PocketEngine is a PC Engine software emulator written for PocketPC WinCE devices. The NEC's PC Engine (also known as TurboGrafx-16) was released in Japan around 1988 and soon became very popular because it was the first 16BIT home game console to hit the market. Technical specifications for PC Engine were more advanced respect to its competitors of that time (mainly the Nintendo 8BIT): 16BIT graphics, 6 channels sound, 512 colors palette and more. PocketEngine emulates the PC Engine almost completely. It supports sound, virtual joystick, frameskip, normal and landscape display mode and runs at full speed.

Installation instructions

Just connect your CE device to the desktop PC and copy the pocketengine.exe file to your Compaq IPAQ. PocketEngine for IPAQ requires GAPI library from Microsoft to work. You can download the library from www.pocketpc.com.

Copy the required GX.DLL into the "Windows" directory of your Pocket PC. Roms (.pce type) should be placed in My documents folder.

Virtual joystick

There is an "invisible" virtual joystick emulated on PocketEngine. This is necessary in order to avoid the "two simultaneous button press" problem of the iPAQ. To use the virtual joystick: In Normal video mode Tap stylus on bottom left of screen: A Tap stylus on bottom center of screen: A+B Tap stylus on bottom right of screen B In Landscape video mode Tap stylus on right top of screen: A Tap stylus on right center of screen: A+B Tap stylus on right bottom of screen B

Copyright

PocketEngine is free software and is copyright (c)2001 by Domenico Dato. The emulator may not be sold: you can spread it only in its unmodified form and at no costs. Please DO NOT email either PocketGear.com or Domenico Dato for roms. The author or PocketGear.com is not responsible for any damages this software may cause: use it at YOUR OWN RISK.