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Post by **Gooseberrysoda** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:56 am

I can play Japanese games on my American Turbografx? No mods/region convertors required?

Post by **hiphophead34** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:28 pm

Pretty sure you need a converter.

Post by **Mathius** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:41 pm

You definitely need a converter to play japanese hu cards on the turbo. BUT, if you have a Turbo CD-ROM attatchment then you can start importing PC Engine CDs. There is no region check between PC Engine CD-ROM2 and the Turbo CD. Hope that helps.

Post by **Killette** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:44 pm

Ya but often the good converters are costlier than buying the pc-engine. Some don't work on all games. The most well known is the kisado which goes for 120-180 on Ebay, but sometimes there are others for a decent price.

Post by **Gooseberrysoda** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:09 pm

Damn wikipedia with it's false information and mules falling on hard times.

Post by **executioner** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:08 pm

Killette wrote:Ya but often the good converters are costlier than buying the pc-engine.

Buying a pc-engine or a japanese duo is the best way to go, converters are not cheap or easy to find and modding is complicated for the inexperienced.

Post by **Dakinggamer87** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:18 pm

Mathius wrote:You definitely need a converter to play japanese hu cards on the turbo. BUT, if you have a Turbo CD-ROM attatchment then you can start importing PC Engine CDs. There is no region check between PC Engine CD-ROM2 and the Turbo CD. Hope that helps.

Yep, the only problem as mentioned is converters can be pretty pricey..

Post by **Majors** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:26 pm

Another option is the flash cart that Racket wrote about. You can cross region with it. I ended up with a Jap Duo so I can play my imports, but I lost my ability to play all my domestic releases (save for play on the Express). I still have my Kisado from back in the day, great convertor -> It's simple and works.

I had a hard time tracking down a PC Engine Core at a price I wanted to pay a while ago, but your luck may vary or you may be ok with the price.

Post by **sneth** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:38 pm

US to Jap
and
Jap to US

Converters are expensive for both.

Post by **Majors** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:02 pm

sneth wrote:US to Jap
and
Jap to US

Converters are expensive for both.

I seem to recall that a Jap system cannot play US HuCarts <period>, it has some lockout code to prevent oversea sales back in the day. I may be wrong on this or there may be a mod, I haven't bothered to look it up. The US system can play imports by reversing the pin order. The Kisado literary just puts the cart in backwards.

US system w/ convertor = everything, Hu's and CDs
JP system = no US HuCards (but really, who cares? You can get the imports on the cheap)

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