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TurboExpress/PC Engine GT
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TurboExpress handheld
ManufacturerNEC Home Electronics
TypeHandheld game console
GenerationFourth
Release date
  • JP: December 1, 1990[1]
  • NA: December 1990
Introductory price$249.99, ¥44,800
Discontinued
Units sold1.5 million units
MediaHuCard
CPUHuC6280 @ 7.16 MHz or 1.79 MHz
Memory8KB RAM
Display336×221 pixels (RGB counted separately)
Graphics512 color palette, 481 colors on-screen
Sound6-channel wavetable synthesis
ConnectivityTurboLink
Power6 AA batteries or 6 volt AC adapter
Related articlesTurboGrafx-16

The TurboExpress is an 8-bit handheld game console by NEC Home Electronics, released in late 1990 in Japan and the United States, branded as the PC Engine GT in Japan and TurboExpress Handheld Entertainment System in the U.S. It is essentially a portable version of the TurboGrafx-16 home console that came two to three years earlier. Its launch price in Japan was ¥44,800 and $249.99 in the U.S.

The TurboExpress was technically advanced for the time, able to play all the TurboGrafx‑16's HuCard games, featuring a TV tuner and a backlit, active-matrix color LCD screen.[3]

The TurboExpress primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, Sega's Game Gear, and the Atari Lynx. However, with 1.5 million units sold, far behind its two main competitors, NEC failed to gain significant sales or market share in the handheld market.[4]

Other sources[]

  • The Electronic Gaming Monthly 1991 Video Game Buyers Guide.
  1. "PC-Engine". 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 29 December 2018. {{cite web}}:
  2. "TurboGrafx-16 TurboExpress - Overview - allgame". 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 29 December 2018. {{cite web}}:
  3. Lachel, Cyril (February 22, 2012). "The TurboExpress Has won the War". Defunct Games. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  4. Snow, Blake (July 30, 2007). "The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time". GamePro. http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml. Retrieved January 17, 2008. 
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