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[Fighting Street / Re: Star Trek Next Generation Collectards]

I'm trying to figure out what next after Babylon 5. I haven't seen Stargate tv show or Farscape or Enterprise. After that great recommendation of Babylon5 what next. I have seen all the other Star Trek and BattleStar and Buck Rodgers as well as Space 1999 and V.

Now it's time for Quantum Leap.

bonus GIF

[General Gaming / Re: The story of Nesticle and early emulation]

NESticle can still be enjoyed today via emuception.

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

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?]

I buy and sell a lot, and have done so for about 8+ years now.  From $10-$15 carts to $1000+ sealed across many platforms.  And believe me, when you talk about people buying things on credit, you are talking about a very miniscule amount of collectors.  I get more people saying "Hey can I pay on payday" (maybe ~5-10% of people I've dealt with) than people just financing it on credit.  So all of those assumptions regarding the crash are flat out wrong.

What you do get are life priorities that take place over collecting.  You get married, want to fund a honeymoon.  You have kids, need to convert game room to nursery.  You buy a house / sports car and need  a down payment etc.

Or, as we age, your kid goes to college and you see a $20K+ a year bill coming your way.  Or you have to pay for funerals of loved ones.  Etc.  But those are longer term impacts that shouldn't even be addressed now.

Since the overwhelming majority of this stuff is NOT bought on credit, you won't see an tremendous collapse of people selling stuff for pennies on the dollar.  Besides, not sure if you noticed, but if you list a bunch of like items at 0.99 auctions (which firesellers would have to do), they tend to do well and come damn near (or beat) BIN prices anyway.

I do think prices will taper off at some point as our generation ages and collecting shifts behind other life priorities, but expecting a full on collapse is wishful thinking.

Are you administrating their PayPal accounts? How the hell do you know if they using credit? This is a serious question because you refer to it as a certainty and I don't see any way you would know at all. Do you have a storefront? You're making some pretty positive claims here.

In "collector" dominant circles like nintendoage, everyone bragging about being the biggest baller actually believes each other's ego-inflating/insecurity-masking stories. They're all rich and love to post the nerd gamer equivalent of pics of hundred dollar bills and gold jewellery and guns and stupid crap.

This is basically the mentality of omega level collectards:



They always have the same reaction when that stuff doesn't fly here: "you're all just jealous because you can't afford to hang with us true collectors!".


People like Goldenpp who post a short list of games they're looking for and then pay $3600 at once for a handful of them are not the vast majority of regular North Americans if it's not paid for by going into debt. He even admitted to not being familiar with Turbo games, yet buying ones he hasn't played based only on whims and videos.

I like how he spent $3,600 in one pop and still needs most of the rares.
#collectardfails

Goldenpp offered some insight into the mindset of those driving the market irrationally:

When I first began, things were cheaper, sellers were looser and in general it was a lot easier to deal with, it only took about 5 years for me to begin regretting going for complete titles because of the way pricing was jacking up so much, but when you get that far into something, it becomes difficult for some of us to back away and call it quits, even if it takes out a lot more money than expected. However, the urge for me to complete my various system collections comes from the desire to get it over with in the event the cost continue to rise, I do not want even more games to reach a prohibitive point that I can no longer ever afford to purchase them (as many have)


It's true I spend a lot of time collecting which is a lot less time I can use for the playing aspect, but if I spend too much time playing and not buying, suddenly that game I thought was 30 bucks is now 100 bucks, and that creates a lot of issues for me as i'm not a rich guy, this stuff takes a long time for me to save money for.

That is a vicious cycle that you cannot keep up with.

If there was a like button, I'd break my mouse clicking it for this post.

The great thing about collecting isn't buying the games, it's showing everyone online that I did.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Reasonable price to pay for a clean Duo R]

Check with Keith Courage here for what he has before buying a Duo-R elsewhere.

He sold me a cleaned up Duo-R ($255) + region switch ($50) for $305 + shipping a couple years ago.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to the Forums -- Finally am ready to get my TG16 back & my TG16 story]

can somebody derail/hijack this overly pleasant thread soon.  please.

k

Hello,
.    I'm brand spanking new to this awesome site and I not only wanted to say hi, but I also wanted to share my story of owning a TG16 in the Mid 90's. I've also been looking around to finally get a TG16 again, but instead of getting the CD attachment, which I remember was very finicky, I was going to possibly get a PCE Duo or something like that. I was hoping to see if anyone here had suggestions or could maybe point me in the right direction. So yeah, hi everyone, I can't wait to post more and share in the love of Retro gaming, especially the awesome TG16/PCE!!! Here's my story:

