<h1 id="neokobe-pc-98-style-lora">NeoKobe PC-98 Style LoRA</h1>A LoRA trained on the NeoKobe PC-98 game image archive, one of the largest collections of CG art from classic NEC PC-9801/9821-era Japanese games (circa 1985-1998).Captures the aesthetic of PC-98 era game art: flat cel-shading, limited palette, soft linework, and the distinctive bishoujo game illustration style that defined Japanese PC gaming in the late 80s and 90s.<h2 id="training-details">Training Details</h2>Base model : IllustriousXL v0.1Dataset : NeoKobe-NecPc-98 archiveImages : ~50,800Resolution : 256-1024 px (bucketed)Epochs : 3Rank / Alpha : 32 / 16Optimizer : AdamW8bitTagger : WD ViT Tagger v3Images were extracted from PC-98 FD/HD game images via MLD/MAG pipeline, cropped, panorama-joined where applicable, and auto-tagged before training.<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>Trigger words / style hints<pre><code>pc98, retro game cg, 1990s, limited palette, flat color</code></pre>Recommended weight: <code>0.6?0.9</code>Example prompt<pre><code>pc98, retro game cg, 1990s, 1girl, standing, indoor, flat color, soft shading,&lt;lora:NeoKobe_PC98:0.75&gt;</code></pre>Tips<ul><li>- Works best with prompts that lean into retro / anime aesthetics</li><li>- For a stronger PC-98 look, raise weight to 0.8?1.0</li><li>- Pair with negative prompt: <code>photorealistic, 3d, modern, high resolution</code></li><li>- No single trigger word is required ? the style is baked into the weights</li></ul><h2 id="notes">Notes</h2><ul><li>- Source: publicly archived PC-98 game images (NeoKobe collection)</li><li>- Three checkpoint files included: epoch 1, epoch 3 (resumed), and final model</li><li>- Long-term project ? further refinement planned as pipeline and dataset improve</li></ul><h2 id="license">License</h2>Personal and research use. Based on publicly archived PC-98 game images. Commercial use: check individual game publishers' policies.

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