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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: deathgyunos on June 08, 2006, 12:43:31 PM

Title: hello.
Post by: deathgyunos on June 08, 2006, 12:43:31 PM: i'm new here, obviously, and i'm still also fairly new to the whole turbografx scene. my older brother gave me his a few years ago just on a whim and it came with six games.

initially i just played splatterhouse but then i checked out the others. alien crush, keith courage, china warrior, turrican and world class baseball. one by one i was swept away by each game...ones my brother says he never even played.

he bought it for splatterhouse, and that was fine with me. i've just recently started to expand what is now my library and i'm looking for people that share my enthusiasm for the coolest systems ever, as well as some that can fill me in on some good games in the proper forum.

thank you for your time, and goodnight.
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Post by: grahf on June 08, 2006, 02:21:06 PM: Welcome. Im new here myself, but its a pretty helpful forum. A little slow, but good.
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Post by: Keranu on June 08, 2006, 06:04:37 PM: Welcome to the Turbo Grafx 16 scene, it's truely most wonderful! :D
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Post by: TR0N on June 08, 2006, 08:25:10 PM: Welcome to the site just keep your... eye on the pocket book and you should be ok :wink:
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Post by: Keranu on June 08, 2006, 08:29:39 PM: Yes, as Tron said, keep a very close eye on your money because Turbo collecting is known to be addictive and can cause massive money loss :lol: .
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Post by: deathgyunos on June 09, 2006, 04:38:04 AM: no kidding. i just bought three games and i'm starting a little ebay shop to save up for a duo. i wanna deal in turbografx stuff specifically ^_^. i'll have other stuff too though.
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Post by: Ninja Spirit on June 09, 2006, 05:25:08 AM: Turbografx 16's Japanese alter ego won't put as much big of a crater in your wallet.
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Post by: deathgyunos on June 09, 2006, 05:55:42 AM: yeah. i noticed the pc engines going for like $40. but other than as a collector's item those are kinda useless and i couldn't play anything on it, whether it's my inability to comprehend japanese, or the system's inability to play american hucards.
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Post by: Ninja Spirit on June 09, 2006, 08:55:16 AM: A PC Engine without a A/V booster is usless maybe, but if it did, 40 is a pretty damn good deal. Don't let the language barrier get to you man, you'll be missing out on tight ass shooters and action platformers with some killer music that never made it to TG16.
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Post by: sunteam_paul on June 09, 2006, 09:13:24 AM: Quote from: "deathgyunos"
yeah. i noticed the pc engines going for like $40. but other than as a collector's item those are kinda useless and i couldn't play anything on it, whether it's my inability to comprehend japanese, or the system's inability to play american hucards.

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Japanese PC Engine is essential. Really.
ESSENTIAL
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Post by: rolins on June 09, 2006, 09:37:36 AM: Quote from: "deathgyunos"
yeah. i noticed the pc engines going for like $40. but other than as a collector's item those are kinda useless and i couldn't play anything on it, whether it's my inability to comprehend japanese, or the system's inability to play american hucards.

The TG16 only has a handful of games compared to the PCE library. With the exception of the RPGs and digial comic games (such as Snatcher and Cobra), knowing japanese is not required. Besides, the PCE got all the best games that were never released on hucard and cd-rom format.
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Post by: deathgyunos on June 09, 2006, 10:13:10 AM: i know all that. i've been rummaging around through various sites with info on NEC's systems for the past week now before i found here. out of like 1,000 games we got like 140. i'll look into it, maybe i'd get a kick out of it...but i'm not much for import games.
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Post by: Ninja Spirit on June 09, 2006, 11:50:33 AM: Oh ho, (speaking from my experience) once you go import, you'll NEVER turn back. :P Mark my word.

Pretty soon you'll be eatin' them words.
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Post by: deathgyunos on June 09, 2006, 12:59:58 PM: lol. maybe i'll pick one up next month if that guy's still selling them. it would be kinda cool to just have one at least.
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Post by: Dark Fact on June 10, 2006, 04:39:52 AM: No CD add-on yet? Get it! And start stocking up on Turbo CD games. They're what made the Turbo! 8)

Riddle me this: if Deathgyunos was a god, why did he fall before Prettz's Murasame so easily? :wink:
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Post by: esteban on June 15, 2006, 07:04:30 AM: First, welcome deathyunos.

Second, everybody is telling you what you should do, and they mean the best (really, they do), but here's my advice:

You'll be happy grabbing the cheap U.S. HuCards for now. You already have the system, so it makes sense. Plus, you appreciate the HuCard games (some folks are biased towards the CD games, which I think is a shame). There are many cheap U.S. games you can buy while you save up your $$$.

Later, you can decide if you want to pick up Japanese CD system.

You see, if you have TG-16 + Japanese CD system (there are many options), you'll be able to play nearly ALL games!

I know you said you are not interested in imports, but there are tons of games with little or no language barrier. And, if you're mainly interested in RPG's, as I seem to recall you saying, then maybe you'll be curious about some of the fan-translated RPG's... and the extensive walk-thrus some RPG's have.
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Post by: Keranu on June 15, 2006, 06:07:33 PM: Shame on people who say such harsh things about HuCards. If you are a true old skool gamer, you'll appreciate HuCards just as much, if not more, than CD games. The way I look at it is that HuCard games are designed more for replay and fun, while CD games focus more on epics. :)
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Post by: TR0N on June 15, 2006, 06:26:33 PM: PCE>Saturn

Realy you will be missing out if you don't invest in imports.

That's where the system realy shines in... terms of it's qaulity of it's library in games.

Sure the selection in the, TG16 isn't bad but 'afther you get what you want... you will be wanting more and the, PCE selection realy fills that void.
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Post by: Keranu on June 15, 2006, 06:32:37 PM: Ahh, the joys of discovering the different formats of the Turbo :) . I had a really fun time myself discovering the platform.