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We document the living history of NEC's video game consoles (TurboGrafx-16, PC-Engine, DUO, PC-FX, SuperGrafx).

for PCE/TG-16 fans…

TurboPlay Magazine Archives

TurboPlay, DuoWorld and TurboForce were magazines that exclusively covered the TurboGrafx-16 / TurboDuo video game consoles. At the Archives, you can view page scans of articles, reviews, and advertisements printed in the magazines, newsletters and catalogs of yesteryear.

Military Madness / Nectaris FAQs

Everything you ever wanted to know about Hudson Soft's classic turn-based strategy game awaits you. Over the past 20+ years, this humble strategy game has appeared on many different platforms (e.g. iPhone, iPad, XBLA, PSN, Wii Virtual Console, Gameboy, PlayStation, PC DOS, Windows 95, NEC's PC-98, Sharp's X68000, PC-Engine, DUO, TurboGrafx-16, Mobile Phones) and has inspired other games (Earth Light on SNES and Battle Isle on PC).

Screenshot comparisons…

Are you curious about a game that has appeared on more than one console and/or platform? Most entries involve TurboGrafx-16 (PC-Engine) vs. Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) vs. Genesis (Mega Drive), but comparisons to other platforms (arcade, NEOGEO, Amiga, PlayStation, Master System, etc.) are made when appropriate. (1) Thank you! (2) Disclaimer (read me).

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Aero Blasters (PCE vs. MD) (+)

After Burner (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Air Buster (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Air Zonk vs. Super Air Zonk (HuCARD vs. CD-ROM) (+)

Andre Panza Kickboxing (PCE vs. AMIGA) (+)

Art of Fighting (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Atomic Robo Kid (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Ballistix (PCE vs. AMIGA) (+)

Bikkuriman World (Wonderboy in Monster Land) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Bomberman '94 vs. Mega Bomberman (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Bomberman '94 vs. Super Bomberman 3 (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Bonanza Bros. (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Bonk's Revenge (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Bonk 3: Bonk' Big Adventure (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Burai (PCE vs. SFC vs. MD) (+)

Buster Bros. (PCE vs. SFC) (PCE vs. ARCADE) (+)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night vs. Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (PS vs. PCE) (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Chiki Chiki Boys (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Cotton (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Crystal Beans (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'n Ghosts) (SGX vs. MD) (SGX vs. SFC) (+)

Daisenpuu (Twin Hawk) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Daisenpuu Custom (CD-ROM) (HuCARD vs. CD-ROM) (+)

Darius II (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Doraemon PCE (HuCARD vs. CD-ROM) (+)

Double Dragon II (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Dracula X: Rondo of Blood vs. Dracula XX (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Dracula X: Rondo of Blood vs. Symphony of the Night (PCE vs. PS) (PCE vs. PS) (+)

Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes (PCE vs. MD vs. SFC) (+)

Dungeon Explorer II (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Dynastic Hero (Wonderboy in Monster World) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Emerald Dragon (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Exile (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Fatal Fury 2 (PCE vs. SFC vs. MD) (+)

Fatal Fury Special (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Final Soldier (PCE shoot-em-up series series) (+)

Flash Hiders (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Forgotten Worlds (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Gain Ground (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura) (SGX vs. MD) (SGX vs. SFC) (+)

Golden Axe (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Gunboat (PCE vs. AMIGA) (+)

Hellfire (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Hit the Ice (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Jim Power (PCE vs. AMIGA) (+)

Kyuukyoku Tiger (Twin Cobra) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Langrisser (Warsong) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Lords of Thunder (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Master of Monsters (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Mega Bomberman (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Might & Magic III (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Ninja Gaiden (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Out Run (PCE vs. MD) (+)

P-47: The Freedom Fighter (PCE vs. ARCADE) (+)

Panic Bomber (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Parodius (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Popful Mail (PCE vs. MD vs. SFC) (+)

Puyo Puyo (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Puyo Puyo 2 (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Quest of the Jongmaster (PCE vs. ARCADE) (+)

Raiden (PCE vs. SFC vs. MD) (+)

