Editing PC-8800 series (section)

==Software==
Companies that produced exclusive software for the NEC PC-8801 included [[Enix]], [[Square (video game company)|Square]], [[Sega]], [[Nihon Falcom]], [[Bandai]], [[HAL Laboratory]], [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]], [[Pony Canyon]], [[Technology and Entertainment Software]], [[Wolf Team]], Dempa, Champion Soft, Starcraft, [[Micro Cabin]], PSK, and [[Quest Corporation|Bothtec]]. Certain games produced for the PC-8801 had a shared release with the [[MSX]], such as those produced by [[Game Arts]], [[ELF Corporation]], and [[Konami]]. Many popular series first appeared on the NEC PC-8801, including ''[[Snatcher (video game)|Snatcher]]'', ''[[Thexder]]'', ''[[Dragon Slayer (series)|Dragon Slayer]]'', ''[[RPG Maker]]'', ''[[Sokoban]]'', and ''[[Ys (series)|Ys]]''.

[[Nintendo]] licensed [[Hudson Soft]] to port some of Nintendo's [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]] games for the platform, including ''[[Excitebike]]'', ''[[Balloon Fight]]'', ''[[Tennis (1984 video game)|Tennis]]'', ''[[Golf (1984 video game)|Golf]]'', and ''[[Ice Climber]]'', as well as new editions of ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' called ''[[Mario Bros.#Ports and follow-ups|Mario Bros. Special]]'' and ''[[Mario Bros.#Ports and follow-ups|Punch Ball Mario Bros.]]'', a semi-sequel to ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' titled ''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū.''

The computer also had its own [[BASIC]] dialect, N88-BASIC.