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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: Lord Thag on April 21, 2008, 07:26:44 AM

Title: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: Lord Thag on April 21, 2008, 07:26:44 AM: Let me tell you a story:

Long, long ago when dinosaurs walked the earth, and people still dressed in polyester, I had a Turbografx 16. It took my town forever to even sell the darn things, but I'd always wanted one ever since the egm review of Legendary Axe. My folks were kind of poor, and not very into the video game thing, but my brother picked one up at Toys R Us right before the Turby got the royal boot from the marketplace. A system and ten games for about $70. The dummy hated it. Lucky for me, he loved the SNES, which I loathed, and so we traded systems. Ha!

I fell in love with the thing right off. Games like Legendary Axe II, Silent Debuggers, and Military madness became beloved classics I returned to time and time again. There were never very many games in the small town where I lived, but I grabbed all of them I could. I played the system for about a decade, before real life drew me on to other interests.

With the dawn of the new millenium, I sold off a bunch of my old game stuff. Must have been the post Y2K hysteria. I was an idiot. The Turby was the last to go, to a guy I met at a game store who five years later, became one of my best friends. I always regretted selling the system. I never tried to get another one because I figured I'd never be able to track down all the cool stuff I'd lost. I kept my old Atari stuff, and started collecting that.

Until a week ago, that is. The same friend I'd sold my deck hooked me up with a HUGE pile of hucards (I'll post details later). I also recently managed to find a system, a Turbo Express, and about ten games on my own. Basically, I'm going from zero to a full on collection in one fell swoop! Awesome. I also scored a Coregrafx II off of evilbay to play all of the cheap PC-Engine cards.

I'm a long-time collector of the older 8-bit systems, but I never really much liked the 16-bit stuff. Neither the Genesis or the SNES ever really captured my attention, though I played them back in the day. I'd forgotten all about the TG-16 until recently, and I find myself playing it constantly now. There are so many unique and different games on it, and it's shooter heaven (which is a genre I'd almost forgotten about). I'm loving it. I guess I finally found a '16'-bit system that I really like.

Anyways, nice to meet all of you. I'll post my swesome score in a couple of weeks when I get the details worked out. :D
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: Necromancer on April 21, 2008, 08:18:36 AM: Welcome aboard; it's always nice to hear of a fellow Turbonaut's triumphant return to gaming goodness. Gaming on the PCE/TG-16 (or as you lovingly call it, Turby 8) ) is always a blast and an experience not easily forgotten.

Quote from: Lord Thag on April 21, 2008, 07:26:44 AM
swesome

Half sweet, half awesome hybrid? :lol:
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: nat on April 21, 2008, 08:19:14 AM: Welcome to the community!
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: Arjak on April 21, 2008, 09:40:40 AM: Ditto, and may your stay be a pleasant one!
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: Turbo D on April 21, 2008, 10:50:13 AM: thats a great story dude! welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: Lord Thag on April 21, 2008, 12:53:53 PM: Quote
Half sweet, half awesome hybrid?

I see the grammar police are out in force :lol: Actually, my fingers are sore from playing too much Legendary Axe. 8)

Thanks for the welcome guys. I'll definately be around. Especially since I can access this site from work....
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: TR0N on April 21, 2008, 06:05:48 PM: Welcome to the site sounds like your typical thing with the TG16.

Had it sold it then got it back again sounds like what i went through.

Have fun getting back into it just don't be surpise at the current value,these days for games on the TG16.
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: rag-time4 on April 21, 2008, 10:40:34 PM: Quote from: Lord Thag on April 21, 2008, 12:53:53 PM
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Half sweet, half awesome hybrid?

I see the grammar police are out in force :lol: Actually, my fingers are sore from playing too much Legendary Axe. 8)

Thanks for the welcome guys. I'll definately be around. Especially since I can access this site from work....

Calling Ceti Alpha... we have another no-name quoter here!

Swagger jacker alert!! (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=swagger+jacker)

By the way, welcome Lord Thag!! :lol: :twisted:
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: ceti alpha on April 22, 2008, 01:57:52 AM: Quote
Calling Ceti Alpha... we have another no-name quoter here!

lolmax!! ---- I was going to add the name to your quote, but old habits are hard to break. :P

...and the Urban Dictionary is hilarious.

Welcome Lord Thag! :mrgreen: That was an awesome story. I look forward to hearing about your insta-collection. =P~

I find it hilarious how passionate we NEC console lovers are.
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: esteban on April 22, 2008, 02:41:02 AM: Welcome, Thord Lag!
Title: Re: Saying hello to an old friend
Post by: doczoidberg on April 23, 2008, 03:33:04 PM: I used to love the TG-16 around the early 90s....
I got on board late in the game -- the system was only 100 bucks by the time I ordered one from Sears.

Since I was only about 11 or 12 at the time, I was very limited in what TG-16 games I could get; never even tried a CD game...until years later, when E-Bay, and adulthood, made all things possible.

E-Bay has also enabled me to get ahold of a TG-16 once again, as well. My original Turbografx was smashed to bits by some jerk who burglarized my home when I was about 14.

I STILL would love to try a Turbo Express....