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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. Despite using Intel x86 chips, MS-DOS and Windows OS, and many other superficial similarities, the series is not IBM compatible. Some PC-98 software may work on an IBM or vice versa, but this is very YMMV<ref>https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49934</ref>. In fact, the introduction of a native Japanese version of standard MS-DOS in the early 90s and subsequent entry of cheaper foreign IBM clones in the Japanese market was the nail in the coffin for the PC-98. They were not released or marketed outside of Japan(besides few attempts such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APC_series#APC_III APC-III] and PC-9801FC), but still useful for playing early visual novels and Touhou games.
==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
|-
|Neko Project 21/W
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://sitessimk98.googlegithub.comio/sitenp21w/np21win {{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/AZO234/NP2kai git]
|{{✓}}
|High
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}(PPC/Intel)
|[http://www.yui.ne.jp/np2 0.86]
|{{✗}}
|Mid
|?{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/pc98/anex86.html e1]
|{{✗}}
|Low-Mid
|?{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.satotomi.com/sl9821/sl9821_dl.html {{SL9821Ver}}]
|{{✗}}
|High
|?{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{TBD}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/releases {{DOSBox-XVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|QEMU/9821
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/qemu/index.html Snapshot 8/20/2012]
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
!colspan="12"|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]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/np2android 20120217]
|{{✗}}
|Low
|{{✓}}
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
|[http://akiyuki.boy.jp/android J98-b]
|{{✗}}
|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 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 which emulates [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPSON_PC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA EPSON PC-286/386/486] series which is a series of PC-98 clone computers made by EPSON Corporation rather than PC-98 series made by NEC. older and less powerful. It allows key rebinding. Some programs may have trouble running on this emulator due to so-called "EPSON protection" that prevents them from running on EPSON clones.
;[[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 system is not 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).
;QEMU/9821:A fork of [[QEMU]] that supports PC-9800 architecture. No longer maintained. Able to boot MS-DOS, Windows 98 and Windows 2000, but software compatibility is hit or miss.
==Usage==
* [http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=954 Overview of PC-98 emulators]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYh92usnhk Policenauts running under SL9821]
==References==
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:NEC personal computers]]
