Which Turbo Console to get???

[PigInTheMud]

Also a region switch can be put in if you want to play any u.s hucard title.

Do you have a link on how to add a region switch?

Original IC Switch mod http://playoffline.wordpress.com/mod/pceswitch/
MMMonkey's help with the IC Switch mod http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/pce/region.htm
grendelrt's 8pdt switch mod http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=1861.0
PCB Mod http://www.multimods.com/SlotMod1.html

Good location to buy the 8pdt switch http://www.surplussales.com/Switches/SWPushB-3.html

There was one other website but I can't remember what it was.

You can also do a switchless mod to use your Japanese console to play American games, and buy a converter to play the Japanese games with. A switchless mod is where you just cut the pins and solder wires directly from the board to the pins resulting in a different pinout order.

Personally I'd recommend the 8pdt switch for American consoles because I didn't have any trouble with getting it to work and it is much cheaper.

[SignOfZeta]

Usually a "switchless mod" refers to a mod that works normally but has no extra switch. There is (I think) a way to do this with the Saturn where you change regions by holding down the Reset button when you turn the machine on. Another example would be the PS1, where only the earliest mods had switches.

What you are decribing is what I call a "perma-mod". I seriously hope nobody would do this to a poor PC Engine. 

"Now it only plays overpriced, censored rare US games with shitty cover art. Awesome!"

Blasphemy.

[_joshuaTurbo]

HEY!!

"Now it only plays overpriced, censored rare US games with AMAZING cover art. Awesome!"
Blasphemy.

ok, fixed.

[Obfuscate]

To me if it's straight collectors item get the US Turboduo. If you plan on playing it alot get the PC Engine Duo-R. I have my original Turbo Duo I had as a kid on display and use a region modded Duo R to play all my games.

[_joshuaTurbo]

To me if it's straight collectors item get the US Turboduo. If you plan on playing it alot get the PC Engine Duo-R. I have my original Turbo Duo I had as a kid on display and use a region modded Duo R to play all my games.

So, the TurboDuo was built for show, and the PC Engine Duo R was built to go!!

[Necromancer]

So, the TurboDuo was built for show, and the PC Engine Duo R was built to go!!

Hell no!  My TurboDuo was built for both.

[Obfuscate]

To me if it's straight collectors item get the US Turboduo. If you plan on playing it alot get the PC Engine Duo-R. I have my original Turbo Duo I had as a kid on display and use a region modded Duo R to play all my games.

So, the TurboDuo was built for show, and the PC Engine Duo R was built to go!!

LOL, my Turboduo needed a cap replacement and the laser changed and I figured a region modded Duo-R was near as cheap and heard nothing but good things about them so that's how I got there. But honestly, alot of people collect consoles without much interest in playing the actual games. Just the way it is and I think the US Duo will hold it's value better and is obviously more rare.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, if nobody actually powers it up, they'll never know it can only play HuCards and has no sound.

Last weekend my Duo refused to read CDs. I thought I was going to have to eat my words in praise of the Duo R's reliability, but all I did was clean the lens with a Q-Tip and now it works perfectly.

[rag-time4]

The Duo-R and -RX are more reliable than the black Duo consoles... but as has been said you can't play US Turbochip games without a mod... so here are two recommendations:

For pure cost-effectiveness: a Duo-R for Japanese HuCard games and CD ROM games, and a US TurboGrafx-16 for US Turbochip games. Should be able to get both for a total of 150-200 A big drawback to this setup is that TurboGrafx controllers and Duo controllers are not interchangeable.

For the whole library: a US Duo for US Turbochip games and CD-ROM games, a SuperGrafx for Japanese SuperGrafx games and Japanese HuCards, and a Super CD-ROM2 add-on for a backup to your Duo for CD-ROM games. You should be able to get a US Duo and SuperGrafx for a total of 250-350, and a Super CD-ROM might add another $100.

[SignOfZeta]

Logical middle ground: A modded Duo R. None of the SuperGrafx games are even in the top 20 of the PCE library (IMHO, not even in the top 50) and most people won't miss them.

[BlueBMW]

I have a US Duo and a CGFX PC Engine.  So far I've been able to keep the Duo running smoothely!  Long term.... we'll see

[turbogrfxfan]

i dunno id say buck up and get a duo r for pce no mod and get a tg16 for tg games.  use the duo cd for both systems call it a day.