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! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Accuracy]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
 
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html 1.7.3]
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|High
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MagicEngine]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, OS X
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|style="text-align:center;"|1.1.3
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
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|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
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|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mednafen]] PCE
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Mednafen]] PCE
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|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://code.google.com/p/pcejin/ pcejin] (Mednafen 0.8.x)
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
|style="text-align:center;"|SVN
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Turbo Engine]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/turbo.html 0.32]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|?
 
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MagicEngine]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[https://code.google.com/p/pcejin/ pcejin] (Mednafen 0.8.x)
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, OS X
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|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|1.1.3
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|style="text-align:center;"|SVN
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Mid
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[BizHawk]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Turbo Engine]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
 
|style="text-align:center;"|Windows
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html 1.7.3]
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/turbo.html 0.32]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✗
|style="text-align:center;"|High
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-hue-for-psp-070-f28312.html HuE]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-hue-for-psp-070-f28312.html HuE]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]
|style="text-align:center;"|0.70
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|style="text-align:center;"|[http://filetrip.net/psp-downloads/homebrew/download-hue-for-psp-070-f28312.html 0.70]
 
|style="text-align:center;"|✓
 
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===Comparisons===
 
===Comparisons===
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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.
 
* [[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/].
 
* [[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/].
 
* [[Ootake]] is okay for general purposes.
 
* [[Ootake]] is okay for general purposes.
 
* [[RetroArch]] can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast 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.
 
  
 
[[Category: Consoles]]
 
[[Category: Consoles]]

Revision as of 23:06, 25 July 2014

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

PC
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version PCE-CD (TG-CD) PCE2 (SG) Libretro Core Accuracy Recommended
BizHawk Windows 1.7.3 High
MagicEngine Windows, OS X 1.1.3 Mid
Mednafen PCE Multi-platform 0.9.36.2 High
Mednafen PCE-Fast Multi-platform 0.9.36.2 Mid
Ootake Windows 2.75 ? Mid
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) Windows SVN Mid
Turbo Engine Windows 0.32 ?
Consoles
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version PCE-CD (TG-CD) PCE2 (SG) Libretro Core Accuracy Recommended
HuE PlayStation Portable 0.70 ? ?
Mednafen PCE-Fast* Multi-platform 0.9.33.3 Mid

*Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).

Comparisons

  • 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.
  • 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[1].
  • Ootake is okay for general purposes.
  • RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.