NEC Vs Nintendo Hom.e Gam.es
Doug Hutton
ABS Games
Poway, California
The May issue of Electronic Engineering
Times announced that NEC has just re-
leased their own home videogame system.
It's called TurboGrafx here in the US ("PC
Engine" in Japan) and compares to Nin-
tendo as follows:
Although another home system is not what
we need right now, I hope NEC is successful.
The article stated that NEC's new system is
specifically targeted at Nintendo.
designed for it. I've also heard rumored that
an Arcade version is being tested right now
in the San Diego area ( so it looks as though
NEC will even give Nintendo a run for their
money even on the PlayChoice System).
Jeff Peters, owner/ editor of Electronic Game-
Player, a home/ arcade players magazine,
told me he has had this system for review at
his house for several months now, and Nin-
tendo really pales by comparison. It also has
an option that allows five players to play
simultaneously, if the particular game is
The new SEGA system (called Genesis) was
shown at the CES show in Chicago last~
month. Nintendo not only didn't show their .
16 bit system, (which is rumored to be
available in Japan), but made no mention
about it.