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

Switch owner finally,had to sell a game and console so i have the money for one.Since super mario odyssey and xenoblade chronicles 2 release i was sold on one.

Be sure to download Sonic Mania and Blaster Master Zero. Both games are wonderful. BMZ has my favorite soundtrack of this whole year, and this goes even more for the tunes that are unique to this release and not the original.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

saw this on Ys Origin.

Incoming Collectard feeding frenzy! Find shelter!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / FS: Turbo Everdrive 1.0 and Exile (TCD)]

Turbo Everdrive 1.0 w/ Custom Case (Not pictured)-$65
Mega Everdrive- SOLD

*No SD Cards included*
*Cat's Paw not included*



Nice Gamer's copy of Exile. My original. $50

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: The Legend of Xanadu Dub Project - Auditions Wanted]

In anticipation I have made myself a custom 2 disc case for Xanadu II. This way my real copies of both 1 and 2 will have a 2nd CD spot for a translated CD-R once this amazing project is finished

Rockin. Did you use an old PCE case or a new blank? I have had trouble sourcing thick, high-quality blank cases lately.

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

If I knew where he lived (He is near me) I would stab him and take the games.

I laughed perhaps too hard at that.

You're not the only one.

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

I gots Lagrange Point coming my direction. Only thing left is to get this puppy translated and I'm off to Famicom FM land!

I really really really want to play this game. It's the main reason that makes me want a Family Twin. You mentioning it again makes me want to seek it out more actually! Hope you enjoy it

I've got a real copy but would much rather have a translated repro.

I may be trying to get this cart soon. And when that happens, we can try to ask chop to put the translated rom in for us

Yay! You're on

Got these in the mail. My favorite RPGs for the Super Famicom:

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Agreed. I like Mystic Quest as well too.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Drac X case and insert contest]

Mathius rules!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbob Xpress: Bringing affordable "gamer's" games to the community!]

Bernie. I hate all this Tobias shit being given out and you already know that, but you are a god among men to jump and and deal with this shit.  This would've been me a couple weeks ago.
 
My hat is off to you.

Haha! Well put.

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

Came in the mail earlier today. So mint looking I almost don't want to open it

I may buy a Vita just for this game.

[General Gaming / Re: The SNES (shitty nintenderp excrement system) Hate Thread]

Check out this boring game

Bitch please.  That game was terrible and sold like shit.

The SMS version was better with punchier tunes. Plus you'd run into enemies by accident only half the time as opposed to all the time.

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

Really good game.. Sega cd is really under rated sometimes.

Sweet tunes also

[General Gaming / Re: Retro VGS Game Console]

(2) lucky viral randomness

I don't know why but I find this phrase amusing.

Meet the RVGS social media team.

*chuckles*

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

Turbo pad,

I have never seen one of these before.  So funky looking, does that go with a PAL TurboGrafx?

Aye

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings]

Clear #42 - 3x3 Eyes



This clear is sponsored by Bernie. 

'Tis an interesting comic with violent, gory action and some of the best looking cut scenes (when using the Arcade Card).  If you're a real baller, pay a bit more and get the version with the VHS pack in.... or just watch the short video on youtube.

The Good: fancy, animated intro and short cut scenes sprinkled throughout; colorful, detailed, and often changing backgrounds; tons of voice dialogue, which is presumably a good thing when you comprehend what they're saying; handy save file utility that lets you view (and delete) saved games and how much room each uses; and it's not entirely linear for better replayability.

The Bad: lengthy load at boot to fill the Arcade Card, which is understandable and expected, but there are other areas where it annoyingly loads every few seconds; mostly elevator music bgm, though the redbook versions played in the intro and credits are nice; as nice as the backgrounds look, they're sadly mostly static; and the maze portion looks good but there's not much to do.

The Ugly: Annoying pounding sound in intro animation and once again towards the end.  WTF is that shit?  It can't be intentional, but how did they miss it during play testing?!?

