Help A good standalone PC-Engine emulator?

[KeySpirits]

Magic Engine is amazing for carts, but CDs are impossible to play since it doesn't read isos or any virtual format. What is a good standalone emulator that can play CD games?

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

In Windows, no idea, but on Android it's PCE.emu (although this one is paid) but Emulates PC-Engine CD too.

 

[Segadude113]

Magic Engine is amazing for carts, but CDs are impossible to play since it doesn't read isos or any virtual format. What is a good standalone emulator that can play CD games?

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be sure to get the Bios for CD games

 

[Clippy]

It's been a while but last time I emulated PC Engine I used Ootake. It worked alright. You'll need the BIOS for CD games and I remember that it had problems with some fan translated ISOs.

 

[NardoBoom]

https://github.com/drhelius/Geargrafx is great and it's standalone.

https://www.mesen.ca/ Mesen also emulates other systems but it's PC Engine core is one of the best

 

[HikaruKitsune]

Magic Engine is amazing for carts, but CDs are impossible to play since it doesn't read isos or any virtual format. What is a good standalone emulator that can play CD games?

I seem to remember getting it to boot ISOs if they were set as mounted virtual drives...

 

[Stookymalarkey]

The Ares Emulator can play PC Engine games pretty well. Not sure if you'd consider it standalone since it emulates several systems, but it's a decent alternative to Retroarch.

 

[UnDubious]

Ootake is usually great. It's a Japanese emulator but it's easy enough to use.

 

[NardoBoom]

The Ares Emulator can play PC Engine games pretty well. Not sure if you'd consider it standalone since it emulates several systems, but it's a decent alternative to Retroarch.

Mesen is better. I tried Ares and it's good but it's still needs some work for CD games. I know it will get there soon but for now Mesen and Geargrafx are way better

 

[thecrow2313]

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[KeySpirits]

I seem to remember getting it to boot ISOs if they were set as mounted virtual drives...

I did try that with Rondo of Blood, but for some reason I couldn't mount it as it was marked as "corrupted" (I got it from the repo)