Famed for its diminutive size and staggeringly diverse library of games, the PC Engine has rightly gone on to become a collector’s dream. Aided and abetted by a CD-ROM add-on, it proved that size wasn ...

Back when I was a mere teenager, the PC Engine (or the Turbo Grafx 16 as it was known in the UK) was a mythical beast. You’d often see the games for it reviewed in the multi-format magazines of the ...

Originally released in Japan in 1987 as the TurboGrafx-16 home console captivated gamers with its revolutionary graphics and sound, and still holds a special place in the hearts of fans today. Now, at ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

Konami – which holds the rights to the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 brand via its ownership of the now-defunct Hudson Soft – has lifted the lid on yet another retro-themed micro-console. This time, it's ...

Released in 1987, the original white PC Engine was nothing short of a revelation. Sleek and compact, it was roughly the size of a CD case. UK magazine Computer & Video Games famously compared the ...

Back in the 90s Konami were one of the biggest names in gaming, a dev who was synonymous with producing cutting edge, ground breaking titles. From 2D arcade gems such as Turtles in Time, to ...

Way back in the mists of time, young me had set his heart on owning the NEC PC Engine, a game console first released in 1987. Unfortunately, at that time it was only available in Japan. The only way ...

The PC Engine was pretty popular in Japan, but only the coolest kids in America had the US edition, the TurboGrafx16. These two systems weren’t exactly the same; the TurboGrafx-16’s data bus was ...

The first time I ever heard of the PC Engine was when a friend whose Chinese mate's uncle had imported one told me about it. Without having seen it, I just assumed it was some kind of Japanese ...

Sometimes, hardware projects get cancelled before they have a chance to make an impact, often due to politics or poor economic judgment. The Tsushin Booster for the PC Engine is one such project, ...