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2/13/2025: Localization News - Cosmic Fantasy 3-4!Rather earth-shattering news in the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 community: Cosmic Fantasy 3 & 4 has been officially localized to English by Edia 30 years later for the Switch! Hard to believe! I know their script quality is poor given the 1&2 port but still good to see. 
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#71
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by SkyeWelse - 10/19/2024, 05:25 PM
Hey Keith,
Thank you very much for all of the guidance and help with this problem and thank you too for suggesting the magnet being used to hold down the disc. That was driving me a little crazy for while when the disc would spin and sometimes it would be read and other times it wouldn't even when I wouldn't touch anything.
So the new laser arrived and it defintiely was the culprit like you said. As soon as I put it in I started having more success with the cd spinning and attempting to be read. It still wasn't reading anything at first so I started adjusting the potentiometers starting v102 and sure enough, I was able to start reading the pressed cd-rom of FX Unit Yuki. I don't know what it is about FX-Unit Yuki, maybe the fact that the cd was newer but I have not had really issues getting the game to at least start up, even if some of the music tracks were a bit off and in need of further calibrations. Thankfully that cd also has a soundtest which really helped me with adjusting v105 and v103 to get all the tracks to play across the span of the disc.
At first I encountered issues getting other pressed cds to work, both US and Japan regions but eventually I got the pots positioned using that guide by BlueBMW (by ear guide) and eventually all pressed or official cds worked just fine. CD-Rs were another story altogether as my cd-r of FX Unit Yuki Demo and my CD-Rs of Dawn of Ys Translated with the English Dub that used to work before were not working initially. Using that guide and understanding the pots and what they do, I was able to kind of tweak one by one until I could eventually cut the system on, start the disc and not have to wait much time for it load to the black screen and then ultimately the title screen.
So hopefully, with any luck, those settings will stay that way and I'll close everything up in the case again soon and start playing some PCE again!
I'm also looking forward to any good games have been released since FX-Unit Yuki that I should check out or any new noteworthy translation projects that have come out since then as I've not really been paying attention to the scene, for example did the Kaze no Xanadu I&II trans/english dub ever come out?
Anyhow, thank you for your help and it's good to get this working again!
-SkyeWelse
Thank you very much for all of the guidance and help with this problem and thank you too for suggesting the magnet being used to hold down the disc. That was driving me a little crazy for while when the disc would spin and sometimes it would be read and other times it wouldn't even when I wouldn't touch anything.
So the new laser arrived and it defintiely was the culprit like you said. As soon as I put it in I started having more success with the cd spinning and attempting to be read. It still wasn't reading anything at first so I started adjusting the potentiometers starting v102 and sure enough, I was able to start reading the pressed cd-rom of FX Unit Yuki. I don't know what it is about FX-Unit Yuki, maybe the fact that the cd was newer but I have not had really issues getting the game to at least start up, even if some of the music tracks were a bit off and in need of further calibrations. Thankfully that cd also has a soundtest which really helped me with adjusting v105 and v103 to get all the tracks to play across the span of the disc.
At first I encountered issues getting other pressed cds to work, both US and Japan regions but eventually I got the pots positioned using that guide by BlueBMW (by ear guide) and eventually all pressed or official cds worked just fine. CD-Rs were another story altogether as my cd-r of FX Unit Yuki Demo and my CD-Rs of Dawn of Ys Translated with the English Dub that used to work before were not working initially. Using that guide and understanding the pots and what they do, I was able to kind of tweak one by one until I could eventually cut the system on, start the disc and not have to wait much time for it load to the black screen and then ultimately the title screen.
So hopefully, with any luck, those settings will stay that way and I'll close everything up in the case again soon and start playing some PCE again!
I'm also looking forward to any good games have been released since FX-Unit Yuki that I should check out or any new noteworthy translation projects that have come out since then as I've not really been paying attention to the scene, for example did the Kaze no Xanadu I&II trans/english dub ever come out?
Anyhow, thank you for your help and it's good to get this working again!
-SkyeWelse
#72
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: REPAIR GUIDE - PCE|TurboDu...
Last post by SkyeWelse - 10/19/2024, 05:01 PM
Thanks so much for this guide and especially the potentiometers and what each of them do. Knowing what each of them is actually doing really helps isolate some of the issues I was facing when I installed a new laser. I believe I have everything working or close to working now, including CDRs and all audio tracks, though I've really only experimented with one game for a Sound Test so far (FX Unit Yuki's Audition mode). Anyhow, I know this thread is many years old now but it's very useful today!
