PC Engine
This console, known as the PC Engine in Japan and as the TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem in the USA, is a home video game console joint-developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in 1987.
| Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lr-beetle-pce-fast | pcengine | .7z .ccd .chd .cue .pce .zip | syscard3.pce | /opt/retropie/configs/pcengine/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-beetle-supergrafx | pcengine | .7z .pce .zip .chd | syscard3.pce | /opt/retropie/configs/pcengine/retroarch.cfg |
Emulator: lr-beetle-pce-fast, lr-beetle-supergrafx
ROMS
Accepted File Extensions: .7z .ccd .chd .cue .pce .zip
Place your PC Engine/PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-16/TurboGrafx-CD/SuperGrafx ROMs in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine
CHD Files
lr-beetle-pce-fast and lr-beetle-supergrafx have support for the CHD (V5) archive format. This format will save space and allow you to keep your PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx-CD ROM folder tidy. See Creating CHDs from CD-ROMS.
BIOS
A BIOS file is only needed to play CD-based games.
Several BIOS are supported, but syscard3.pce is the most compatible with games.
| Recognized Name | No-Intro Name | CRC32 | MD5 | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| syscard3.pce | [BIOS] Super CD-ROM System (Japan) (v3.0).pce | 6D9A73EF | 38179DF8F4AC870017DB21EBCBF53114 | This is the preferred BIOS for lr-beetle-pce-fast and should play most games. |
| syscard2.pce | [BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v2.1).pce | 283B74E0 | 3CDD6614A918616BFC41C862E889DD79 | |
| syscard2.pce | [BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v2.0).pce | 52520BC6 | 3A456F0ECCFF039EB5FF045F56EC1C3B | |
| syscard1.pce | [BIOS] CD-ROM System (Japan) (v1.0).pce | 3F9F95A4 | 2B7CCB3D86BAA18F6402C176F3065082 | |
| gexpress.pce | [BIOS] Games Express CD Card (Japan).pce | 51A12D90 | 6D2CB14FC3E1F65CEB135633D1694122 | Required to play four unlicensed games. |
| gexpress.pce | [BIOS] Games Express CD Card (Japan) (Alt).pce | 9D1E81B8 | CCF8590E2E7AC4A08BCC1D77EC168917 | Required to play four unlicensed games. |
| syscard3u.pce | [BIOS] TurboGrafx CD Super System Card (USA) (v3.0).pce | 2B5B75FE | 0754F903B52E3B3342202BDAFB13EFA5 | Most games work, but some Japan games will not. |
| syscard2u.pce | [BIOS] TurboGrafx CD System Card (USA) (v2.0).pce | FF2A5EC3 | 94279F315E8B52904F65AB3108542AFE |
Place your BIOS in
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
You can change which BIOS is used in the Quick Menu's Options.
Controls
lr-beetle-pce-fast and lr-beetle-supergrafx utilise Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/pcengine/retroarch.cfg
PC Engine CD
It is important that the image file (usually .bin) and the CUE file (.cue) match.
CUE files are just text files containing a description of the CD. If you have files named like:
Akumajou Dracula X.bin
Akumajou Dracula X.cue
then ensure the first line of the CUE file contains:
FILE "Akumajou Dracula X.bin" BINARY
Any of the following are wrong and will not work:
### extension has incorrect case
FILE "Akumajou Dracula X.BIN" BINARY
### file name has incorrect case
FILE "AKUMAJOU DRACULA X.bin" BINARY
### does not match the actual file name
FILE "Akumajou_Dracula_X_-_Chi_no_Rinne_(NTSC-J)_[KMCD3005].bin" BINARY
Advanced Configuration
Switching Emulation Station to the TurboGrafx-16 logo:
If you are from the United States it is likely that you had the TurboGrafx-16 rather than the PC Engine. If you want EmulationStation to show the TurboGrafx-16 graphics instead of PC Engine then you should create a file /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg with the following contents (note this requires at least v4.1.6 of the RetroPie-Setup script).
pcengine_theme="tg16"
Once this is done, please update any of the currently installed PC Engine emulators from RetroPie-Setup and Emulation Station will now use the TurboGrafx-16 logo.