When it comes down to retro game consoles of the 80’s and 90’s time period there are so many systems that comes to mind such as the NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PS1, Dreamcast, N64, Sega Saturn and many more. However, game consoles such as TurboGrafx 16 along with the 3DO system does not get talked about as much as other retro consoles from that time period.

TurboGrafx 16 was first released in Japan back in late 1987 and in America during the summer of 1989. Since it’s release the TurboGrafx 16 reportedly sold close to 6 million units worldwide. Some can make the argument that the TurboGrafx 16 could have been far more successful if the NES was not around during the 80’s in addition to the emergence of the Sega Mark III/Master System in 1985-1986 which ended being more superior in terms of graphics and visuals. Despite, how low the sales of the TurboGrafx 16 was it still ended doing than the 3DO which came out in 1993.

The 3DO was released years after Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis came out. Also, the 3DO was released about a before the PS1 and the Sega Saturn was first released in Japan in late 1994. The reason why the 3DO only ended up selling 2 million was mainly due to stiff competition during the console war back in the 90’s. While the 3DO was a pretty decent console some would probably give the edge to the TurboGrafx 16 as being an overall success.