Images

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Neo Turf Masters (you know what its on) is pretty cool, I think.

"ON THE GREEN!"

Wait.... is that Bernie holding that trophy!?

Not enough tattoos.

I've played a ton of Mario Golf on the Gamecube and GBA and have enjoyed them both quite a bit.  I'm not normally one for sports games, but golf games can be good.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bathroom reading....]

Just wanted to thank everyone who posted so far for not turning this into another random picture thread.

[Off-Topic / Re: What do you depise AT THIS MOMENT, literally....]

To all collectards.......

This made me lol. Loudly.

[Off-Topic / Re: Puerto Rico Video]

When I lived in Fayetteville, skydiving was fairly commonplace among the locals.  It's where the 82nd Airborne division is housed.

This is where I went indoor skydiving: http://www.paracletexp.com/

My son was so enamored with it, he wanted to join in the second time we went.  He was almost 3 at the time.


Maybe next time I'm up in your neck of the woods, Terry, I'll let you talk me into doing the real thing.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

MGC 2014 Haul. My goal this year was to go light on the purchases, since Elevator Action Returns is all I was really looking for. I had Carlson hold it for me, then I came back drunk during the Saturday night party, and here's what that turned into:






-Gradius and Magicoal from Nectarsis (thanks man!)
-Megadrive 2 + Bonus Sonic & Knuckles from Chris @ Windy Gaming
-Alien Soldier/Elevator Action Returns from Carlson

You ROCK for fitting the image to the width of the thread. And congrats on the pickups.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Congrats!  Star Parodier is one of my favorites!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Turbo Duo]

I know Keith Courage here on the forums is getting a PCE Duo R in soon. He can region mod it for you so you'd have your options wide open. I would contact him, his price was pretty reasonable. Or if you do wind up getting your hands on one you could always contact him for a region mod.

I am actually working on a deal with him right now (great guy BTW, he is very patient with all my noob questions)  Probably going to pick up some games too.

I just need to figure out how to store loose hu cards........

Welcome! 3-ring binder and collectible card sheets are the way to go.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Whenever I see a post by HailingTheThings, I envision this:


(Salvador Dali walking his pet anteater in downtown Paris)

That's a good thing.

[Off-Topic / Re: Does your immediate family know what your game collection is worth?]

to top it all off, you ask her "Bonk or Mario?" She says "duh..Bonk"

[Off-Topic / Re: Documentary: The Evolution of Your Own Personal Happy Place]

March 4th, 2014
For this initial post, I've chosen to annotate the details of my current setup within the image.  I'll probably just use good old text to note any changes that are made after this point.

I think there's another thread somewhere in the abyss where people post their setups, but your approach is worth creating a new thread for. Both of my play areas are in a sad state of disarray currently, but when I get around to cleaning them up and organizing them better (and taking a photo of my rats nest of wires for that other thread), I'll post here.

One suggestion I would make is if at all possible make your 600-620px wide image link to a larger image hosted elsewhere, expecially if there's text all over the place.   My poor eyes can't read that stuff.

Aside: I have a BIC F-12 in my living room and it's capable of rattling the pictures on the walls (until I put it on an acoustic isolation riser).  Having 2 of those bad boys must be brain-meltingly awesome!

[Off-Topic / Re: 2014 Midwest Gaming Classic]

My fallback goto is High Life. Like 420goat, I also have many personal attendants that keep it on hand and cold for me about everywhere in the US.



My neighbor who moved down from the north swears by Old Style

I had *a lot* of High Life back in college so whenever I have drink that now it reminds me of the good/bad/ugly old days.  Mostly good.

I used to drink PBR, but I think because its so popular with the hipsters these days, the price has gone up. Stoneys doesn't look like a cheap PBR alternative. I'll keep an eye out for it.

I've never tried Old Style either. The sad thing is the local "discount" beer and liquor store charges more than the local grocery store. And the local grocery store has a pretty limited selection.  I have to drive a good 15 minutes away to find a decent selection, and I'm just too lazy for that.

Back on topic, I'm still planning to make it up to MGC this year as well, though the crystal ball is still a bit hazy due to work craziness and me not being with them very long.

[Off-Topic / Re: State of Emergency in SC]

My answer to the snow we got today in east Tennessee...

Yeah... that just happened.  I may be almost 30, but you're never too old to play in the snow!

Ha!  The lil and I made a snowman today as well! (though it hasn't snowed for a few days here)

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Speaking of stereo... my obey station is coming along nicely!  Back on topic: Random Picture!

Good googly moogly.  I almost didn't notice the game on the screen. 

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

My desk is a goddamn mess but the Turbo train keeps rollin'

Metroid Prime Pinball courtesy of Majors.

Sweet! 

Once I become comfortable at my new job, I'll bring in some obey. Currently I only have a picture of my wife and I on our wedding day, a picture of my son and I, a wind-up robot toy, and a chunk of petrified wood.

I did have my "official" photo taken while wearing my obey tie, so hopefully that'll be noticeable once the pic goes live.

[Off-Topic / Re: New Facebook group for TRUE fans of PCE and TG16!!]

