What’s your current PC Engine Setup?

Otaking · 03/31/2009, 11:28 AM

I'd be interested to hear what Forum peeps current PC-E/TG-16 set-up is?

For me, I no longer have a CRT TV just an LCD one and all my consoles (PC-E, SFC, Saturn etc..) look terrible on the LCD TV, so what i've done is built a tiny Media PC which connects to my LCD TV via the DVI Socket.
I then run Magic Engine on the Media PC and the picture looks crisp. To play PC-Engine CD games I rip the CD games to ISO images and then mount them using Magic Disc Virtual Drive which also means there are no loading times. For a controller I use the Sega 'Virtua Stick High Grade' which is gorgeous and has all Sanwa buttons and stick.

https://www.play-asia.com/virtua-stick-high-grade/13/701rjw

pceslayer · 03/31/2009, 11:40 AM

I have all of my classic consoles connected to my projector.

It sits right next to my bed, so its optimal length for that short ass controller cable.

*reserved for image of projector*

And since my CDROM is dead, I currently use my xbox with mednafen_pce to play my CD games in glorious 720p

*reserved for glorious 720p image*

NecroPhile · 03/31/2009, 01:37 PM

Pretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.

Keranu · 03/31/2009, 04:49 PM

Quote from: guest on 03/31/2009, 01:37 PMPretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.

Same here. I've been using my Turbo Express too since Turbo D fixed the sound for it!

Joe Redifer · 03/31/2009, 05:05 PM

Quote from: pceslayerAnd since my CDROM is dead, I currently use my xbox with mednafen_pce to play my CD games in glorious 720p

Actually you're playing them in glorius 240p upscaled to 720p. No detail is added anywhere in the process meaning the image is still ultra-low definition. Why do people think that if something is upscaled, it is as good as the native resolution? Such as people who think DVDs upscaled to HD is actual competition for Blu-ray's image quality.

WoodyXP · 03/31/2009, 05:45 PM

I have my briefcase hooked up to my 42' Plasma. This will get me by until I find a day
where I'm not too lazy to unpack my other gear.

esteban · 03/31/2009, 07:31 PM

PCE white + SCD --> CRT TV
TG-16 + Booster --> CRT TV

Everything else is packed away.

nectarsis · 03/31/2009, 07:34 PM

US Duo on a 36" Sony Wega Hi Def CRT
Super grafx/Super cd rom 2 on a Apex 27" CRT
Turboexpress

termis · 03/31/2009, 08:12 PM

Pretty basic setup: A region modded PCE Duo to a 27" CRT.

Tatsujin · 03/31/2009, 08:12 PM

mukanshin · 03/31/2009, 08:29 PM

Turbografx-16 with CD attached to 27" Sony Trinitron. I also have a PC Engine Duo but I haven't had it modded yet so I'm using both. It's a tangled mess with both of those plus a Dreamcast, Playstation 2, and Atari 2600 in front of the tv.

Joe Redifer · 03/31/2009, 09:12 PM

Mine is TurboGrafx-16 + CD-ROM and all flavors of System Cards (except Game Express and v1.0) hooked to a 20-inch CRT TV. Video is output via RGB mod to a RGB to Component transcoder and that component video is fed straight into the TV which then sends a light beam to meet my eyes which send the signal to my brain... all without any dot crawl or color smear! For those who complain that the video signal is supposed to be a bit smeared, my right eye doesn't exactly see perfectly so it helps add a bit of fake smear so the developers' intentions are realized. The audio is piped out via two "RCA" style cables which carry the left side audio and the right side audio on two completely separate and independent cables to my audio system where it produces the sweet sounds that massage my ear drums which send signals to my brain which translates it into Cadash music (no matter which game is played)

Here is are a couple of pictures to show you!

Note: That computer is not the one I regularly use. It is a spare at best.

ccovell · 03/31/2009, 10:10 PM

No pics, but I keep all the systems stored away in large plastic bins along with games, etc. Cables are in a large cardboard box, controllers in another...

Usually I take out a system and hook it up to a 15" RGB monitor and/or stereo speakers.
If RGB is out of the question, I hook it up to our TV...

Keranu · 03/31/2009, 10:49 PM

Quote from: ccovell on 03/31/2009, 10:10 PMIf RGB is out of the question, I hook it up to our TV...

Anything but playing a system the way it was designed when shipped to markets!

TR0N · 04/01/2009, 01:09 AM

Region modded TG16+Turbo-CD as for right now.The Duo-R was my main setup for playing pce games,but i sent that to (duo_r) for the some mods he is going to do on it.

Btw as for what it was hookup too.

TG16>CRT TV
Duo-r>C64 1702 Color Montior

geise · 04/01/2009, 09:39 AM

My setup is just my US Turboduo with the orange kisado converter. It's all hooked up to a regular standard TV. No way I'm I bothering hooking it up to a HDTV. If I was going to do that I might as well just play Magic Engine on an LCD or something. It would just be wierd to me. I like a lot of the other setups people are using.

