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PC Engine

TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx16logo.jpg
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The TurboGrafx-16
The PC Engine
Western markets model (top) and the original Japanese system (bottom).
Manufacturer NEC Home Electronics
Hudson Soft
Type Home video game console
Generation Fourth generation
Release date
  • JP: October 30, 1987
  • NA: August 29, 1989
  • EU: November 22, 1989
Discontinued
  • EU: Early 1993
  • JP: December 16, 1994
  • NA: May 1994
Units sold Worldwide: 10 million
United States: 2.5 million
Media HuCard, CD-ROM (only with the CD-ROM² add-on)
CPU Hudson Soft HuC6280
Display Resolution:
- max. 565×242
- majority: 256×239
Colors:
- available: 512 (9-bit)
- onscreen: max. 482
(241 background, 241 sprite)
Dimensions 14 cm×14 cm×3.8 cm
(5.5 in×5.5 in×1.5 in)
Successor SuperGrafx

The TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem, known in Japan and France as the PC Engine (PCエンジン Pī Shī Enjin?), is a home video game console jointly developed by Hudson Soft and NEC Home Electronics, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, in the United States on August 29, 1989, and in France on November 22, 1989. It was the first console released in the 16-bit era, albeit still utilizing an 8-bit CPU. Originally intended to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), it ended up competing with the Sega Genesis, and later on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

The TurboGrafx-16 has an 8-bit CPU, a 16-bit video color encoder, and a 16-bit video display controller. The GPUs are capable of displaying 482 colors simultaneously, out of 512. With dimensions of 14 cm×14 cm×3.8 cm (5.5 in×5.5 in×1.5 in), the PC Engine once held the record for the world's smallest game console.

In France, the system was released shortly after its American debut under its original Japanese name, PC Engine. In the United Kingdom, Telegames released a slightly altered version of the American model simply as the TurboGrafx in 1990 in extremely limited quantities. This model was also released in Spain through selected retailers. Although there was no full-scale PAL region release of the system, imported PC Engine consoles were largely available in France and Benelux through major retailers thanks to the unlicensed importer Sodipeng (Société de Distribution de la PC Engine, a subsidiary of Guillemot International).


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