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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: jelloslug on November 11, 2012, 10:50:29 AM

Title: Cool old letter I found
Post by: jelloslug on November 11, 2012, 10:50:29 AM
I was going through some old stuff and I found this old letter from NEC from when I sent some rebate in for a free game long, long ago.

(http://jelloslug.com/TG-16/Turbo letter.JPG)

I'll scan it later for a more clear copy.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: psychobear on November 11, 2012, 10:54:20 AM
2 days before my 5th birthday... Did you use the coupons?
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on November 11, 2012, 11:50:37 AM
It's a shame someone cut out a piece of that old letter.  It'd probably be worth more if it was completely intact! :D

Seriously though, I wonder if I have any old letters laying around.  I think I still have one or 2 from Nintendo.  I may have one that I got where I was allowed to send in Champions Forever in exchange for another game(chose Monster Lair, I forget what others were on the list) due to them not mentioning on the retail box that it required the Turbo Booster for better audio quality, or something like that.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: galam on November 11, 2012, 12:45:04 PM
I had letters from Broderbund and Sunsoft rejecting my NES game ideas sometime around 1989. Guess they didn't want to hear from a 13 year old. Wish I kept them.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: Nec.Game.head on November 11, 2012, 12:58:43 PM
Dang that letter is epic !!! It must have felt so cool to receive a letter telling you that you got a free TurboChip game from Nec Technologies inc !!!
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: jelloslug on November 11, 2012, 02:12:03 PM
2 days before my 5th birthday... Did you use the coupons?

Yep.  I got a number of the rebate checks for various items too.  I also have a very generic letter that was included with the replacement TurboTap that I sent in for a warranty claim.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: rrob78 on November 13, 2012, 03:00:47 AM
Thats Crazy!
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: roflmao on November 13, 2012, 01:52:51 PM
Very cool.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: kazekirifx on November 13, 2012, 01:54:06 PM
What game was it?
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: 420GOAT on November 13, 2012, 03:18:45 PM
sweet! i wish i got shit for my tg-16. at 13 i was winning shirts from pirate radio in LA.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: jelloslug on November 14, 2012, 12:20:27 AM
What game was it?

I think it was either The Legendary Axe or Victory Run.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: Arkhan on November 14, 2012, 03:33:02 AM
I had letters from Broderbund and Sunsoft rejecting my NES game ideas sometime around 1989. Guess they didn't want to hear from a 13 year old. Wish I kept them.

I sent one to Konami once. 

I'm convinced they stole it and made Castlevania games out of the ideas.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: TurboCro on November 14, 2012, 04:28:40 AM
Nice find. A reminder of life before teh interwebz and polygons.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: Joe Redifer on November 14, 2012, 04:50:11 PM
What game was it?

I think it was either The Legendary Axe or Victory Run.

Was it card-only or was it boxed mint/complete/new/sealed/VGA rated A++?
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: galam on November 14, 2012, 11:18:51 PM
I had letters from Broderbund and Sunsoft rejecting my NES game ideas sometime around 1989. Guess they didn't want to hear from a 13 year old. Wish I kept them.

I sent one to Konami once. 

I'm convinced they stole it and made Castlevania games out of the ideas.

Well, mine turned into Battle of Olympus
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: reno5 on November 15, 2012, 12:41:50 AM
Great find.

Only contact i had with NEC back then was calling them to get info on the TG-CD since i didn't found any in the store around my place. My english back then was soooooooo bad. Not sure she understood me at all :)
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: kazekirifx on November 15, 2012, 11:42:24 AM
I remember calling their tip line to get the code to play Bomberman on the 3-in-1 CD. Later the number for the tip line became the number for some telephone company, and I would frequently bother them to ask for codes for games which they'd never heard of.
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: jelloslug on November 16, 2012, 12:26:31 AM
What game was it?
I think it was either The Legendary Axe or Victory Run.

Was it card-only or was it boxed mint/complete/new/sealed/VGA rated A++?
It was sealed, complete and I would estimate that it was a Turbo Star Rating of at least 9000
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: Nec.Game.head on November 16, 2012, 07:08:02 AM
@420GOAT ... Pirate radio and KNAC were the very best metal stations in the so cal LA area of all time !!! Damn I truly miss those ol days !!! lol I missed out on all the cool Turbo stuff back then, and also missed out on winning a Pirate radio T-shirt !!! But I still have my KNAC bumper stickers !!! All this talk about metal is making want to rock out and head bang to some Lords Of Thunder audio tracks !!!  ](*,)
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: esteban on November 16, 2012, 11:39:14 AM
jelloslug: love that letter! SCAN THAT SUCKER.

Wait, I see I have some PM's. You might have already scanned it. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)

Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: Necromancer on November 19, 2012, 05:54:37 AM
Heh, that's great and thanks for sharing.  I'd say we should all be packrats and keep similar current stuff just in case we're hanging around PS3/360/Wii forums in twenty years, but nah.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Cool old letter I found
Post by: esteban on November 19, 2012, 12:05:09 PM
Heh, that's great and thanks for sharing.  I'd say we should all be packrats and keep similar current stuff just in case we're hanging around PS3/360/Wii forums in twenty years, but nah.  :mrgreen:

hahahahhahahhahahhaha. YOU KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN.