SuperGrafx
This upgraded PC-Engine was released in Japan in 1989. Few exclusive titles for the system were ever released.
Overview
While intended to be a true 16-bit successor to the PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16, the SuperGrafx was released earlier than the industry expected. This was belied by the final spec upgrades from the TG-16: more RAM and a few video-specific chipset changes. The end result was a system that was closer in power to the Mega Drive / Genesis, but not the leap forward that had been anticipated.
Games were very expensive, some costing over $ 100 at launch. Only 7 games were released for the system, The 2 Darius games were playable on the PC-Engine, so only 5 games were exclusive. Ports of Strider and Galaxy Force 2 were in development but were never released due the system selling poorly.
Features1 8-bit CPU3 16-bit graphics chips, with a separate controller chipMaximum resolution of 565x242HuCard slot (backwards compatible with all PCE / TG-16 HuCards)Compatible with the PC-Engine Super CD-ROM
Manufacturer
NEC Home Electronics, Ltd.
A Japanese multinational corporation specializing in IT services and products, it was one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world. In the video game industry, it's best known for the PC-88 and PC-98 computers, the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 console, and the PowerVR graphics accelerator cards.
