Profile: foreign systems that America missed

By James Ransom-Wiley Oct. 26, 2006 7:50 pm EST

1UP profiles four systems that never made it to the US:

MSX (1983) – Metal Gear and Dragon Quest debuted on this platform, which had a enough support to compete with Nintendo's Famicom in Japan.
X68000 (Sharp, 1987) – its power came with a price: $4,000; it did feature some impressive ports of Castlevania, Ghosts 'n Goblins, and Strider.
PC-FX (NEC, 1994) – TurboGrafx-16's successor; easily trumped by PlayStation, degrading into "a breeding ground for crappy anime and porn games."
WonderSwan (Bandai, 1999) – Bandai had an exclusive license to port the original Final Fantasy titles ... until the games eventually landed on GBA.

Good news is Americans didn't miss much.

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