TG and SuperGrafx

[Gogan]

Do SuperGrafx games work on a TG, I have mine modded for pce and was wonderin if supergrafx would work.

[Black Tiger]

No, the SuperGrafx is expanded hardware and although it can play PCE games (or TG-16 through region mod) while switched to PC Engine mode, true SuperGrafx games are not backwards compatible. The only sorta exceptions are bicompatible games like Darius Plus, which is really just a PC Engine game with an additional SuperGrafx mode/variant built-in.

[Turbo D]

This is actually a fantasy of mine. I dream of having a black Duo that could play Super HuCards! 

[Joe Redifer]

I wonder if, theoretically, the extra hardware for the SuperGrafx could be added to a TG-16.

[Black Tiger]

I wonder if, theoretically, the extra hardware for the SuperGrafx could be added to a TG-16.

I imagine that that someone could either fit the innards of a region switched SuperGrafx into a TG-16 (a SGX in a Turbo Express was attempted) or make a TG-16 style shell that's maybe a little different that would accommodate less hardware surgery.

But I believe I remember the possibility of a PC Engine being upgraded being discussed in the past and it was supposed to not be feasible because of how embedded the extra hardware is in a SuperGrafx and/or something else not-so hardware specific.

[Keranu]

Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!

[WoodyXP]

Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!

Word life.  That might be something I'd like to try if I ever come across some scroungeable parts. 

[Black Tiger]

Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!

It was the founder of gamesx (Lawrence?) who had began work on it a long time ago. There was a page for the project at one point, the most I could find now are these old updates on the main page-

May 01/2k2   Updates, Fixes, WIP and WHY! 
 A few new updates: The Xbox AV pinout listed C-Sync where C-Video was present (Thanks to a very angry person for pointing that out). The GameGear cartridge pinout had a pin count error. Also, I've been slaving like mad over a PC Engine schematic as well as a SuperGrafx schematic with the eventual goal of putting the SGX chips in a Turbo Express. Portable SuperGrafx anyone?

 

2. Been working on a half dozen projects:
SGX in TE On Hold - I took a break making the schematic and lost my place, I hate starting over. Also the thought of a mod with 200+ wires to solder kinda makes me tired just thinking about it.

It sounds like he'd figured it out, but it was simply too much work.

[Bigdog302]

it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.

[Black Tiger]

it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.

You mean like an NES that houses a PC running an NES emulator?

I think it would be cool to hide an older console inside of a newer one. Like a Saturn that only plays SMS games or an N64 that plays Collecovision carts.

[rag-time4]

it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.

You mean like an NES that houses a PC running an NES emulator?

I think it would be cool to hide an older console inside of a newer one. Like a Saturn that only plays SMS games or an N64 that plays Collecovision carts.

HAHA!! The ultimate would be a flip-top NES that runs Turbochips!! It could still be spring loaded, but only as a gimmick, with the lowering mechanism not affecting the reading of the Turbochips in any way!