Three Years Later, And Hyperkin's PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Clone Is Finally Coming Out

At 60fps 12-frames would be 0.2 seconds of rewind?

Seems like a cool budget way to play physical PC-E games, but I wish there was at least some way to play CD titles. That would be nice if you did have some attachment for it

Twelve whole frames of rewind huh? Better realize your mistake really, really fast. Here's what will happen (because it's what they always do): it will be released with some fairly major bug. A firmware update will appear eventually that fixes most of the issues and they'll never update it again and everyone will be stuck with a box that mostly works like it should if they knew about the update. The other people that don't Google obscure stuff like that will be left with a box that doesn't work for crap.

I have a t16 and an everdrive for it, and the experience has taught me one lesson: most of the turbo games I want to play are on CD 😆

This is great as someone who's never played the system I have been trying to find a less expensive way to do so

@gingerbeardman Especially on a console most famous for shmups, that doesn't sound like it'd help practically. Definitely without a dedicated button on the controller.
I think even the oldest ZSNES versions that had rewind had like 10 SECONDS of backup.

The article mentions the Analogue Duo, but actually the Analogue Pocket with a Dock and the adapter set is arguably the better comparison.

It's considerably more expensive... but you can play real Hucards with the adapter, CD games through the Core, multiplayer with wireless controllers (with the dock) AND you can play on the TV (with the dock) or handheld.

I understand why budget options exist... but sometimes you just need to wait and save for the best option. I love my Pocket and the PC Engine/TG16 support is stellar.

Also, there was a mini console just a few years ago. Again, I know they are quite pricey now, but those that wanted it surely got one, no? And if not, why wait?! We ain't getting younger!!

Is there really a market for this? It's quite a niche console - surely anyone with a collection of games to play on it would have a working original or the far superior Analogue option. If you just want to dabble, then there were the well received mini consoles.

I don't see this console selling well, a software emulation based console at nearly $100 usd during an age where hardware emulation (FPGA) based consoles are becoming the standard for interfacing with original media and controllers. There is definitely room for an affordable clone console regardless of the technology used but I feel Hyperkin really fumbled the bag on this one. For PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 players you are better off getting either a Pocket or Duo and while it is more expensive than Hyperkin's console, saving up for Analogue's offerings is the smarter choice.

@Crecca - I’m in the same boat, but when I look at TG16 game prices, they always feel pretty steep to me. Maybe it’s just because of the low install base in the US.

@HoyeBoye The US versions are particularly expensive - and if you're in Europe you can expect to pay through the nose for delivery and potentially even customs depending on how much the game cost. Japanese versions are much more reasonable (and often perfectly playable - when you consider how many of the classics on this console were shooters).

The Konami one that released about 4yrs ago, would be a better proposition, but it's out of production. It has built in games only, but unless you own a lot of HuCards and no console (unlikely) why would you want to build a collection to play on this?

@-wc- I feel similarly about the PCECD, but then sometimes I get in a basic mood and fire up a HuCard title

@KingMike ok so i did some sleuthing! (watched a demo of the device on youtube) and the "12-frames" is just some had copywriting on their part.

What it actually features several seconds of rewind, with 12 little thumbnail images (they refer to them as "frames", d'oh) that you can scroll back through and choose one.

I would have said "12 seconds" or if they can't guarantee seconds then simply "12 rewind points"

https://youtu.be/li8KpjUv3cM?t=401

Just another cheap ARM soc using a software emu

Might as well just get a MiSTer build at least you get a cycle accurate PC engine core, decent HDMI scaler with higher output resolution, easy high quality analogue video output and PC engine CDrom support

@FPGAguru what about rewind?

I wonder how this handles the fact that US cards had their ROM data stored with the bits in each byte reversed (with the hardware wired to flip the bits in the correct order by the time they reach the CPU) as a region lockout technique.

@HoyeBoye I'm trying to get into systems I've never seen or used before. This is definitely one of them I've wanted to try but not only are the games expensive but the system is ridiculously expensive. There aren't even any specific games I want for the system I just want to play stuff I've never played before.

Useless devices if it doesn't support Everdrives or play games from SD card / USB drive.

The games are too expensive, and anyone who has a collection would already own the original hardware. So who is this for?

People who want to get into the system for the first time? No.

Long time fans, with a large collection of HuCards / TurboChips? No.

Those that want to play CD games? No.

Those who want to play ROM dumps? No.

Those who want a perfect experience with zero gameplay errors, or input lag? No.

This is for practically no one, other than super fans that will buy anything TG-16 / PC-E branded and just have it sit on their shelf.