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Turbografx Express

The PC Engine GT, or the TurboExpress, is a portable version of the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and was released in Japan in 1990. It can only play games from the HuCard system. It has a 2.6" backlit, active-matrix color LCD Screen, which was very advanced for the time for a portable game unit. Unfortunately this advanced LCD screen also had a high power usage, causing the unit to have a short battery life, and driving the cost of the device up, hurting sales.

The TurboExpress also has a TV tuner adapter and a link cable to allow for two players to play together.

Technical Details
Released 1990 Brand NEC Type TurboGrafx PC-Engine Name TurboGrafx Express CPU Class ALL CPU HuC6280 @7.16 MHz Memory RAM: 8 kB
VRAM: 64 kB Sound Chip HU6280, PSG Sound PSG
5-10 bit stereo PCM Display Chip HuC6270 VDC
HuC6260 VCE Display 256x239 in 482 out of 512 colors
565x242 in 482 out of 512 colors Best Color 482 colors out of 512 Best Graphics 565x242 Storage HuCard ROM cartridges
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