You mean $50k... fuck, his speakers were $7000k, why would someone with a 7 million dollar home theater use anything less than a $50,000 24" 3dtv?

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

^LMFAO!!!! like i said before.  Thats str8 loser shyt that YOU would do my friend. U Not a real man like myself.

Yes, you are truly the real man around here with your ghetto typing skills, going about stating your crushes or relationships with seemingly 12 year old girls and druggies on your down time when you're not ripping off others work. Very manly indeed. All hail Validus, Lord of the Worthless, Master of the Banal, King of the Fool's Fool. Rinse and Repeat Infinite. Truly the guy to admire.

The reality of the situation is you're a plagiarizing creep, whom of which feigns ignorance to the fact that no one likes you, no one is impressed by you, most here that are parents of younger kids are creeped out by you, and no one would give a shit if you left and never came back. But hey, like I said, the more time you waste on this forum living in your imaginary world of being a leet hacker, game faq creator, and suave ladies man  , the less chance you are out there roaming the streets looking for young girls to rape or teenage girls to knock up.

With you here on this forum the world is just a little safer for everyone else. So yes, please stay, don't ever go away. We may not read every thing you post, but at least we will know where you are spending your time, so we can all sleep better at night.

Sorry, Xak, but you've gone past ridiculous.

[Off-Topic / Re: Chunky Pixels - My new blog (with an important announcement)]

I hope this screenie fits in as an influence:

Good golly I loved playing those games bitd.  You just nearly brought a tear to my eye.

[Off-Topic / Re: What do you depise AT THIS MOMENT, literally....]

I wanted to eat a huge bowl of Cheerios (OK, technically I have "toasted oats") + banana.

NO BANANAS IN FRIDGE.

Then I see a new bunch on the counter!

GREEN.

ONLY GREEN.

ONLY SAD BOWL OF TOASTED OATS

Man, I *really* hate it when that happens. Truth.

[Off-Topic / Re: Secret Santa 2013]

Thanks again NecroPhile for facilitating such an awesome annual experience.  +1million TurboKarma to you!

However, I'm wondering if perhaps this year there was a "Bank error in my favor; collect two Secret Santa recipients?"  I went out to my mailbox today and found this, from SuperPlay:



Thanks so much SuperPlay!  I'm listening to it now.  This is most excellent.

I am a befuddled, but very happy Obeyer right now.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

I made a Super Star Soldier Ship today (in the pic below next to the Soldier Blade one), but I think with a little tweaking I can make a better one.  But first I want to take a crack at the Final Soldier ship (which I think will look awesome!).  Here's a pic of my current worktable.



I'm having way too much fun with this...

O_O

That blue ship towards the bottom right looks SO familiar!!!

*glances down at Xmas gifts*
xu7n.jpg

Guilty!  Merry Christmas, Joshua! And that's the ship from the Twinbee series! Fun cute-em-up series (though the play mechanics can be pretty challenging).

I made these for my son for Christmas.  He's a huge fan of anything Plants vs Zombies:

[Off-Topic / Re: Secret Santa 2013]

HUGE THANKS go out to Duo_R for his very generous Secret Santa gifts.  I was floored when I opened the presents this morning.  I've been playing them quite a bit today.   And there's not much left of the sweets (though I started early on them)!

Thanks again!

[High Score Records / Re: Reflectron High Scores]

roflmao: 1310

I know it'll be beat soon.  I just wanted to get my name in while the getting's good.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The "pce obey pun" thread]

Sorry for posting this in the wrong thread.  I haven't fully woken up yet. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Some important NEWS about the PC Engine!]

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Herman Li signature guitar

Isn't Herman Li the guitarist from Dragonforce?  Man, he's a monster.  I remember watching a video awhile back where he said a lot of his licks were inspired by retro games.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I got a sega saturn you guys!




Seriously though, I needed a new ride & hopefully this will do nicely.  Just gotta get a hang of driving a manual...

Haha!  Awesome.  Once you get the hang of a manual transmission, you'll never want to go back to automatic.  At least not until you have kids.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

ah, so i'll need me to buy one of these transparent perler boards, so i can copycat them much easier. hehe.

Yeah.... not exactly.

Once I capture a sprite from an emulator it's taken into Photoshop and cropped and the background is removed.  Removing the BG is sometimes tricky because it can be hard to tell what's part of the sprite and what's the BG. There have been a few sprites I've started on and gave up because the BG is just too busy.



Then I recolor the sprite using a custom palette I created by taking pictures of my beads and sampling them.  You can see the custom palette in the top right.



Then I enlarge the image and print it out.  But the colors that I see on the screen and the colors that get printed aren't always very consistent (I'm using just regular printer paper, not expensive photo paper).  So sometimes it's not always apparent which shade is which.  This became a problem with Final Soldier and I had to redo a good chunk of it because I was using the wrong shade of blue.



And the printout isn't the same size as the pegboard, though I'm sure with a little tinkering I could get it to fit.  But I find it more useful to have it next to me in case I have to take it back to the computer to compare colors...



But Final Soldier is done!  I like how it came out.  But I'm DONE with beads for the day.  That one took longer than I was anticipating...

