My guess would be the US Duo... I've never seen a Japanese Duo. The US
Duo may be harder to find than the TGCD but people usually want an arm
and a leg for the TGCD if it actually still works.
I wouldn't discount Magic Engine so thoroughly. Since you can get ME
for something like $15, and a Duo may be $100 or more, that leaves you
quite a bit of money to find some controller solution. I bet there is
some PC contoller out there that simulates the Duo/TG controller
extremely well since it's really not a complex one at all. I know it
shouldn't be hard to convert one to work with a PC and it's not hard to
get a modified NES controller, which is essentially the same thing.
Hell, for $125-150 you could build yourself a seriously kickass arcade
control panel that would blow the hell out of any controller, console
controllers included. I have one of these:
http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_customarcade.shtml
I didn't build it but I can tell you the individual parts for a suitable
controller without all of those arcade necessary sticks would be easily
within the price range of someone looking for a Duo if you wanted to
build one, plus it would work with every other PC game/emulator out
there (though I'd recommend a different keyboard encoder).
Chad
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> I need help everyone. What's the cheapest way, these days, to play CD
> and SCD games? Is a Japanese Duo the cheapest solution or are there