Editing TurboExpress (section)

{{Short description|1990 handheld game console by NEC}}
{{About||the software library|Turbo Vision}}
{{Original research|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox information appliance
| name = TurboExpress/PC Engine GT
| logo = [[File:TurboExpress Logo.png|230px]]<br/>[[File:PC Engine GT Logo.png|150px]]
| image = NEC-TurboExpress-Upright-FL.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = TurboExpress handheld
| manufacturer = [[NEC|NEC Home Electronics]]
| type = [[Handheld game console]]
| aka = HES-EXP-01
| generation = [[Fourth generation of video game consoles|Fourth]]
| releasedate = {{vgrelease|JP|December 1, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pc-engine.co.uk/?section=systems|title=PC-Engine|date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623210846/http://www.pc-engine.co.uk/?section=systems|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-date=2018-06-23}}</ref>|NA|December 1990}}
| discontinued = {{vgrelease|NA|1994<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/platform.php?id=17673|title=TurboGrafx-16 TurboExpress - Overview - allgame|date=14 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114094414/http://www.allgame.com/platform.php?id=17673|access-date=29 December 2018|archive-date=2014-11-14}}</ref>}}
| price = $249.99, ¥44,800
| unitssold = 1.5 million units
| media = [[HuCard]]
| power = 6 [[AA batteries]] or 6 volt [[AC adapter]]
| cpu = [[HuC6280]]
| CPUspeed = 7.16&nbsp;MHz or 1.79&nbsp;MHz
| memory = 8&nbsp;KB [[RAM]]<br/>64&nbsp;KB [[VRAM]]
| display = 2.6 in. TFT active matrix backlit LCD, 336×221 pixels, 512 color palette, 481 colors on-screen
| graphics = 2x [[HuC6270A]] VDC
| sound = [[HuC6280]], 6-channel wavetable synthesis and PCM playback, monophonic speaker, 3.5mm stereo output jack
| connectivity = TurboLink
| related = [[TurboGrafx-16]]
}}

The '''TurboExpress''' is a [[16-bit]] [[handheld game console]] by [[NEC|NEC Home Electronics]], released in late 1990 in Japan and the United States, branded as the '''PC Engine GT''' in Japan and '''TurboExpress Handheld Entertainment System''' in the U.S. It is essentially a portable version of the [[TurboGrafx-16]] home console that came out one to three years earlier. Its launch price in Japan was ¥44,800 and {{US$|249.99|1990|round=-1}} in the U.S.

The TurboExpress was technically advanced for the time, able to play all the TurboGrafx{{nbh}}16's [[HuCard]] games, featuring a [[Backlight|backlit]], [[Active matrix|active-matrix]] color [[LCD]] screen, and optional [[TV tuner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defunctgames.com/history/21/the-turboexpress-has-won-the-war|title=The TurboExpress Has won the War|last=Lachel|first=Cyril|date=February 22, 2012|website=Defunct Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193643/http://www.defunctgames.com/history/21/the-turboexpress-has-won-the-war|archive-date=June 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The TurboExpress primarily competed with [[Nintendo]]'s [[Game Boy]], [[Sega]]'s [[Game Gear]], and the [[Atari Lynx]]. With 1.5 million units sold, far behind its two main competitors, NEC failed to gain significant sales or market share in the handheld market.<ref name="gamepro">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml|title=The 10 Worst-Selling Handhelds of All Time|last=Snow|first=Blake|date=July 30, 2007|magazine=[[GamePro]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012194600/http://gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/125748.shtml|archive-date=October 12, 2007|access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref>