PC-8801
E735435
The PC-8801 is a popular 1980s Japanese home computer by NEC, known for its influential role in early Japanese PC gaming and visual novels.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PC-8801 canonical | 4 |
| PC-88 | 3 |
| NEC PC-8801 | 1 |
| NEC PC-8801mkIISR series | 1 |
| PC-88 series | 1 |
| PC-8801MA | 1 |
| PC-8801MH | 1 |
| PC-8801mkII | 1 |
| PC-8801mkIISR | 1 |
| PC-88VA series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8436019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PC-8801 Context triple: [Snatcher, platform, PC-8801]
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A.
Fujitsu FM-7
The Fujitsu FM-7 is a Japanese 8-bit home computer from the early 1980s, known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities and popularity among hobbyists and game developers.
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B.
TI-99/4A
The TI-99/4A is a home computer released by Texas Instruments in the early 1980s, notable for being one of the first 16-bit consumer machines and competing with systems like the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64.
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C.
MSX computers
MSX computers are a standardized family of 8-bit home computers from the 1980s, created to unify hardware platforms across manufacturers and popular especially in Japan and parts of Europe.
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D.
Tandy TRS-80
The Tandy TRS-80 was one of the earliest mass-market personal computers, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s for home and small business use.
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E.
Sharp X68000
The Sharp X68000 is a Japanese home computer and gaming system from the late 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities that made it a premier platform for high-quality arcade game ports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PC-8801 Target entity description: The PC-8801 is a popular 1980s Japanese home computer by NEC, known for its influential role in early Japanese PC gaming and visual novels.
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A.
Fujitsu FM-7
The Fujitsu FM-7 is a Japanese 8-bit home computer from the early 1980s, known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities and popularity among hobbyists and game developers.
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B.
TI-99/4A
The TI-99/4A is a home computer released by Texas Instruments in the early 1980s, notable for being one of the first 16-bit consumer machines and competing with systems like the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64.
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C.
MSX computers
MSX computers are a standardized family of 8-bit home computers from the 1980s, created to unify hardware platforms across manufacturers and popular especially in Japan and parts of Europe.
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D.
Tandy TRS-80
The Tandy TRS-80 was one of the earliest mass-market personal computers, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s for home and small business use.
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E.
Sharp X68000
The Sharp X68000 is a Japanese home computer and gaming system from the late 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities that made it a premier platform for high-quality arcade game ports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | home computer ⓘ |
| architecture | 8-bit ⓘ |
| characterEncoding | Japanese character support (JIS) ⓘ |
| competitor |
Fujitsu FM-7
ⓘ
MSX computers ⓘ Sharp X1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| cpu | NEC μPD780C ⓘ |
| cpuFamily | Zilog Z80 compatible ⓘ |
| decadeOfPopularity | 1980s ⓘ |
| graphicsMode |
high-resolution graphics (in later models)
ⓘ
low-resolution graphics ⓘ text mode ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese doujin game culture
ⓘ
Japanese visual novel genre ⓘ PC-9801 ⓘ
linked to:
PC-98
|
| introduced | 1981 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | NEC ⓘ |
| market | Japanese home computer market ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | 5.25-inch floppy disk ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adventure games
ⓘ
early Japanese PC gaming ⓘ role-playing games ⓘ visual novels ⓘ |
| notableGamePlatformFor |
Hydlide series
ⓘ
Thexder ⓘ Ys series (early entries) ⓘ
linked to:
Ys Book I & II
|
| os |
CP/M (via variants)
ⓘ
linked to:
CP/M
N-BASIC ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft BASIC
|
| platformFor |
Enix games
ⓘ
Hudson Soft games ⓘ Nihon Falcom games ⓘ early eroge ⓘ early visual novels ⓘ |
| primaryDisplay | CRT monitor ⓘ |
| primaryInput | keyboard ⓘ |
| region | Japan-only primary release ⓘ |
| series |
PC-88 series
ⓘ
linked to:
PC-8801
|
| sound |
FM synthesis (in later models)
ⓘ
beeper ⓘ |
| storage |
cassette tape
ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ |
| successor |
PC-8801MA
ⓘ
linked to:
PC-8801
PC-8801MH ⓘ
linked to:
PC-8801
PC-8801mkII ⓘ
linked to:
PC-8801
PC-8801mkIISR ⓘ
linked to:
PC-8801
|
| usedFor |
gaming
ⓘ
productivity software ⓘ programming education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PC-8801 Description of subject: The PC-8801 is a popular 1980s Japanese home computer by NEC, known for its influential role in early Japanese PC gaming and visual novels.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PC-8801
linked to: PC-8801
linked to: PC-8801
linked to: PC-8801
linked to: PC-8801