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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine City show 27 is out!]

I just finished listening to it. Wooooo!

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

Golden Shower

[Off-Topic / Re: No "RIP Leonard Cohen" thread?]

He's up there with Tom Waits as one of the greatest unknown songwriters. Such sad news. Listening to his most recent album, it sounds like he knew the end was near and was ready to go. RIP.

[Off-Topic / Re: The Book Thread: What are you reading?]

Bump!

I've read the following books:

The Dogs of War
The Odessa File (Forsyth)
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. *****)
fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
The Puppet Masters (Heinlein)
Childhood's End (Clarke)

I love using my imagination to "view" the scenes described on books, so you can imagine how much fun it was to read Childhood's End. As far as I'm concerned this is the best book ever written , I really need to get more into Science Fiction if the books are as good as Clarke's novel.

I'm now reading Fist of God (yes Forsyth again). I still like Forsyth but his books feel so pedestrian after reading Childhood's End...

Nice! I recently re-read Farenheit 451 and then followed it up with Bradbury's A Pleasure to Burn.

I recently re-read Ender's Game and I think it might have been better the second time around.

I'm currently near the end of Statesman, the fifth (and final) book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series by Piers Anthony. The series started strong, but this book is really dragging...

[Off-Topic / Re: Word association thread]

bread

[Off-Topic / Re: How do you spend your time when you're sitting on the toilet?]

A Trek fan and a Kung Pow reference in your location.

I wondered if that was too obscure a reference. Now I want to watch Star Trek IV again!

...and I'm always up for watching Kung Pow. That movie never gets old.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: New Translated Game - Hisou Kihei X-Serd]

Woo hoo! Great news!

[Off-Topic / Re: Weight Loss Challenge #2]

Woo!

Does this challenge start now or are we waiting until after Holiday Madness?

[General Gaming / Re: Civilization 6]

Civilization 2 smashes it. I tried 3, didn't like it as much. Haven't tried one since. Should I?

Civ 4 is amazing. I haven't tried 5 or 6 yet because I still have 4 (with the Beyond the Sword expansion) installed.

Civ 6 looks pretty impressive so I'm sure I'll pick it up at some point.

Speaking of Civ games, I found this at a nearby thrift store earlier this week. So many minis! Now I just need to come up with friends to play it with. :p

[Off-Topic / Re: How do you spend your time when you're sitting on the toilet?]

Roflmao, where the hell have you been?

I've been imprisoned on the frozen asteroid Rura Penthe.

But I escaped!

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[Off-Topic / Re: For those that make music with synthesizers.]

The first machine I ever had was a Casio PT-1 exactly like the one in this video:

I've been looking around for the perfect keyboard for my kid (still under 2) and I've come to realize this is probably it. It has to be something with no "wrong" settings. If its easy to fuck up with a certain button then he's eventually going to hit it (learned this from experience). I think his first keyboard may be the same as my first keyboard?

Shame I don't have it anymore. Like everyone else in the 80s, at all ages and income levels, I got a PCM synth and literally forgot where my old analog toy went. Now I need to go to like...eBay. I don't know if music shops even take in gear that low end. I think it was $30 in 1984 or whenever.

I saw Jill Sobule play once and I'm pretty sure all she has was one of those little keyboards. It was such a fun show! Man, I haven't thought of her in ages. But I remember that keyboard!

[Off-Topic / Re: How do you spend your time when you're sitting on the toilet?]

This is precisely why I can't stay away from pcefx.

[Off-Topic / Re: For those that make music with synthesizers.]

I'm really digging what you're creating, Zeta!

I'm not even in the same galaxy as you and Arkhan, but I've had this keyboard since the mid-late 90s and now I'm teaching my 8yr old son how to play on it. In college (late 90s) I used it to create soundtracks for 3d animations I worked on.

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

I've been tinkering a lot with my DS Lite, now that I have a flashcard that can obey.




It's an Ace3ds plus card and cost just under $10 shipped from HK. It can play most (all?) DS games, but the magic for me is the emulators included. It comes with emulators for NES/SNES/Genesis/OBEY/GB/GBC/Neo Geo, but really all I've done is obey on it since it arrived. The screen is really nice, though sound emulation is not great. Redbook audio is perfect but sampled sounds dont seem to work right, or at all.

