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NEC PC Engine Super Grafx	Consoles	name image logo company company_name tabs forum_thread photos hardware emulators links related software oc_id source PC Engine Super Grafx /media/museum/photos/nec_super-grafx_1s.jpg /media/museum/logos/nec_pce-supergrafx_logo.gif /companies/nec NEC photos hardware software emulators links 1201 title subtitle text image SUPER GRAFX /media/museum/photos/nec_super-grafx_1bis.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/nec_super-grafx_box.jpg title subtitle text image PACHINKO CONTROLLER This is a pachinko controller for the PC Engine. The angled part which sticks out between the two main sections of the controller is a slider to adjust the angle of the pachinko balls as they come out. /media/museum/hardware/nec_pce_pachinko-controller.jpg title subtitle text image TURBO PAD /media/museum/hardware/nec_turbografx_turbopad.jpg title url platform text Ootake http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/ Windows Frequently updated Japanese emulator title url platform text Magic Engine http://www.magicengine.com/ Multiplatform Commercial but excellent NEC PC Engine emulator. A must. title url text Necstasy http://www.necstasy.net/fr/ PC-Engine & PC-FX TOC database title url text pcenginefx.com http://pcenginefx.com/ The NEC console ressource.. Excellent. title url text The PC Engine Software Bible http://www.pcengine.co.uk/ PC-Engine software archive. Very complete. title url text TurboGrafx.net http://www.turbografx.net/ An English Turbo site with TG info and links! title url text TurboGrafx16 http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/ TurboGrafx16 dedicated website title url text Universo PCcengine http://pcengine.cjb.net/ Nice brazilian site /museum/nec-coregrafx /museum/nec-coregrafx-ii /museum/nec-pc-engine /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-r /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-rx /museum/nec-turboduo /museum/nec-turbografx-16-turbografx /software/1941-counter-attack /software/aldynes /software/battle-ace /software/daimakaimura /software/darius-plus /software/madoh-oh-granzort 1234 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230507102640/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1234 2023-05-07

Rumoured to be a follow up to the PC Engine, the Super Grafx turned out to be merely an update. It was released without any warning by NEC and never found a place in the marketplace because earlier PCE consoles were still being manufactured at the same time.

Despite having four times the RAM, it featured the same 8 bit processor and sound capabilities as the PC Engine, although it now had an extra GPU. Having two GPUs meant the Super Grafx could display two background layers and allowed more depth and colour, but they were limited by the processor and didn't really give the system much of a performance boost.

The console didn't sell well and games were expensive at around $110. Only six games were specifically released for the Super Grafx, the most notable being Capcom's 1941 which is not available for any other console, and today reaches very high prices, especially when in complete condition, as it had a rather fragile cardboard box that easily gets ruined.

Fortunately the Super Grafx was compatible with all the PC Engine's HuCard and CD games. In fact, it is the only machine that can play all the games released for the PCE series of consoles. Although it was designed to be used with the newer Super CD-ROM² drive, which was released at around the same time, it can also be used with the old CD-ROM² drive by using the RAU-30 adapter.

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Text co-written by *_Ste_* and Taneli Lukka

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