PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16

Post by **grittykitty** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:41 pm

everytime i see a new post about the turbografx (or neo geo) stuff i just want to dive into it even more. i'd love a pc engine (so tiny and cute!) but the whole backwards pin-set makes it unattractive. there's not an easy/not entirely difficult way to mod a japanese pc engine to play u.s. and japanese games without one of those horrid adapters that stick out nearly 10 inches, is there?

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:55 pm

RadarScope1 wrote:So I found a boxed TG-16 today for $30. Is this worth it? I know next to nothing about this console.

I do know I've never seen any Hu-Card games in any of my local stores. I'd be scouring eBay for games if I bought this thing.

ANY BOXED vintage console is worth $30. I've sold a boxed (box in lowsy condition) Sega CD for $120.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:24 pm

I think I may pick it up for the hell of it. They were selling it for $50 a couple of months ago. I was actually really surprised to see it was still there yesterday, and was shocked it was $20 cheaper.

Even if I don't keep it, I could probably make some money off it through the magic of ebay.

Post by **marurun** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:44 pm

GrittyKitty,

There are two mods you can do on a US system to enable both HuCards and TurboChips to work. One is a mechanical switch that reverses the switched pins. The other is an electronic switch. They both put a switch outside the case you can use to switch regions. You can install one yourself or pay Dlite to do it over on the pcenginefx.com forums.

If you mod a Japanese system you also have to clip one pin to get around the region lockout software in US games. Japanese games don't have the region code so you don't have to snip that pin on US systems.

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=3694.0