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

I may be one of the few, but I enjoyed playing through the first Evolution on the Dremcast bitd. But once I got my hands on Skies of Arcadia, I totally lost interest in getting Evolution's sequel.

Just recently I found out that both the first and second game were compiled together as Evolution Worlds for the Gamecube and I found a copy for under $10 and had to pick it up.



I'm only an hour or so in now, but I like what they've done so far. It seems they've abridged the first episode quite a bit to get people to experience the second episode. The graphics look great on the Gamecube via s-video.

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

I am about to start a mass emailing for the game to confirm shipping addresses... it will take a few hours to complete. Once I have back enough responses, we are going to start mailing demo discs to everyone who preordered.

I've been away for awhile and am slowly getting caught up with all that I've missed these past few months.

Progress looks good!

Did you send out this mass email? I preordered (back in 2014!) but didn't get any message over the summer about demo discs. I just want to make sure I haven't accidentally fallen off a list or something.

EDIT: PM sent!

[Off-Topic / Re: That movie you just watched]

My Halloween watch.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Happy Halloween! TG-16 Wallpaper for computer/phone/telex]

Yummy!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Obey!!!]

Winning!

[Off-Topic / Re: Weight Loss Challenge]

Dang! Nice Job everyone! If this happens again, I'd like to partake.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu I and II - General Translation Project(s) Thread]

So exciting to read about all the progress being made!

[Off-Topic / Re: What is the "SP" reference?]

Seven pancakes!

[Off-Topic / Re: Admit it... You're playing Dungeons & Dragons.]

I recently spent the day running my 8 yr old son and wife through the starter adventure that came in the 4th edition red box. It was a hoot, everyone loved it and wish we all had more time to play more. Man I had forgotten how much time is involved in preparing a campaign!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Pixelization]

Holy moly this thread is awesome. It should be awarded a sticky.

[Off-Topic / Re: A Visit to 2nd and Charles in Woodbridge Virginia]

When I lived in Fayetteville, NC, the 2nd & Charles there had a pretty sweet selection of classic games, but not like that! I picked up most of my Genesis library from that place because every Genesis game was $5. And they had Earthbound for $8. I moved away a couple of years ago, but I bet they've caught wind of the madness going on in classic game collecting and have adjusted their prices accordingly.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are you currently listening to?]

Ah.. That's Sacrament. Very good album.  My favorite is the one before.... Ashes of the Wake

Yep, that's the one, now that you mention it! That's not generally the sort of music I listen to and found myself drained when listening to the entire album in one sitting, but once we've moved to a more permanent location and I can unpack all my CDs, I'll definitely give it some more time.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are you currently listening to?]

Lamb of God:
Overall, Lamb of God was the highlight of the weekend for me. They deserved to be on a main stage.

Ha! Last time I visited San Diego, the car I rented still had a Lamb of God CD in it. I'd never heard of 'em before but I held onto the disc for kicks.

Ha! Lucky you. I actually left their newest disc in my cd player when I traded my car in. I could have kicked myself.

What album did you pick up?

It's actually packed up right now, but I remember it having a dark purple or blue face.

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

I'm so excited to see progress on this! We are one week away from the two-year anniversary of my pre-order!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

Yesterday was a Turbo day for me. I spent a good chunk of time playing Gradius, Air Zonk (which I finally beat!), Devil's Crush, and Super Star Soldier. Man I suck at SSS.

Today I remembered how bad I am at Street Fighter II (once upon a time I was half decent, I swear!) and then played some Soldier Blade. Such an amazing soundtrack!

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

When I was a kid I also thought it was the spiritual sequel too.  In hindsight, it was stupid to put the 2 on there in the U.S.

Yep.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are you currently listening to?]

Lamb of God:
Overall, Lamb of God was the highlight of the weekend for me. They deserved to be on a main stage.

Ha! Last time I visited San Diego, the car I rented still had a Lamb of God CD in it. I'd never heard of 'em before but I held onto the disc for kicks.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: On sale for a stupid price]

The re-release arrived! (a little while ago)

[High Score Records / Re: Air Zonk/PC Denjin High Scores!]

