What you’re emulating is a really old Japanese computer, basically. It comes with floppy disk drives and hard drives, which are the main methods you use to actually load up games and other software.įor the purposes of emulating, you’ll generally need two things. The first is an emulator which we’ll get to later, and the second will be either a set of floppy disk images or a hard disk image.
These will come in a variety of formats, though all should work in any of the emulators.įloppy Disk Images: FDI, HDM, NFD, D88, etc. So, now that you know what these extensions mean and what kind of files/disks you’re going to be using, the next step is getting your emulator running. Neko Project II is a great emulator for PC-98, but you’ll need some tips on optimizing it so that it runs much more smoothly.įirst, download np2fmgen.7z. A recent version can be found here with no password. Or for the latest version, head over to this link. You’ll want both the np2fmgen.7z as well as the fmdllset.7z a little further down the page. The first one is the main emulator itself, and the second one is for better sound quality. It takes a little bit of setup but it’s worth it for proper ADPCM output in games like Rusty. You’ll also want to download a font (trust me) so that NP2 can display Western characters more easily.
