DUO

The Turbo Duo was NEC and Hudson Soft's (or TTI) last attempt to save their share in the very competitive North American video game market. This sleek and smooth game system will play all those Turbografx-16 cards (like Keith Courage), the Turbo Grafx-16 CDs (like Fighting Street), and the upgraded Super CD-ROMs (like Gates of Thunder). Fairly good value, eh? Unfortunately, the Turbo Duo is still only a out dated 8-bit gaming system and the Turbo Duo also went up against the newer and more powerful Sega CD add on for the popular Sega Genesis, and got its butt kicked here in North America. In about a year the Turbo Duo would quietly called it quits and NEC and TTI discontinued all their Turbo based products.

The Duo is still a unbelievable system for any collector though and anybody who is curious about the Turbo Grafx and Super CD-ROM2 games would be a fool to skip by this system. One cool feature is that the Duo will Save your data to the machine if the game has that option available so you don't need to buy a Turbo Booster Plus just to record your information unlike the Turbo Grafx-16. The list of cool features for the Duo don't end there because the Turbo Duo will also play all those Japanese Super CD-ROM2 games too if you get bored by the North American releases. It still can't play PC Engine card games unless you have a converter so don't start buying imports right away unless you're sure it's a CD. If you are looking for the ultimate Turbo system the Duo has it all!

Turbo Duo Rating: 82/100 I can play so many games on this system, it's great!
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Rare Scale: 5/10 A great unit for the ultimate Turbo collector but it's sure a tough find, a lot of stores didn't carry them.

COOL TURBODUO TOYS
The Duo Arcade card
To play certain Duo Arcade games like Fatal Fury Special, World Heroes 2, and others, you need this 2M ram upgrade card to play them. It's fully compatible with the Canadian (North American unit I mean) and Japanese Duo units.

Star Soldier's TOP FIVE (Duo games only)
1. Lords of Thunder
2. Gates of Thunder 3 in 1
3. Syd Mead's Terraforming
4. Forgotten Worlds
5. Prince of Persia

DUO Super CD games: The Complete North American List	Rarity (1 is common, 5 is rare)	*ebay*
Beyond Shadowgate Bonk 3 CD Camp California Cotton Dragon Slayer Dungeon Explorer II Dungeon Master Dynastic Hero Exile Wicked Phenomenon Forgotten Worlds Gates of Thunder 3 in 1 disc Godzilla Implode (a 2002 release) Insanity (a 2009 release) John Madden Duo Football Loom Lords of Thunder Metero Blaster DX (a 2004 release) Mysterious Song (a 2012 release) Prince of Persia Pyramid Plunder (a 2013 release) Revival Chase (a 2013 release) Riot Zone Shadow of the Beast Shape Shifter Sherlock Holmes II Sim Earth Super Air Zonk Syd Mead's Terraforming	4 5 2 4 2 4 3 5 4 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4

Rarest Duo games:
Some of these games have been known to pass the hundred dollar mark on auction sites.
Beyond Shadowgate
Bonk III Bonk's Big Adventure
Cotton
Dungeon Explorer II
Dynastic Hero (This game had a very low production run)
Metero Blaster DX
Super Air Zonk
Syd Mead's Terra Forming