Like the RetroDuo, should there be a TurboGrafx clone?

[Manhattan Sports Club]

Since we have higher quality Genesis, NES, and SNES clones coming out on the market more frequently, why not Turbografx-16/PC Engine clones? Has one been released already without my knowledge?

If not, I would be looking for the following features in a TG16/PCE clone if such a thing were to be produced:
-It MUST be region-free to work with both JP and US games, so say goodbye to expensive and scarce converters!
-It MUST have solid compatibility, of course! The Turbografx/PCE is one of the most well emulated consoles at the moment, so this shouldn't be hard to accomplish, or else they would fail at life.
-It should support both S-Video and RCA.
-It should be interchangeable with the original controllers.
-It should resemble the original japanese PCE in shape, and in turn would be smaller and more compact than the US version. It could possibly be even more lightweight than the JP console!
-Relatively inexpensive sale price.

So what are your thoughts?

[MrSparkle]

They dont have the mass market appeal to sell in the us. In japan i could see a pc-engine clone doing well. Trying it in the us would be like building bootleg mini disc players, youd get alot of blank stares and a warehouse full of inventory to sit on forever. Though i would personally love to see a turboduo clone come out .

[Manhattan Sports Club]

They dont have the mass market appeal to sell in the us. In japan i could see a pc-engine clone doing well. Trying it in the us would be like building bootleg mini disc players, youd get alot of blank stares and a warehouse full of inventory to sit on forever. Though i would personally love to see a turboduo clone come out .

That's actually what I was thinking too.
Same reason why an SMS clone would probably be unmarketable as well, even moreso than the TG16 clone.

[Mason P.]

what is funny is I was wanting this too. I was wondering how long it would take them to make one. I want a tg-16 and a PCE but i cant find a Duo at a reasonable price. I don't really care about the cd games.

[CosmicMonkey]

I've seen a couple of PC Engine clones. One was a clone of the Shuttle and the other was a Core.

There's also the Korean version of the Turbo 16, the Vistar, which is pretty nifty looking.

[Jorpho]

I suppose you'd want SuperGrafx, SuperCD, and System Card 3 compatibility, too.

There seem to be so many different peripherals and variants for the PC Engine. It's a good thing NEC didn't try to release them all in the US; it makes the whole Genesis thing seem simple.