---
title: NEC PC Engine Duo
categories:
- Consoles
params:
  name: PC Engine Duo
  image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/nec
  company_name: NEC
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  - emulators
  - links
  - videos
  forum_thread: 1199
  photos:
  - title: PC ENGINE DUO
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_1.jpg
  - title: WITH ITS CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_2.jpg
  - title: LIDS OPENED
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_opened.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_box.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: PACHINKO CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: This is a pachinko controller for the PC Engine. The angled part which sticks out between the two main sections of the controller is a slider to adjust the angle of the pachinko balls as they come out.
    image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pce_pachinko-controller.jpg
  - title: TURBO PAD
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_turbografx_turbopad.jpg
  emulators:
  - title: Ootake
    url: http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/
    platform: Windows
    text: Frequently updated Japanese emulator
  - title: Magic Engine
    url: http://www.magicengine.com/
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: Commercial but excellent NEC PC Engine emulator. A must.
  links:
  - title: Necstasy
    url: http://www.necstasy.net/fr/
    text: PC-Engine & PC-FX TOC database
  - title: pcenginefx.com
    url: http://pcenginefx.com/
    text: The NEC console ressource.. Excellent.
  - title: The PC Engine Software Bible
    url: http://www.pcengine.co.uk/
    text: PC-Engine software archive. Very complete.
  - title: TurboGrafx.net
    url: http://www.turbografx.net/
    text: An English Turbo site with TG info and links!
  - title: TurboGrafx16
    url: http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/
    text: TurboGrafx16 dedicated website
  - title: Universo PCcengine
    url: http://pcengine.cjb.net/
    text: Nice brazilian site
  videos:
  - title: TV Commercials
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEvzN5YcR80
    text: 'Length: 2 min 18 s'
  related:
  - /museum/nec-coregrafx
  - /museum/nec-coregrafx-ii
  - /museum/nec-pc-engine
  - /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-r
  - /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-rx
  - /museum/nec-pc-engine-super-grafx
  - /museum/nec-turboduo
  - /museum/nec-turbografx-16-turbografx
  oc_id: 1232
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230510032752/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1232
    date: '2023-05-10'
---

The launch of the PC Engine Duo in 1991 marked the beginning of a new era in the console world. Containing a [PC Engine](/museum/nec-pc-engine/) and a Super CD-ROM² unit which were unified in a single case, along with the Super System Card integrated on the motherboard, it was the first stand alone console able to play CD-ROM games.

Like its predecessor the PC Engine, the Duo was very popular in Japan, selling well and establishing a large fan base.

With the same internal hardware as the later R/RX revisions, the original PC-Engine Duo has a lock on the CD door, a headphone jack and dark grey case.

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Contributors: Ste (text & info)