First fourth-generation videogame console
- Who
- TurboGrafx-16
- What
- First
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 1987
The first fourth-generation console and first 16-bit console was the TurboGrafx-16, manufactured by Japanese firm NEC in 1987.
A year later, the TurboGrafx-16 became the first videogame console to play CD-ROMs upon the release of the PC-Engine CD-ROM² add-on.