FM TOWNS MARTY 2

I advise you read the FM towns computer and FM TOWNS 1 areas first.

The final version of the marty was a much more powerful 486 DX version of the MARTY system. Both versions supported floppy disks (for saving, or games), Keyboards, and PCMCIA type cards. These cards could be in the 2mb and more rare 4mb amounts for enhancements to games.

The units were all supported for many years by fujitsu, and some third party games supported the systems as late as 1999.

The price does climb.

Now let's talk about the real reason to get a FM TOWNS MARTY.

Porn. Loads and loads of anime porn. Some of the best anime porn games were made for the FM TOWNS, and it's one of the reasons the MARTY series sold well. Adult content was allowed and even welcomed.

The famous "RANCE" and "LA Blue Girl" games were on the Marty. 3rd party support was enormous for porn, and it's to the point you're hard pressed to find a non-porn game you really want.

An overall great system, and with some of the best conversions of 80's and 90's games. The only 32 bit version of operation wolf, etc.

The system was also among the first to connect to the internet, and have a bulletin board closed network system. The feature most remembered was the ability to have Avatar chat online and play games.

SYSTEM RUNDOWN:

Very powerful, far more than a normal 486, great FMV, and great sound. A really nice machine if you can get games, which unless you have a connection to Japan is a hard thing to do. Titles are about $5 each, don't be conned into paying $300 for splatterhouse...

Yes the system did cost $700 when it came out. Somehow I found the only marty for sale on the Eastern US coast.

These are fairly cheap on ebay now, about $200 or so on a good day, and in Japan they hit about $70-90. Boxed and with games