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Topic: NEC TurboGrafix 16

	Dark Watcher's Console History
		NEC dubbed the US release Turbografx-16, and prepared to dominate both Nintendo and Sega as they did in Japan.
		NEC was also the first to market CD based games using an add on device called the Turbografx CD.
		Also NEC was introducing games, titles, and characters that American players simply weren’t familiar with, and many truly excellent games were either ignored outright, or subject to Nintendo's "exclusive licensing" policy that was in effect at the time.
	darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com /console/turbo.htm (629 words)

	The View #4 - www.ezboard.com
		Unless you read 2 or 3 gaming magazines every month you probably don't know what a 3DO or Turbografix 16 is. The only company that tried to advertise on TV was Panasonic for the 3DO and at most there were only 2 or 3 spots that made it to the tv set.
		The Turbografix itself was only slightly more powerful then the NES but somehow pushed graphics on par with the powerful Genesis.
		NEC even managed to put out one of the first CD add-ons for a console.
	p196.ezboard.com /fgametimeforumsfrm18.showMessage?topicID=27.topic (1884 words)

	ClassicGaming.com - The Museum: TurboGrafx-16
		In Japan, shortly after the introduction of Nintendo's Famicom (Japan's version of the NES), the electronics giant NEC entered into the videogame market with the introduction of their "next generation" system, known as the PC Engine (PCE).
		In 1989, two years after its Japanese introduction, NEC announced plans to bring the PC Engine overseas, to the booming videogame market of the U.S. With a huge library of Japanese software, it seemed to many as though the system couldn't possibly fail.
		Shortly after NEC stated its intention to bring the PC Engine to the U.S., Sega announced that its Mega Drive system (released in Japan a year after the PC Engine) would also be coming to the U.S. as the Sega Genesis.
	www.classicgaming.com /museum/tg16 (2797 words)

	Ys (video game) - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was later ported to the MSX, NES, NEC TurboGrafx 16, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, SNES, PC, PlayStation 2, and cellular phone.
		At one point, NEC Interchannel proposed bringing DigiCube's Ys I and II: Eternal Story to the US, but the idea was rejected by Sony, due to their prevailing attitudes toward the viability of 2D games in the US market, as well as numerous technical issues with the port itself.
		Ys, especially Ys Book I and II in its various incarnations and remakes, are known throughout the industry for its groundbreaking melodic soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro, Mieko Ishikawa and Hideya Nagata, who were among the first video game musicians to move beyond blips and bleeps to create movie-like memorable soundtracks in video games.
	en.freepedia.org /Y's.html (2520 words)

	ConsoleCity Forums - Odd and Strange Hardware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		More likely he had a NEC TurboGrafix 16, known as the PC Engine in Japan, is was extremely popular in its home territory.
		The NEC PC-FX With the innovative design and power of the PC-FX, the face of videogaming has changed.
		It all started with the joint collaboration of NEC Home Electronics and Hudson Soft of Japan that spawned the PC-FX on December 23, 1994...
	www.consolecity.com /forum/printthread.php?t=47632 (2991 words)

	Sega's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sega's Genesis and Nec's TurboGrafix had started to make a few squeaks at this time.
		The people at NEC, meanwhile, were plugging along, making some prettty good games for a terrific system.
		Nintendo and NEC inked a deal for the TG-16 fathers to provide chips for the Nintendo's soon to come 16-bit system and games, the Super NES.
	www.bethel.k12.or.us /schools/shasta/projectfair/videogames/Sega's_History.html (582 words)

	NINTENDO and SEGA: - Video Game Legends
		Although NEC's TurboGrafix-16 had beat the Genesis to market by nearly four months, Sega quickly regained lost ground, thanks to their line-up of quality arcade conversions, killer sports games, and most of all, the full support of Trip Hawkins and Electronic Arts.
		Although the Genesis development kit was reportedly overly expensive and initially difficult to work with, by the end of 1990 there were over 30 third-party developers writing games for the new system, compared to four for the TG16.
		Early on, NEC announced that sales and distribution of the TG16 would be handled by a new company known as Turbo Technologies Inc. (TTI), made up of senior staff members of both NEC and Hudson Soft.
	www.freewebs.com /nintendo_sega_main/sega.htm (5503 words)

