About the PC Engine
The PC Engine was released in the late 80’s as a rival to Nintendo’s Famicom (NES) in Japan. The machine quickly built up a solid userbase and managed to tempt away some of Nintendo’s valued third party allies (Namco being the most notable). The tiny console (roughly the size of a portable CD player) uses a NEC’s own 'HuCard' format for game storage, but by the end of the decade NEC had released a CD-ROM drive, beating rival company Sega by a few years.
NEC’s PC Engine is actually an 8-bit machine at heart – not that you’d know when looking at some of the stunning software available for it. The console underwent a series of hardware revisions over its lifespan. The 'Duo' range of machines were basically a PC Engine with a CD drive built in. The machine was released in the US as the TurboGrafx-16 and Turbo Duo.
PC Engine Reviews
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| Game Title | Magazine | Genre | Publisher | Score | ||
| Alien Crush |  | CVG | Simulation | Naxatsoft | 90% | |
| Bomberman '93 | | CVG | Puzzle Game | Hudson | 90% | |
| Bonk 2: Bonk's Revenge | | CVG | Platform Game | Hudson | 92% | |
| Bonk's Adventure | | CVG | Platform Game | Hudson | 93% | |
| Dungeon Explorer | | CVG | Role Playing | Atlus | 94% | |
| R-Type | | CVG | Arcade Conversion | Irem | 92% | |
| Super Star Soldier | | CVG | Shoot 'Em Up | Hudson | 89% | |
| Victory Run | | CVG | Driving Game | Hudson | 82% | |