TurboGrafx-16

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The TurboGrafx-16 is a late-1980s home video game console by NEC and Hudson Soft, known for being the first console marketed as 16-bit and for its strong library of arcade-style and shoot-'em-up games.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
PC Engine 6
TurboGrafx-16 canonical 4
TurboGrafx-CD 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf home video game console
video game console
alsoKnownAs TurboGrafx-16
surface form: PC Engine

TurboGrafx-16
surface form: PCエンジン
backwardCompatibility PC Engine games (with region modifications or adapters)
brandName TurboGrafx-16 self-link
colorPalette 512 colors
competitor Sega Mega Drive
surface form: Mega Drive

Sega Mega Drive
surface form: Sega Genesis

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
surface form: Super Famicom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
controllerPorts 1
cpu Hudson Soft HuC6280
cpuArchitecture 8-bit
developer Hudson Soft
NEC
discontinuedInJapan 1994
discontinuedInNorthAmerica 1995
generation fourth generation
gpu Hudson Soft HuC6270
surface form: Hudson Soft HuC6260

Hudson Soft HuC6270
graphicsArchitecture 16-bit
manufacturer NEC
marketedAs 16-bit console
maxPlayersWithAccessory 5
maxSimultaneousColorsOnScreen 482
mediaFormat CD-ROM
HuCard
TurboExpress
surface form: TurboChip
multitapAccessory TurboTap
notableFor first console heavily marketed as 16-bit
strong library of arcade-style games
strong library of shoot-'em-up games
notableGame Blazing Lazers
Bonk's Adventure
R-Type
Splatterhouse
Ys Book I & II
notablePeripheral TurboBooster
TurboBooster
surface form: TurboBooster-Plus

TurboExpress
TurboGrafx-CD
opticalDriveSupport CD-ROM² System
TurboGrafx-CD
originalModelNameInJapan TurboGrafx-16 self-linksurface differs
surface form: PC Engine
region North America
releaseCountry Canada
Japan
United States of America
surface form: United States
releaseDateJapan 1987-10-30
releaseDateNorthAmerica 1989-08-29
soundChip 6-channel PSG audio
successor PC-FX

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sega Mega Drive competedWith TurboGrafx-16
Sega CD competesWith TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: TurboGrafx-CD
Golden Axe platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine
Gradius platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine
Daimakaimura (Ghouls'n Ghosts) platform TurboGrafx-16
subject surface form: Daimakaimura
this entity surface form: SuperGrafx
European Mega-CD contemporaryWith TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: TurboGrafx-CD
Snatcher platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine
Snatcher platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine CD
Art of Fighting platform TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine
TurboGrafx-16 brandName TurboGrafx-16 self-link
TurboGrafx-16 alsoKnownAs TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PC Engine
TurboGrafx-16 alsoKnownAs TurboGrafx-16
this entity surface form: PCエンジン
TurboGrafx-16 originalModelNameInJapan TurboGrafx-16 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: PC Engine
Virtual Console contentFromPlatform TurboGrafx-16