![]() That issue persists with the TG-16M, which measures 9.25×5.8×1.1 inches. While the original PC Engine broke records due to how small its hardware was-and surely helped the system's popularity in a space-starved nation like Japan-the TurboGrafx-16 was noticeably beefier, clocking in at over double the PC Engine's size. Let's start with the hardware itself, which, for a "mini," is quite large. The original console had channel and antenna switches, but these don't return in the new, "Mini" console. The result is both a carefully molded homage to NEC's console glory days and a confusing dump of games for anyone already running from behind on their TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine fluency. The $100 TurboGrafx-16 Mini, which emulates 55 cartridge and CD games, takes the console's history to heart with a surprising quirk. In whatever region you buy this new miniature console, you'll get almost the exact same mix of English and Japanese games, exactly as they launched in the late '80s and early '90s. We've mostly explored the TG-16's legacy via unofficial emulation, but that changes this week with a bold launch from the console's current copyright holders at Konami. In fact, its overseas presence persisted for a long time, in part thanks to add-ons like the PC Engine CD (which also got a Western version but, again, didn't do as well here). The TG-16 was a famous casualty of late-'80s NEC failing to unseat either Nintendo's dominance or Sega's upstart momentum in the States.Īs we've come to realize in the decades since, this one-step-up console kicked way more butt in Japan, where it was known as the PC Engine. Our classic gaming experts missed the TG-16 boat when it reached our shores in 1989, and we weren't alone. ![]() When we talk about this month's launch of the TurboGrafx-16 Mini, we should get one key difference out of the way: nobody at Ars has an original TurboGrafx-16 console to compare this with. We've always had tangible reference points for the West's console biggies: Nintendo, Sega, and Sony. The same goes for fancypants, FPGA-fueled console recreations. ![]() With the arrival of every recent, retro-minded "mini console" launch, we've had at least one original console to compare with.
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