Konami Reveals More PC Engine Core Grafx Game Line-up

Konami Digital Entertainment, B.V. announced on 12th July, 2019 more details of their PC Engine Core Grafx mini, including the extended game line-up and pre-order information. The compact version of the classic 1987 console currently features a range of 50 retro games containing select titles that overlap in both the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine lineup. The console will be available exclusively on Amazon for €89.99 from 19th March 2020, with an Amazon Prime exclusive pre-order period starting on the 15th of July, 2019.

In addition to the catalogue of titles announced at E3, 20 more English TurboGrafx-16 titles have now been revealed. The TurboGrafx-16 line-up now includes 24 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
• Ninjaspirit
• Parasol Stars
• Power Golf
• Psychosis
• R-Type
• Soldier Blade
• Space Harrier
• Victory Run
• Ys Book I&II

Additionally, 26 PC Engine titles in their original Japanese language will also be playable on the PC Engine Core Grafx mini:

• Akumajō Dracula X Chi No Rondo (Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood)
• Aldynes
• Appare! Gateball
• Bomberman ‘94
• Bomberman Panic Bomber
• Chō Aniki
• Daimakaimura (Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts)
• 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

Optional peripherals will also be available on the day of launch, including:

• Turbo Controller for Core Grafx mini, a controller with an automatic shooting function
• Multi Tap for Core Grafx mini, which enables up to five-player multiplayer

PC Engine Core Grafx mini will be released in select European countries. Two additional variants will be released in North America and Japan named TurboGrafx-16 mini and PC Engine mini respectively. The original consoles were well-known for introducing several historical firsts, including the first console with a CD-ROM add-on and the first console to offer multi-tap support for up to five players.