December 4, 1988 · Computer or hardware
TurboGrafx-CD (1988)
CD-ROM add-on for the PC Engine, the first CD-based console system. Japan launch (as PC Engine CD-ROM2) was December 4, 1988; the US TurboGrafx-CD followed in November 1989.
Dated Dec 1988 per the list article; the $399.99 price is the NA launch. It helped define the format shift.
See 1988 in the interactive timeline
Facts
- Date
- December 4, 1988
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Console add-on
- Maker or publisher
- NEC
- CPU
- HuC6280 @ 7.16 MHz
- Units sold
- 1.92 million (CD-ROM2 and Duo)
- Generation
- 4th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Media
- CD-ROM
- Notable games
- Ys Book I & II; Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
Source: giantbomb.com
Manuals and technical documents
Service manuals, schematics and datasheets for this machine, kept in our own library. Check your own board and part numbers against them.
- PAC-N10 - ARP2763 (Service manual)
- TurboGrafx-16 Unit Service Manual - SMTG16 (Service manual)
- PC Engine Duo Schematics r1.3.1 (Schematic)
- PC Engine Schematics r1.2 (Schematic)
All 4 documents for PC Engine and TurboGrafx in the library
Find one of your own
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- Further reading: The Innovators: eBay · Amazon
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Guides: How to fix a dead vintage computer · Retro PC starter kit: the gear worth buying
Related
- NEC PC Engine (Japan) (add-on, 1987)
More from NEC
- PC Engine SuperGrafx 1989
- TurboExpress 1990
- PC Engine GT (Japan) 1990
- NEC MultiSync 1985
- NEC PC Engine Duo 1991
- NEC PC-9801 1982
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