Author Topic: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?  (Read 578 times)

Sleepy Gnome

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Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« on: October 02, 2011, 01:56:32 AM »
Sorry for the noob question  :oops:

Appreciate any help

grahf

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2011, 03:46:43 AM »
No, totally different hardware.

Sleepy Gnome

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2011, 05:00:55 AM »
so are all the games for PC-FX Jap or was it release in the US/Europe as well?
If you had a jap one would it play US games?

nat

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2011, 07:49:48 AM »
The PC-FX can't play Turbo games any more than the Saturn can play Genesis games.

And no, there was no US release... Japan only.

Keranu

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2011, 04:10:14 PM »
We can all dream though, right?
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

Vecanti

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2011, 04:47:57 PM »
That would make for a hell of a mod chip!

EDIT:

Oops!  Mod chip.
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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2011, 03:08:05 AM »
I still say it would be awesome if someone would make an expansion to the PCFX to make it backwards compatible.  LOL

It would be revolutionary.  I wish NEC had done it!!

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2011, 03:39:42 AM »
It's obviously not playing the game, but some titles will show an error screen on a PC-FX akin to those shown for wrong system cards in a PCE.
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Vecanti

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2011, 04:52:24 AM »
That would make for a hell of a mod chip!

EDIT:

Oops!  Mod chip.


If we're going to mod it, cut the top of the casing off so it's open like a record player.  Beef up the motor then have another laser w/carriage sticking several inches out the other side.....

Now it plays Laseractive titles too!!


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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2011, 05:10:59 AM »
the LA mod.......LOL nice

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Re: Can PC-FX play Turbo CD and/or HU Games?
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 07:18:09 PM »
I still say it would be awesome if someone would make an expansion to the PCFX to make it backwards compatible.  LOL

It would be revolutionary.  I wish NEC had done it!!


I guess I should ask - since I recall hearing the PC-FX had very similar hardware to the PCE (So it wouldn't be as contrasting as a Genesis-to-Saturn after all), how theoretically possible would it be to emulate on it or to reverse-engineer a port?
I'd assume it'd be easier than porting Super Mario Bros. to the Genesis was...