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esteban

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« Reply #90 on: September 09, 2006, 04:14:48 AM »
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I see they had the sense to put a game on the cover of the box (yay R-type!)

Unlike the US box...
is that the original box, or is there another? (suprisingly hard to find a TG16 box pic...)
The box pictured was the only one you'll find for the North American market. They never changed the box art, but over the years they pasted various stickers (some large) on the basic box to highlight special promotions.
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« Reply #91 on: September 09, 2006, 07:44:42 AM »
Yeah that guy looks f*cking STOKED to be playing Turbo Grafx.  It really gets you excited for whats inside the box when you have a square jawed, model looking guy super pumped about it.
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« Reply #92 on: September 09, 2006, 09:46:19 AM »
Hahaha, square jawed. Damn I need a boxed TG16, GUTS post isn't helping...
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Adding PCE console specific layer on top of that, makes for an interesting challenge (no, not a reference to Ys II).

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« Reply #93 on: September 10, 2006, 06:07:20 PM »
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That dude is awesome.  He graces my TG-16 box.  He watches me play games, and he is obviously happy about it.  I mean god damn!

everybody needs some kinda very nice guy who's watching the games!
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« Reply #94 on: September 10, 2006, 08:13:37 PM »
Square-jawed? I know this one dude who makes this guy's jaw look oval as hell. But he does have a Mike Mckinney smile (from Kids in the Hall) - the guy on the box, I mean.
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« Reply #95 on: September 10, 2006, 10:44:01 PM »
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But he does have a Mike Mckinney smile (from Kids in the Hall) - the guy on the box, I mean.

YES! I thought that dude on the box looked like someone and Mike McKinney is a very good candidate! I also kinda thought that dude on the box looked a little like my man Christian Slater, but only a little. He gets the hair (along with hairline) and forehead from Slater and the square-jaw smile from McKinney. :lol:
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« Reply #96 on: September 11, 2006, 01:03:26 AM »
That guy's haircut is soo 80's...
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« Reply #97 on: September 11, 2006, 03:03:41 AM »
hey if we are going to talk boxes, im sorry but the neo takes the cake. the thing is like a meter wide; and it was just a giant replica of the system itself.

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« Reply #98 on: September 11, 2006, 07:46:12 AM »
Yeah his jaw is no Luke Wilson's, but it's a pretty manly one.  I think he must have a been a Sega fan to begin with since Genesis fans are square-jawed lumberjack material, maybe he migrated to the Turbo when he played Legendary Axe and realized the Turbo was pretty damn manly too.
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« Reply #99 on: September 11, 2006, 09:59:06 AM »
The Turbo box is cool. It even has a handle. I used to use the Turbo box to carry the system over to my friends' houses before I got the CD player and its carrying case.

I love the late 80s Turbo branding. Neon orange, yellow, and black. Acid wash jeans and Converse shoes. Yeah man, the Turbo was cool! It dated very (very) quickly however. I was kind of sad that NEC dropped their early branding so quickly. "The Higher Energy Video Game System" and "There's still time to prepare your nervous system". Those were the early Turbo taglines. :lol: My favorites Turbo ads were the Super Mario exploding heads.
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« Reply #100 on: September 11, 2006, 10:00:46 AM »
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That dude is awesome.  He graces my TG-16 box.  He watches me play games, and he is obviously happy about it.  I mean god damn!


I wonder if we can find that all-american dude and see what he's doing now..how did he get a gig like that...did they tell him to smile like that? or was he really a huge fan?  

AAron should interview him! -Doom
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« Reply #101 on: September 11, 2006, 12:03:09 PM »
That would be kick ass if we could find that guy, as doom stated. Lets begin a search for him.
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« Reply #102 on: September 11, 2006, 12:19:59 PM »
He's probably 35 by now.

Does anyone have a picture of how the Turbo CD case is supposed to be packed? I am extremely retarded and can't seem to get the controller and games to fit in without everything being jammed really tight.
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« Reply #103 on: September 11, 2006, 03:32:26 PM »
Three more reasons why TG16 is better than PCE :D :

1. ) We got R-Type on ONE HuCard! :D

2. ) We got Beyond Shadowgate! :D

3. ) We got It Came From the Desert !! :D :D :D
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« Reply #104 on: September 11, 2006, 06:15:10 PM »
1. the jap. got r-type complete cd! :D
2. luckily, shadow gate as well as IcftD runs also on the jap. one :D
3. nice one :D
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