679 games were released for the TurboGrafx-16 from October 10, 1987 to June 3, 1999. It is a home video game console made by NEC, released in Japan on October 10, 1987 as the PC Engine and North America on August 29, 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16. 121 games were released in both regions, 18 games only in North America and the other 540 games only in Japan.
Games came on HuCards (also known as TurboChips) and CD-ROM (CD-ROM², Super CD-ROM², and Arcade CD-ROM²). 5 HuCards only work on the PC Engine SuperGrafx. 389 games came on CD-ROM, of which 54 were released in North America. Some games have improvements on newer hardware, such as shorter loading times. 213 games support multiplayer using the Turbotap, of which 51 were released in North America.