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PC Engine CD

The PC Engine CD is a console developed by NEC. It was released in 1988.

This system scrapes metadata for the “pcenginecd” group and loads the pce-cd set from the currently selected theme, if available.

Quick reference

BIOS

No PC Engine CD emulator in Batocera needs a BIOS file to run.

ROMs

Place your PC Engine CD ROMs in /userdata/roms/pcenginecd.

Emulators

RetroArch

RetroArch (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple “cores”, which are essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the libretro API, so that's why cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as “libretro: (core name)”. RetroArch aims to unify the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform.

RetroArch configuration

RetroArch offers a Quick Menu accessed by pressing [HOTKEY] + South button (B SNES) which can be used to alter various things like RetroArch and core options, and controller mapping. Most RetroArch related settings can be altered from Batocera's EmulationStation.

Standardized features available to all libretro cores: pcenginecd.videomode, pcenginecd.ratio, pcenginecd.smooth, pcenginecd.shaders, pcenginecd.pixel_perfect, pcenginecd.decoration, pcenginecd.game_translation

ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all cores of this emulator
GRAPHICS API pcenginecd.gfxbackend Choose which graphics API library to use. Vulkan is better, when supported.
⇒ OpenGL opengl, Vulkan vulkan.
AUDIO LATENCY pcenginecd.audio_latency In milliseconds. Can reduce crackling/cutting out.
⇒ 256 256, 192 192, 128 128, 64 64, 32 32, 16 16, 8 8.
THREADED VIDEO pcenginecd.video_threaded Improves performance at the cost of latency and more video stuttering.
⇒ On true, Off false.

libretro: pce

libretro: pce configuration
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all systems this core supports
REDUCE SPRITE FLICKERING global.pce_nospritelimit Enhancement. Remove the sixteen sprites per line limit.
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
CONTROLLER 1 TYPE global.controller1_pce
⇒ PCE Joypad 1, PCE Mouse 2.

libretro: pce_fast

libretro: pce_fast configuration
ES setting name batocera.conf_key Description ⇒ ES option key_value
Settings that apply to all systems this core supports
REDUCE SPRITE FLICKERING global.pce_nospritelimit Enhancement. Remove the sixteen sprites per line limit.
⇒ Off disabled, On enabled.
CONTROLLER 1 TYPE global.controller1_pce
⇒ PCE Joypad 1, PCE Mouse 2.

Controls

Here are the default PC Engine CD's controls shown on a Batocera Retropad:

Troubleshooting

Further troubleshooting

For further troubleshooting, refer to the generic support pages.

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