I need help identifying my system

[animekenji]

I have a system that looks like a Core Grafx II but it does not say Core Grafx II on the top like all the pictures I have ever seen. It says 'IC CARD SYSTEM' in silver and below that in blue it says PC-II with two intersecting ovals that look like planetary orbits. On the bottom it says TV GAME CONSOLE, COMPUTER VIDEO GAME, MODEL Y-730-AV followed by the serial number which is 0000283. It does not say NEC anywhere on this thing, but it plays HU Cards and even mounts up in my IFU-30, but I have no CD's to test if it works with that. Is this a genuine NEC PC Engine or some cheap Taiwanese or Chinese rip off??

[guyjin]

Does it play US or Japanese hucards?

[emul8this]

Its a Taiwan rip-off. back in the days when PCE were almost at peak sales these emerged from taiwan and sold in Hong Kong but at a fraction of the price. It did have some compatiblility problems such as some controller will not work and some games garbled.

[animekenji]

Yeah, it plays Japanese Hu-cards and I suspected it was not an actual NEC unit. I still think I got a good deal though. I got this thing with a CD-ROM2 and the interface unit for $100. I have seen the CDROM2 and the interface go for that by themselves.