TurboGrafx-16
Fourth-generation home video game console
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| April 21 2025 |
Out Run
Universal Pictures announced a live-action movie adaptation of Out Run, with Michael Bay directing, Jayson Rothwell writing, and Sydney Sweeney producing.
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| 2025 | Nintendo plans to retain the Nintendo Classics service (formerly Virtual Console) for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console release. |
| 2024 |
Dōkyūsei
The Dōkyūsei remake was ported to Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan.
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| 2024 |
Dōkyūsei 2
A Windows remake of Dōkyūsei 2 was released.
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| 2024 |
Dōkyūsei
Second part of the Doukyuusei Remake OVA was released.
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| March 27 2023 | Nintendo officially discontinued the Virtual Console service on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, marking the end of digital game purchases for these platforms, though previously purchased titles remain playable. |
| 2022 |
Dōkyūsei
OVA based on the Doukyuusei Remake was released.
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| 2022 |
HuCard
Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra's Curse was planned for development as a new HuCard game title.
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| April 14 2022 |
Dōkyūsei
Shiravune, a subsidiary of DMM Games, released an international version of the Dōkyūsei remake, with both an all-ages and an adult version of the game.
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| February 26 2021 |
Dōkyūsei
A remake of Dōkyūsei, based on the Windows version, was released in Japan, bringing the classic game to modern platforms.
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| March 6 2020 | Konami announced the TurboGrafx-16 Mini would be indefinitely delayed due to COVID-19 supply chain disruptions. |
| January 30 2019 | Nintendo discontinued the Virtual Console service on the Wii, closing the Wii Shop Channel and ending digital game purchases for the platform. |
| January 9 2019 |
Out Run
Out Run is released for Nintendo Switch as part of the Sega Ages line.
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| 2017 |
Out Run
GamesRadar+ ranked Out Run 31st on their list of 'Best Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games of all time'.
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| 2016 | Rapper Kanye West initially announced his 8th solo album would be titled 'Turbo Grafx 16', but the album was ultimately scrapped. |
| March 12 2015 |
Out Run
Out Run is ported to Nintendo 3DS via the 3D Classics series.
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| August 2014 |
HuCard
Atlantean, an independent game, was released on a HuCard, demonstrating the platform's continued use long after its commercial decline.
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| 2013 |
Out Run
French musician Kavinsky released his debut album OutRun, named after the game.
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| 2012 | The JRPG Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory featured a character named Peashy, paying homage to the TurboGrafx-16 console. |
| 2011 | Ten TurboGrafx-16 games were released on the PlayStation Network for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in North America. |
| 2010 | Hudson released an iPhone application called 'TurboGrafx-16 GameBox' allowing users to purchase and play select TurboGrafx games via in-app purchases. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Dōkyūsei 2, HuCard, Virtual Console, TurboGrafx-16, Out Run & Dōkyūsei (video game), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.