NEC · Game Console · 1989
TurboGrafx-16
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.
TurboGrafx-16 (PI-TG001)
Audio
- Sound
- 6-channel wavetable PSG
Media
- Format
- HuCard (TurboChip) ROM cards; optional TurboGrafx-CD add-on
Memory
- Work RAM
- 8 KB
- Video RAM
- 64 KB
Graphics
- VCE
- HuC6260 video color encoder
- VDC
- HuC6270 video display controller
- Resolution
- up to 512 x 242
Physical
- Type
- Home game console (16-bit era)
Processor
- CPU
- Hudson Soft HuC6280 (8-bit) @ 7.16 MHz
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