prototype code names for TurboExpress / PC Engine GT

[AM2forever]

There were alot of code names for the TurboExpress / PC Engine GT before it got it's final release consumer name. some of which, I am unaware of.

the names I do know of for the TurboExpress are:

P.C. Engine 3
774
Handy-Grafx
Game Tank


(P.C. Engine 3 name came from Quarterman, EGM  #8, page 26.  the P.C. Engine 2 is the SuperGrafx in FYI)

(project name 774 is mentioned in EGM #9 page 39)

(Handy-Grafx and Game Tank is mentioned in Quarterman, EGM #12 page 20. the Game Tank name stuck,  as PC Engine GT is Game Tank)

IIRC, and my memory on this is very hazy, a 1990 issue of VG&CE (Video Games & Computer Entertainment) had a full feature on the Turbo Express / PC Engine GT.
(picture of the cover)


I believe the name Game Tank is mentioned, and perhaps also Handy-Grafx as well.    btw "Handy" was the original name of the Atari Lynx. the Lynx was developed by Epyx
from 1985 to 1987 under the code name 'Handy' before Ataru bought the rights to it in 1988 and released it as the Lynx in late 1989.

I like the name Handy-Grafx the most as it fits with the rest of NEC-Hudson's line. TurboGrafx, SuperGrafx, CoreGrafx, HandyGrafx

Any other known names for TurboExpress that I haven't mentioned?

[PCEngineFX]

Thanks for the post - I didn't know about most of those code names....pretty interesting!

[AM2forever]

the VG&CE article on the PC Engine GT / Turbo Express

this one: