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title: NEC TurboDuo
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categories:
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- Consoles
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params:
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name: TurboDuo
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image: /media/museum/photos/nec_turboduo_1.jpg
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company: /companies/nec
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company_name: NEC
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tabs:
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- hardware
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 1210
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hardware:
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- title: PACHINKO CONTROLLER
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subtitle: ''
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text: 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.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_pce_pachinko-controller.jpg
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- title: TURBO PAD
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/nec_turbografx_turbopad.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Ootake
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url: http://www.ouma.jp/ootake/
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platform: Windows
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text: Frequently updated Japanese emulator
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- title: Magic Engine
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url: http://www.magicengine.com/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: Commercial but excellent NEC PC Engine emulator. A must.
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links:
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- title: Necstasy
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url: http://www.necstasy.net/fr/
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text: PC-Engine & PC-FX TOC database
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- title: pcenginefx.com
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url: http://pcenginefx.com/
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text: The NEC console ressource.. Excellent.
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- title: The PC Engine Software Bible
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url: http://www.pcengine.co.uk/
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text: PC-Engine software archive. Very complete.
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- title: TurboGrafx.net
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url: http://www.turbografx.net/
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text: An English Turbo site with TG info and links!
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- title: TurboGrafx16
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url: http://www.atari7800.com/turbo/
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text: TurboGrafx16 dedicated website
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- title: Universo PCcengine
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url: http://pcengine.cjb.net/
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text: Nice brazilian site
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related:
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- /museum/nec-coregrafx
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- /museum/nec-coregrafx-ii
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- /museum/nec-pc-engine
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- /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo
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- /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-r
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- /museum/nec-pc-engine-duo-rx
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- /museum/nec-pc-engine-super-grafx
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- /museum/nec-turbografx-16-turbografx
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oc_id: 1243
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205124038/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1243
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date: '2022-12-05'
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The [PC Engine Duo](/museum/nec-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](/museum/nec-turbografx-16-turbografx/) campaign.
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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.
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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.
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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](/museum/nec-pc-fx/).
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this console ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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