TurboGrafx-16



"The higher energy video game system."

The TurboGrafx-16 (or PC Engine in Japan) is a console designed by Hudson Soft and produced by electronics giant NEC.

In Japan, this system was a huge success; its advanced graphics made it impressive next to the aging Famicom, and it had a whole year to establish itself before Sega released the Mega Drive. Even though Nintendo's Super Famicom eventually took back the crown, the PC Engine remained at a solid second place there. But things didn't go so well elsewhere. NEC feared that its compact, almost toy-like design was not to America's manly man tastes, and took months redesigning it into a more hardcore machine. This was a fatal mistake, as it allowed Sega to launch their new machine first and quickly dominate that market. NEC also failed to entice more than a handful of Western third-parties, and the European release was extremely limited. Also, their marketing was just terrible.

Still, its success in Japan meant it had many variations and add-ons, most notably the TurboGrafx-CD. HuCard converters are somewhat hard to come by and can be expensive, so you'll definitely want to region mod so you can enjoy all of the many, many, different versions of games via region and region exclusive titles. Also this system is home to many, many beautiful games with beautiful soundtracks and very impressive specs for its time! If you like shoot 'em ups this is the system for you.

Some of the shoot 'em ups offer a special "High-Resolution Arcade Mode" that attempt to recreate feel of the actual arcade cabinets. It's a bit tricky to make it available in some of the games so it's best to follow this guide

The TurboGrafx was succeeded by the SuperGrafx... well, at least that was the idea, but it was such a flop that it died out before the TurboGrafx.

Variations
If you want to play CD games, the TurboDuo is the system to get; it is the console, the CD drive, and the Super System BIOS, as a single device. Of course, if you have the regular TurboGrafx, you can get the other parts separately. Now, if you want a badass handheld, the TurboExpress is a nice choice.

An asterisk * indicates the game is also available on the Turbo CD.

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