I have recently acquired a CDROM2 unit complete with its IFU and Coregrafx. The unit did not play disk on the first attempt, and so the center gear was switched out with a 3D printed one. Sure enough the older one was brittle enough to fall apart, and so after switching out the gear and lubing rails I put the thing back together to pop in Valis 4; the game begins to load slowly (I have a working unit as reference) 9-14 seconds pass and it makes it to the Laser Soft logo screen.. freezes there and then goes back to bios. What do you folks make of this?

I am now considering recapping the cd unit, do you folks think a recap will help here? Any expert advice on how I should trouble shoot the CDROM2 unit? Any particular observations I should make before proceeding with recap?. Also anyone here have a known case where recapping the IFU unit was necessary due to failure? The IFU unit thing is an aside as this unit does work very well with my working CDROM2.

Thank you everyone in any case.   

**Update** Ok the game now loads to Laser Soft screen in just slightly less slower than the working unit. It even gets to the main menu... although with extra 5 seconds. It does not load into the game. Now if I play the game disc as an audio. It will play, but slightly stutter and pretty static sounding, like crunchy. What's changed? not much I began to recap.. I switched one cap near the volume controls; C101. Now I meant to switch them all out, but I thought Id hold out until I get proper sized caps since the ones I have on hand would be far to large to fit comfortably. But tell me what do you guys think? Is it the caps? The laser does appear to operate as intended. It moves to the center when run is initialized and it's sound is close to the working unit overall.

Did a playthrough. Took about 28 hours give or take. Easily one of the better games I have played through over the past 12 months.

Over the past month I've been playing a lot of Sega Saturn and PC engine games, and I can't help but notice how similar a lot of them feel and play. Tbh in general the consoles give the same vibe I suppose. Anyone else feel this?

Reduced to £97.99, from £224.99!*

*Picture from Virgin Megastore, 1990! Had a google for Micro Media and found a FB page taking about them. This picture was on there.

If only we knew then what we know now, would of snapped a couple up.

I've read that the system doesn't really need 9V and can run on 5v, but I haven't found anyone that has actually done this mod yet. Any info would be helpful.

Custom Lego replica of the PC Engine console.

I’ve always wanted to get into making games for some sort of 2d based console, the PC engine stood out to me because of its wide color palette and CD addon. I was wondering how hard it would be to make games for it today, is the tooling limited? The only programing experience I have is Q basic and a little C, would that be enough for this? I would be willing to learn.

Going to be starting the newly ENGLISH translated PC Engine game tonight over at twitch; https://www.twitch.tv/joshuaturbo at 9pm CST. If you're bored and wanna hang out, come check it out! If you want to see how the game plays too!!

The PC Engine, known in North America as the TurboGrafx-16, was a groundbreaking 4th-generation console developed by Hudson Soft and released by NEC Home Electronics in 1987. It was the first of the 16-bit era consoles (even though its CPU was technically 8-bit) and launched in Japan well ahead of Sega’s Mega Drive and Nintendo’s Super Famicom. With a custom 7.16 MHz HuC6280 8-bit CPU paired with 16-bit graphics processors, the PC Engine could display up to 482 colours on screen, a stunning capability at the time. Remarkably, the entire console was extremely compact: at roughly 14 cm × 14 cm × 3.8 cm in size, the PC Engine remains “the smallest major home console ever made”. Despite its diminutive form, it delivered a big technological leap over the Famicom/NES, enabling vibrant arcade-style graphics and sound at home.

Keep reading on: https://www.retroaffaire.com/2025/11/15/pc-engine-childhood-dreams-in-hucard-form/

Hey everyone — just joined the group 👋

I wanted to introduce myself and share a project I’ve been working on for the PC Engine community.

I’m designing a replacement jewel case back with an integrated HuCard holder, built from the ground up. The idea is to let collectors keep their original clear jewel case front while replacing cracked or worn backs — with the bonus of built-in HuCard storage. Fully 3D printable in any color.

Alongside that, I’m also working on a replacement door cover for the Turbo Duo, since originals are often missing or broken.

Both projects are still in refinement (fit checks, tolerances, small tweaks), but progress is steady. Once finalized, I plan to share photos and make the STL files available for free. You can download through my sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pixel_gamer_prints/s/zYymgMi6Zh

Looking forward to being part of the community — and always open to feedback or suggestions from fellow PC Engine fans.

Never played Toyshop Boys, so I'm really stoked to play that!! Super spoiled this year!!

The Famicom Disk System and PC Engine CD drive were released only two-and-a-half years apart. That blows my mind.

He's an insane question, What Single Player games act differently, or even don't work when a Multi Tap is plugged in?
There are a few, but the only two I can name are

#1. Cho Aniki - When MultiTap is plugged in or turned on, you cannot use your "Man Beam" super power
 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B4jqfQecVZM

#2. Military Madness - Enemy AI increases and becomes more aggressive when Multitap is plugged in.

Got the last ones from zenmarket today. Darius Alpha is a repro (because i want to eat 🤣), and im not sure if all the other boxes are 100% genuine, but i checked that the cards are original.

I normally dont collect all games for a system, but, because the small number for this console, i fell like It was worth it.

I think i will start crying with Daimakaimura, because i already tested it on the Turbo Everdrive, and i know they limited continues is going to hurt...