S8E6 - Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could

S8E6 - Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could

From Retro Ridoctopus by Retro Ridoctopus

March 17, 2026 · 2h 56m · Season 8 · Episode 6

About this episode

The episode discusses the TurboGrafx-16, highlighting its unique games and contributions to the 16-bit console generation.

The black sheep of the 16bit console generation of video games was definitely the TurboGrafx-16, but does coming in third mean it wasn't great in it's own right? Heck no! (link in comments) We run down a list of our nine favorite TURBOTASTIC games (plus a few more in there for good measure) on the system that was called the PC-Engine in Japan. We cover everything from head-banging cave babies to everyone's favorite Jason Voorhees clone. SHUBIBIN! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- " Parasite Steve "...... AKA Steve Van Samson ( read ) " 8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian ( listen ) " Coopster Gold "...... AKA Justin Cooper ( subscribe ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee . Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile.

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Van Samson, Tim Krikorian, Justin Cooper

Topics covered

  • TurboGrafx-16
  • PC-Engine
  • video games
  • 16-bit console generation

Keywords

  • TURBOTASTIC
  • video game history
  • retro gaming

Sponsors

Deadly Grounds Coffee

Mentioned in this episode

Products: S8E6, the TurboGrafx-16,, the PC-Engine, TurboGrafx-16, PC-Engine

Books & works: " 8-Bit Alchemy, Retro Ridoctopus

Places: Japan

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