TG-16 CPU (was Re: Hey, idiots!)

[nraymond@k12.ucs.umass.edu (Nathan Raymond (Phillips Academy 94))]

In a previous article, neiderma@eden.rutgers.edu (Kid) says:

>irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) writes:
>>In article <1994Jul10.065003.23736@k12.ucs.umass.edu> nraym
>>>In a previous article, irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt) says:
>[snip]
>>Hmm.  The rec.games.video FAQ (from which I yanked most of that list),
>>says 65C02 as the main CPU.  They may be in error, who knows.  It's all
>>trivia :)
>
>Then why is it called a Turbografx-16?  I thought the thing was supposed
>to be 16bit.  It's always placed head-to-head with the SNES and
>Sega.  And it is the #1 or #2 selling system in Japan, it's a little
>hard to belive that an 8bitter outsells 16bit systems in this day
>and age of CPU number hype.

The TurboGrafx-16 had a 16-bit graphics processor (as many game magazines
explained back then), so they called it 16-bit.  After all, its entirely
hype and almost useless as a benchmark (except when comparing completely
disparate systems).  If anybody could check their EGM or other game
magazines, I have only read the TG-16 has a 6820, not a 65C02 (not that they
are tremendously different or anything).  The TurboGraphx is out of the
running in the US now...

nathan
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