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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

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TURBO PAD			/media/museum/hardware/nec_turbografx_turbopad.jpg

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Ootake	http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/	Windows	Frequently updated Japanese emulator

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Magic Engine	http://www.magicengine.com/	Multiplatform	Commercial but excellent NEC PC Engine emulator. A must.

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Necstasy	http://www.necstasy.net/fr/	PC-Engine & PC-FX TOC database

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pcenginefx.com	http://pcenginefx.com/	The NEC console ressource.. Excellent.

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The PC Engine Software Bible	http://www.pcengine.co.uk/	PC-Engine software archive. Very complete.

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TurboGrafx.net	http://www.turbografx.net/	An English Turbo site with TG info and links!

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TurboGrafx16	http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/	TurboGrafx16 dedicated website

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Universo PCcengine	http://pcengine.cjb.net/	Nice brazilian site

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https://web.archive.org/web/20221205124038/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1243	2022-12-05

The PC Engine Duo made it to the United States as the TurboDuo in 1992, but never reached Europe. It was marketed by new company Turbo Technologies Inc. (TTI), which consisted of ex-employees from both NEC and Hudson Soft, after the apparent failings of the TurboGrafx-16 campaign.

The console contained a TG-16 and the newer Super CD-ROM² unit which were unified in a single case, along with the Super System Card integrated on the motherboard and buyers received quite a package for their money. A control pad, TG-CD versions of Ys book I & II, a compilation of four Super CD games and a TurboChip game were all included in the $299 price tag. There was no escaping the fact that this was still a system based on ageing 8 bit technology though.

When Sega's Mega CD launched the same year and promptly outsold the TurboDuo, a series of four mini comic book adverts were launched. Featuring Johnny Turbo, a superhero who battles the evil Feka's attempts to sell CD add-ons for their system (which NEC had already done themselves with the TG-CD) and reveals Feka staff to be robots. Despite being quite entertaining and well drawn, the adverts appear to be little more than a bizarre attack on Sega's ethics rather than a genuine attempt to sell the TurboDuo.

NEC stopped officially supporting the TurboDuo in 1995, and withdrew from America to concentrate their efforts on their native Japan and the newly released PC-FX.

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