SuperDeadite · 04/01/2009, 12:38 PM

Just found this beauty a few days ago in a used electronics shop. 29'' Sony Trinitron HD-CRT. Displays in 720p and 1080i for the 360, and all retro stuff is in beautiful SD. It will even take RGB directly through the Sony AV-Multi port, I just need to hack togheather some cables when I have more time.

SignOfZeta · 04/01/2009, 01:48 PM

I have a region modded Duo R hooked to a 15" Samsung CRT. Its small but the picture looks better on this $100 twirp that it would on %99.9 of all the LCDs ever made so I'm sticking with it. I use one of those ADP extension cables and a CoreGrafx pad, usually.

NecroPhile · 04/01/2009, 03:15 PM

Quote from: Keranu on 03/31/2009, 04:49 PMSame here. I've been using my Turbo Express too since Turbo D fixed the sound for it!

Oops, I forgot about my ol' Express, though mine is sadly still waiting for sound and video cap replacement.

Arjak · 04/01/2009, 04:17 PM

System: PC Engine Duo RX
Hookup: Composite Audio/Video cable (Red, White, Yellow cables)
TV: Panasonic Plasma Screen (40", I believe)
Controller: Arcade Pad (It's an RX, after all!)

geise · 04/01/2009, 09:18 PM

I love the clarity of the crt monitors/tv's you guys have. I don't know, but I like the way the scanlines on an sdtv filter the pixels. That Sony Trinitron is nice! I had a 17" trinitron for about 10 years. Those are great monitors.

TurboXray · 04/01/2009, 10:24 PM

My SuperGrafx with the Super CDROM^2 attached. I have it hooked up to a little 20' SDTV. I have a 52" HDTV CRT set in the same room, but it makes the games look all pixelated. No good.

Bloufo · 04/02/2009, 01:30 PM

This is my messy setup, cable chaos and all.

Notice the PC Engine Duo sitting nearer than the rest of my systems. That damn controller cable is so short that I got no choice but to bring the Duo closer in. Next purchase -definately a controller extension cable. lol

Since I only received my Duo only a few days ago, I've not had a chance yet to hook it up for larger screen gaming via my projector.
This is where that will happen.

Ninja Spirit · 04/12/2009, 09:14 AM

Just a Duo-R that's a fixer at the moment, controller port needs to be soldered back in line and I need a new RCA AV cable cause the red jack peeled like a Twizzler which means half assed mono sound.

When I use that same cable on the Genesis and Neo Geo, there's no sound period.

QuoteThat damn controller cable is so short that I got no choice but to bring the Duo closer in.

Yup that's Japan for ya.

That pretty much reflects a japanese gamer's playing space.

ikobo · 04/12/2009, 01:05 PM

I have a white briefcase as my main system, hooked up to a 50" LG plasma. It gives a surprisingly good picture, but the RGB modded engine sat in front of the screen is very blocky through it?

My stick of choice is an imp 328. Bought from ebay boxed, new for £20. Shaped like a Neo stick and surprisingly solid and good quality.

Big screen Sapphire goodness.

Ninja Spirit · 04/12/2009, 03:26 PM

But yeah this is my setup back in 2007

NecroPhile · 04/13/2009, 11:21 AM

Quote from: ikobo on 04/12/2009, 01:05 PMBig screen Sapphire ~~goodness~~ distorted fatness.

Fixed that for ya.

P.S. - No offense intended; to each his (or her) own.

ikobo · 04/13/2009, 11:56 AM

Quote from: guest on 04/13/2009, 11:21 AM
Quote from: ikobo on 04/12/2009, 01:05 PMBig screen Sapphire ~~goodness~~ distorted fatness.
Fixed that for ya.

P.S. - No offense intended; to each his (or her) own.

I love the way people say "no offense" just before being offensive!

None taken though, i had just flipped over from playing the 360 to take those shots, 4:3 is but a button press away.............

Joe Redifer · 04/13/2009, 12:27 PM

Actually he was offensive before he said "no offense". I think you owe him a free dinner as an apology.

NecroPhile · 04/13/2009, 01:57 PM

I'm not sure that even qualifies as offensive anyway; the image is unarguably distorted and wider than originally intended. If I were being offensive, I would've added that only a stretched out dirty pirate hooker would play games in a stretched out fashion.

Joe Redifer · 04/13/2009, 01:59 PM

His stretched image was offensive so he owes everyone on the forum a free dinner.

NecroPhile · 04/13/2009, 02:02 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/13/2009, 01:59 PMHis stretched image was offensive so he owes everyone on the forum a free dinner.

You owe me a free dinner for talking about free dinners and making me hungry. I'll be in Denver tonight to collect, so you better come find me.

esteban · 04/13/2009, 02:20 PM

Memo: fat, wide and stocky is retro.

ikobo · 04/13/2009, 02:44 PM

Happy?

