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PC Engine CD

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Overview

Introduced in 1988 by NEC, the PC Engine CD was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Same HuC6280 as the base system at 7.16 MHz with CD-ROM controller augmenting the cartridge bus.
  • Memory: 8 KB work RAM, 64 KB VRAM plus CD buffer RAM for streaming data.
  • Display: Carpentry of the HuC6270 video chip providing 256×239 resolution plus extra sprites, suitable for full-motion video overlays.
  • Sound: 6-channel PSG plus CD-DA playback and PCM sample streaming from the CD-ROM drive.

Supported ROM extensions

pce, cue, ccd, iso, img, chd

Emulators

  • geargrafx (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GEARGRAFX
  • pce (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_BEETLE_PCE
  • pce_fast (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_BEETLE_PCE_FAST
  • mednafen (mednafen) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MEDNAFEN

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml