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TurboGrafx-CD
A CD-ROM add-on for the TurboGrafx-16, bringing larger games, animated scenes, voice acting, and CD-quality music to NEC's console.
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About TurboGrafx-CD
The TurboGrafx-CD was the North American version of NEC's CD-ROM² expansion for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16. It combined the console's HuC6280-based hardware with a single-speed CD-ROM drive and additional system memory.
Its library helped establish CD-focused console design through enhanced role-playing, adventure, and action games with spoken dialogue, animated sequences, and redbook audio. The Japanese PC Engine CD-ROM² ecosystem was especially influential, although the TurboGrafx-CD received a smaller North American library.
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Technical specifications
- Processor
- Hudson/NEC HuC6280, a 65C02-derived 8-bit CPU running at approximately 7.16 MHz.
- Graphics
- HuC6270 video display controller with HuC6260 video color encoder, using the host PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 graphics architecture.
- Memory
- 64 KB of CD system RAM in the CD-ROM² interface; the host console also provides its own main and video RAM.
- Display
- Tile- and sprite-based video; 256×224 is a common display mode, with hardware support for other resolutions and overscan configurations.
- Audio
- Six-channel HuC6280 PSG, supplemented by CD-DA playback and ADPCM audio capabilities.
- Storage media
- Single-speed CD-ROM; the drive also supports standard audio CDs.
- Controllers
- Uses PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16-compatible digital controllers through the host console; the base console has one controller port.
Release history
- December 4, 1988Japan
The PC Engine CD-ROM² system launched as an add-on for the PC Engine.
- 1989North America
The TurboGrafx-CD launched as the North American CD-ROM add-on for the TurboGrafx-16.
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TurboGrafx-CD questions
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How many TurboGrafx-CD games are in the catalog?
TurboGrafx-CD currently has 3 active entries in the EmuGamers catalog.
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