Necro quote here (no pun intended)

Does anyone know what the menus in this game translate to in English?

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

It's not a game, but this recent buy is too awesome to not post whore. 

Okay you know I have to comment on this. Nobody, I mean nobody expresses pain like Brucie. Such a classic movie.


Gimme some sugar baby.

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

Generous ope sent me these goodies.  Now I gotta get me some batteries! 

Is that a multitap? I've not seen that one before.

[Off-Topic / Re: Mathius (Matt & Ash) accident fundraiser]

Yeah, welcome back Matt! Hope you're doing better!!

Back in my RIGG days, we had a member that went by 'docfu' who also was the victim of a motorcycle accident... His case was a little bit more atypical than what usually happens suffice to say. A turkey either flew off a tree or the road, landing on him during one of his rides out in the country or wherever it was... He posted a photo in aftermath:



Well, he walked away from it at least, so knock on wood. ;)

That looks awful! Glad he made.

I am feeling a bit better today though typing with my shoulder is still a chore. It's just an awkward position. Though I can still game 100%.

I am going to be off work for a while being bored out of my mind and I saw a member here had a Thunderforce V that I've been wanting. Just being up front about it since your generosity has really given me a nice cushion that my poor ass otherwise wouldn't have.

I need to also give a shout-out to bartre who sent me some free obey. Thanks my friend.

[General Gaming / Retro VGS Game Console]

I'm not sure when this was officially announced but Micheal Katz and Retro Magazine appear to be working on a new cartridge based games console. A detail that bludgeoned me aside the head was the the system's shell is going to be directly based on the Atari Jaguar! I can only hope that they design some sort of dust protector for the cart slot.

A Kickstarter campaign will be announced soon if anyone wants to help out. I'm pretty excited personally. The idea behind it is since the industry is moving away from physical releases this system will cater to those of us who enjoy having a box, cart and manual. Here's a link to more info:

wayback.facebook.com/RETROVGS
wayback.retrovgs.com

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

Blah blah blah Sega imports. Cheapo stuff.

Biggest surprise - the JP Dead or Alive 2 manual is like freaking 100 pages of awesomeness.

The wifie and I would do some dirty dirty deeds for that Puzzle Bobble.

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

Less than one day left before the show. Be there!!

You stink, you know that?

I'm here in Downer's Grove.

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

I didn't think you were coming, Nulltard.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Lucretia - Demon Princess (鬼姫の呪い in Japan) NOW IN BETA TESTING]

I see nothing. Was this just a teaser bump ?

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

Wow! And I still think I kinda suck at that game.

I am, as always, l'jealous.

You are, as always, invited. 

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

Can't wait for October

Neither can I. It's nearly my favorite time of the year.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Rare Turbo/PCE stuff]

Hey guise I asking $3,000 for dis lot o' games.



 

I'll give you 5 grand if you throw in a loose Keith Courage. Seems I don't have enough rare games I never play to rub in the faces of every disinterested visitor that walks through my door.

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

Get that DVD now while you can. From what I have seen it is extremely cool!

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/japandvd/japandvd.htm

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

Stuff i got today. Thanks goes to Bartre for the Dracula kun

It's a shame Retro Zone doesn't do many repros anymore. They were of high quality. Yeah flash carts are making repros unneeded but they were still hella good lookin'

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

Trade you my sealed Magical Chaise or my Keith Courage Comic for the diabeetus.

[Off-Topic / Re: Storino the Homebrew Gouger]

Is that a young John Cleese?

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

Can you scan this (and any other) frenchie manuals you have? I'd love to offer all manuals (including all the frenchies) here:

https://archives.tg-16.com/magazine_database.htm?col=pub&val=man

Sure thing, dude. I won't be near a scanner for a while but I'll get on that when I get chance. Cyber Core is the only French manual I have atm.

Kool. Take your time. 

Before you scan, PM me and I'll give you some info (scanner settings).

Thanks. 

