Being able to play everything

[EvilMaiku]

Alright Let me make sure I've got this right.

A Duo can play american Hu cards and all cd games.(except PC-FX)
I could get it modded somehow to play Japanese cards but this is expensive so I think I'd just got a Japanese TG16(PC engine)

Then if I got a PC-FX after that I could play everything right?

(Except possibly arcade disks what are those)

[retekin]

Without having an adaptor, an American Turbo Grafx or Turbo Duo can only play American Hu Cards.  Likewise, a Japanese PC Engine/Duo can only play Japanese Hu Cards without an adaptor.

There were three different CD formats for the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx's cd add on.  Regular CDs, Super CDs, and Arcade CDs.  The Turbo Duo can play both regular and Super CDs if they're from America or Japan.  The Turbo CD add on for the Turbo Grafx needs a specific Hu Card called a System Card to play CDs.  The system card 2.0 lets you play regular CDs, and the Super System Card 3.0 lets you play Super or Regular CDs.  

As for Arcade CDs, in Japan only a 3'rd memory upgrade came out called the Arcade Card.  It let you play Arcade CDs.  There were actually two Arcade Cards produced.  The Arcade Card Pro, and the Arcade Card Duo.  The Arcade Card Pro worked when you had a PC Engine with the CD add on, and the Arcade Card Duo worked on the Japanese Duo.

So, if you want to play an Arcade CD on your American Turbo Duo, you will have to buy a convertor, and an Arcade Card Duo.

As for PC FX cds, the PC FX was more like a Playstation, as opposed to a Super Nintendo.  It is an entirely seperate console, and is not backwards compatable at all.  I hope that clears some things up for you.

~Retekin

[EvilMaiku]

Thanks I think I've got it.  The only way to play superGrax cards though is on the supergrafx system right?

What I think I'm gonna do is get a Japanese Duo(so I can use the arcade card) and US TG16.  Maybe down the road a PC-FX or a SuperGrafx though there aren't many games for it.

[retekin]

I've had my Turbo Grafx 16/CD for a long time.  But for the Arcade CD games, I got an Arcade Card Pro and a game convertor.  With that setup, I can play everything except Super Grafx games.  There are only 6 of those though, so I'm really not to worried.

As for importing a Duo, if I were you, I'd get an American one.  It can play all of the CD and Super CD games, where-ever they are from, and there are very few Arcade Card games to begin with.  Aside from Saphire, I think the only ones to come out are SNK Fighters, and if you're going to spend a lot of money to get those you may as well get them on Neo Geo.  It's actually not THAT much more expensive, at least for the older carts.