Another new guy just signing on to this great site!

[Bardoly]

My registration finally got approved, so today is my first day for posting here, although I've been lurking for a few months.

I live in the Chicago-land area, and my personal TurboGrafx history follows:

I had a friend back around '90 who had a TurboGrafx-16 and I would see his great games (Cadash, Alien Crush, etc...), and I always wanted to get a TurboGrafx, but I just didn't have the funds.  I would even play Keith Courage or whatever sample game that any retail stores in my area had on display, and I would drool over all of the 'neat' TurboGrafx-16 games and such.  (All that I had experience with at the time was Atari and NES.)  Then around '95 or so after I had a job, I picked up a TurboGrafx-16 system and about 20 games (most has the jewel case and instruction manual).  I don't remember all of the games that I had, but I think that I had 2 CIB copies of Tonma and a CIB copy of Magical Chase - just kidding.  Actually I know that I had Order of the Griffen, Cadash, Galaga '90, Drop Off, Tricky Kick, Legendary Axe, Ghost Manor, Blazing Lasers, Victory Run, Sidearms, Double Dungeons, Final Lap Twin, Dungeon Explorer, Deep Blue, Neutopia, Neutopia II, and Keith Courage, but I can't remember the rest.  I never could find a 5-player adapter or extra controllers, so everything stayed 1-player.  Then, in '97, I boxed everything up for a while.  Not long after the Gameboy Advance came out, I became enamored with it, but I just didn't have the cash at the time, so I made a stupid trade around 2000.  I traded my entire TurboGrafx collection to someone for a new Game Boy Advance with a new copy of Advance Wars and one other game, the title escapes me right now.    Now, I'm mentally kicking myself over that trade.  About a 15 months ago or so, I decided to get back into retro gaming, and I really missed my TurboGrafx, so I eBayed some stuff, found a few things at a used video game store, and just yesterday picked up about another 17 HuCard games at a local Chicago-area convention, so now my TurboGrafx collection stands as follows:

HuCard, Jewel Case, Instruction Manual, Retail Box
HC, JC, IM, RB - All non-HuCard only have a HuCard sleeve as well, but all of my HuCard-only are lacking sleeves.

TurboGrafx-16 - I have the base TurboGrafx-16 model with the back cover, A/C adapter, RF switch, Turbo Tap, and 5 controllers.

HC,JC,IM,RB - Aero Blasters
HC             - Air Zonk
HC,JC,IM,RB - Ballistix
HC,JC,IM     - Alien Crush
HC,JC,IM,RB - Battle Royale
HC,JC,IM     - Blazing Lasers
HC,JC,IM,RB - Bloody Wolf
HC,JC,IM     - Bonk's Adventure
HC             - Bonk's Revenge
HC             - Bravoman
HC,JC,IM     - Cadash
HC,JC,IM     - Champions Forever Boxing (black label HuCard)
HC,JC,IM     - China Warrior
HC,JC,IM     - Cratermaze
HC,JC,IM     - Cyber Core
HC,JC,IM     - Devil's Crush
HC,JC,IM     - Double Dungeons
HC,JC,IM     - Dragon Spirit
HC             - Dragon's Curse
HC,JC,IM     - Drop Off
HC,JC,IM     - Dungeon Explorer
HC,JC,IM     - Fantasy Zone
HC,JC,IM     - Falcon
HC,JC,IM,RB - Final Lap Twin
HC,JC,IM     - Galaga '90
HC,JC,IM     - Gunboat
HC, ? ,IM,RB - Hit the Ice (Did this game come with a Jewel Case?)
HC,JC,IM,RB - Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf
HC,JC,IM     - JJ & Jeff
HC,JC,IM     - Keith Courage in Alpha Zones
HC,JC,IM     - King of Casino
HC,JC,IM     - Legendary Axe, The
HC,    IM     - Military Madness
HC,JC,IM     - Moto Roader
HC             - Neutopia
HC             - Neutopia II
HC,JC,IM     - Night Creatures
HC,JC,IM     - Ninja Spirit
HC,JC,IM     - Ordyne
HC,JC,IM     - Pac-Land
HC,JC,IM     - Power Golf
HC,JC,IM,RB - R-Type
HC,JC,IM     - Raiden
HC,JC,IM     - Sidearms
HC,JC,IM     - Sonic Spike
HC             - Splatterhouse
HC,JC,IM     - Super Volleyball
HC,JC,IM     - Takin' it to the Hoop
HC,JC,IM     - TaleSpin
HC             - Tiger Road
HC,JC,IM     - Time Ball
HC,JC,IM     - Tricky Kick
HC,JC,IM     - Turrican
HC,JC,IM     - TV Sports Basketball
HC,JC,IM,RB - TV Sports Football
HC,JC,IM     - TV Sports Hockey
HC,JC,IM     - Veigues Tactical Gladiator
HC,JC,IM     - Victory Run
HC,JC,IM     - Vigilante
HC,JC,IM     - World Class Baseball
HC,JC,IM     - Yo Bro

