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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Re: Game of the Month: October 2025 - Space Invaders: Fukkatsu No Hi
« Last post by _joshuaTurbo on Today at 09:00:49 AM »That's a great option! Super fun and easy to pick up!!
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Turbo/PCE Game/Tool Development / Re: Translating Necros Fortress
« Last post by washbear on Today at 04:21:59 AM »The 4th scenario is now fully playable. Three left...
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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Game of the Month: October 2025 - Space Invaders: Fukkatsu No Hi
« Last post by geise on October 08, 2025, 10:02:10 PM »SPACE INVADERS
FUKKATSU NO HI
FUKKATSU NO HI
So it's October and the spooky games left for Halloween aren't that great so now it's ALIENS! So here we are with Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi ("Space Invaders: Day of Resurrection"). It is a PC Engine exclusive variant of Taito's classic. This has an "original mode", which plays identically to the original Arcade version and includes a hidden setting that plays the game in black and white monochrome, Fukkatsu no Hi also includes a "Space Invaders Plus" mode which includes more contemporary 16-bit graphics and power-ups earned from destroying UFOs. The player's ship can also take several hits before being destroyed, but generally has less cover to hide behind. Time to kill some Aliens. Enjoy!
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / PC Engine LT lcd repair or upgrade?
« Last post by stef_roll on October 08, 2025, 04:51:15 AM »Just had this unit recapped but didn't solve the issue of the screen not showing a picture (powers up as I can see a backlight, also audio works) then I connected it to an IFU and (composite) video works on a TV also swapped the lcd monitor to a working unit and picture comes up fine although it shows stain all around the screen so it's not good anyway. Then I inspected the main board around the top left and notice it's been reworked before and probably not in the best way in particular T500 coil cap is broken and the windings are discontinued so considering all the above I am not sure trying a repair would be the best option at this time as I would need an original lcd and a good T500 transformer. So I would lean towards upgrading to a modern display which if I understand correctly would bypass all the lcd related circuitries so two birds with one stone but not sure how to proceed as I can't find a tutorial for the upgrade. So I am open to suggestions or I might even sell the thing as is, it's slightly yellowed has a nice box and original adapter.
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: PCE LT No Display
« Last post by stef_roll on October 08, 2025, 04:02:16 AM »Well guess what? You guys are about to know if the substitute works! I broke the t500 transformer while trying to fix a junk pce gt. I sure as heck hope this works!
I guess it didn't work?
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: GT Capacitor pad and trace nuked
« Last post by Keith Courage on October 07, 2025, 04:02:26 AM »The pad looks fine in your pictures. The 2nd pic, where you have the lines drawn in, are the correct places to bridge a wire to fix a bad pad. Just lightly scrape off the green to expose copper to solder to.
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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Re: The TRBO 50?
« Last post by _joshuaTurbo on October 06, 2025, 03:01:27 PM »That's a lovely list, but really I wasn't asking what your top 50 PCE/Turbo games are. 
I'd have to think what my actual top 50 would be, probably just be all sports games
I'd have to think what my actual top 50 would be, probably just be all sports games
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / GT Capacitor pad and trace nuked
« Last post by opticalnoise on October 05, 2025, 10:00:11 PM »I got a GT and found during the recap process that the negative pad for capacitor CC703 was destroyed by either corrosion, me, or both. Below is an image from the retrosix.wiki showing exactly what went wrong. The area circled in red is completely gone and the area in yellow has been lifted up but is still hanging by a thread. I'm terrible at reading schematics but it looks like this pad needs to connect to two different areas on the board. One is a larger ground area, possibly, and the other is a pin on the 6280 chip.
I tried to replace the caps using the SMD kit but I think that may have been a mistake. I suspect I will need one or more wires to connect to the ground plane (if that term is correct) and also the 6280 pin. If I do wire it, my first guess is something like this, one color per wire, going straight to the negative side of the cap:
I'm new to this type of repair and I'd appreciate some advice so I don't mess this up any more. All the other caps have been replaced and currently the system powers on and goes to a white screen. Prior to the recap, games did boot every 3rd or 4th try and the screen was very dim and flickered and sound was extremely low. The screen also didn't respond much to the contrast wheel. Now the screen is very bright and responds well to the contrast wheel, but I have no sound either from speaker or headphone port and games clearly aren't booting.
