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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>
