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What is the SuperGrafx and why did it fail? - NEC's Unloved Console from 1989

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23rd November 2023 28 min

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The PC Engine was a roaring success in Japan, but Sega and Nintendo were starting to turn up the heat in 1989. How would NEC keep up? Their answer was the Super Grafx, a turbo charged PC Engine to take on the big hitters of the 4th generation of consoles. Today we meet the system and play every game released for it.

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  • nostalgia
  • computer history
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