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TurboGrafx-16
North America · NEC · 1989
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released only in the region NA, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.The TurboGrafx-16, known as the PC Engine outside North America, is a home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and manufactured by NEC. It was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1989. The first console of the fourth generation, it launched in Japan to compete with Nintendo's Family Computer, but its delayed U.S. debut placed it against the more advanced Sega Genesis and later the Super NES. The TurboGrafx-16 features an 8-bit CPU paired with dual 16-bit graphics processors, and supports up to 482 on-screen colors from a palette of 512. The "16" in the console’s North American branding was criticized as misleading.
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Complete case redesign: large black plastic shell branded 'TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem'. Launched two weeks after the Sega Genesis; NEC positioned '16' in the name against Sega's marketing despite the CPU being 8-bit (only the GPU path is 16-bit).
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