Rastan Saga II (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Sagaia (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Shadow of the Beast (PCE vs. MD vs. SFC) (+)

Space Harrier (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Splatterhouse (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Soldier Blade (PCE shoot-em-up series) (+)

Super Star Soldier (PCE shoot-em-up series) (+)

Star Soldier Series (PCE shoot-em-up series) (+)

Street Fighter (Fighting Street) (PCE vs. ARCADE) (+)

Strider (SGX vs. MD) (+)

Super Air Zonk (HuCARD vs. CD-ROM) (+)

Super Bonk (PCE Bonk's Revenge vs. SFC) (+)

Super Bonk (PCE Bonk III vs. SFC) (+)

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SGX vs. SFC) (SGX vs. MD) (+)

Tatsujin (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Tokimeki Memorial (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Thunder Blade (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Truxton (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Twin Cobra (Kyuukyoku Tiger) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Twin Hawk (Daisenpuu) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Valis (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Valis III (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Valis IV (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Winds of Thunder (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Wonderboy in Monster Land (Bikkuriman World) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Wonderboy in Monster World (Wonderboy V: Monster World III) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Wonderboy III: Monster Lair (PCE vs. MD) (+)

Warsong (Langrisser) (PCE vs. MD) (+)

World Heroes 2 (PCE vs. SFC) (+)

Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (PCE vs. MD vs. SFC) (+)

Zero Wing (PCE vs. MD) (+)

NOTE: Click on the "(+)" to view the original discussion at pcenginefx.com. If you notice any errors, please contact us! Thank you. ▲

awack, post #44 CREDIT: A great big Thank You! goes out to awack for starting this project years ago and contributing hundreds (over 1,500 in total!) of in-game screenshots. To see how this project evolved (and instigated many arguments) read the original "PCE, SNES and Genesis Screenshot Comparison" discussion at the pcenginefx.com forums. ▲

DISCLAIMER: These comparisons can help us appreciate the technical/artistic prowess (or lack thereof) exhibited in some games from yesteryear. Of course, screenshots alone cannot reveal a specific game's overall worth, nor should it be the sole criterion for determining the superiority/inferiority of a particular port. Indeed, many games look gorgeous in static screenshots, but suffer from choppy scrolling, poorly implemented controls, butchered music, missing content, etc.

In other words… Don't judge a game by its screenshot, you heathen. ▲

BRIEF HISTORY: On March 25, 2009, awack posted a handful of screenshots comparing PCE, Super Famicom and Mega Drive games. It didn't take long (six days and 44 posts, to be precise) before he presented the first batch of Dracula X (PCE vs. SFC) screenshots. This innocuous initial offering later ballooned into an exhausitive analysis of Konami's classic Castlevania titles for PCE (Dracula X: Rondo of Blood), Super Famicom (Dracula XX) and PlayStation (Symphony of the Night). Leaving no cartridge unturned, awack indulged his compulsions by thorougly documenting the sprite animations in these games, too. Relentlessly, awack plowed through game after game after game—capturing screenshots, isolating sprites, occasionally adding commentary about differences between ports—until he had exhausted the subset of games that PCE/TG-16 shared with Super Famicom and/or Mega Drive. Along the way, a handful of other folks contributed some screenshots, but awack single-handedly generated 99% of the content himself.

Three years after awack started his project, a handful of images had vanished from the thread. He uploaded the images, again. However, image hosting is notoriously fickle. If awack's work was not preserved, and swiftly, the PCE/TG-16 community would lose a valuable resource. Thus, this very page (@tg-16.com) was created in April of 2012. It would eventually contain more than 1,500 images. Without question, retaining 1,500+ images on a single page is imbecilic, inefficient and burdensome (especially for mobile devices)…but that stupid, unwieldy behemoth was not split into six smaller, more easily-digestible pages until November of 2014. Thirty-one months late, I reckon. ▲

This page is a WORK IN PROGRESS… ▲

For the most up-to-date info, please consult the original "PCE, SNES and Genesis Screen Comparison" discussion at the pcenginefx.com forums. Thank you for visiting!