Sorry for dragging up an old topic, but I was searching for a few things via Google and wanted to answer some questions I saw here. =)
The game display room in the event hall had a Turbo Duo set up and some games with. The main two games the guy displayed on it were Devil's Crush and Dracula X, I don't recall seeing any other games displayed even though I saw a small stack of other Turbo games by the system (we couldn't change the game ourselves). Both games got good attention, especially Devil's Crush, which made my day.
Devil's Crush is Lance's (one of my friends and helper at the show) favorite Turbo game, so that probably saw a lot more play than normal, hehe. A few people asked to play Dracula X so I set that up... It's disappointing to see folks get frustrated with that one and put it down, however. Obviously its a great game if you give it some time. =)
Games were changeable if you found me or one of my guys. We'll probably have some shirts or something to set us apart this year. Other games I *think* I had at the show were:
- Legendary Axe 2
- Splatterhouse
- Dungeon Explorer 2
- Flash Hiders
- Gain Ground SX
- Kiaidan 00
- Lords of Thunder
- Police Woman Sapphire
There's probably another game or two that escapes me, but like you said, Devil's Crush and Dracula X dominated most of the game time.
Also next to the Turbo Duo was a Super Grafx with the case of Aldynes and Battle Ace displayed next to it and next to that was a PC-FX, with the cases of Battle Heat and that women wrestling game. I believe that was all the Turbo-related things I saw there.
Everything was set up for the SuperGrafx, however, we ran out of TV's so I had to pick and choose what would be playable. We might have set it up for someone later on, I'm not 100% sure.
The PC-FX games were Battle Heat and Queen of Queens. I'd really like to get a copy of Zenki one of these days, but finding a reasonably priced copy isn't very easy, hehe.
We also had the Turbo Express there, however, the portables area that it would have been in got axed at the last second because we couldn't figure out an easy/safe way of making those playable. Plus, I'm extremely worried about burn-in with that system, lol.
torgo, by any chance were you the guy who seemed to be incharge of that room in the event hall with all the systems including the Duo with Dracula X?
No, the tall guy in that room is the one that owns ALL of those systems. He was actually the first one to see Fantasy Star Soldier when I pulled it out of the "archives" back in '03/'04, so I gave him a copy after I saw how dedicated he is to the "craft."
Both Marty Goldberg (the guy you heard speak) and I put the room together. He has a lot of the pre-NES stuff and I basically cover everything post-NES. It works out nice because we can pretty much hit every console between the two of us.
I still have that Fantasy Star Soldier beta. =) I think I had it at the show too. Thank you! =)
I really wanted to try the SuperGrafx, but there was always someone playing Devil's Crush on the Turbo.
There was a guy there that had never played Devil's Crush before and somehow figured out how to do the infinite points trick (timing it so that an enemy pops you back into the bonus area each time you bounce out). He absolutely destroyed Lance's record which he wasn't too happy with, lol. =P I think Lance worked at beating his own high score for much of the day after that. Hopefully all of the Turbo stuff can be playable this year since I believe you guys are doing your own area now. =)
Oh, and I also almost bought a Neo Geo arcade cabinet, but when the time finally came to make my decision, it had been sold. DOH!
I tried telling you it was a great deal, hehe. ;P As it turned out a friend of mine ended up buying it for her husband at the show. Nice wife.
LOL, no he doesn't own all the systems. If you draw a diagonal line across the room, half was his half is mine. J.D. collects consoles and games from 1985 (NES) until present and specializes in a lot of hard to find Japanese and other imports. I collect everything from 1972 until present though specialize in the pre-NES material (1972-1985), as well as computers.
Yeah, that pretty much sums it, Marty.
Great pics, jlued. And I noticed you got one of our bandit hogging the Devil's Crush!
LOL, yeah, that's Lance. He was pretty upset at his high score going down like that. ;P
Anybody in Wisconsin want to help at next years MGC with the Turbo Fest(Name still to be determined)?
I got the ok from Dan Loosen and its going on. We just got to have a chat to iron out the going ons.
Hey Sage. =) We've ironed out where you'll likely be as well as some other details. If you PM me I can go over some of the stuff with you.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! =)
Later.
