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{{Infobox consoleemulator|title = PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16Dolphin|image logo = PC-Engine-Console-SetCoverGraphic.pngjpg|image2 logowidth = SuperGrafx-Console-Set.jpg104|imagecaption version = '''Above''': The PC Engine.<br/>'''Below''': The TurboGrafx-16e2.8|developer active = [[:Category:NEC consoles|NEC Home Electronics, Hudson Soft]]No|type platform = [[:Category:ConsolesEmulators on Windows|Home video game consoleWindows]]|generation target = [[:Category:Fourth-generation video game consolesGameCube emulators|Fourth generationGameCube]]|release = 1987|discontinued developer = 1994Nintendo|successor website = SuperGrafx, [[PC-FX emulators|PC-FXhttp://www.warioworld.com/ WarioWorld]]|emulated = {{✓}}
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The '''[[gametech:TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine|PC Engine]]''' ('''PCEDolphin''') was is a 16-bit system released jointly by leaked [[wikipedia:NecGameCube emulators|NECGameCube emulator]] and developed by Nintendo, named after the console's codename. It has no connection to [[wikipedia:Hudson SoftDolphin|Hudson Soft]] in Japan in 1987. When it came time to seek other potential markets, the two companies eventually caved to a limited American release in 1989 under a completely different model open-source GameCube and Wii emulator of the same name: the '''TurboGrafx-16'''. The European versions varied throughout the countries, being the western version in Spain and United Kingdom and Japanese models in Benelux regions]].
The joint ventureIt, formed in North America as TTIunfortunately, made an add-on called the '''PC Engine CD''doesn' ('''PCE-CD''') / '''TurboGrafx-CD ('''TG-CD''')''' that loaded t run commercial games from discs instead, much like the Sega CD but better supported. The '''PC Engine Duo''' / '''Turbo-Duo''' combined the add-on into the unit with more RAM and is only useful as yet another failed attempt to relaunch the failing console in the Westa debugger.
When it first launched in North America, the TurboGrafx-16 was largely seen as a failure blamed on poor marketing by the manufacturers. The PC Engine, on the other hand, was a whole different story, beating out the [[Nintendo Entertainment System emulators|Famicom]] when it first came out long enough to compete against [[Super Nintendo emulators|its rival's own successor]] and gave little focus for the [[Sega Genesis emulators|Mega Drive]] who was instead posing more of a threat to Nintendo in North America. NEC planned to enhance the system further, announcing the "PC Engine 2" that would later become the '''PC Engine SuperGrafx'''. However, it was rushed to a 1989 market in Japan lacking much of its promised features with only seven titles exclusively made for it, ending up a commercial failure to be binned and discontinued not long after. The '''PC Engine GT''' / '''Turbo-Express''' was a very rare handheld model of the original hardware, in the same vein as the Sega Nomad (a portable [[Sega Genesis emulators|Sega Genesis / Mega Drive]]). It did include some exclusive features like the TurboLink multiplayer feature (used in a flight sim called ''Falcon'') but wasn't widely supported. ==Emulators=={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"|-! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Operating System(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|PCE-CD (TG-CD)! scope="col"|PCE2 (SG)! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-!colspan="9"|PC|-|[[Mednafen]] <small>(PCE-Accurate)</small>|Multi-platform|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[MAME]]|Multi-platform|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[Mednafen]] <small>(PCE-Fast)</small>|Multi-platform|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[[BizHawk]]|Windows|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[Turbo Engine]]|Windows|[http://aamirm.hacking-cult.org/www/turbo.html 0.32]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||High ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[MagicEngine]]|Windows, macOS|[http://www.emuparadise.me/emulators/files/user/Magic-Engine_1.1.3-952.rar 1.1.3]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[Ootake]]|Windows|[http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/ 2.91]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|pcejin <small>(Mednafen 0.8.x)</small>|Windows|[https://github.com/TASVideos/pcejin Git]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|Neco|Windows|0.11|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Low ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/ ePCEngine]|Windows|[http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/common/index.html 8/12/2017]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[Final Burn Alpha]]|Windows|[http://www.fbalpha.com/downloads/ 0.2.97.43]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[[higan]]|Windows, Linux, macOS |[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|[http://zeograd.com/ Hu-Go!]|Windows, Linux|[http://zeograd.com/hugo_download.php 2.12]|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-!colspanDownload="9"|Mobile|-|[[Mednafen]] <small>(PCE-Fast)</small>|Multi-platform|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|PCE.emu|[[Android emulators|Android]]|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PceEmu 1.5.34]|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-!colspancellpadding="94"|Console|-|[[Virtual Console]]|[[Wii emulators|Wii]]|N/A ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||High ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|[[Mednafen]] <small>(PCE-Fast)</small><ref groupalign=N>Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>|Multi-platformcenter|{{MednafenVer}}Icon|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓Win-big}}|-|HuE|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]|'''[http://filetripwww.emuparadise.netme/sdk/Installers/psp-downloadsNintendo/homebrewGameCube/download-hue-for-psp-070-f28312NINTENDO%20GameCube%20PC%20Dolphin%20Emulator%20e2.8%20(Installer).html 07z Dolphin Emulator e2.708 and SDK]|{{✓}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}'''<br/><small>Have to install the SDK to use the emulator</small>
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===Comparisons===
;[[Mednafen]]:Much like its other original cores, it does very well, even having two profiles: PCE-Accurate and PCE-Fast. Despite being CLI-based, a fork of an older version that has a GUI has emerged called pcejin. [[RetroArch]] uses the PCE-Fast core for its beetle fork.
;[[Ootake]]:It's okay for general purposes.
;[[MAME]]:Has a <code>pce</code> driver <small>(and a child driver called <code>tg16</code>)</small>. In all revisions it emulates, MAME reports it as working and the graphics as okay, but the sound is imperfect.
;[[MagicEngine]]:Unfortunately trialware that costs €15 euro. There are better options available for free.
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