TurboGrafx-16 mini announced

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Yet another one joins the bite-sized retro console hype train! Konami announced during its E3 panel that a mini version of the TurboGrafx-16 is coming. Known as the PC Engine in Japan, this 16-bit console was originally released in 1987. It was later released in the West and rebranded as the TurboGrafx-16. The original console was designed by Hudson and manufactured by NEC, and Konami was one of the biggest supporters of the platform having developed several titles for it. Konami later acquired Hudson, and hence its handling of this project.


A controller similar to the original will come packed with the TurboGrafx-16 mini and it will also sport two USB controller ports. The console will come pre-loaded with at least 6 games, which will vary according to the region. American and European audiences will be able to play the following titles:
  • R-Type
  • New Adventure Island
  • Ninja Spirit
  • Ys Book I & II
  • Dungeon Explorer
  • Alien Crush
While Japanese gamers will have access to the following games:
  • Bonk’s Adventure
  • Dracula X
  • The Kung Fu/China Warrior
  • Ys I & II
  • Super Star Soldier
  • Dungeon Explorer
We expect Konami to announce more games and eventually a full lineup for the console in the future as the company has yet to provide more information regarding pricing and release date. What games would you like to see brought back in this miniature TurboGrafx-16?

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Sorry, but why are people hating on the TG-16? It's a dream come true for shoot-em-up fans, for example. A lot of people here are mocking it and saying it's the least interesting console to get a mini rendition, but frankly for fans of some genres this is the best one yet.. even if I wouldn't be as die-hard a shmup fan as I'd need to be to truly appreciate that, there's still Bonk, Bomberman and a few good entries in other genres. Please play the system before making those judgements.
 
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This may be off-topic but did you know that NEC actually manufactured PC's back in the day?
 

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Its cheaper to buy a Made In China cheap tablet or the amazon ones install emulators and use any controller or even build a arcade machine out of them than this, its Atari, Sony... everyone is really wanting to make big money again with decades old games and it has 0 value, nothing beats owning the original stuff made back in the day including the original working console...
 

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Its cheaper to buy a Made In China cheap tablet or the amazon ones install emulators and use any controller or even build a arcade machine out of them than this, its Atari, Sony... everyone is really wanting to make big money again with decades old games and it has 0 value, nothing beats owning the original stuff made back in the day including the original working console...
If someone left all the minis on Yr doorstep would you bin them no you wouldn't
 

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Still waiting for the Mini Pokemon Mini.

Seriously, though, Dracula X and Super Star Soldier would be the reason for me to get the system. Yet it'd have to be more than that. :/ I don't know enough much of the TG16 library, though. Like others have said, most the iconic stuff I've heard of was the "accurate arcade ports". Well, that's not really a selling port these days.
 

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We got a Genesis, a Super Nintendo, a Neo-Geo, and now a TurboGrafx?

Is this whole "classic edition" shtick just a reboot of the fourth generation of video game consoles? Where's the GameBoy and Game Gear?
 

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