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TurboExpress/PC Engine GT
TurboExpress handheld
Also known as
HES-EXP-01
Manufacturer
NEC Home Electronics
Type
Handheld game console
Generation
Fourth
Release date
JP: December 1, 1990[1]
NA: December 1990
Introductory price
$249.99, ¥44,800
Discontinued
NA: 1994[2]
Units sold
1.5 million units
Media
HuCard
CPU
HuC6280 @ 7.16 MHz or 1.79 MHz
Memory
8KB RAM
Display
2.6 in. LCD, 336×221 pixels, 512 color palette, 481 colors on-screen
Graphics
2x HuC6270A VDC
Sound
HuC6280, 6-channel wavetable synthesis
Connectivity
TurboLink
Power
6 AA batteries or 6 volt AC adapter
Related
TurboGrafx-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. 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]
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