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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 = [[NEC PC-8800 series|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;"
! scope="col"|EmulatorName! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
!colspan="11"|PC/ x86|-|Neko Project 21/W|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://sites.google.com/site/np21win 0.86 rev60]|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}
|-
|Neko Project II
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS <small>}}(PPC/Intel)</small>
|[http://www.yui.ne.jp/np2 0.86]
|Mid
|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|Neko Project 21/W|Windows, Linux|[https://sites.google.com/site/np21win 0.86 rev43]|High|{{✓✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100323104752/http://hp.vector.co.jp:80/authors/VA015680/ax/axindex2.htm Anex86]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/pc98/anex86.html e1]
|Low-Mid
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[DOSBox|DOSBox-XMAME]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httpshttp://githubwww.commamedev.org/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases 0.82release.8html {{MAMEVer}}]
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗~}}
|-
|SL9821
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.satotomi.com/sl9821/sl9821_dl.html 0.3.01.35]
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[MAMEDOSBox#DOSBox-X|DOSBox-X]]|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}|[httphttps://wwwgithub.mamedev.orgcom/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/release.html releases {{MAMEVerDOSBox-XVer}}]
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{~✗}}
|-
!colspan="11"|Mobile/ ARM
|-
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android Neko Project II]
|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android 20120217]
|Unknown
|-
|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98]
|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|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, PCPCI bus, CD-9801-96 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 set 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:
* 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.