-SkyeWelse
-SkyeWelse
#73
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by Keith Courage - 10/16/2024, 06:27 AM
Something else I just thought of after looking at your first pic. If you are testing a CD with the case lid off, you need to take the magnet out of the CD lid and put it on your disc so it doesn't slip when the drive spins up.
#74
Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: NEC PC-FX Homebrew (Alpha)...
Last post by gameblabla - 10/15/2024, 07:27 PMQuote from: NightWolve on 10/13/2024, 06:50 PMAnyway, yeah, I remember this demo from the discord, it's PCFX 3D Tetris!Well don't tell the tetris company
Updated the game : there was a pretty bad game breaking bug. Lines were not being cleared properly.... :/ It made the game too easy.
This is now fixed so my bad ! The funny thing is that, i exactly show it off in my video but no one told me
If you wonder why : the NEC PC-FX doesn't exactly like 8-bits integers. I switched to 32-bits integers and it addressed the issue.
I also switched to quad rendering instead, altho it was a mostly minor enhancement performance wise (the bottleneck is elsewhere anyway) but the other benefit
is that it fixed an issue with it sometimes overdrawing too much... this is now being done properly.
I added more puzzles to puzzle mode now that the game is more stable : they're not exactly challenging to be honest so i invite people to come up with some better ones.
Since last version, i also added more sound effects (really basic ones) and more stuff. For those that haven't played it yet, i suggest they give it a try now !
#75
Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: NEC PC-FX Homebrew (Alpha)...
Last post by NightWolve - 10/13/2024, 06:50 PMHey @gameblabla, thanks for stopping by and sharing your PC-FX work!
For some reason I actually didn't see this thread till a week later! I need global email notifications turned on as admin to know if ANY post is made since our forum here is slow and I don't check up on it as often.
Anyway, yeah, I remember this demo from the discord, it's PCFX 3D Tetris!
For some reason I actually didn't see this thread till a week later! I need global email notifications turned on as admin to know if ANY post is made since our forum here is slow and I don't check up on it as often.
Anyway, yeah, I remember this demo from the discord, it's PCFX 3D Tetris!
#76
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by SkyeWelse - 10/08/2024, 01:08 PM
Oh I see, gotcha, yeah in my case maybe mine had been opened before because I only have regular screws. I've got a couple of security bits for opening up the NES/ AV Famicom, but yeah I guess I won't need that then. Thanks!
-SkyeWelse
-SkyeWelse
#77
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by Keith Courage - 10/08/2024, 04:37 AM
The security bit is only needed to open up the console. Otherwise there is nothing inside a duo that requires one.
#78
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC ENGINE DUO "PLEASE SET ...
Last post by elartur77 - 10/07/2024, 05:44 PM
Thanks Keith.
I try everything but still got "PLEASE SET DISC"](/forums/Smileys/default/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
Ill leave it for now Im tired of this board.. and retake it later..
Ill update if I found a solution..
Thank you very much for the advice ...
I try everything but still got "PLEASE SET DISC"
Ill leave it for now Im tired of this board.. and retake it later..
Ill update if I found a solution..
Thank you very much for the advice ...
#79
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by SkyeWelse - 10/07/2024, 11:33 AM
Thanks Keith, I found one for around $15 bucks so I'm going to take a shot with that one and we'll see what happens when it arrives! Might be awhile before I post again as I'm sure it will take some time to come from China. Plenty of time to read up and familiarize myself with the process or any other tools I may need. Looks like one guide said I'll need some kind of smaller sized security bit, so I'll see about getting one of those as well.
Thanks again for your help and advice!
-SkyeWelse
Thanks again for your help and advice!
-SkyeWelse
#80
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC-Engine Duo-RX CD-Rom Is...
Last post by Keith Courage - 10/06/2024, 07:11 PM
Don't bother with the entire lens assembly. They aren't an exact drop in replacement as the rubber mounts are different and the White/black plastic cover doesn't fit on them correctly.
The only reason to order a full assembly would be if you needed any replacement motors or gear.
Just get one of the $20 ones. I've tried some of the more expensive options and they don't appear to have any difference in quality.
The only reason to order a full assembly would be if you needed any replacement motors or gear.
Just get one of the $20 ones. I've tried some of the more expensive options and they don't appear to have any difference in quality.