(If I counted correctly, that only 61 out of the 95 U.S.-released HuCard games.)


PC Engine (Although, I don't have an adapter yet, so I have no way to play this game yet.)

HC             - Street Fighter II

I have no CD games, since I have no way to play them, but I may consider getting into those if I can find a good CD add-on or TurboDuo that I can get.


Anyway, now I'm trying to decide where I'm going with this TurboGrafx stuff.  I have decided that whatever games I have, that I do want to at least have the Jewel Case (or maybe a decent repro case) and the original instruction manual, which means that I need to upgrade my HuCard-only games, but after that...  Do I want to try to collect the entire U.S.-released HuCard set?  Do I want to just get a couple more of the good games, while ignoring the expensive ones and the not-so-good-ones?  Do I want to venture into the CD games?  Do I want to venture into the PC Engine games?

[cabbage]

Welcome, nice to see you here It looks like you have quite a collection already!

There are a lot of incredible CD games, so I would definitely advise you to keep an eye out for a cheap beater Duo-R or something. Since you can already play US hucards, might as well go for a japanese Duo/R/RX so you can play Japanese hucards as well, and still enjoy CD games from all regions.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Yes, you deffinitely want to get into cd games.  Half or more of the meat(opinions vary) of the Turbo is on cd, including most of the homebrew stuff we've been making(though, Arkhan has new Hucard's in the works!).  But homebrew or not, there's a healthy chunk of solid to incredible games on cd.  Quickly off the top of my head:
Ys Book 1 & 2
Ys 4: Dawn of Ys(Ys 3 is also good, but opinions vary)
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Legend of Xanadu
Legend of Xanadu 2
Fray CD: Xak Gaiden
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Sapphire
Lords of the Rising Sun
Last Alert(terrible voice acting, great game)
Exile
Exile Wicked Phenomenom
Dungeon Explorer 2
Beyond Shadowgate
Dynastic Hero
Gradius 2
Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes
Cosmic Fantasy 2(& the rest of the series if anyone finishes translating them)
Kaze Kiri
Vasteel
the Valis series
Terraforming
Super Darius
Super Darius 2
Spriggan
Spriggan Mark 2
Splash Lake
Bonanza Bros.
the Far East of Eden games

[SMF]

Nice pick ups and glad to see you came back to the DARK SIDE  . I agree ParanoiaDragon cd games are the way to go WAY TO MANY AWESOME GAMES.

[soop]

I'm on the side of HuCards.  I reckon the general standard of Hueys is higher than CD games.  And apart from a few must-have CD games and a few cheaper-than-usual games I picked up, my stuff is primarily Huey.

Oh, but I'm PCE rather than TG, so maybe that makes a difference.

[DragonmasterDan]

I had a friend back around '90 who had a TurboGrafx-16 and I would see his great games (Cadash, Alien Crush, etc...), and I always wanted to get a TurboGrafx, but I just didn't have the funds.  I would even play Keith Courage or whatever sample game that any retail stores in my area had on display, and I would drool over all of the 'neat' TurboGrafx-16 games and such.  (All that I had experience with at the time was Atari and NES.)  Then around '95 or so after I had a job, I picked up a TurboGrafx-16 system and about 20 games (most has the jewel case and instruction manual).  I don't remember all of the games that I had, but I think that I had 2 CIB copies of Tonma and a CIB copy of Magical Chase - just kidding.  Actually I know that I had Order of the Griffen, Cadash, Galaga '90, Drop Off, Tricky Kick, Legendary Axe, Ghost Manor, Blazing Lasers, Victory Run, Sidearms, Double Dungeons, Final Lap Twin, Dungeon Explorer, Deep Blue, Neutopia, Neutopia II, and Keith Courage, but I can't remember the rest.  I never could find a 5-player adapter or extra controllers, so everything stayed 1-player.  Then, in '97, I boxed everything up for a while.  Not long after the Gameboy Advance came out, I became enamored with it, but I just didn't have the cash at the time, so I made a stupid trade around 2000.  I traded my entire TurboGrafx collection to someone for a new Game Boy Advance with a new copy of Advance Wars and one other game, the title escapes me right now.    Now, I'm mentally kicking myself over that trade.  About a 15 months ago or so, I decided to get back into retro gaming, and I really missed my TurboGrafx, so I eBayed some stuff, found a few things at a used video game store, and just yesterday picked up about another 17 HuCard games at a local Chicago-area convention, so now my TurboGrafx collection stands as follows:

