[TGS2022]PC engine compatible “Retron GX” unveiled. The sales schedule is undecided, but it is under development – Hanjohanjo.jp

A game event being held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, at the Chichi Denki booth at the “Tokyo Game Show 2022” venue, a PC engine compatible machine“Retro N GX”is exhibited.

“RetroN GX” is a PC engine/TurboGrafx-16 compatible machine under development by American Hyperkin. Chichi Denki is a hardware manufacturer under Dashine Electronics in China that manufactures internal boards for third-party gamepads such as PowerA and SparkFox. It seems to have arrived.

Cyber ​​Gadget compatible machines compatible with PC Engine software“Retro Freak”or Analogue“Analog Duo”Although there are such, Hyperkin did not touch because it was a platform that did not hit in North America. Hyperkin launched in 2014“RetroN5”was selling a wide range of 9 types of platforms with 5 types of slots, but the PC engine/TurboGrafx-16 was not supported.

The long-awaited Hyperkin PC engine/TurboGrafx-16 compatible machine is equipped with USB power supply and HDMI video and audio output. Compatible with all common gamepads.

It seems that the controller is also planned to be released separately.In addition, this controller has a mini DIN-8 terminal specification and can be used with an actual PC engine.

The sales date is expected to be within 2023, but the development team tends to stick to the reproducibility of the actual machine, so the details are undecided and there is no estimated price at the moment. They are also looking for domestic distributors.

For reference, the Atari 2600 compatible machine“RetroN77”is $79.99.Mega Drive/Sega Genesis compatible“MegaRetroN”is $59.99.Gameboy/Gameboy Color/Gameboy Advance compatibles“Retro N Sq”is $89.99.