The Lost Turbo Graphics: Part 1 (originally posted 10.14.2004)

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It is a known fact that some game developers like to put in their own special touch into the games that they create...a perfect example of this are the developers of past Atari games (look up the history of Atari game development to see what we mean). The Turbo had their own share of developer "easter eggs" which most have been left buried ...until now.

The following images were ripped and reconstructed from game code originally for pcengine-fx.com, and were not taken from any other website or source. If you wish to use the images for your own site, PLEASE ask us first. The deductions for each image are speculative and are based off of how the image is related to that particular game.



This is a partial reconstruction of what seems to be a hidden background or cinema from Dracula X. It appears to be part of an inferno.


Left: Appears to be an unused graphic of Ora's Orb.
Right: Unused warning screen for using the wrong System Card.


Left: A late 70's model Ford F-series 4x4 pickup.
Right: A large lizard...Species unknown.
Interesting to note that the PCE game Gradius II also include these same graphics.


Top Left: An unused background found in the 'Sadler meets D'Payne' section.
Top Middle: A character we didn't see in the game. Looks like he is a rebel fighter.
Top Right: This graphic looks like the knights in Albee Town.
Middle Right: A woman character that didn't make the cut.
Bottom Left: A male character that didn't make the cut.
Bottom Middle: A man that was never found in the game.
Bottom Right: An alternative graphic of the hero, Sadler.


Left: This graphic was used as a marker for unused character pic slots. English translation is "Who are you/Who is this". (Thanks to John for the translation.)
Right: This looks like it has to do with the game's intro, although it's never used. The text is not in correct order.


Left: Two character sets
Top Right: The System Card warning screen that was never used.
Right Bottom-Left: A small programmer's marker.
Right Bottom-Right: A graphic of the Turbo D-Pad and II button.


Left: A programmer's marker.
Right: A company logo design of some sort.


A mostly re-constructed PC-Engine Bonk from the US GoT kiosk demo CD. The "spotlight" Bonk intro was taken out and instead replaced by a different version for the kiosk disk, however the gfx were left in.