While Sega and Nintendo were battling each other off, NEC's TurboGrafx 16 was hanging in the background minding its own business. It didn't get the attention of the NES\SNES and Genesis. In fact, you probably didn't even know of this console unless you live near the city area. And yet, the TurboGrafx 16 had some good games like Bonk, Military Madness, Blazing Lazers, Splatterhouse, and Vigilante. If you're a fan of 2-D shooters (like me), you should check out the TurboGrafx 16. Blazing Lazers, R-Type, and Super Star Soldier are all good. This was a 16-bit console, however it ran on an 8-bit microprocessor and CPU. But everything else ran like a 16-bit console. And besides, the graphics do look 16-bit.
Quite perhaps the biggest problem of the console is that so many games in TurboGrafx 16 games from Japan (called the PC Engine) didn't come over to the states. There was also a CD add-on, but it was expensive, and probably not worth on 16-bit. Even if NEC advertised this piece of hardware more, I don't think it could match up with Sega and Nintendo because there wasn't anything different or unique. Just like those weird pizzas with blueberries and raspberries on it, the TurboGrafx 16 is something you have to at least try once if you're a classic gamer.
Quite perhaps the biggest problem of the console is that so many games in TurboGrafx 16 games from Japan (called the PC Engine) didn't come over to the states. There was also a CD add-on, but it was expensive, and probably not worth on 16-bit. Even if NEC advertised this piece of hardware more, I don't think it could match up with Sega and Nintendo because there wasn't anything different or unique. Just like those weird pizzas with blueberries and raspberries on it, the TurboGrafx 16 is something you have to at least try once if you're a classic gamer.