	Game Cube VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... Guess who's back... __________\|
		In the wake of both systems' failures to catch on as 'THE' system to have, NEC's name slowly faded out of existence.
		Well, starting in February, NEC returns to the gaming world with the futuristic racer Tube Slider for the GameCube.
		Although the game is currently exclusive to the system, NEC also plans on making games for the PS2, Xbox, and GameBoy Advance.
	www.gamevortex.com /gamevortex/pt_gc_tubeslider.html (212 words)

	Newbies section for Turbo Fans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Turbo Grafx 16 (PC ENGINE in Japan) is one the greatest systems of all times (my favorite).
		It claims to be a 16 bit system, but it actually is not.
		NEC feared that the PC Engine's Technology could not compete with Nintendos newer Super Famicon.
	www.darkcityproductions.com /duo/newbies.shtml (1748 words)

	ConsoleCity Forums - Odd and Strange Hardware
		Also NEC was introducing games, titles, and characters that American players simply weren’t familiar with, and many truly excellent games were either ignored outright, or subject to Nintendo's "exclusive licencing" policy that was in effect at the time.
		Additionally, NEC also released the PC-FX Mouse which was supported in most of the Anime Freak FX series of games and in some RPGs for faster control.
		If so, it was only 8 bit, dual 8 bit processors, yes, but still only 8-bit, not 16.
	www.consolecity.com /forum/printthread.php?t=47632&pp=40 (3025 words)

	Nintendo SNES (History, Specs, Pictures)
		It did not release the SNES in Japan until November 1990, known there as the Super Famicom, in the US in September 1991 and in the UK in April 1992, simply because the NES was doing well and new games were still being released for it.
		When it finally hit the market though, it proved to be a powerful and impressive competitor to Sega's Mega Drive and NEC's Turbografix-16.
		The SNES had a much slower processor then the Mega Drive, but it really excelled when it came to its graphics processor.
	www.cyberiapc.com /vgg/nintendo_snes.htm (505 words)

	Videogame History as of 2002 Webpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The NEC TurboGrafix-16 was made for one reason; to destroy the Nintendo Company.
		NEC TurboGrafix-16 depended on third-party developers to build their library of games.
		The NEC TurboGrafix-16 beat the Sega Genesis in the videogame market by nearly four months.
	www.woodridge68.org /jefferson/electives/computer/timecapsule2002/Gamewebpage/gamewebpage.html (2258 words)

	The R-Type story
		R-Type's success in the arcades meant that conversion to various home computers and consoles was a foregone conclusion.
		NEC's PC Engine (aka Turbografix 16) console that frst tok up the challenge.
		Fortunately for NEC (and thanks to the skillful conversion team at Hudson Soft), PC-E R-Type was virtually arcade perfect and was released on two seperate 'HuCards' - each containing four of the game's 8 levels.
	www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/9179/data/HTML/Rtypestory.html (1144 words)

	Z*Magazine: 29-Oct-89 #179
		Don't let the "16" fool you, it is still an 8 bit machine (a 6502 screaming along at 8MHz - the Atari's 6502 runs at about 1.2MHz).
		NEC never claimed the TurboGrafix- 16 was a 16 bit machine; however the name seems to imply this.
		It is too early to call, but I think consumers are more inclined to purchase the Nintendo, even those who understand the "high tech" meaning of the number 16 in the new systems.
	www.atarimax.com /freenet/freenet_material/5.8-BitComputersSupportArea/11.Z-Magazine/showarticle.php?183 (9354 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - Hey Old-Schoolers, Ever see one of These:
		A buddy of mine used to have a Turbo Grafx 16 and a Turbo Express with the TV Tuner.
		TurboGrafix 16 was home of my very favorite space shooter of all time: Blazing Lasers!
		Turbografix came out in 89 - the same year the Sega Genesis came out.
	www.dvdtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=242370 (957 words)

	video_games
		The next really big system I bought was the NEC PC Engine Duo, or over here it was called the Turbografix Duo.
		That was a great system, I initially bought the game for Military Madness but later, Daryl showed me Langrissa PCE (which by far is the best one) and Lady Phantom (which took me forever to find another copy of that).
		That was a great surprise since that system had a copy Der Langrissa FX which actually plays quite well.
	www.anikionline.com /hobbies/consoles (977 words)

