chinese) and a Chinese one I can't remember that had purple text. Couldn't read it but didn't have to be able to anyway... SO WHERE CAN WE GET THEM?!
WOW... O_O That's CHO classic.
A few days late again, but this article made my day. Ah for the days before you had to 'woo' your virtual chicks and such absurd inventions as 'routes' and 'love', 'medium endings' and 'harem endings'. There was only rape and nukige. Oh, and shitloads of kickassery. Thank you Artefact.
Sweet Urushihara Satoshi works...
Now I worry just how old everyone in Sankaku is...
032-034 is so wrong '__'
A couple of western composers made a tribute album to these kinds of games - they even did the pixel art backgrounds and characters! http://yogurtbox.com/
mmmff old school faps...
Where's meh Star Platinum!
Something that crossed my mind... 20 odd years is barely enough to get a science textbook updated in meattime, however in computerland it's so long ago that a whole generation stand between us and the world for which those images were created. Doesn't it cause a little awe to stare at them, and remember that in a mere 20 years the PC-98 platform arrived, pretty much ruled the japanese market - and then was so completely gone that most people this side of Earth never heard of it?
I SHED MANLY TEARS. This evokes a feeling... like what we would felt if we get to meet face to face with Azumi Kawashima. Or perhaps the young, still untainted with hatred Agnes Chan.
*sheds manly tears while fappin' with the force of a freight train*
The lack of Three Sisters Story in this article is disturbing.
Wow, beautiful classical memories~
KNIGHTS OF XENTAR FTW!!!!11one
So much 80's art, it's like I'm really watching Cream Lemon.
Ahh for the case of Retro vintage NEC PC-9801 eroge art 092.png to Retro vintage NEC PC-9801 eroge art 097.png, they are pictures from Ayumichan Monogatari ... which is one of the best Eroge of PC98 era ... Really moe despite of censorship ... The ONLY catch the lack of voice from Seiyu ...
Somehow this turns me on much more than shitty moe blob modern hentai. Put the quality aside, the art and design of this old games are much sexier.
gotta love some old style especialy pics from 56-59 and 62.
Oh wow these are awesome...
Talk about bringing back memories.
I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad that some of these bring back memories...
Though many of them are almost ingenuous in their attempts at erotism, I really like those old games' images. To me they're like a window to times past... When hardware would fall that much short of imagination, and yet gamers wouldn't get into it any less than they do today.
I remember when Dragon Knight was all the rage ;p
I'm more interested in these old eroge from a historical standpoint, I guess. By accident I once downloaded "Akumu 95" (which I think is actually from 1997), and I was less interested in playing and fapping to it than I was in studying it. Fucking interesting.
This gallery would have been more interesting if more historical context would have been provided.
What year did it come out?
What was it? Was it any good? A short review perhaps?
well I haven't exactly played any vn with 90's style art or graphics but when I look at these picture I feel like I'm at a museum or something. I can't exactly fap to artish things like those nude greek statues. It's just interesting how people used to fap to this. Hopefully no one will look at the current generation of hentai and vn's and think the same thing.
Akumu 95 is a fucking classic.
Raping a busload of virgin schoolgirls? Hellz yeah
wow.not bad.at thet time PC eroge that i play just a fighting game that can strip bra if win 1st round, and strip all when win 2nd.haha.and also have hentai pic in every stage.but cannot defeat this gallery
I can't believe the quality they had back then.
The amazing thing is that apparently they had to jump through programming hoops to get the machines to play them - the most common PC-98 machine only had a 8-10MHz CPU and something like 4MB ram
This proves hentai doesn't change no matter how many years... just the artwork
Don't know what you 'modern' guys think, I love it, this is the first time I ever appreciate what you are doing Arte, good job, great job, brilliant job.
I guess this is when stuff is more hand-drawn than really CGed. This is kind of like comparing old classic Fords to a Ferrari.
Well, No.
One would compare old classic Fords to old classic Ferraris. They are both old and both classic.
Nice, this system was the birth place of Touhou.
It amuses me to think the source of some of these images could be older than the people commenting on this article.
PC-9801 does what Nintendon't.
Thank you sir for that post:D
Is it just me or this is the first gallery that's really lame?
Hey, respect the elderlies
It sure is saddening that some people cannot accept new generations, but the same goes for the classic.
Though, I too have a hard time liking classic stuff. The only ones attracting me in this gallery was the lolies, but even so, it wasn't enough.
Also I hoped for a surprise finale, but there was none. :V
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I find some of them to be appealing, actually.
Yes, it's just you.
It's just you
ah the good ol days fap fap fap fap
Not as good as the new ones but I find them rather nice! ^.^
the Real good old dayssss...... It brings back memories of fapping old school....
Hmmm nostalgic
it's ok, just a bit old style... the graphic can be improve. Worth MTB with lol
just a bit old style? ahmm maybe that's why its called Classic?? It's from the past right it's meant to be old..
If This don't turn you on i think you need a checkup....
Agreed. I think I just developed a fetish for dithering and bright colours.
iono. I personally think it's got a certain charm to it not found in modern eroge.
Shitty dotty pics somehow make it hotter. =3
they have been improved... to what you get now,
without the past, there is no present = if it wasnt for the geniuses who paved the way, we wont have great eroges to download on a daily basis~
and what i love most... IS THE FOREFRONT OF RORISM~!!! RORI EXISTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF EROGE!!! ALL HAIL RORI~!!!
its just you.
-fap fap fap fap fap-
no it's not you only. I also don't like the oldies xF
Meh, aside from the occasional Loli Gallery, this one is pretty much as lame as it gets.
Bye bye~
Enough talk, have at you!
Enough talk, fap at you!
Is it just me or you are really lame?
oh wow i didn't know 2D loli complex came in that early?
Since the first hentai animations there is loli, in fact the first animated hentai WAS lolicon.
And what was that "first animated hentai"?
Apparently, this is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita_Anime
pixelicious
Classic :o
Ah, these take me back...
omg i want that blonde loli!!
no traps? :(
Ahh, brings back memories!
i remember games like Lakers3, twinsway and someother which i forgot the name :(
Brings back memories, eh.
The real problem is that they don't even know how to draw cock...
Clown-woman -- do NOT WANT.
Why do most of the guys in those look like creeps and freaks?
You're not supposed to look at the guys
I find #7 really appealing, and I'd actually like to see more of that style. #4 is also nice, but it looks more like a 00's art.
Most of the other images in the gallery just look odd to me, though they aren't terrible.
man, there's a load of game i missed i see
my first erogue game was 3 sisters story. i sarted from there, xD
Some of the older art reminds me of pics on the C64 and Apple IIe.
Later PC-98s had 4096 colors similar to an OCS Amiga such as the 500 and the very last ones had SVGA modes.
Let the old school fapping begin!
I found most of those being really nice, the only problem I had with this gallery was that some of the pics were annoying to the eyes.
HOLY BALLS!!! I see classic Satoshi Urushihara art! I can still remember hearing the diskette turn as these images load up... Aaah, sweet nostalgia~
Ahhhh True Love.
What game is the 7th pic from?
ahh ... the classics xD nice to know where all my Vn'S come fro xD
WTF?! I see no True Love here.
If you were gonna put up oldies, Artfact, how come you missed that game?
Arte didn't choose these images, he just reposted here what the vippers posted at 2ch...
Fuck! ><
I hope that doesn't mean I gotta dig through my pile of discs and diskettes looking for it (the game, to screenie the CGs)!
Disorganized oldfag is disorganized. T_T
No True Love = Fail
I recall it was released in mid 90's.
True Love was probably released later. But I will give you a thumb up just for mentioning it.