Esty, do you have the French manual for Monster Lair in your database?

I have NO FRENCH ANYTHING

I will gladly take all frenchie LeFrench.

Thank you. 

I don't have a working scanner, but I'll let you borrow it for scanning purposes if you want.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official "The Brothers Duomazov" Thread]

But it's mahjong with boobies!  Totally worth it.... if I knew how to play mahjong.

Sadly, not even boobies are enough to save Mahjong. .

What about Shanghai with boobies?

Hahahahaha. Sure. A rose by any other name will still smell like shite. 

Ha!

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

Game of Thrones season 3

I haven't gotten Season 3 yet. One of the best series I have ever watched.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Official "The Brothers Duomazov" Thread]

But it's mahjong with boobies!  Totally worth it.... if I knew how to play mahjong.

Sadly, not even boobies are enough to save Mahjong. .

What about Shanghai with boobies?

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

Obey day for me... And all stuff I do not have <<tear>>

Are you seriously just now getting Drac X, Sparky? I kinda assume that all the old timers around here come with Rondo as standard issue.

[General Gaming / Re: I have a SFC now. What JP games are a MUST PLAY]

I have a SFC now.

THE DESIGN. IT'S SO PRETTY!

yeah, I have two of em myself

just fool'd 'round

Tats outwardly snickers at the SFC. But, deep deep inside his PC Engine loving soul lies an admirer of the console.

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

GOT ONE!

Go it this weekend, from Rob Ivy.

What a pretty little thing! I love the look of the Super Fami. Mine has slightly started to yellow on the bottom half of the shell. I may pick up another in better condition at some point.

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

at long last!

OOOOOH!

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

Got this awesome PCB today with copy arts and manual 

Punk, can I have that? Pretty please?

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

...

Dont you have forumites to work on?

I posted on TubeYou, but I had to copy-n-paste for the bastards on the board here:

"This is the best thing you have done. Absolutely hilarious. I sneezed coffee out of my nose just now. Then I watched it again. Still hilarious."

I am still sniffling coffee as I type this, now, 2-3 minutes after-da-fact.

 

I had a similar reaction. Brilliant!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PCE, SNES and Genesis, screen comparison.]

Wow, I always remember the TG16 Aero Blasters looking a little better than the Genesis, but these screenshots are making me think the opposite.

Tom, those Forgotten World screenshots are very interesting. I think the converted PCE pal screenshot has nicer shading than the arcade!

A while back when Tatsujin started a thread about SFII port resolutions, I made some regular sized Forgotten Worlds screen shots, including the arcade colored with PCE palette colors.

The left image is the regular arcade, the right is the arcade in PCE color-




The PCE pallete sure loves CPS games. Too bad more developers didn't take advantage. I think that most of the sprites in the game were transferred pixel for pixel, making them even bigger on screen than in the arcade. If having CPS arcade sized sprites against backgrounds like these means a little flicker, I'll gladly take it over an average 16-bit console port.

The game still runs at a higher resolution than the regular resolution of every Genesis and SNES game while maintaining a high level of shading and detail. This combo is a real strength that the PCE has over the other consoles and should have happened in more games, especially non-sprite intensive stuff like RPGs. It still wouldn't have taken much to add some layered scrolling in places, but it always seems that every PCE developer only knew how to do some things, but none knew how to do them all. But with sampled sfx and CD music, layered bgs really are the only element missing aesthetically.

Here is the regular arcade and PCE screens lined up-



I like the changes they made with the coloring, but like the blue highlights on the bg should have been kept.


The Genesis version still has nice graphics and was very impressive and really fun when it came out. It was one of my favorite early Genesis games.

I wish this post still had the pics. I didn't get a good chance to examine them back then in '09.

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

plus other secret santa goodies to hot to show here.

What are the two games in the lower right and lower left?

