What is TurboGrafx-16?
[[Category:Video game consoles]] The '''TurboGrafx 16''' was a [[video game console]]. It was originally released on 30 October 1987 in [[Japan]] and 29 August 1989 in [[North America]]. It was also known as '''PC Engine''' in some areas of the world. It was made by [[Hudson Soft]] and [[NEC]]. It was the first game console ever to have a [[compact disc]] (CD) add-on. It was the first console marketed in the [[History of video game consoles (fourth generation)|fourth generation era]], usually known as the 16-bit era. This means it competed with the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and the [[Sega Genesis]]. The console has an 8-bit [[central processing unit]] (CPU) with a 16-bit [[Graphics processing unit|graphics processor]]. In [[Europe]], the console is known as the PC Engine, after the Japanese model was imported and distributed in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] from 1988. In Japan, the system was a competitor to the [[Famicom]], but the delayed United States release meant that it ended up competing with the Sega Genesis and later the Super NES. {{video-game-stub}}