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*Mednafen is great. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core. Its main version is command line. [[pcejin]] is a version of Mednafen's PC Engine emulation for Windows with GUI. Linux users should use Mednafen with a GTK GUI[http://sourceforge.net/projects/mednafenfe/].
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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 two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core.
 
  
 
*RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.
 
*RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.

Revision as of 18:07, 11 November 2013

The PC Engine (Japanese Model)

The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16-bit system released by NEC in 1990. It is known as TurboGrafx-16 in other regions outside of Japan. 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
pcejin[[1]] (Mednafen) Windows SVN High
Turbo Engine Windows 0.32 ?

Ootake Windows 2.74 ? Mid
RetroArch (Mednafen) Multiplatform 0.9.28 Mid
MagicEngine Windows, OS X 1.1.3 Mid
BizHawk Windows 1.5.2 High
HuE PlayStation Portable 0.70 ? ?

Comparisons

  • Mednafen is great. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core. Its main version is command line. pcejin is a version of Mednafen's PC Engine emulation for Windows with GUI. Linux users should use Mednafen with a GTK GUI[2].
  • Ootake is okay for general purposes.
  • 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.