PC-Engine Collecting + System Questions

[jmbarnes101]

Are there any known issues with the Coregrafx or anything I should look for? I want a system with composite out of the box, if possible, and I'm basically just looking to use a Turbo Everdrive since I can't find games for these systems locally so I'm thinking this would be my best path without breaking the bank. is there a big difference between a Coregrafx 1 and 2?

[Thierry Henry]

No issues as far as I'm aware of.

Apart from the color on the system case, no difference between the CoreGrafx and CoreGrafx II.
The latter was color-coordinated to match the Super CD-ROM² unit.

[mas]

Any idea why my pc engine won't work? I have pcengine games now and I get no pic or sound so I think it's a dead system. I'm not sure what can be the problem. I finally get the pcengine and games to find out no power or pics or anything. Man what a bad morning to start.

[Thierry Henry]

Any idea why my pc engine won't work? I have pcengine games now and I get no pic or sound so I think it's a dead system. I'm not sure what can be the problem. I finally get the pcengine and games to find out no power or pics or anything. Man what a bad morning to start.

First world problems, eh?

Could just be the power supply itself. Don't rule that out right away.

[mas]

No I used the pcengine adapter and then the TurboGrafx ac and nothing

[marurun]

Are there any known issues with the Coregrafx or anything I should look for? I want a system with composite out of the box, if possible, and I'm basically just looking to use a Turbo Everdrive since I can't find games for these systems locally so I'm thinking this would be my best path without breaking the bank. is there a big difference between a Coregrafx 1 and 2?

One of the Core revisions, possibly 1, has the same silicon correction found in the SuperGrafx which could affect sound output. Basically, the PC Engine CPU has a minor audio anomaly that most devs quickly routed around, but the SuperGrafx and Core 1 (I think) fixed that minor issue. The problem is that it's very difficult to perceive the results of the correction except in a couple very specific circumstances, and as most devs were very aware of it, they simply didn't do anything that would trigger it. It was a rather minor issue and thus not at all a show-stopper.

The corrected CPU is called the HuC6280A.

Later systems actually reverted to the uncorrected HuC6280. All Duos and the Core 2 (I think) use the stock HuC6280 instead of the A.

[marurun]

Any idea why my pc engine won't work? I have pcengine games now and I get no pic or sound so I think it's a dead system. I'm not sure what can be the problem. I finally get the pcengine and games to find out no power or pics or anything. Man what a bad morning to start.

Check your AV cables, for one. If the plug is too wobbly you might need to replace the connector.

[mas]

I have the original white pcengine. So no av and the rf works