So growing up poor in the 80's and 90's (I was born in '81), I was still playing NES and Atari while I watched all my friends get SNES and Genesis consoles, but I at least got to game over their houses while hanging out. But I was fortunate in the way that I got to really check out the latter part of the NES library and play amazing games like Power Blade (my personal favorite) and S.C.A.T. I saw stuff about the TG16 here and there in gaming mags and it fascinated me big time, but it was very obscure and there was no way my mom was going to be able to afford buying it in the store, even when they dropped in price.
.    So, I had a good friend that I hung out with a good amount and as fortune would have it, he had an older brother that at one point in time bought the TG16 and a load of stuff for it, including the CD attachment! Those 2 brothers had an SNES and Genesis, so that TG16 was just sitting. He hooked it up fir me one day and I was absolutely floored at the awesomeness of that machine. Every game was so vibrant and unique. I finally got to see and play what I read about over and over. I was in love. At this point, I hadn't even tried the CD portion cause I couldn't stop playing Blazing Lazers (I love Shooters/Shumps/BulletHell games), or Splatterhouse, or Bonk, or Ninja Spirit. This was the Console for ME and I knew it, right away.
.                                                                          Cut to a month or so later and I had my brother and myself frothing over this Console. I had been trying to buy this whole set up from my buddy's brother, but he would go any lower than $55 for it all. Now, I'm going to list, to the best of my memory, what all I got when I bought it and it'll probably make some people fist pump. But then again, at the time, nobody in the US cared about this system. So, after getting all the money I had saved from my birthday that had recently passed, I sold a few beloved CDs, VHS tapes and an NES cart to a Pawn shop, I had $52 in folding cash and another $3 in change. I actually used two 50 cent pieces out of my rare coin collection. So, he drove over, and brought everything in. Which was more than I knew he had and my brother and I were beyond excited. He took about 5 minutes to show me how everything worked and how to hook it up (which was like all systems back then).
.                                                 So here is what we got for $55: The TG16 Console (No back cover, all appropriate OEM wires), the regular OEM controller, a large OEM Joystick controller, The entire CD Attachment with the Turbo CD Hu Card. Now I'm going to list all the games I remember, they all had the Jewel Cases and little cover on the Hu Card games. Ok, Hu Card games: Blazing Lazers, Splatterhouse, Bonk, Ninja Spirit, Dragon Spirit, R Type, China Warrior, TV Sports Baseball and Football, Jackie Chans Action Kung Fu (I think), Super Adventure Island, and 2 other Shooter games I can't remember the titles of though. CD games: Fighting Street, Ys Books 1&2(I think that was the name), Addams Family, and 2 other games I can't remember the titles of either.
.                                                                                                 So yes, all that for $55. I felt like the coolest person ever and my brother and I were so happy. I had friends coming over that wanted to see the origin of Street Fighter and just to say they played a Turbografx 16! Plus, at that time the Sega CD had not come out yet or had just come out. So no one I knew had ever played games on CD before. It was a glorious time in my childhood and I appreciate anyone that read through it and, hopefully, enjoyed it.
.                                                                          All that being said, I'm ready to finally get my TG16 back (I have a few of the CD games still but everything else vanished during a move in the late 90s). I'm also looking to get the PCE of course, since there are tons more games. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I put some cash aside specifically for this, so I'm ready and able. I do want to make sure I go about this the right way though. I don't want to buy a Console that's going to kick a few months after I get it. I'm also going to post alot on the forums and check out the entire site. I just thought before I did anything, I would introduce myself and share my TG16 childhood story. Thanks for listening....Corey

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS Turbo Grafx card and CD games, selling my collection]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: On Oct 30, 2017, the PC Engine will be 30 years old]

and most importantly Fez will be 5 on April 13

[Off-Topic / Re: Whopper vs. Big Mac]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Magical Chase how often does it come up for sale on this forum?]

I'm looking for a copy of Magical Chase and a few other turbo games, how often does MC come up for sale here? and when it does is it for same price as ebay?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Going for a complete NA TG16 set! who has one?]

element, thanks for inviting me over, after we're done playing Xbox I wanna check out your OBEY collection.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Tell us is this a good price? the TG16 collectors price guide]

Pm with offer please.

Sweet set up Nulltard.  What kind of speakers are those?

Thanks, those are just some cheapy Sony towers.  I've since upgraded with a stack of BIC/Acoustech F12 subs and PL-89II towers.

* Nulltard waves e-peen

Don't the magnets in the speaker screw up your CRT being that close?

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Hello I am...]

Thanks for the welcome,
and here's some more stuff I got today!!

We're not into collectard photo sessions here.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: So I finally finished Neutopia]

By the way, my page here has basically full maps to both Neutopia games: https://www.chrismcovell.com/gamesillust.html

Get the power! OBEY Power!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TurboGrafx-16 Logo / Orange Label Font]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Review: Dragon Egg - A Good but Rushed Platformer]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Johnny Turbo's daughter contacted me]

Red Vines = only licorice that matters.

Fresh and moist Red Vines (the older fat ones, not the new fangled skinny ones) cannot be beat. However, fresh moist red rope licorice comes in a pretty damn close 2nd.

Who hasn't dreamed of having one of these in their car? I rest my case.

If Nulltard was an ice cream, he'd be pralines and dick.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Another new guy]

Here's your avatar

[General Gaming / Re: Retro VGS Game Console]

[Fighting Street / Re: Who is gynt?]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dungeon Explorer II - Mystery Solved]

[General Gaming / Re: "Your Guide to The Do's and Don't of Retro Gaming"]

Respect the PC Engine!

Gotcha!

Respect? No.

