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Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on December 30, 2015, 04:42:56 AM
Found this little snippet and thought I'd share it.  Pretty cool.  Hit Movie and a TG-16, probably his best year ever.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/evilevo8/media/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png.html)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 3_zpsfcgr7aon.png) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/evilevo8/media/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 3_zpsfcgr7aon.png.html)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 2_zpsqnl3ugjq.png) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/evilevo8/media/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 2_zpsqnl3ugjq.png.html)

Video Here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzLnBt_zv_8
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on December 30, 2015, 05:34:20 AM
Never thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off! :lol:


Actually my custom search engine was set 6YOB's MAX but somehow this older fellow snuck past my filters.    I will have a chat with my NAMBLA web master after I get off work :roll:.  Even IF I did ever go that old, I heard Michael busted him wide open so why bother :-$.
(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/33500000/Michael-And-Godfather-Of-His-Two-Older-Chidren-Macaulay-Culkin-michael-jackson-33528248-314-399.jpg)
(http://media0.giphy.com/media/dFOnFbHthYDHG/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Desh on December 30, 2015, 05:42:34 AM
Now that's pretty freakin cool.  "It's better than Nintendo."
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Necromancer on December 30, 2015, 07:06:46 AM
The kid had taste.... maybe.  It plays out more like paid product placement than real interest.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: toymachine78 on December 30, 2015, 07:10:17 AM
It was definitely all downhill for him from there.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: jtucci31 on December 30, 2015, 07:36:15 AM
He even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games :lol:
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: toymachine78 on December 30, 2015, 07:46:52 AM
He even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games (https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji38.png)
Maybe that's the true identity of Tool.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: technozombie on December 30, 2015, 09:37:11 AM
Just in case you were wondering how Kevin turned out as an adult.

https://youtu.be/yh7-wAy_8ss
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ccovell on December 30, 2015, 10:10:00 AM
Macaulay is such a turncoat:
(http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: BigusSchmuck on December 30, 2015, 10:14:11 AM
He's gone Turbo. Or did at least.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Necromancer on December 30, 2015, 10:30:47 AM
Macaulay is such a turncoat:

The bastard!  I guess his Turbob love was just lust, lasting only a year or two.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on December 30, 2015, 10:49:29 AM
Macaulay is such a turncoat:
(http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)



He saw the writing on the wall.  Once those Mode 7 FX hit his beautiful baby blues it was all over.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: technozombie on December 30, 2015, 12:21:28 PM
He's gone Turbo. Or did at least.
Is this a double entendre?
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Punch on December 30, 2015, 01:56:57 PM
He even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games (https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji38.png)
Maybe that's the true identity of Tool.
:lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Warbucks on December 30, 2015, 03:25:23 PM
This thread is full of awesomeness
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ginoscope on December 31, 2015, 02:08:37 AM
This thread is full of awesomeness

Agreed Arsenio looks so creepy in that video lol.
Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on December 31, 2015, 02:25:22 AM
If you look at the bottom-right corner of this advertisement, you'll see that NEC did very little to build on McCallister's endorsement:

"...his primary goal in life is to get his own TurboGrafx-16 Video Game System."

http://archives.tg-16.com/archive-two/TP-06-31.gif

From:
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0006.htm#p30

If anyone can find the original New York Times Newswire article the the blurb is allegedly from, I will hug you.




Macaulay is such a turncoat:
(http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)


Well, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste. :)

Of course, even I couldn't resist the charm of Vanilla Ice back then.


Found this little snippet and thought I'd share it.  Pretty cool.  Hit Movie and a TG-16, probably his best year ever.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/evilevo8/media/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png.html)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 3_zpsfcgr7aon.png) (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/evilevo8/media/Video Game Stuff/Kevin Turbo Grafx 3_zpsfcgr7aon.png.html)


This is the greatest thing you have ever done. Thank you. :)

I use to watch Arsenio Hall all the time, but I never ever ever never knew that TG-16 made an appearance. Damn.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Jason_dicarlo85 on January 01, 2016, 02:06:27 AM
That was fun to watch.. Thank you guys.
In a few short years he would be home alone with herion
Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on January 01, 2016, 03:52:05 AM
"I never did get a chance to play Timeball on my TurboGrafx. I try not to think about it. But...it is one of the few regrets I have to this day."

—New Yorker Magazine (2004 interview)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: grolt on January 01, 2016, 06:50:21 AM
I love seeing stuff like this.  I wonder if his best friend Solomon is still a Turbo fan?  Is he on these message boards?  Has he found his key yet?
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Sparky on January 01, 2016, 10:22:56 AM
Never thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off! :lol:

Haha. But yes a cool share.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: NightWolve on January 01, 2016, 12:36:01 PM
Never thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off! :lol:

Heh-heh. But purty cool find, didn't know the system got a plug by him and the show.

Well, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste. :)

I smirked at that too. ;)

(https://s5.postimg.cc/d1wdx4013/Should_Have_Stuck_With_NEC.jpg)

AND he lost Mila Kunis who put up with him for years...

EDIT: Pretty funny cameo he appeared in courtesy of Tats' OBEY FB channel.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: johnnykonami on January 01, 2016, 03:19:36 PM
I wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3. ???
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on January 02, 2016, 04:04:32 AM

I wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3. ???


Yeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
http://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06


LA Kings
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08


Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: johnnykonami on January 02, 2016, 05:34:29 AM
Yeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
http://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06


LA Kings
http://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08


Ah, right, I have those two mags too.  I forgot about those ones, unsurprisingly.  I wasn't even sure what kind of sportsball the LA Kings played, honestly!  Turns out its hockey, not something I know a lot about anyway.  I remember Green Jelly from MTV back in the day but the one song I remember (something about the big bad wolf) didn't make it into my continuous Turbo Party Hits playlist.  Though now it should.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: lukester on January 02, 2016, 05:38:43 AM
Impractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Sennachereb on January 02, 2016, 06:55:25 AM
This was very cool! Thanks for sharing. I will torture my wife with it before she subjects me to the anniversary edition of Home Alone that she got for Christmas.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: grolt on January 02, 2016, 06:59:41 AM
Haha, I used to love GREEN JELLY as a kid back in the day.  Pretty hurting endorsement, though, really.  That was the best they could do?  At least the Turbo Express showed up in ENEMY OF THE STATE.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on January 02, 2016, 07:15:30 AM
Impractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php


That's great. I know it is only one line, but it is precious. Ha!


"Q: What else did you do as kids?

A: Sal: We also played video games like “Bonk.” “Bonk” (featuring a bald caveman) had a huge head and would smash bananas. I recently bought (the game system) on ebay for $52 so we could play again. It was called something like TurboGrafx-16."


I wonder if Bonk's Adventure and/or Bonk's Revenge was the top-seller for TG-16...