[General Gaming / Re: A question about flashcards]

I mean, if I want the full blown Genesis experience I'll grab my model 1 Genesis and Sega CD, find all the cables, plug everything in, grab a stack of genesis carts and go to town. If I just want a quick game of Sonic or Gunstar Heroes I'll just plug the little model 2 up and stick the flash cart in.

That's one reason I was looking into the Retron5, at least until I have the space to have all the systems out. As it is, during the week, it's a bit of a hassle to go hookup, etc, etc, etc. That's when the tablet and the Six Axis come into play

It's a GREAT time to be a gamer!

The only problem I see with the Retron-5 is being forced to use anything but HDMI. CRTs are out.

It has A/V outputs

That's awesome! This must have changed. When showing the system at MGC, and in an interview with Retro Gamer, the creator stated that the system was the be HDMI only. He must have listened to all the belly-aching feedback. Kudos.

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

Couple pickups in the past 2 weeks:

1.) Ninja Gaiden, CIB for the Sega Master System. Got a shockingly good price for this one - thank you eBay alerts

2.) The rare-ish re-release version of Phantasy Star, CIB (if your version has the battery backup memory text in green in the top right, yours is too; the original release didn't have it).

That leaves me with just the blue cart version of Rambo to have the full NTSC set + the variants, which I whiffed on once a year ago at auction and haven't seen it since...

3.) Longbox NFL Gameday for the PS1 for a buck at Goodwill, also CIB. God, this game is awful but I couldn't resist.

I just checked my cart of Phantasy Star. It's gween! Yay!

Nice one on the Ninja Gaiden. I have been after that one for a while.

[General Gaming / Re: The SNES (shitty nintenderp excrement system) Hate Thread]

That game is definitely excellent! I need to continue playing through it on my Xbox emulator. It's too bad it wasn't translated and that repro carts are so expensive. But if you think about it they aren't any more expensive than a new cartridge would retail for back then.,

Actually it was translated or I would not have been able to play it.



 Famicom Tantei Club part 2 is the name of the game

I brainfarted. I meant to say "ported" to the US SNES. Not "translated".

[General Gaming / Re: The SNES (shitty nintenderp excrement system) Hate Thread]

Which game is this from? really digging the color use.

I'm also really digging the color use...on the boobs...

Smoothest pixel-ed boobs EVA!!! +1K PCE 

Say no to square nipples!

I think it might be from one of the Dragon Knight games.

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

The Genesis games were a gift from my aunt, who found them at a yard sale for $1 a piece.  They're in excellent condition and all CIB, some with posters.

Soul Star is an amazing game.  It really shows the mostly untapped potential the Sega CD had.

Boxed Outrun. Nice! Yes Soulstar is a damn cool game. I can't really get comfortable with the controls during the mecha levels though.

[Off-Topic / Re: PC Engine FX Pets!!]

More current snap of the fat tabby:

Serial killer cat sizes up its next victim.

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

Those three actors on the cover Hell Comes from Frogtown look so enthused.

That's Rowdy Roddy Piper man!  I've seen this movie too, and it's ridiculous.  If you get a list of LDs definitely post!  I'm really only looking for anime ones like PunkCryborg but obviously he's got dibs.  ;)

I did finally get my other box of goodies in, there was a couple LDs and nothing really to write home about except this!


2013-08-19 Japan Pickups - Asuka Langley Soryu Figure by xcrement5x, on Flickr

She's keeping me motivated at work right now.  And don't worry there are no dollfie pics or AV feet on Mega Drives coming from me. 

PS-Bonus points if you can tell who the other figure in the background is supposed to be!

I didn't know he was in that movie. I met him last year. He's the nicest guy.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

My favorite movie of his. The Rock.

[Off-Topic / Re: Turbo Fest (VGS) 2013]

QUESTION: When "Dan" was listed, are we talking about DragonMasterDan? Just curious!

Thanks for all the pics/video...looks like a great time. 

That would be Teh Dragonmaster!

Pics coming shortly

YOU LIE! Sad, am I.

Oops. I will try to rectify that asap.