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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: Gogan on October 02, 2008, 12:04:06 PM
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Do SuperGrafx games work on a TG, I have mine modded for pce and was wonderin if supergrafx would work.
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No, the SuperGrafx is expanded hardware and although it can play PCE games (or TG-16 through region mod) while switched to PC Engine mode, true SuperGrafx games are not backwards compatible. The only sorta exceptions are bicompatible games like Darius Plus, which is really just a PC Engine game with an additional SuperGrafx mode/variant built-in.
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This is actually a fantasy of mine. I dream of having a black Duo that could play Super HuCards! =P~
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I wonder if, theoretically, the extra hardware for the SuperGrafx could be added to a TG-16.
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I wonder if, theoretically, the extra hardware for the SuperGrafx could be added to a TG-16.
I imagine that that someone could either fit the innards of a region switched SuperGrafx into a TG-16 (a SGX in a Turbo Express was attempted) or make a TG-16 style shell that's maybe a little different that would accommodate less hardware surgery.
But I believe I remember the possibility of a PC Engine being upgraded being discussed in the past and it was supposed to not be feasible because of how embedded the extra hardware is in a SuperGrafx and/or something else not-so hardware specific.
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Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!
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Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!
Word life. That might be something I'd like to try if I ever come across some scroungeable parts. 8)
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Any sources on that attempted SGX Turbo Express? Haven't heard of that before!
It was the founder of gamesx (Lawrence?) who had began work on it a long time ago. There was a page for the project at one point, the most I could find now are these old updates on the main page-
May 01/2k2 Updates, Fixes, WIP and WHY!
A few new updates: The Xbox AV pinout listed C-Sync where C-Video was present (Thanks to a very angry person for pointing that out). The GameGear cartridge pinout had a pin count error. Also, I've been slaving like mad over a PC Engine schematic as well as a SuperGrafx schematic with the eventual goal of putting the SGX chips in a Turbo Express. Portable SuperGrafx anyone?
2. Been working on a half dozen projects:
SGX in TE On Hold - I took a break making the schematic and lost my place, I hate starting over. Also the thought of a mod with 200+ wires to solder kinda makes me tired just thinking about it.
It sounds like he'd figured it out, but it was simply too much work.
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it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.
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it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.
You mean like an NES that houses a PC running an NES emulator?
I think it would be cool to hide an older console inside of a newer one. Like a Saturn that only plays SMS games or an N64 that plays Collecovision carts. :P
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it would be cool to take a working but busted up sgx and take the boards out of it and put them in a turbografx 16 case.talk about having a "sleeper" for hardware.sleeper is a term used by someone taking a plain looking beater type car and putting in a real fire breathing engine in it,hiding and not advertising the gargantuan horse power so to speak.
You mean like an NES that houses a PC running an NES emulator?
I think it would be cool to hide an older console inside of a newer one. Like a Saturn that only plays SMS games or an N64 that plays Collecovision carts. :P
HAHA!! The ultimate would be a flip-top NES that runs Turbochips!! It could still be spring loaded, but only as a gimmick, with the lowering mechanism not affecting the reading of the Turbochips in any way!