Where can you buy a PC Engine to Turbo Grafx 16 Converter?

[dhowerter]

Anyone have any CLUE where (a website or from someone here, etc) I can buy a PC Engine to Turbo Grafx Converter?

(it lets you play Japanese PC Engine games on a USA Turbo Grafx 16 System)

[Videodrone]

There is a region lock-out on the TG16?

[Videodrone]

I ordered a TG-16 to Duo controller adapter years ago from these guys:
http://www.tzd.com/
I don't see anything on their site, but they would probably know where to go.

[dhowerter]

Videodrone -

Yes, there is a region lockout on the TG 16 for CHIP games. (USA system will not play Japanese games without a converter)

When you play CD games tho there is no region encoding. (So a Japanese cd game will work on a USA Turbo Duo for example)

However, I want to be able to play some Japanese CHIP games on my USA TG 16, so I needa converter

Unfortunately, TZD doesn't know where to get the converters either. I already had called and asked -_- (they used to sell them, but don't any more)

Anyone else know?

[Videodrone]

When you play CD games tho there is no region encoding. (So a Japanese cd game will work on a USA Turbo Duo for example)

Ahh...makes sense. The only imports I ever played were duo games.

[Grave]

It's not worth it. The way things were, the chances of finding one for under $80 is not good. If they've become harder to find, I expect prices would have just gone up.

If you really want to play Japanese hucards, buy a PCE. I got one for $20.

[Vasteel]

What Grave said. A Kisado usually sells for about $100, cheaper Australian ones for about $80. Just get a PC-Engine and save money.

[Melf]

...or mod your TG-16.

[Grave]

...or mod your TG-16.

http://www.massystems.com/TD-Mod.html

Get a PCE. Seriously.

[GohanX]

I'm surpised that TZD has sold out of Kisado converters, they had some in stock just two months ago.

I would agree with just buying a cheap PC Engine Core off of Ebay, you can get the system for less than the price of any decent converter you will find.

A less legal alternative...

Buy a PCE/TG16 flash card, put japanese roms on it, put it in US system. They are expensive, but not much more expensive than a Kisado converter. That's what I did.