	SYS 2064 - MAME "What's New" file!
		8 forces use of a 256 colors display (faster but less accurate), 16 forces use of a 16-bit display (not suggested, doesn't work with all games).
		If you see the game display (in full or in part) shrinked to the left side of the screen, this is caused by using -depth 16 on a game that doesn't support 16-bit display.
		With -depth 16, shadows are also color accurate, otherwise the old gray scale shadows are used.
	www.sys2064.com /whatsnew.htm (7282 words)

	Ys (Video Game Franchise) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It started on the NEC PC-88 in 1986.
		It was later ported to the MSX, NES, NEC TurboGrafix-16, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, SNES, PC, Playstation 2, and cellular phone.
		Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim graphically departed from its predecessors using three-dimensional graphics but is between old school and new school style.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ys__video_game_franchise_ (417 words)

	Emulation Zone- Genesis
		Sega got massive 3rd party developer support from it's superior 16-bit technology, and viable price.
		NEC's TurboGrafix 16 came out to rival the Genesis' glory, but it was no match for the well established Genesis.
		Even Nintendo's SNES, contrary to popular belief, was not a real "winner" of the 16-bit console wars.
	www.emulationzone.org /consoles/genesis/genesis.htm (323 words)

	VideoHelp.com Forum Archive - I have an NES again! :) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Actually, the Turbo Grafx 16 wasn't a 16bit console, it was still only 8bit.
		the "16" was based on some other aspect of it which was pretty meaningless.
		Edit: I found this "NEC's first video game system looked 16-bit, sounded 16-bit, but in reality, it was 8-bit to the core.
	www.videohelp.com /forum/archive/t238003.html (4157 words)

	Emulation Camp - The Duel - 16-Bit Systems
		so I say Turbo 16 is the best own 100 games on it (I feel sorry for the people that never going to be able to play cd-rom ver on there emu if you dont own them) there great on the Pc.
		All the 16 bit systems had their share of good games, great games, mediocre games, "event" games, crap games with brand name licenses, and just plain ol' crap on a stick.
		Here's the deal, Genesis had some cool games but its sound sucked, sound to noise ratio was 16 to 1; it could choose from something like 1200 colors but could only display something like 100 at the same time.
	www.emucamp.com /duels/16bits.html (4689 words)

	Programming
		So I made it psuedo-3D with 256 degrees of freedom (nice number for an 8-bit system), no walls since I couldn't figure out a way to render them quickly, and digital sound effects (works on actual hardware and no$gmb).
		This was a reduced functionality version of Robotech: Exit Planet Dust for the Turbo Grafix 16.
		A devkit and emulator was out on the internet for the Pocketstation, so I wrote a Pac-Man style game.
	internet.oit.edu /~sternj/programming.htm (566 words)

	On The SPoT Games!: Spoonies take on 360 versus PS3
		That means 12 to 16 shader pipes compared to the 360's 48.
		However, whenever you look at console technical specs, you also have to take them with a whole truckload of salt since the game console market has a long history of making a big deal out of numbers that don't really matter, or even making up numbers that have a tenuous grasp on reality.
		Console specifications are a lot like statistics in that you can really change perceptions by paying special attention in selecting what you measure and how you go about measuring it.
	www.onthespotgames.com /forums/showflat.php?Number=6473 (5202 words)

	Turbo Grafx 16, Duo, and Express
		NEC as a threat due to their successful semiconductor business, which would give them
		NEC designers had taken a casual approach to producing games.
		My brother in law's brother has a turbografx 16 and he is a role-playing freak
	www.playerschoicegames.com /turbografx.html (831 words)

