TurboGrafx-CD

The TurboGrafx-CD (also commonly known as the Turbo CD and known as the PC Engine CD outside North America) is a console add-on for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, allowing the console to play games in CD format as well as its standard games. This makes it the first CD add-on, and makes the TurboGrafx-16 the first system ever to play CD-based games. In Japan, it was sold in two models, the CD-ROM ROM, (Yes, that's how you pronounce it.) and a revised model which integrated the Super System Card. There was also a combo unit called the PC Engine Duo, which was sold in North America as the TurboDuo. The Duo itself in Japan would get two revisions, the Duo R, which had better build quality and also gave it a white casing, and the Duo-RX, which was also the last revision for the console itself. It changed the controller to a 6 button controller but was largely the same otherwise.

Although it was a hit in Japan, due to a number of factors (including the release of the Sega Genesis and eventually its CD based add-on) the TurboGrafx-CD would never pick up in sales in North America, and eventually be history.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It was the first CD-based console produced. Without this, we couldn't have consoles like the famous Sony PlayStation!
 * 2) It's the only CD add-on that doesn't require a separate power supply to power.
 * 3) There are many games that are worth owning and playing on the TurboGrafx-CD, which includes Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Lemmings, Star Parodia (Parodier), the Tengai Makyou series, the Ys series, and others as well.
 * 4) It is region-free unlike the Hucard part of the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16.
 * 5) Unlike most CD consoles at the period. It had games that were actually games and not as much FMV focused games.
 * 6) The design of the console is cute.
 * 7) Like the Sega CD, can listen to your own Music audio CD's on the Turbo CD.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite being a decent add on, it was a flop in North America, therefore, it has enough bad qualities to be on the Crappy Games Wiki.