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NEC PC Engine Duo	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs forum_thread photos hardware emulators links videos related oc_id source PC Engine Duo /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_1s.jpg /companies/nec NEC photos hardware emulators links videos 1199 title subtitle text image PC ENGINE DUO /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_1.jpg title subtitle text image WITH ITS CONTROLLER /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_2.jpg title subtitle text image LIDS OPENED /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_opened.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/nec_pce-duo_box.jpg title subtitle text image PACHINKO CONTROLLER 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. /media/museum/hardware/nec_pce_pachinko-controller.jpg title subtitle text image TURBO PAD /media/museum/hardware/nec_turbografx_turbopad.jpg title url platform text Ootake http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/ Windows Frequently updated Japanese emulator title url platform text Magic Engine http://www.magicengine.com/ Multiplatform Commercial but excellent NEC PC Engine emulator. A must. title url text Necstasy http://www.necstasy.net/fr/ PC-Engine & PC-FX TOC database title url text pcenginefx.com http://pcenginefx.com/ The NEC console ressource.. Excellent. title url text The PC Engine Software Bible http://www.pcengine.co.uk/ PC-Engine software archive. Very complete. title url text TurboGrafx.net http://www.turbografx.net/ An English Turbo site with TG info and links! title url text TurboGrafx16 http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/ TurboGrafx16 dedicated website title url text Universo PCcengine http://pcengine.cjb.net/ Nice brazilian site title url text TV Commercials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEvzN5YcR80 Length: 2 min 18 s /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 1232 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230510032752/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1232 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 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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