The 8-Bit Revival & 16-Bit War · 1985–1994
NEC TurboGrafx-16
PC Engine
Sought After?
Very, especially the CD-ROM² add-on and Japanese PC Engine titles, some of which now sell for hundreds of dollars.
Downsides
Tiny cartridges ("HuCards") looked like toys and confused shoppers; weak marketing and third-party support in the US.
Why It Faded
Crushed between Sega and Nintendo's marketing budgets in the US, despite being a genuine technical and library success in Japan.
Trivia
It was the first console to offer a CD-ROM add-on (1988 in Japan), years before the Sega CD or PlayStation made CD gaming mainstream.