EDIT:  It's no wonder more people don't make Obey bead art.  There are just too many damn colors in the sprites!   Not to mention the perler peg boards are 29x29 and a lot of the sprites are 32x32, which can be done but is a pain.  I've been thinking about getting a really big pegboard, but I hear they warp easily (after reading amazon reviews).  Still on the fence. I have worked out some really nice, big projects (like title screens), but they would have to be done on a larger pegboard.  And I'd need a larger work area.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

I made a Super Star Soldier Ship today (in the pic below next to the Soldier Blade one), but I think with a little tweaking I can make a better one.  But first I want to take a crack at the Final Soldier ship (which I think will look awesome!).  Here's a pic of my current worktable.



I'm having way too much fun with this...

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

picked up this mini-saturn shaped game case the other day.  are these common?  i haven't seen these before.

and prikura daisakusen as well.

That's pretty slick!  I haven't seen those before either.  I love crazy stuff like that.

[High Score Records / Re: 30 year old woman sets Splatterhouse score record]

Sadly, it appears her record has already been broken:
facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10201598567038055

Here's the image for folks without FB:

Anthony Paparo High Score 2013

It looks like she and the current champion will be having a face off at the Galloping Ghost on 10/28 (thanks to chany for the info).

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2013]

Yeah, as a matter of fact, somebody set the new world record at that game while we were there. They were streaming it live on Ustream, heh.

Cool!  I didn't realize she actually set a new record.  That's pretty sweet.

@Mathius - I can't help it.  Surrounded by that much obey makes me all giddy.

EDIT:  I only took a few photos, and they didn't come out all that great, but here ya go.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Grabbed this off Craigslist this morning for $30, not bad since I've been looking for Soul Reaver specifically!


2013-10-18 Sega Dreamcast

Awesome! The music in Soul Reaver was done by the lead singer of Information Society. Some of it can be found on their (his) album "Don't. Be Afraid".  Good stuff.

And Streets of Rage is probably my favorite console beat 'em up of all time.  My 5yr old son and I just beat it together (on easy) a few weeks ago.

EDIT: Gah! Sorry for the mis-quote. Friggin cell phone...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

Thanks!  Here's one I did during lunch today, Soldier Blade!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

I spent the evening playing with beads. 

Blazing Lazers:


Air Zonk:


The Air Zonk smiley:


Twinbee!:


I currently only have 16 colors of beads (including black and white) so I have found a new appreciation for the color palette the TG/PCE has.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE covers worth making into framed pictures]

You can actually order the Winds of Thunder cover as a poster from Windy Gaming:
wayback.windygaming.com/collections/posters

They also have Ys Book I & II.  I will be getting those one day.

EDIT:  I've always wanted Star Parodier as a poster:

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I picked these up today off ebay:

I've been wanting Last Alert for awhile now just for the bad voice acting. The others are a nice bonus.

[High Score Records / Re: "Spriggan" High Scores]

I beat my previous high score today (slightly) while recording a 1cc run through the game on normal:



I'll post a YT link tomorrow, once the upload is complete.
EDIT: Here's a link to the play through on YouTube:

11,977,770

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: Shinobi Hucard]

I'm gonna have to go with Raphael - so many good ninjas to choose from!



Please add me and +1 TurboKarma to you for offering up such a classic arcade game!

[Off-Topic / Re: drunk threadfe]

This has been my friend tonight.



Edit: Hopefully not ALL of them will be my friends tonight.   

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I picked these up today for a whopping $8.  Getting ready for a 3-day road trip so it'll be nice to bring along a couple "new" games.

[Off-Topic / Made me lol, had to share]

[Off-Topic / Re: A Holiday Celebration Board.]

A belated Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!

My kids had a lil something made for me.  Much better than a tie! The kids asked for the 16 to be orange but the store who made it didn't do it.  Makes no difference, it gives it character.

That is super-cool!  I so want one.

[Off-Topic / Re: PCEngineFX Picture Thread (Formerly "Mugs")]

Nice, Tats!  That burger sounds delish.

This was taken this morning.  Our last Waffle House meal with my lil.  Next time we eat out together will be in MO.

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Those were all great, but this was my favorite.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbografx World Youtube show]

love this one!!

Wow...  That was ...  funny!  Love it!

This guy needs to be a member of the forums.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Random PCE stuff for raffle (known villains need not apply)]

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Ooooo La La!

I'm sure some of you have seen this around as I'm stealing it from the sig on another gaming forum, but I lol'd:

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

I have no idea what's going on here, and I think it absolutely marvelous.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo perler bead/pixel bead "art"]

Here's a little Turbografx-16 logo I put together one evening while playing with the lil one.

[General Gaming / Re: Post your game related artwork (probably not 56k friendly, you've been warned)]

Necro-post time!  I thought I had seen a thread similar to this not too long ago, but I couldn't find it in search, so there.

I recently picked up a Gocco Printing system and after some noodling, I managed to come up with my first print.



I actually made this a month or two back, but just got around to taking picures of it.  It's still a little out of focus, but I don't feel like digging out any additional lighting right now.