Author Topic: Is the Turbo Duo more durable then the PC Engine Duo??... (Read 266 times)

oldschooldave · « **on:** December 13, 2005, 03:24:02 PM »

I'm very curious about this-Turbo Duo's seem to go for more money on Ebay then their Japanese cousins, plus, I know that NEC and Hudson formed a partnership called Turbo Techologies, to make the Turbo Duo. To my knowledge, there was no such partnership with any model of PCE Duo.

Keranu · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:26:26 PM »

Same exact hardware was far as I know, Turbo plays American HuCards and PCE plays Japanese. The way they were built inside are the exact same I believe.

td741 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 14, 2005, 01:54:38 AM »

Considering that I went through three TurboDuo's in my lifetime (the CD drives kept dying on me), I *hope* the PCEngine's aren't any shoddier. (I've moved to a modded SuperGrafx + SuperCD + arcade card system.

Black Tiger · « **Reply #3 on:** December 14, 2005, 09:23:58 AM »

Quote from: "td741"

Considering that I went through three TurboDuo's in my lifetime (the CD drives kept dying on me), I *hope* the PCEngine's aren't any shoddier. (I've moved to a modded SuperGrafx + SuperCD + arcade card system.

I've had the same Turbo Duo since the year it was launched.

I've treated it like garbage, literally smashed the shit out of it(I've crudely patched up the back side where I first ripped out the AC Adaptor board and then carved up a hole trying to "fix" it as a teen).

I've wiped the lense with a cloth before I knew better, I've let it get dusty, for years I'd pop the lide and forcibly stop the CD from spinning, while cleaning it once I pushed too hard and puched one of the plastic vents right through... and a lot more.

And it still plays flawlessly and can handle pretty much any cdr(although I pretty much only play originals) game I throw at it. Where as my PCE Duo RX can't really handle any cdr games.

Also, I had a spare Duo that I played to death for years and never had any problems with it either.

Keranu · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2005, 12:25:18 PM »

The cases with Turbo Duo's being durable or not seeems pretty interesting. I bought mine used from someone online which they got on release date I believe and it works perfect still. A person I talked to online says that he had a lamp fall on his Turbo Duo and melt a lot of plastic off and it still works great. Then again, we often hear stories here about people's TurboDuo's not playing CD games or having sound issues. I guess you might have a 50/50 chance with a TurboDuo.

pixeljunkie · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2005, 12:25:31 PM »

Interesting.

I had a US Duo, didn't handle CDRs well at all [not that I cared much] But I was scared to death of the sound crapping out on me [which seemed to be a common occurence with US Duos] So I sold it [for a great amount I might add

] and got a region modded Duo-R and it plays everything and seems like its more durable to me. All I can say is I've never heard of the sound prob on Duo-R(X)'s. But if you are only talking about the black Duo, I imagine the US and Jpn ones are identical.

TR0N · « **Reply #6 on:** December 15, 2005, 07:03:56 PM »

Quote from: "pixeljunkie"

Interesting.
But if you are only talking about the black Duo, I imagine the US and Jpn ones are identical.

Yeah there the same, PCE Duo&Turbo Duo both can crap out on the sound.

No wounder i all ways see ppl selling them on ebay