Author Topic: What would you have done differently? (Read 1297 times)

FM-77 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 01, 2006, 07:38:56 AM »

They should've kept the PC___________Engine name. Yeah, with a space in there, of course.

Keranu · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2006, 01:29:37 PM »

I think keeping the PC Engine name would've been a bad idea because that's the kind of name that won't stick to Americans because it's too strange. Japanese people love to combine English words like that, so it works with them but on the other side of the world, no

. Some might disagree about the name they did use in America (Turbo Grafx 16), but I happen to love it and it was fitting for it's time, so it was something that Americans could get customed to.

esteban · « **Reply #17 on:** September 01, 2006, 06:37:16 PM »

Quote from: "PC Gaijin"

I'm still trying to figure out if steve's post was in jest or not. More successful and niche seem contradictory. Some of those suggestions seem like a recipe for making the Turbo even more obscure than it was.

I like to be silly at times

. But I'm serious when I tell you that I would love to see a CARPG site like the one you proposed in your post. Awesome.

Metalslug · « **Reply #18 on:** September 03, 2006, 12:49:20 PM »

Here's what I would do:

Release the pc-engine in the same shape here, but black.

Include Bonk- They needed a mascot sooner

Wait for the Genesis launch and release the TurboDuo- skip the turbo-cd

More 3rd party support and major titles like mortal kombat

More advertising

Take advantage of Japanese titles and release more of them in the USA

Sell a 32X like add on and then release the pcengineFX in the states a year later- Just kidding.

guyjin · « **Reply #19 on:** September 03, 2006, 02:30:27 PM »

I've been reading all your input, and doing a little of my own research on this subject, and I've come to the conclusion: releasing the TG16 earlier in the US would not have helped.

Nintendo didn't let its 3rd parties loose until 1990. Releasing the turbo before that is futile. It only worked for Sega because their in-house games (especially arcade games) were so popular at the time.

So, given this scenario, I would actually wait until the Supergrafx came out in Japan, and release THAT stateside as soon as possible.

This would have 3 benefits:
1) none of that 'it's only 8-bit' nonsense (not to mention the edge in specs)
2) Can release back library in 'compilations' or with SGX upgrades (more value for money in the eyes of parents vs. Genny and SNES)
3) gives Japanese developers a reason to develop for the SGX.

Also, to pre-empt the whole videogame violence controversy in '94, I would have the US SGX have a built in rating system. Parents set the rating of games that are allowed to play. This lets us get away with releasing risque titles stateside, and still look like the good guys.

Finally, I'd build in the things NEC wanted to release as accessories; the system has a 5 player tap and File cabinet built in. (the built in file cabinet would be almost a neccesity to accomodate storing the 'allowed rating' info.)

The CD system, however, would still be separate.

What do you all think? am I crazy?

takashirose · « **Reply #20 on:** September 03, 2006, 02:52:25 PM »

Wasn't the SuperGrafx "8-Bit"? I thought it had the same PC-Engine CPU. I really don't care about that argument anyway. I am just in love with the Turbo Duo design. That is what Turbo gaming was meant to be. Too bad that if they made it in 1987 or 1988, it would have probably cost as much as a PS3 now because of the new drive.

NEC should have released the Turbo Grafx 16 earlier. It would have been good because the name would be recognised later on. Look at the Xbox 360 now, but it is a different market now than before. It would still be tough for 3-rd party support in America because of Nintendo.

guyjin · « **Reply #21 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:46:13 AM »

Was I that off-base, or has this topic just gotten boring?

GUTS · « **Reply #22 on:** September 07, 2006, 08:04:42 AM »

The should have made the system card an entire system so you had to triple stack the Turbo, System card, and CD. That way when people saw the Sega CD only DOUBLE stacked they would assume the Turbo was better. Plus they should have included some of that Ninja Turtles ooze or a Mad Ball since they were so popular back then, kids would have ate that up.

Keranu · « **Reply #23 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:10:49 PM »

Very good points. Hell, any kind of Ninja Turtle advertising for the Turbo alone would've made it a huge seller back then.

Joe Redifer · « **Reply #24 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:50:18 PM »

Back here in Denver, they rented following games which were unusual to see for rent:

Sega Master System
TG-16 (card and CD)
Mega Drive (from Japan)
Sega CD
3DO
32X
Super Famicom (playing Castlevania 4 before the US release was awesome)

and crap like that.

If I were in charge of the US release of the TurboGrafx, I would have gone after EA to make games. Since I am from the future I know that they'd make lots of $$$ with John Madden Football. I'd give them a super sweet deal to make games. I'd also have my own in house sports games made. And maybe, just maybe I'd let Cinemaware get away with that "TV Sports" nonsense. I'm not a huge sports game fan, but they do sell systems. I'd keep the system the same size as the Japanese unit and all, but I'd add an RGB out to the expansion connectors. All video and audio connectors would plug into it. It would kick much ass and people would be happy. This alone would sell at least a billion units. Oh... I'd also include the Supergrafx chipset in all US machines and demand that Japan make more games for it or I would go over and give them such a pinch! All new PC Engines would have the SuperGrafx chipset in it as well. Not only that, but I'd add 10 or 12 extra colors to the graphics (grafx?) chip to REALLY blow people away. The CD-ROM would play DVDs and BluRays and HD-DVDs and all of that (I'm from the future, remember?). Also Halo would be on the system... BEFORE the Wolfenstein 3D/Doom craze. It would be playable online via the built in broadband adaptor. The Halo HuCard would include an Xbox360 chipset.

I would release Shinobi in the US. The PC Engine simply was not powerful enough to handle level 2 in the game, so it was removed. But since I added so much power to the system, I am betting it might be able to handle that missing stage. The world would rejoice.

guyjin · « **Reply #25 on:** September 07, 2006, 02:20:07 PM »

Quote from: "GUTS"

The should have made the system card an entire system so you had to triple stack the Turbo, System card, and CD. That way when people saw the Sega CD only DOUBLE stacked they would assume the Turbo was better. Plus they should have included some of that Ninja Turtles ooze or a Mad Ball since they were so popular back then, kids would have ate that up.

Are you mocking me? :oops:

esteban · « **Reply #26 on:** September 08, 2006, 05:22:55 AM »

Quote from: "GUTS"

The should have made the system card an entire system so you had to triple stack the Turbo, System card, and CD. That way when people saw the Sega CD only DOUBLE stacked they would assume the Turbo was better. Plus they should have included some of that Ninja Turtles ooze or a Mad Ball since they were so popular back then, kids would have ate that up.

I can envision TG-16 commercials with "Go ninja, go ninja, GO!!!!!" blaring as the soundtrack ... so I would have liked to see Vanilla Ice as the first musician (and actor!) to officially endorse the TG-16. TMNT + Vanilla Ice = unstoppable. Oh, the millions of TG-16's that would have sold...