Joe Redifer · 04/13/2009, 03:04 PM

Not happy. What is with the bright blue borders? Not only do you owe everyone a free dinner, but you now also owe every member 3 free gas tank fill-ups on their vehicle of choice as well.

ikobo · 04/13/2009, 03:09 PM

No problem, just let me know the next time you're in Scotland. Always happy to show some Scottish hospitality.

NecroPhile · 04/13/2009, 03:10 PM

Quote from: ikobo on 04/13/2009, 02:44 PMHappy?

Much better. Any concerns with image retention on your Lucky GoldStar?

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/13/2009, 03:04 PMNot happy. What is with the bright blue borders?

Are they actually gray (standard practice for plasmas)?

ikobo · 04/13/2009, 03:22 PM

No, the screen is actually pretty good as far as that is concerned. This is in my "games" room, the room that keeps the peace between me and my girlfriend. She doesn't go in it, in exchange for me agreeing not to fill the rest of the house with consoles and guitars. Didn't seem much point buying a real high end screen just for gaming, this does the job just fine.

BlackandBlue · 04/17/2009, 05:41 PM

This is my current setup that I have been collecting in the basement. The briefcase unit will be going ustairs after I fix the CDROM and region mod the CGII. She's my new project

Here's the gang so far.

Arkhan Asylum · 04/21/2009, 03:08 AM

Quote from: NecroPhile on 03/31/2009, 01:37 PMPretty basic setup here - just a TurboDuo connected to a CRT television.

TG16 + CD hooked up to a CRT.

audio goes to stereo AND tv so I get GhettoDolby^TM

I have a Duo R on the way.

Its going to be the same setup , rofl.

B&B, I have a similar mess in my basement, spanning 2 TVs, lol. (I put all the 8bits and crap on a crappier TV because it has woodgrain, and thats a rule when you use an Atari)

BlackandBlue · 04/21/2009, 03:42 AM

Quote from: guest on 04/21/2009, 03:08 AMB&B, I have a similar mess in my basement, spanning 2 TVs, lol. (I put all the 8bits and crap on a crappier TV because it has woodgrain, and thats a rule when you use an Atari)

Ha. I have an old 27" CRT that I was going to setup in the corner so i can use my light gun games again. I A/V modded my Intellivision, so it doesnt look half bad on the plasma.

Arkhan Asylum · 04/21/2009, 09:14 AM

yeah. we tried using light gun games on my friends LCD once. It ended in us throwing shit at the screen.

guyjin · 04/21/2009, 12:29 PM

Quote from: guest on 04/21/2009, 09:14 AMyeah. we tried using light gun games on my friends LCD once. It ended in us throwing shit at the screen.

Yeah, light guns are finnicky. They don't like rear projection screens either.

scottbpm · 04/21/2009, 05:28 PM

Hi everyone, new user here, 1st post.
Here is my small but slowly growing PCE set up.

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Supergrafx with Tototek 32mb flash, ASCII stick & 3 way tap,
Image Fight & Daisenpu Hucards - Hopefully more to come !
This is hooked up to a Panasonic LCD projector & looks surprisingly good over composite video.
The Megadrive looks quite bad over composite, NEC must have used better parts than Sega !
What's next ? - maybe a CD-Rom drive .
Scott.

Arkhan Asylum · 04/22/2009, 02:59 AM

This just in:

Scott, I hate you!

in the nicest way possible

Lord Thag · 04/27/2009, 06:01 PM

I'm pretty happy with my setup. I've got a TG-16 w/ multitap sitting next to my Duo-R sporting an awesome (rare) joystick (I forget the name, the one with all the buttons and doohickies and built in multitap). It's all hooked up to a big standard TV and a nice, kickin' game sound system with a respectable bass thump.

The fact that I have this, along with an Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Intellivision, Colecovision, Saturn, Atari XEGS, Odyssey 2, Arcadia 2001, Astrocade, Channel F, NES, SMS, Genesis, RCA Studio 2, Vextrex, and three Arcade games (along with a PC, a Laptop, and assorted routers) without causing a brownout is one of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of Northern California

Let's just say I keep Home Depot ordering power strips on a regular basis...

boogiecat · 05/02/2009, 10:20 AM

My setup these days is just working properly on my 40 inch Sony LCD TV right now!!

Lorfarius · 05/04/2009, 11:20 AM

I've got a region modded Core II hooked up to a Super CD Rom2. There's a good luck at my setup on my Youtube channel

Ceti Alpha · 05/04/2009, 11:26 AM

Quote from: boogiecat on 05/02/2009, 10:20 AMMy setup these days is just working properly on my 40 inch Sony LCD TV right now!!

This is my setup as well. I will, however, probably switch this up when I finally get my brother's flatscreen CRT from him.

override · 05/04/2009, 03:46 PM

I have a 52" Samsung Touch of Color LCD sitting inside a massive entertainment system! I have PS3, 360, Gamecube, PCE TurboDuo w/ regionswith, supernintendo, and the occassional laptop hooked up to it for emulators!

The games done look to bad on the screen though! I dont have to "stretch" them or resize them to make em fit either!

And once again it says that the uploader is full!!!! Go here to see my pics!