TurboGrafx-16
1989–1994
The 16-bit underdog with the credit-card games.
NEC's challenger to Nintendo and Sega loaded games from HuCards — thin cartridges the size of a credit card. A monster hit in Japan as the PC Engine, it never got the marketing muscle to break through in the States and quietly bowed out by the mid-'90s.
The Details
- Opened · 1989
- Closed · 1994
- Filed under · 👾 Game Consoles