Adding to the growing gallery of miniaturized retro gaming consoles making their way to market after the success of the NES and SNES Classic Editions, it’s been announced that the TurboGrafx-16 Mini will be launching in March of 2020 with 50 games on it. The system will contain 24 games from the North American library of the TurboGrafx-16 and the remaining 26 from the library of the Japanese exclusive PC Engine.
The full library for the TurboGrafx-16 Mini is listed below:
TurboGrafx-16 (American Games)
- Air Zonk
- Alien Crush
- Blazing Lazers
- Bomberman ‘93
- Bonk’s Revenge
- Cadash
- Chew-Man-Fu
- Dungeon Explorer
- J.J. & Jeff
- Lords Of Thunder
- Military Madness (Nectaris)
- Moto Roader
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- New Adventure Island
- Ninja Spirit
- Parasol Stars
- Power Golf
- Psychosis
- R-Type
- Soldier Blade
- Space Harrier
- Victory Run
- Ys Book I&II
PC Engine (Japanese Games)
- Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood
- Aldynes (SuperGrafx game)
- Appare! Gateball
- Bomberman ‘94
- Bomberman Panic Bomber
- Chō Aniki
- Daimakaimura (Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts – SuperGrafx game)
- Dungeon Explorer
- Fantasy Zone
- Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
- Gradius (Nemesis)
- Gradius II – Gofer No Yabō (Nemesis II)
- Jaseiken Necromancer
- Nectaris (Military Madness)
- Neutopia
- Neutopia II
- Ninja Ryūkenden (Ninja Gaiden)
- PC-Genjin (Bonk)
- Salamander
- Snatcher
- Star Parodier (Fantasy Star Soldier)
- Super Darius
- Super Momotarō Dentetsu II
- Super Star Soldier
- The Kung Fu (China Warrior)
- Ys I&II
It’s a solid lineup to be sure, with many serious standouts. First, there’s Snatcher, a mystery adventure game directed by Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima, which only ever saw a limited release on the Sega CD in the West. Then there’s Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, which is considered by some to be the best traditional installment in the Castlevania series. Not to mention multiple solid space shooters including multiple Gradius titles, the early Sega hit Fantasy Zone, which gave us their first mascot Opa-Opa, and the classic 3D-twist on the 2D shooter formula with Space Harrier.
