PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators
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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-CD (TG-CD) | PCE2 (SG) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | Recommended |
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Mednafen PCE | Multi-platform | 0.9.36.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✓ |
Mednafen PCE-Fast | Multi-platform | 0.9.36.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ |
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) | Windows | SVN | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✓ |
Turbo Engine | Windows | 0.32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ |
Ootake | Windows | 2.75 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | Mid | ✓ |
MagicEngine | Windows, OS X | 1.1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ |
BizHawk | Windows | 1.7.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ |
Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | PCE-CD (TG-CD) | PCE2 (SG) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | Recommended |
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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
- 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.
- 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.