I tried to replace the caps using the SMD kit but I think that may have been a mistake. I suspect I will need one or more wires to connect to the ground plane (if that term is correct) and also the 6280 pin. If I do wire it, my first guess is something like this, one color per wire, going straight to the negative side of the cap:
I'm new to this type of repair and I'd appreciate some advice so I don't mess this up any more. All the other caps have been replaced and currently the system powers on and goes to a white screen. Prior to the recap, games did boot every 3rd or 4th try and the screen was very dim and flickered and sound was extremely low. The screen also didn't respond much to the contrast wheel. Now the screen is very bright and responds well to the contrast wheel, but I have no sound either from speaker or headphone port and games clearly aren't booting.
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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Re: The TRBO 50?
« Last post by seieienbu on October 05, 2025, 11:55:04 AM »My top 50 TG16 games list. These are all US releases and honestly I had to cut a few games that I really like/have enjoyed for decades. So, I included Valis 2 and 3, Cosmic Fantasy 2, and Dragon's Curse without including Valis 1, CF1, or Bikkuriman World. Does that go against the rules of the list?
"Why no PC Engine games!?" That's an interesting question you've asked there, strawman! There are obviously a ton of great PCE games, maybe I'll make a top 50 list of those later.
Turbo Chip Games:
Air Zonk
Alien Crush
Blazing Lazers
Bloody Wolf
Bomberman
Bomberman '93
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Revenge
Cadash
Devil's Crush
Double Dungeons
Dragon's Curse
Dungeon Explorer
Fantasy Zone
Final Lap Twin
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Magical Chase
Military Madness
Neutopia
Neutopia II
New Adventure Island
Ninja Spirit
Parasol Stars
R-Type
Shockman
Soldier Blade
Splatterhouse
The Legendary Axe
The Legendary Axe II
CD Games:
Buster Bros
Cosmic Fantasy 2
Exile
Last Alert
Valis 2
Valis 3
Ys 1+2
Ys 3
Super CD:
Beyond Shadowgate
Cotton
Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes
Dungeon Explorer 2
Dynastic Hero
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Forgotten Worlds
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Super Air Zonk
Terraforming
"Why no PC Engine games!?" That's an interesting question you've asked there, strawman! There are obviously a ton of great PCE games, maybe I'll make a top 50 list of those later.
Turbo Chip Games:
Air Zonk
Alien Crush
Blazing Lazers
Bloody Wolf
Bomberman
Bomberman '93
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Revenge
Cadash
Devil's Crush
Double Dungeons
Dragon's Curse
Dungeon Explorer
Fantasy Zone
Final Lap Twin
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
Magical Chase
Military Madness
Neutopia
Neutopia II
New Adventure Island
Ninja Spirit
Parasol Stars
R-Type
Shockman
Soldier Blade
Splatterhouse
The Legendary Axe
The Legendary Axe II
CD Games:
Buster Bros
Cosmic Fantasy 2
Exile
Last Alert
Valis 2
Valis 3
Ys 1+2
Ys 3
Super CD:
Beyond Shadowgate
Cotton
Dragon Slayer: Legend of Heroes
Dungeon Explorer 2
Dynastic Hero
Exile: Wicked Phenomenon
Forgotten Worlds
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Super Air Zonk
Terraforming
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: Composite interference? White PCE in briefcase
« Last post by opticalnoise on October 04, 2025, 02:12:14 AM »Hi everyone I wanted to share an update on how I've resolved this for anyone else who comes across this and has a similar problem. In short, Keith was right. It was the power supply that was the problem. I found a compatible power adapter from console5 by Triad Magnetics that cost a couple bucks more than the ebay generic adapter I was using before and all the interference lines immediately went away. So if anyone else has a problem like this, I highly recommend just buying a properly built and fully grounded adapter like the one I picked up. Stick to reputable sellers that specialize in retro game console related stuff and don't try to save money on a generic one!