PC Engine mini Question

[Gamer707b]

Hi all
I would appreciate any input from those that may know. Been wanting to get the Pc Engine Mini, but I've heard that some have had issues with the USB port and controllers. Some say they've fried their USB ports because they've used a brick exceeding 5V. Any truth to that? Would the bricks that came with Super Nintendo or Genesis work? What has been everyone's overall experience with the PC Engine Mini? Thanks.

[dmk1198]

Any phone charger worked fine, great console

[Mero]

Running it off one of the USB ports on your tv also works, I think that's what the manual reccomends.

[cj iwakura]

Yeah, I've only used the USB power source, I haven't tried it with an external.
(Still waiting for that hack, any day now...)

[Gamer707b]

Yea, I've been debating on "exploring" the PC Engine's library with the Mini or just waiting till I get a PC Engine Duo R, re-capped and one that is modded to be region free. What's a decent price to pay for a PC Engine Duo R with all the bells and whistles?

[Jonpachi]

It's a great mini. Just use any USB charging cable. I have mine on a 5v 2.4 Amp USB strip, and have been fine for years with no issues.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

Yea, I've been debating on "exploring" the PC Engine's library with the Mini or just waiting till I get a PC Engine Duo R, re-capped and one that is modded to be region free. What's a decent price to pay for a PC Engine Duo R with all the bells and whistles?

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Here are prices in regards to various PCE consoles with rgb mod and other enhancements listed:

An rgb mod + jail bar fix PC Engine Duo-R for $299.99: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204113313379?e ... BMvpbjl_xh

An rgb mod + re-cap job with a SuperGrafx goes for $450.00 usd.

A rgb mod with an NEC PC Engine Duo-RX will be $425.00.

A Super CD-Rom2 Interface add-on with re-cap job + rgb mod will be $450.00.

A bare-bones white PC Engine console with rgb mod + re-cap job + jail bar fix + audio amp upgrade will be a modest & affordable $149.00: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204318807915?h ... R76W45f8YQ
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I'd suggest picking up a Krikzz Turbo Everdrive v2.5 flashcart if you want to just play all Hu-Card/Turbo Chip based games. If you want the ability to play all PC Engine CD-Rom2, Super CD-Rom2 & Arcade CD-Rom2 titles without the need for an actual CD-rom drive add-on, pick up a Turbo Everdrive Pro flashcart + Krikzz EDFX board add-on (for stereo sound for all CD-based games). Krikzz recommends that the PCE or TG-16 console be left stock (with no country region mod installed) to use with either flashcart setup. The TE-P has built-in auto-detection of "country region" upon initial power up/booting up whereas with the TE v2.5, a switch on the right side flicked to either PCE mode for PCE based consoles or flipped to TG-16 mode for use on the TurboGrafx-16 console -- easy as pie.

Here's my thread about the original Turbo Everdrive: https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.p ... 4#p1523824

And my other thread about the Turbo Everdrive Pro: https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71196

Turbo Everdrive v2.5: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartrid ... ve-v2.html

Turbo Everdrive Pro + EDFX board with stereo support: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartrid ... e-pro.html

Stone Age Gamer Turbo Everdrive v2.5 PCE variant: https://stoneagegamer.com/pceverdrive-clear-shell.html

Stone Age Gamer Turbo Everdrive Pro: https://stoneagegamer.com/turbo-everdri ... black.html

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Atariboy]

Hi all
I would appreciate any input from those that may know. Been wanting to get the Pc Engine Mini, but I've heard that some have had issues with the USB port and controllers. Some say they've fried their USB ports because they've used a brick exceeding 5V. Any truth to that? Would the bricks that came with Super Nintendo or Genesis work? What has been everyone's overall experience with the PC Engine Mini? Thanks.

I've been powering mine for years now with the USB power supply that came with the NES/SNES Classic Edition.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I own both a PC Engine Mini & a TurboGrafx-16 Mini -- they both work just fine with a USB A/C adapter rated at 5v 1a. There are some cool exclusive PCE-M stg roms pre-installed including Fantasy Zone, Gradius & Salamander (that haven't been rom dumped yet) that are slightly different from their original PCE Hu-card releases. It'd be nice to play 'em on a real PCE and/or TG-16 console setup just for novelty's sake -- something different for a change of pace. You can play the PCE Arcade CD-Rom2 stg of Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire with either mini console variant (including on the 3rd variant CoreGrafx-Mini also).

It's a bit pricey to get the PCE-M multi-tap + four more PCE-M/TG-M game pads (but totally worth it in the end just to play a serious Bomberman match with 5 players duking it out until one emerges victorious).

The classic PCE title of Bomberman '94 with the Kangaroos is a hoot to play indeed -- is never the same game twice, especially with five folks (you can play against up to four CPU controlled Bomberman character opponents as well).

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[jd213]

The exclusive rom hacks were dumped and put up on the net not too long ago, but the hacking method hasn't been made public yet.