PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) emulators
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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
| Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | PCE-CD (TG-CD) | PCE2 (SG) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BizHawk | Windows | 2.9.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ |
| MagicEngine | Windows, OS X | 1.1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ |
| Mednafen PCE | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✓ |
| Mednafen PCE-Fast | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ |
| MAME | Multi-platform | 0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ? | High | ✓ |
| Ootake | Windows | 2.75 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | Mid | ✗ |
| pcejin (Mednafen 0.8.x) | Windows | SVN | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Mid | ✗ |
| Turbo Engine | Windows | 0.32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | High | ✗ |
| Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | PCE-CD (TG-CD) | PCE2 (SG) | Libretro Core | Accuracy | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HuE | PlayStation Portable | 0.70 | ✓ | ? | ✗ | ? | ✓ |
| Mednafen PCE-Fast* | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mid | ✓ |
*Only available on consoles as a libretro core (e.g. RetroArch).
Comparisons
- Mednafen is great, it has two PCE cores: PCE-Accurate and PCE-Fast, its operated by command line. pcejin is based on an older version of Mednafen's PC Engine core but with a GUI. Linux users should use Mednafen with a GTK GUI[1].
- RetroArch uses 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.
- Ootake is okay for general purposes.
