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.

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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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[Pipistrele]

jaguar CD mini when?

Hope it comes with a flush function

 

[m_babble]

I'm down.

 

[DJPlace]

one more Mini to be hacked.... only time will tell.

 

[raxadian]

I got a mooded Wii, were any of these games released for the Wii?

 

[TheMrIron2]

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.

 

[Deleted_413010]

This may be off-topic but did you know that NEC actually manufactured PC's back in the day?

 

[wiewiec]

Vectrex mini when?

 

[DANTENDO]

An amiga mini would sell more than all the other minis put together

 

[tbb043]

An amiga mini would sell more than all the other minis put together

Maybe in Europe, not in America where it was less successful than even the TG16.

 

[guily6669]

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...

 

[DANTENDO]

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

 

[kuwanger]

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.

 

[SS4]

That is probably the only mini worth getting since most ppl missed out on that console and all have had or still have working console of the other minis already on the market . . .

 

[vincentx77]

Finally, the best 4th gen console gets a mini! I may have to spring both for the US and Japanese versions.

 

[Idontknowwhattoputhere]

fuck konami
fuck konami
fuck konami
fuck konami
fuck konami
fuck konami
shit lineup of games for america
good lineup is japan only
so
fuck konami

 

[DS1]

can a homie get the remaster of the original Legend of the River King?

 

[Jayro]

I had never even heard of this system until I was grown up and an adult. So I don't know what games are good and what games to avoid.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

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?

 

[DANTENDO]

Where's the GameBoy and Game Gear?

They already are minis

 

[UltraSUPRA]

They already are minis

I can't wait to play all the built-in games from my DMG-001!


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