I take it you were at VGS on Saturday? A lot of the forum members here were at the show and running the Turbo Fest which is where all the NEC hardware and kiosks came from.

[Arkhan]

I see you have China Warrior.

Smart move!

[Bardoly]

I had a friend back around '90 who had a TurboGrafx-16 and I would see his great games (Cadash, Alien Crush, etc...), and I always wanted to get a TurboGrafx, but I just didn't have the funds.  I would even play Keith Courage or whatever sample game that any retail stores in my area had on display, and I would drool over all of the 'neat' TurboGrafx-16 games and such.  (All that I had experience with at the time was Atari and NES.)  Then around '95 or so after I had a job, I picked up a TurboGrafx-16 system and about 20 games (most has the jewel case and instruction manual).  I don't remember all of the games that I had, but I think that I had 2 CIB copies of Tonma and a CIB copy of Magical Chase - just kidding.  Actually I know that I had Order of the Griffen, Cadash, Galaga '90, Drop Off, Tricky Kick, Legendary Axe, Ghost Manor, Blazing Lasers, Victory Run, Sidearms, Double Dungeons, Final Lap Twin, Dungeon Explorer, Deep Blue, Neutopia, Neutopia II, and Keith Courage, but I can't remember the rest.  I never could find a 5-player adapter or extra controllers, so everything stayed 1-player.  Then, in '97, I boxed everything up for a while.  Not long after the Gameboy Advance came out, I became enamored with it, but I just didn't have the cash at the time, so I made a stupid trade around 2000.  I traded my entire TurboGrafx collection to someone for a new Game Boy Advance with a new copy of Advance Wars and one other game, the title escapes me right now.    Now, I'm mentally kicking myself over that trade.  About a 15 months ago or so, I decided to get back into retro gaming, and I really missed my TurboGrafx, so I eBayed some stuff, found a few things at a used video game store, and just yesterday picked up about another 17 HuCard games at a local Chicago-area convention, so now my TurboGrafx collection stands as follows:

I take it you were at VGS on Saturday? A lot of the forum members here were at the show and running the Turbo Fest which is where all the NEC hardware and kiosks came from.

Yep, I was the quite tall white guy with glasses with the (very) short Phillipina wife trailing.  I bought up several of the TurboGrafx-16 games from the guy in the corner who had a bunch of stuff.  (I forgot his name right now.)  I'm planning on going again next year, and I'll probably set up a vendor booth, since I've got a bunch of extra SNES/SFC games.

[DragonmasterDan]

Yep, I was the quite tall white guy with glasses with the (very) short Phillipina wife trailing.  I bought up several of the TurboGrafx-16 games from the guy in the corner who had a bunch of stuff.  (I forgot his name right now.)  I'm planning on going again next year, and I'll probably set up a vendor booth, since I've got a bunch of extra SNES/SFC games.

His name is Alex, or AlexsDuo

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard!  +1 on getting a CD system; there's just too many great games that you'd miss going huey only.

[Nando]

I see you have China Warrior.

Smart move!

[kiketonto]

nice collection!
61 of 95 means just HUcards, right?

[Bernie]

Welcome to the site. 

[Bardoly]

nice collection!
61 of 95 means just HUcards, right?

That's correct.  I have never played or even had access or the ability to play any of the CD games.  I hope to acquire either the CD add-on or a Turbo-Duo and some CD games at some point in the future, but for now, I'm just concentrating on getting HuCard games with instruction manuals and jewel cases.  (Retail boxes would be nice, but are not as necessary in my book.)

[Tatsujin]

cd games now you must get into, yes.