A Brief History



Size Matters Not

The American CD unit was once again unnecessarily huge.  The TurboGrafx-16 was large to begin with - now a CD unit more than doubled the size of the entire system.  The American CD-ROM and Interface unit was also designed to sit underneath the TurgoGrafx-16.  Because the TurboGrafx-16 was double the size of the PC Engine, this meant the CD unit was double the size of its Japanese cousin.  While size wasn’t what did the TurboGrafx-16 in, it was a major annoyance for the user. 

A special carrying case was developed for the entire system, and was also very large.  The Japanese carrying case, on the other hand, was tiny in comparison.  It was actually just a plastic lid that clipped on to the top of the Interface Unit.  On the under side was a handle that flipped out.  The PC Engine, CD-ROM system, and carrying case were the same size as the TurboGrafx-16 unit alone.

Columns

Index:

The Beginning

The Beginning of the End

The Competition Gets Stronger

The SuperGrafx

The CD-ROM

Size Matters Not

New Offerings

Time For a Change

The Games

In The End

16-Bit?

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