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| − | {{sub-stub}}The '''TurboGrafx''' is the European variant of the [[PC Engine]] and/or [[TurboGrafx-16]]. | + | {{sub-stub}} |
| + | ==Introduction== | ||
| + | The '''TurboGrafx''' is the European variant of the [[PC Engine]] and/or [[TurboGrafx-16]]. | ||
| − | + | After the US release of the [[TurboGrafx-16]], [[NEC]] got cold feet upon seeing the sales numbers and decided to cancel their planned European releases. All of the stock planned for release in Europe - US systems poorly modified to run on PAL televisions - was instead sold to various distributors to handle themselves. As well as having a different logo, the European TurboGrafx is a lighter shade of grey than its American counterpart. Internally, it's more or less identical to the US system, with some minor changes to make it work with European televisions - it's been downclocked to 50hz and an additional Sony CXA1145 chip intercepts the NTSC video output and converts it to something more PAL-friendly. | |
| − | + | There is no such thing as a "PAL game" - All TG16 games will run on a TG without any modding, although due to the downclocking there may be slowdown and/or timing bugs. | |
| + | It has its own page because the logo is cool. | ||
| − | + | ==Distribution== | |
| + | The UK's allotment of consoles was bought up and handled by Telegames, who elected to sell the console via mail-order as the Turbografx. Telegames reportedly found supporting the system difficult, as PAL consoles would no longer be manufactured, resulting in limited supplies. | ||
[[Category:TurboGrafx-16 hardware]] | [[Category:TurboGrafx-16 hardware]] | ||
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- For the North American model, see TurboGrafx-16.
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Introduction
The TurboGrafx is the European variant of the PC Engine and/or TurboGrafx-16.
After the US release of the TurboGrafx-16, NEC got cold feet upon seeing the sales numbers and decided to cancel their planned European releases. All of the stock planned for release in Europe - US systems poorly modified to run on PAL televisions - was instead sold to various distributors to handle themselves. As well as having a different logo, the European TurboGrafx is a lighter shade of grey than its American counterpart. Internally, it's more or less identical to the US system, with some minor changes to make it work with European televisions - it's been downclocked to 50hz and an additional Sony CXA1145 chip intercepts the NTSC video output and converts it to something more PAL-friendly.
There is no such thing as a "PAL game" - All TG16 games will run on a TG without any modding, although due to the downclocking there may be slowdown and/or timing bugs.
It has its own page because the logo is cool.
Distribution
The UK's allotment of consoles was bought up and handled by Telegames, who elected to sell the console via mail-order as the Turbografx. Telegames reportedly found supporting the system difficult, as PAL consoles would no longer be manufactured, resulting in limited supplies.