PC-engine WP

The PC-Engine WP (called TurboExpress with the the United States and also known under the name Turbo WP) is a Portable console manufactured by NEC in 1991.

It is actually about a portable PC-Engine equipped with a screen LCD color with Matrice activates of 6,6 centimetres (2,6 inches), able to play all the games of the PC-Engine.

It remained a long time most powerful of the portable consoles, far in front of the Lynx and Game Boy, and even the Game GEAR, handicapped by its less powerful screen in Matrice passivates.

An image or plug-in add one for the console was also sold which made it possible to look at television, come from a video camera (via a video entry). The consumption of batteries was very important. A set of 6 R6 piles did not exceed three hours of use. To compensate for this handicap, the console dies out automatically if it remains unutilised during a certain time and TTI marketed even many kits of rechargeable batteries.

The PC-Engine WP did not have success, crushed by that of the Game Boy, console much simpler, but much less expensive at that time.

Technical specifications

  • Weight: 435 G
  • CPU: 2 X Huc6280 to 7,16 MHz
  • RAM: 8 Kio
  • Resolution: 256x212
  • maximum Resolution: 320x256
  • theoretical maximum Resolution 512x256
  • Sprites simultaneously with the screen: 64
  • Colors: 16 pallets of 16 colors among 512
  • Graphics processor: 2 processors 16 bits, VDC (Video Processor Display) and VCE (Video Color Encoder)
    • Video
  • RAM: 64 Kio
  • Left UHF
  • Port cartouche: PC-Card of 64 Optional Kio with 1 Me
  • Peripheral: Tuner TV NTSC

note: Huc6280 is version specific and improved to the 6502: Opcodes additional, additional modes of addressing and unit of management of the memory (DRIVEN for Memory Management Links ) with a physical of 64 Kio and virtual addressing of 2 Me.

To note

  • the console was called “ Rolls of the portables ” for its quality, but also its price and its consumption out of piles.
  • Its price bordered the 7500 French francs at the exit of this portable console in specialized store.

Reference

  • Grospixels

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