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|release = 1982
|discontinued = 2000
|predecessor = [[NEC PC-88 emulators8800 series|PC-8800]]
|successor =
|emulated = {{✓}}
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The '''[[wikipedia:PC-9800 series|NEC PC-9800]]''', also known as the '''PC-98''', were a family of computers made by [[wikipedia:Nec|NEC]] throughout 1982 to 2000. They were not released or marketed outside of Japan, but still useful for playing early visual novels and Touhou games.
==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
!colspan="1112"|PC/ x86
|-
|Neko Project 21/W
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux}}|[https://sitessimk98.googlegithub.io/np21w/ {{NekoProject21Ver}}]|{{✗}}|High|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|{{✓}}|-|Neko Project II kai|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}<ref group=N name=np2kai>Only available as a libretro core outside of Windows and Linux.</ref>|[https://github.com/siteAZO234/np21win 0.86 rev60NP2kai git]|{{✓}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|Neko Project II
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux|macOS <small>}}(PPC/Intel)</small>
|[http://www.yui.ne.jp/np2 0.86]
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[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
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|SL9821
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[http://www.satotomi.com/sl9821/sl9821_dl.html 0.3.1.5{{SL9821Ver}}]|{{✗}}
|High
|{{?}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗TBD}}
|-
|[[DOSBox#DOSBox-X|DOSBox-X]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases {{DOSBox-XVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗✓}}|{{~}}
|-
!colspan="1112"|Mobile/ ARM|-|Neko Project II kai|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}<ref group=N name=np2kai />|[https://github.com/AZO234/NP2kai git]|{{✓}}|High|{{✓}}|{{~}}|{{✓}}
|-
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android Neko Project II]
|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android 20120217]
|Unknown{{✗}}|Low|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98]
|[[Android emulatorsalign=left|{{Icon|Android]]}}
|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98-b]
|Unknown{{✗}}|Low|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|}
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===Comparisons===
;Neko Project II:The best PC-98 emulator out there but 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 with a focus on PC-9821 series with enchanced enhanced options (CPUs, memory sizes, sound sources) as well as support of for LAN board, PCI bus, CD-DA, windows accelerators, fmgen and so on.:;Neko Project II kai:A more libretro-focused fork, which has also merged several improvements from 21/W.
;Anex86:Another decent 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 system is still in its early stagesnot yet complete.
;[[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.
