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|Neko Project II
|Windows, OS X <small>(PPC)</small>
|[http://www.yui.ne.jp/np2 0.86]
|Mid
|{{✓}}
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{{Infobox console|title = NEC PC-9800 series|logo = PC98RS.jpg|developer = NEC Home Electronics|type = [[File:PC98RS.jpgCategory:Computers|Home computer]]|generation =|release = 1982|thumbdiscontinued = 2000|predecessor = [[PC-88 emulators|The PC-988800]]|successor = |emulated = {{✓}}}}The '''[[wikipedia:PC-9800 series|NEC PC-98019800]]''', also known as the '''PC-98''', were a family of computers made by [https[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nec |NEC]] throughout 1982 to 2000. They were not released or marketed outside of Japan, but still useful for playing early Touhou games.
==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ PC-98 Emulators! scope="col"|EmulatorName
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulatorsEmulators|Recommended]]
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!colspan="11"|PC
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|Neko Project 21/W
|Windows, Linux
|[https://sites.google.com/site/np21win 0.86 rev42β1rev60]
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
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|Neko Project II
|Windows, macOS <small>(PPC/Intel)</small>
|[http://www.yui.ne.jp/np2 0.86]
|Mid
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[DOSBox|DOSBox-XMAME]]|Windows, Linux, macOSMulti-platform|[httpshttp://githubwww.mamedev.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-xorg/releases 0.82release.7html {{MAMEVer}}]|MidLow
|{{✓}}
|{{✗~}}
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|SL9821
|Windows
|[http://www.satotomi.com/sl9821/sl9821_dl.html 0.3.01.35]
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[MAMEDOSBox#DOSBox-X|DOSBox-X]]
|Multi-platform
|[httphttps://wwwgithub.mamedev.orgcom/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/release.html releases {{MAMEVerDOSBox-XVer}}]
|Low
|{{✓}}
|-
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android Neko Project II]
|[[Androidemulators|Android]]
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android 20120217]
|Unknown
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|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98]
|[[Androidemulators|Android]]
|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98-b]
|Unknown
===Comparisons===
;Neko Project II:The best PC98 PC-98 emulator out there that's still under active developmentbut went inactive since March 2016. Its major drawback is the non-remappable controls.;Neko Project 21/W:Based on Neko Project II (mainly ver0.86) but focus on simulating PC-9821 series with enchanced options (CPUs, memory sizes, sound sources) as well as support for of LAN board, PC-9801PCI bus, CD-96 expansion boardDA, various Window Acceleratorswindows accelerators, additional disk image format fmgen and so on.;Anex86:Another decent PC98 PC-98 emulator, but is older and less powerful. It allows key rebinding.;[[DOSBox#DOSBox-X|DOSBox-X]]:A very active fork of DOSBox that, among other things, adds support for the PC-98 as a target system. While it's very easy to setupset up, its PC-98 compatibility is still in its early stages.;[[MAME]]:It has drivers for various revisions but as of version 0.189, all of them are reported as <font color="darkred">Not Working</font>. Support for the first batch or so of PC-98 games have started to be added to MAME in [https://www.mamedev.org/?p=460 0.201] (Aug 2018).
==Playing GamesUsage==
:<small>''Note: This tutorial was adapted from [http://46okumen.com/pc-98-emulation/ this resource.]''</small>
The PC-9800 series of personal computers had floppy disk drives (FDD) and hard drives (HDD) which contained the actual games and software to be loaded. Besides the emulator, you'll need a set of floppy disk images (in the following formats: FDI, FDM, NFD, D88...) ''or'' a hard disk image (in the following formats: HDI, HDM, NHD...).
You'll need a font if you want text characters to display properly in most cases. It can be downloaded [[Emulator Files#NEC PC-9800|here]]. Put it in the same directory as the emulator executable, and select it (on NP2: ''Emulate/Font'' for Neko Project II, on Anex86: or ''Config/Font'' for Anex86).
You'll need to configure the emulator as well. In NP2's case, you want to go with the recommended configuration here:
* Emulate/Configure/Sound: Rate to 44k or 88k for better sound quality.
* Device/Memory: 13.6MB
* Screen/Screen Option: Check "Use skipline revisions", and change Ratio to 255. This gets rid of the existing scanline scan line implementation, in case you want a better one with shaders from external programs. Keep in mind PC-98 games, more than any other system, are often graphically designed with scanlines in mind.
To play the games:
* If using a hard drive based game: Plug the hard drive (HDI) into '''Harddisk/IDE #0''' (if using Anex86, use the HDD1 and HDD2 fields and check the box '''HDD>FDD''').
Then hit Emulate/Resetrestart the machine (not emulator), and most games automatically launch from there.
Neko Project II's controls are not remappable. They're 2, 4, 6, and 8 on the numpad, arrow keys, enter, space, ctrl, z , and x. For games using the mouse, hit F12 to enable or disable mouse input. Use programs like Joy2Key to rebind other keys.
==Resources==
