PC Engine newbie

[HuCARD00845]

Hello there, this is my first post so please be kind.

I am really new to the PC Engine need some advice from the experts.

I'm looking into buying my first system and think that the best way to go is for the TurboDuo. As far as I know it can play both chip games and CD games. The only games which I think it can't play are the Super Graphics games. If I am correct, would you a white or black TurboDuo and is there any differences between the two?

I live in Japan, so the systems that I am looking at are the Japanese ones. They are about 5,000 yen each without a box which is about 60 US dollars or 35 pounds. I recently came across a small shop that sells the HuCard games without a box from 100 to 300 yen ($3). Is that how much they are normally sold for or are they sold for more?



I picked up a boxed Bomberman 94 for 300 yen which I was quite happy with. I think it is meant to be one of the best Bomberman games on the system.

If there is anybody else who uses these forms who lives in Japan, do you know how much the PC Engine normally goes for at Hard Off? I don't live very close to one, but might take a trip to one if they have good prices.

Also does anybody have any tips for games to look out for which are pretty awesome?

[Frank_fjs]

The black Duo is the first revision of the console. It has a headphone jack and is prone to being unreliable and breaking down. The white console is the Duo-R which was the next version of the console. It lost the headphone jack but is much more reliable. There was also a Duo-RX which is pretty much the same as a Duo-R except it came bundled with a 6 button controller.

The Duo's will play all HuCard games except the Super Grafx ones. It also plays all CD games barring the Arcade CD games, to play these you will need an Arcade Duo HuCard which provides the system with the necessary extra RAM that it requires for the Arcade games.

Bomberman '94 is heaps of fun, especially multiplayer.

By the way, welcome.

[HuCARD00845]

wow, that was a fast response.

Thank you very much for the advice. I think I will go for the white system. By any chance do you know if the Arcade Duo HuCards are quite expensive?

Thanks for welcoming me to the forms

[Tatsujin]

I live in japan too and those 5000 yens for the DUO-R above is a very good price. I would snag it immediately if I were you. So where do you live? I do not recognize the label of that recycle shop you shot that picture. And since when du you live here?

HOs normally are very try and error, since they do not have loads of PCE hardware in stock (except for some dirty losey cores or controllers in the junk box for 200~500 yens).

Sure I have found lose DUOs for 1000 yens in HOs but those are excpetions. I have also found CIBler DUO-R & RX for 2000 yens in other recycle stores. But it needs time and patience to dig such hauls.

Welcome aboard

[nectarsis]

I live in japan too and those 5000 yens for the DUO-R above is a very good price. I would snag it immediately if I were you. So where do you live? I do not recognize the label of that recycle shop you shot that picture. And since when du you live here?

HOs normally are very try and error, since they do not have loads of PCE hardware in stock (except for some dirty losey cores or controllers in the junk box for 200~500 yens).

Sure I have found lose DUOs for 1000 yens in HOs but those are excpetions. I have also found CIBler DUO-R & RX for 2000 yens in other recycle stores. But it needs time and patience to dig such hauls.

Welcome aboard

*teh HO master joins teh game*


welcome to teh site Hu

[ceti alpha]

Welcome to the forum!

As said above, your best bet is to go with the Duo-R or the Duo-RX.

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard the crazy train.  Woo-woo!

P.S. - Screw you peeps and your sweet Hard Off deals! 

[henrycsc]

LOL Nect!  Maybe the quote might be "I would buy it if I find the shop first."

Welcome aboard Hucard!  Some games can be worth way more than the prices you mention, and some even less (in Japan) - just depends on the game and the condition.  But to be honest - those prices are way below what any of us in the USA can get most PCE games for, so we would all buy them up!

I live in japan too and those 5000 yens for the DUO-R above is a very good price. I would snag it immediately if I were you. So where do you live? I do not recognize the label of that recycle shop you shot that picture. And since when du you live here?

HOs normally are very try and error, since they do not have loads of PCE hardware in stock (except for some dirty losey cores or controllers in the junk box for 200~500 yens).

Sure I have found lose DUOs for 1000 yens in HOs but those are excpetions. I have also found CIBler DUO-R & RX for 2000 yens in other recycle stores. But it needs time and patience to dig such hauls.

Welcome aboard

*teh HO master joins teh game*


welcome to teh site Hu

[rag-time4]

Keep in mind that the Japanese PC-Engine family can not play American Turbochip games without a converter or modification. CD games are region free.

[ccovell]

Don't forget to visit Hard-Off's homepage to search for stores in your area.  Do the prefecture/area search, deselect baby, mode, and book-offs, and zoom out on any of the shop maps to see other surrounding HOs.

I actually did a little walking trip from Minami-Urawa station yesterday to get some exercise and visit a Hard-Off.  Nothing much there (though there was a Duo-RX for pretty cheap.) but they did have a box with about 2 dozen PC-Engine games, even Hu-Cards in cases.  Unfortunately, they were almost all sports shit (Power Leagues, Fire Pro Wrestlings, etc.)  Blah.


I think the people of the world ought to pack all the used sports videogames into a rocket and fire it into the sun -- it'd virtually eliminate the clutter in 2nd hand shops.

[BlueBMW]

I think the people of the world ought to pack all the used sports videogames into a rocket and fire it into the sun -- it'd virtually eliminate the clutter in 2nd hand shops.

But keep the hucard cases for us to re-purpose for other looslers!

[Mathius]

I think the people of the world ought to pack all the used sports videogames into a rocket and fire it into the sun -- it'd virtually eliminate the clutter in 2nd hand shops.

But keep the hucard cases for us to re-purpose for other looslers!

That's what I was going to say.

Welcome to teh forums! Snag you that Duo-r and start from there. There are lots of other routes to take, but you need that starting off point. Very good deal!

[Arkhan]

that looks like a nice duo.    I'd buy it if I were you

[Colossus1574]

Wow, you're living in the home of the PCEngine eh? cool.
Welcome!
man, that's like 3 new members in what....today!?

[HuCARD00845]

Thanks for welcoming me welcome aboard guys!

Thanks for the advice Tatsujin. To be honest I didn't take the picture in my opening post, I wanted to make my post look more interesting, so I found a picture of the same model PC Engine that I saw at a shop in Osaka. Funnily enough the picture that I found is even cheaper than the one I saw.

I recently saw a black DUO-R for 8,000 yen and a Core Graphics (Orange and Black) for 8,000 yen. I think that that one for 5,000 yen must be a good price and I will try to buy it next week. Have you ever been to Super Potato? I would like to go one day, but not sure if they have a lot of PC Engine games.

That pcedaisakusen.net website is pretty interesting. By the way, what is your favourite game on the system?


Yeah, I agree with you ccovell. I'm not a big fan of those sports games either. When looking for Dreamcast games I nearly always come across some of those crappy wresting games.