PC-Engine Collecting + System Questions

[jmbarnes101]

Their are way too many versions and I honestly don't understand them all. What type of system would I want to consider if I was mainly wanting to play a Turbo/PCE EverDrive on it along with whatever games I could find locally or cheap on Ebay (preferably something with analog input or better)? Would I still need a region switch for it? I've seen the CD prices and despite the solid games available I don't know that I want to go there. Thank you.

[KalessinDB]

Lemme see if I can break this down... What do you want to play? Click the spoiler for what systems you can play it on. Turbo Everdrive can be played on any system, it has a switch to tell it if you're playing it on an NA or JP system.

NA hucards - 94 games:

TurboGrafx16 - natively
TurboDuo - natively
TurboExpress - natively
LaserActive with TurboGrafx16 PAC - natively
PC-Engine - with region mod
PC-Engine Shuttle - with region mod
PC-Engine CoreGrafx - with region mod
PC-Engine CoreGrafx 2 - with region mod
PC-Engine GT - with region mod
PC-Engine LT - with region mod
PC-Engine Duo - with region mod
PC-Engine Duo R - with region mod
PC-Engine Duo RX - with region mod
SuperGrafx - with region mod
LaserActive with PC-Engine PAC - with region mod

JP hucards - 280+ games:

TurboGrafx16 - with region mod
TurboDuo - with region mod
TurboExpress - with region mod
LaserActive with TurboGrafx16 PAC - with region mod
PC-Engine - natively
PC-Engine Shuttle - natively
PC-Engine CoreGrafx - natively
PC-Engine CoreGrafx 2 - natively
PC-Engine GT - natively
PC-Engine LT - natively
PC-Engine Duo - natively
PC-Engine Duo R - natively
PC-Engine Duo RX - natively
SuperGrafx - natively
LaserActive with PC-Engine PAC - natively

SuperGrafx hucards - 7 games:

SuperGrafx - natively

Any region CD-ROM^2s - 115 games:

Any Duo
Any CD attachment connected to a basic system that it can physically attach to

Any region Super CD-ROM^2s - 302 games require it , 2 more have upgrades over regular:

PC-Engine Duo - natively
TurboDuo - natively
Any CD attachment connected to a basic system that it can physically attach to - with a System 3.0 card and a region mod as necessary (System 3.0 card released in both regions)

Arcade CD games - 12 games require it, 19 more have upgrades over Super-CD:

PC-Engine Duo - with an Arcade Card Duo
TurboDuo - with an Arcade Card Duo and a region mod (Arcade Cards are JP only hucards)
Any CD attachment connected to a basic system that it can physically attach to - with an Arcade Card Pro and a region mod as necessary

LD-ROM^2 - ??? games:

Pioneer LaserActive with PC-Engine or TurboGrafx16 PAC - Natively?

Disclaimer: All # of games come from Wikipedia, and some counting on my part in the case of CD games since they're not separated on their lists. I am not willing to bet my collection that all of these answers are correct, but I am reasonably sure (on what works with what at least -- the # of games, screw it all wiki'd).

[marurun]

You are forgetting that there is also a TG-16 PAC for the LaserActive. Rarer still than the PC Engine one, it is, but it exists.

[KalessinDB]

You are forgetting that there is also a TG-16 PAC for the LaserActive. Rarer still than the PC Engine one, it is, but it exists.

You are confusing "forgetting" with "never realized in the first place"

Updated.

[retrosportsgamer]

I broke out my modded Duo-R last night for some Blazing Lazers and kind of re-hooked myself on the console.

Of course hu-card are very expensive to collect. Is there a flash cart out there? Can anyone direct me to how this would work? Would the games save on the internal memory (if that's a thing) on the console (like high scores)?

[retrosportsgamer]

^ Ah, nevermind. The Turbo Everdrive has issues with region modded systems

[marurun]

There's also another single-ROM flash card that's about $50, though the maker has had a few issues with some of them crapping out and needing replacement. Works fine with my modded Duo. Well, it did. I need to get it replaced because it stopped working...

[synbiosfan]

^ Ah, nevermind. The Turbo Everdrive has issues with region modded systems

That only applies to the switchless mod in the Turbo Express/GT. The Everdrive has a switch for TG-16/PCE. You just set them both to the same region and play.

EDIT: From someone far more knowledgeable than I

I never had issues with the everdrive on any region modded TE or duo that I have done. Only have issues on the white pce and a few coregrafx.

[retrosportsgamer]

^ Oh nice - thanks. I'd prefer to physically collect but was just curious.

[KalessinDB]

Yeah I've never had issues with my Turbo Everdrive, but my region mod is a physical switch, no ICs or chips or anything like that.