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<p class="firstHeading" lang="en">[[File:PCengine.jpg|thumb|The PC Engine]]The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16 bit system released by NEC in 1990. It is known in the west as TurboGrafx-16 .PC Engine CD (PC-CD) was a CD addon.</p>
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<p class="firstHeading" lang="en">[[File:PCengine.jpg|thumb|The PC Engine]]The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16 bit system released by NEC in 1990. It is known in the west as TurboGrafx-16. PC Engine CD (PC-CD) was a CD addon.</p>
  
<p class="firstHeading" lang="en">The PC Engine 2 (PCE2)  was an upgraded version of the PC Engine  that could also play PCE games. In the west it was known as the SuperGrafx. Only 7 games were released for it.</p>
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<p class="firstHeading" lang="en">The PC Engine 2 (PCE2) was an upgraded version of the PC Engine  that could also play PCE games. In the west it was known as the SuperGrafx. Only 7 games were released for it.</p>
 
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Ootake is okay for general purposes.
 
Ootake is okay for general purposes.
  
Mednafen is great. Command line only though. It has PCE-Fast, and PCE-Accurate. It can also has a PC-FX core.
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Mednafen is great. Command line only though. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core.
  
RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core. . GUI and other things.
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RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.
  
MagicEngine only has a free demo available. To get the full version costs €15 EUR. There is no reason to buy it when there are better free options available.
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MagicEngine only has a free demo available. The full version costs €15 EUR. There is no reason to buy it when there are better free options available.
 
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Revision as of 13:06, 4 October 2013

The PC Engine

The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16 bit system released by NEC in 1990. It is known in the west as TurboGrafx-16. PC Engine CD (PC-CD) was a CD addon.

The PC Engine 2 (PCE2) was an upgraded version of the PC Engine  that could also play PCE games. In the west it was known as the SuperGrafx. Only 7 games were released for it.

Emulators

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version PCE (TG16) PCE-CD (TG-CD) PCE2 (SG)

Accuracy Rating

Recommended
Mednafen Multiplatform 0.9.32 High
Turbo Engine Windows 0.32 ?

Ootake Windows 2.72 ? Mid
RetroArch (Mednafen) Multiplatform 0.9.28 Mid
MagicEngine Windows, OS X 1.1.3 Mid
BizHawk Windows 1.4.1 High
HuE PlayStation Portable 0.70 ? ?

Comparisons

Ootake is okay for general purposes.

Mednafen is great. Command line only though. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core.

RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.

MagicEngine only has a free demo available. The full version costs €15 EUR. There is no reason to buy it when there are better free options available.