During the 16 bit era of video games, there was Sega, Nintendo, and NEC. NEC brought to the USA market the PC Engine and it was redesigned and renamed the 'Turbo Grafx 16.
In essence it was really an 8-bit console on steroids… It has some aspects that gave the hardware the capabilities to compete with and perform with and even exceed the true 16-bit counterparts.
While the PC Engine was mighty successful in Japan, the Turbo Grafx failed in the USA. Biggest culprit was lack of software/games. 3rd party publishers were non existent and NEC/Hudson were slow to bring over and translate the huge library from Japan.
One huge milestone however for the TG16, was the introduction of the now industry standard of games on compact disc or CD-ROM. The Turbo CD was the FIRST console to have a CD-ROM attachment and games on this format. The first ever console CD game: Fighting Street (aka Street Fighter I) The first 3rd party CD ROM game: Cosmic Fantasy 2 from Working Designs.
Well I am pressed for time at the moment. This is my fisrt entry and these are the incomplete thought in my mind. Hope these readings can catch on some day. There have been "frothing demand" for a Sonic R articles… was quite nice to put thoughts to type. Hope this quick introduction on one of my favorite systems was enjoyable to read. Until next…
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