	Vintage Games CD Turbo Duo Grafx - Discover it on ViperVideoGames.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Turbo Grafx 16/ Turbo Duo Page32-bit and higher This is the Turbo Grafx 16/ Turbo Duo reviews part of the site.
		I love this system; the Duo, PC, 16, Express & CD were all ahead of their time.
		Jadeite's Turbo Grafx -16 Page This is the Turbo Grafx 16, Generation 2.
	www.vipervideogames.com /vintage-games/cd-duo-grafx-turbo/m20q4315.html (423 words)

	Forget the DS, Forget the PSP... - Rage3D Discussion Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Aw, you mean IBM and NEC haven't started fabbing the chips at 90nm(or even 110 or 130nm probably) in order to save money?
		The n64 got cooler over time, as did dreamcast, and nintendo had revisions of both the nes and snes.
		Also would it be possible to use a laptop battery to power a portable console X? If it can give a PC enough juice to last ~6+ hours it ought to be able to do a Cube or PS2 easy for atleast as much.
	www.rage3d.com /BOARD/showthread.php?t=33792740 (2082 words)

	AtariAge Forums -> What is the best system ever (just your opinion)?
		Some games of course were either below the average 16 bit games and/or matched 16bit graphix and such, but then again the 3DO had those kind of games, as well as the Saturn, PSX and so on.
		So what was the Genesis called in Japan, I thought it had another name...no? As for the TG-16/PCengine, I almost bought one once, with the cd add-on and wish I had now, because I could have gotten it with software (like 12 games) for $25 at a swap meet.
		It always looked cool and I remember the old commercials and it looked cool on them, but I also remember getting NEC mixed up with NINTENDO(NES) and originally thought it was Nintendo's counter to the Genesis.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=11782 (3057 words)

	NEC PC Engine LT Nec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		La gamme NEC Pc Engine (Historique, Où trouver des originaux aujourd hui?, Contacts, Extraits audios, etc...
		NEC Console info, features and PC Les potins de la NEC PC engine!
		Sega Nomad, Atari Lynx, SNK NeoGeo Pocket series, quickshot supervision, Bandai WonderSwan series and NEC PC Engine LT all tried and failed...
	www.leadwerkz.com /Le0P0-more/NEC-PC-Engine-LT-Nec.html (208 words)

	Good Deal Games - Classic Videogame NEWS ARCHIVE
		Included segments also feature a mock documentary made by Atari employees in the late seventies entitled “A Day at Atari;” a talk with Ralph Baer, creator of the Odyssey system; and a look at Nintendo, which includes a clip of game maestro Shigeru Miyamoto performing the theme to Super Mario Bros. on his guitar.
		Steve Woita, the Atari 2600 designer and programmer of Quadrun, Taz as well as many other great games and hardware for Apple, Tengen, Sega, Nintendo, 3DO and Sony, has just released his newest game for the PC computer.
		NEC, best known for making the TurboGrafx-16 console and hit character Bonk, announced the launch of a new US gaming division, called NEC Interchannel.
	www.gooddealgames.com /News_old.html (7065 words)

	G4 - Feature - 'X-Play' Interns
		Ryan started interning at TechTV in January of 2004, and he is still trying to figure out what "Donkey Kong" has to do with donkeys.
		Now that he's an intern at "X-Play," Kevin can at least pretend he knows what is going on in the world of videogames.
		His current game picks are "Oregon Trail" (Apple II), "Commander Keen" (PC), "Yar's Revenge" (Atari 2600), anything on TurboGrafix 16, and "Super Puzzle Fighter 2" (DC).
	www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/43150/XPlay_Interns.html (901 words)

	DAM: Rogues Gallery - R-Type Series
		R-Type's first four levels, including level three's famous mothership encounter, one of the most memorable boss-clashes of all time.
		Despite this, the leap in performance over the most popular consoles of the day, such as the NES, was all too apparent and R-Type was the 'killer app' NEC needed to transform its machine into a gameplayer's dream.
		PC Engines flew off the shelves, and many even made it over to the UK, kickstarting the grey import market in the process.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~bevhome/risforrtype.htm (518 words)

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