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ItDOSBox-X's unknown whether the emulation of the Novell NE2000 adapter provided by Dosbox-x works does not work under PC-98 mode<ref>https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/blob/1652704994a74ac93582676a5c33248bad0c956f/src/hardware/ne2000.cpp#L1714</ref>.
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|title = NEC PC-9800 series
|logo = PC98RS.jpg
|developer = [[NEC|NEC Home Electronics]]
|type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]
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:''For other emulators that run on NEC PC-98000 hardware, see [[Emulators on PC9801|Emulators on PC-9800 series]].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 OS9x, 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 <abbr title="Your mileage may vary">YMMV</abbr>.<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.
The PC-98 was made with office work in mind and corners had to be cut to make this machine more affordable, which was especially evident in the slow speed of its framebuffer. As a result there was no way to achieve 60fps especially in higher resolutions (which were seen often because it made Japanese characters more legible), so the PC-98 became a home of many slower-paced games, mainly visual novels, but also JRPGs and adventure games among other genres. The cult classic YU-NO debuted there. Many games for that computer were aimed for adult audiences. Faster-paced games were less popular, leaving that to Sharp X68000 and FM-Towns, but some of them have been made for this machine, including five first entries of the famous Touhou series, which were significantly different from later releases. It was later possible to run Windows on the PC-98 and install Windows-compatible fast SVGA graphics card, but games made specifically for PC-98 DOS couldn't take advantage of it.
==Hardware features and peripherals==
''{{for|software that can run hardware features designed for x86 systems|PC Emulator Comparisons}}''
===Graphics===
''For more information about the graphics subsystem of PC-98, [http://radioc.web.fc2.com/column/pc98bas/pc98disphw_en.htm Reference to this documentation].''
Specifically, it's possible to install a totally out-of-spec graphic card, such as Nvidia GeForce FX 5700LE on later PC-98 models with PCI bus, but such scenarios are quite obscure and no emulators support such cases.
As workstations, PC-H98 series have a dedicated high resolution mode with 1120x750 resolution and 256 in 16 million colors palette. Games rarely use this mode, if at all.
The '''PC-FXGA''' (GA stands for '''G'''ame '''A'''ccelerator) was a series of computer boards and sports the same hardware as a regular [[PC-FX]] with the exception of an additional processor the '''HuC6273''' that can handle 3D graphics. PC-FXGA is used to play PC-FX games on [[NEC PC-9800 series|PC-9800]] series computer and IBM compatible computers but also makes possible for enthusiast to develop their own games.
! scope="col"|EGC
! scope="col"|PEGC
! scope="col"|[[PC-FX_emulators|GA (CL-GD54XX)]]
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! scope="col"|PC-FX GA[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/PC-FX_emulators#See_also]
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|Neko Project 21/W
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|Neko Project II
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|Anex86
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|SL9821
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|DOSBox-X
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|ePC-9801/E/U/VF
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|ePC-9801VM/VX/RA
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|ePC-98XA/XL/RL
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Neko Project 21/W supports the emulation of the Buffalo LGY-98 LAN adapter. A TAP virtual network adapter driver is required to be installed on the host machine in order to connect the emulator to the host machine in host-only mode by default. Bridged and NAT-enabled Internet access is also available by setting up the TAP virtual network adapter on the host machine.
===Cassette===
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