HuCard

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HuCard is a thin, credit card–sized ROM cartridge used to store and play games on NEC’s TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine video game consoles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ROM cartridge
game card
video game storage medium
alsoKnownAs PC Engine game card
TurboChip NERFINISHED
associatedWithBrand PC Engine NERFINISHED
TurboGrafx-16 NERFINISHED
category game console accessory
video game hardware
compatibleWith TurboGrafx-16 console NERFINISHED
most PC Engine consoles
connectsTo PC Engine cartridge slot
TurboGrafx-16 cartridge slot
countryOfOrigin Japan
dataAccessMethod parallel ROM access
developer Hudson Soft NERFINISHED
fileSystem none (direct ROM access)
generation fourth-generation video game console era
hasComponent edge connector
encapsulated ROM chip
introducedBy Hudson Soft and NEC NERFINISHED
introducedFor PC Engine home console
manufacturer Hudson Soft NERFINISHED
NEC NERFINISHED
marketedAs TurboChip in North America
mediaType solid-state game cartridge
notableFeature credit card–like appearance
solid-state, no moving parts
very thin cartridge form factor
platform PC Engine NERFINISHED
PC Engine CoreGrafx NERFINISHED
PC Engine Duo NERFINISHED
TurboDuo NERFINISHED
TurboGrafx-16 NERFINISHED
powerSource powered by console cartridge slot
shape rectangular
size credit card–sized
storageMedium ROM
successor Arcade CD-ROM² format NERFINISHED
Super CD-ROM² format
thickness thin
usedFor playing games on PC Engine
playing games on TurboGrafx-16
storing video game software
usedInRegion Japan NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED

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TurboGrafx-16 mediaFormat HuCard