PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators

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The PC Engine (Japanese Model)

The PC Engine (PCE) was a 16-bit system released by NEC in 1990. It is known as TurboGrafx-16 in other regions outside of Japan. PC Engine CD (PC-CD) was a CD addon.

The PC Engine 2 (PCE2) was an upgraded version of the PC Engine that could also play PCE games. In the west it was known as the SuperGrafx. Only 7 games were released for it.

Emulators

PC
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version PCE-CD (TG-CD) PCE2 (SG) Accuracy Recommended
Mednafen Multiplatform 0.9.33.2 High
pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) Windows SVN Mid
Turbo Engine Windows 0.32 ?
Ootake Windows 2.74 ? Mid
RetroArch (Mednafen) Multiplatform 0.9.28 Mid
MagicEngine Windows, OS X 1.1.3 Mid
BizHawk Windows 1.5.2 High
Consoles
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version PCE-CD (TG-CD) PCE2 (SG) Accuracy Recommended
HuE PlayStation Portable 0.70 ? ?
RetroArch (Mednafen) Multiplatform 0.9.28 Mid

Comparisons

  • Mednafen is great. It has two PCE cores: PCE-Fast and PCE-Accurate. It also has a PC-FX core. Its main version is command line. pcejin is a version of Mednafen's PC Engine emulation for Windows with GUI. Linux users should use Mednafen with a GTK GUI[1].
  • Ootake is okay for general purposes.
  • RetroArch can run Mednafen's PCE-Fast core.
  • MagicEngine only has a free demo available. The full version costs €15 EUR. There is no reason to buy it when there are better free options available.