HuCard

E744873

HuCard is a thin, credit card–sized ROM cartridge used to store and play games on NEC’s TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine video game consoles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HuCard canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ROM cartridge
game card
video game storage medium
alsoKnownAs PC Engine game card
TurboChip
linked to: TurboExpress
associatedWithBrand PC Engine
linked to: PC Engine CoreGrafx

TurboGrafx-16
category game console accessory
video game hardware
compatibleWith TurboGrafx-16 console
linked to: TurboGrafx-16

most PC Engine consoles
connectsTo PC Engine cartridge slot
TurboGrafx-16 cartridge slot
countryOfOrigin Japan
dataAccessMethod parallel ROM access
developer Hudson Soft
fileSystem none (direct ROM access)
generation fourth-generation video game console era
hasComponent edge connector
encapsulated ROM chip
introducedBy Hudson Soft and NEC
linked to: Hudson Soft
introducedFor PC Engine home console
manufacturer Hudson Soft
NEC
marketedAs TurboChip in North America
mediaType solid-state game cartridge
notableFeature credit card–like appearance
solid-state, no moving parts
very thin cartridge form factor
platform PC Engine
linked to: TurboGrafx-16

PC Engine CoreGrafx
PC Engine Duo
TurboDuo
TurboGrafx-16
powerSource powered by console cartridge slot
shape rectangular
size credit card–sized
storageMedium ROM
successor Arcade CD-ROM² format
Super CD-ROM² format
thickness thin
usedFor playing games on PC Engine
playing games on TurboGrafx-16
storing video game software
usedInRegion Japan
North America

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TurboGrafx-16 mediaFormat HuCard
TurboExpress mediaFormat HuCard