[General Gaming / Re: Retro VGS Game Console]

reminder for the future

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[Off-Topic / Re: The DK appreciation thread! :D]

I thought that this was a Donkey Kong appreciation thread.

Exactly thank you!!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Sinistron - Hardcore Gaming 101]

Sinistron may be best well known for being featured in the Ultimate Gaming Rig scam that ran for several years in game mags of the era.



http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/11/column_game_mag_weaseling_15_y_1.php

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Sinistron - Hardcore Gaming 101]

Posted at HG101 Feb 7 -

Alfa System is a developer that even more passionate gaming enthusiasts will rarely talk about, but anyone heavily interested in games has probably played at least a few of their titles. Alfa has worked on everything from excellent shoot-em-up series like Down Load and Shikigami no Shiro, the light gun shooter Elemental Gearbolt, and several installments in Namco's massive Tales Of... RPG series. In their early days, however, they worked exclusively on games for the PC Engine and its various CD accessories. While being released in 1991 caused Sinistron to quickly get lost in the crowd both in Japan and in the US due to the former country already having a several flashier CD-ROM games available and the latter's game playing populace being fixated on the SNES and Sega Genesis, Sinistron is still worth a look today for its solid level design and some original ideas.

   

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

This reminds my I should take this on for the 2016 challenge.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Can Pcenginefx beat all of the licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016? (49/134)]

Cratermaze cleared!

[Fighting Street / Re: Nice Colours On the Forum Lads....]

Rot does the Lord's Work as a mod over at neo-geo.com taking care of flippers and leechers on the marketplace.

Rot, you posted in the equivalent of the War Room, so you should feel right at home!

And remember,

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Can Pcenginefx beat all of the licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016? (31/134)]

If I want to submit for Cratermaze do I have to delete my save I've been working on since 2014?

Yes.

I'll do it if everyone promises not to do Cratermaze before me.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Can Pcenginefx beat all of the licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016? (31/134)]

Took one for the team and finished Keith Courage on my Turbo Express that was recently modded by our very own Keith Courage lol.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: I Love Yous Guys...]

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Sorry Total NOOB Question - New Here Ordered A Turbo Duo R from Japan need]

[General Gaming / Re: Retro VGS Game Console]

A new development

http://www.retrovgs.com/f.a.q..html

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

Cross posting

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (8/29/2015 - 9/04/2015) Game of the Week: Akumajo Dracula X - Chi no Rondo]

I did it you guise

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Keith Courage Waiting List]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Poll- Are you a new or old PC Engine/TurboGrafx gamer?]

It was running Sherlock Holmes, which I messed with for a minute before my small, child-sized brain determined that it sucked.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PIXELLENCE - The Book! Order now!]

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: PSA - TG-16 and 8 games found for sale for $125 in the Pittsburgh, PA area.]

I just wanted to know the other 3 games as many games on turbo demand high premiums.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: salutations!]

Don't do that.

Why? the worst that could happen is people mocking my small collection

And get called a collectard.

[Fighting Street / Re: Gentlegamer, collectard hunter]

This week, @ PCEFX, a shitty throwaway thread gains enough replies to have 9 pages thanks to a tool-assisted flamewar.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

It's not a misinterpretation by localizations either, in the original arcade version they're called "Albino Raskelt(?) Wolf".



But that English manual scan is ridiculous for adding an extra head to the description.

I'm sure the translator was thinking of Cerberus, which is understandable.

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

...it's called the Super HuCard ISO.

http://www.zeograd.com/super_hucard_download.php

About 75 games work off a CD bootable menu. There are varying degrees of bugs, but they're mostly playable. Only games that are 256KB or less can be converted to be played this way since that matches the CD RAM size. But yes, it's possible and the idea obviously started with the Gate of Thunder 4-in-1 CD where Hudson made Bonk's Adventure, Bonk's Revenge and Bomberman playable off a CD.

[Off-Topic / Re: Interesting interview with John Carpenter - his company wanted to sue Konami.]

[Off-Topic / Re: Interesting interview with John Carpenter - his company wanted to sue Konami.]

[Off-Topic / Re: Interesting interview with John Carpenter - his company wanted to sue Konami.]

Never forget his best work

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

Getting to meet Joe and Dave was pretty rad. Thanks Game Sack for coming to PRGE this year and I really hope you guys come back again next year.

Shoot, if I had known you were there too we could have met up. I got a good picture with them too and got some questions in (could have killed Joe for calling me DildoKKKobold lol) during the Q&A. Unbelievable how fast it went and how many people were losing their voices from talking so much during the convention. Here's me and my buddy that I haven't seen in 14 years.


https://i.postimg.cc/yYLrMfcz/20151017-153618.jpg

Joe is just as smarmy in person as he is online it seems.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Help! Need a Bonk 3 cardboard box. $100-$150. Will also buy CIB]

Here is one for $200, maybe you can talk to the guy down.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-Turbo-Duo-Grafx-BOX-ONLY-/161864168686?hash=item25afdb34ee:g:-9wAAOSwYHxWJoHq

Lol screw it i paid the $200.  PM me your paypal ill give you a little finders fee.

Can we vote this collectard off the island?