WOOOO! I finally beat Air Zonk! It's been a long time coming. I've gotten "this close" so many times.

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

Interesting story....I picked up Goonies 1 for my Twin Fami at MGC this year. I always kinda wanted the game but wasn't prepared for the unexpected memories that came flooding back. Having thought I had never played the game before previously (only Goonies 2) I started to remember playing Goonies 1 on a Playchoice 10 at a local grocery store in the mid 80s. We would go there every morning before school for donuts with my mom and I never failed to bug her for quarters so I could play Metroid and...this game apparently. For years I've known that Goonies 1 only saw release in the arcades but I never put 2 and 2 together. I just assumed that it was Goonies 2 I was remembering. ...Such a nice reunion.

This story warms my cockles.

It wasn't until I recently picked up a 150-in-1 NES cart that I realized a Goonies 1 game actually existed. I always thought the NES game was a spiritual sequel to the movie.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your top 5]

Ys (all)
Thunder (both)
Crush (both)
Soldier (all)
Bomberman (all)
Ninja Spirit
Spriggan

That's six (ish). Sue me.

[Off-Topic / Re: Has summer started for you?]

Yeah, it was mid-80s here in Kansas City. Summertime has arrived!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Remind me how to use my "Low-Cost Flash HuCard"]

Mine sometimes has an issue erasing the rom

If thats about the gameofyou cheap flash card.... try lightly resting a finger on the left chip, and see if that helps.

Yeah, I've already figured that out. That helps most of the time.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Gunhed FX1 (romhack)]

Can someone PM me some info on where to find the file needed to apply this patch? I've tried numerous versions and keep getting a checksum error.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Remind me how to use my "Low-Cost Flash HuCard"]

I have a TED, too.

Is there an "Idiot's Guide" to the TED/EverDrive that I should use?

PM Sent.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Remind me how to use my "Low-Cost Flash HuCard"]

I'm pretty sure I've used the software on an old Asus Netbook with Windows XP on it and have gotten it to work, and I know I've used the software on Windows 8 successfully, so I'm thinking you should be able to use your netbook with Windows 7.

Mine sometimes has an issue erasing the rom so I have to go through the process a few times to get it to tranfser a new rom over properly. Honestly, I haven't used mine in awhile either because I have since picked up an Everdrive which holds *everything*. :/

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dungeon Explorer is awesome!]

Two  words: DEBDE DEBDA

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: On sale for a stupid price]

Gotta be a bit of a headache for one man to handle a mass fulfillment of orders like this at once I imagine though. Get boxes together, pack cases in, print/affix labels, make drives out to the Post Office, etc.

No doubt, but he's on the ball! I've already got my tacking number.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Can Pcenginefx beat all of the licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016? (63/134)]

I beat Cosmic Fantasy 2 in November of last year so no way I was going to play that again.  It's a good game but man some of those battles drag out towards the end of the game.  Especially the parts of the game when you only have one character.  It takes ages to kill enemies lol.

I love RPGs and am typically patient with the classic ones but this one almost defeated me lol.

Yeah, I remember the last time I played all the way through it, back in the late 90s, I was so done with the game I sold it thinking I'd never want to play it again. But time heals all wounds and I started itching to give it another go a few years ago. I received it as a Secret Santa gift and have started it a couple of times since, but fizzled out before completing it. I think this time it's going to stick, though!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Gunhed FX1 (romhack)]

Awesome! I'll have to give it a shot.

[General Gaming / Re: Games that kick your ass but you still love.]

Most shewties.  I generally suck at 'em, but they're still fun to play and see how far I can get.

Me too. I only ever beat like 1/4 of them, but I love them. Pulstar is still unbeaten in my house but I love that game so much.

Yep, I'm in the same boat.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Can Pcenginefx beat all of the licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016? (63/134)]

I'm surprised Cosmic Fantasy 2 hasn't been completed yet. I started playing through that again a couple of weekends ago so I should have it completed before the year is up.

[High Score Records / Re: "Star Parodia" ("Fantasy Star Soldier") High Scores]

Dude! Where have you been?

Stupid real life. Always getting in the way of OBEY.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu I and II - General Translation Project(s) Thread]

This is so awesome!

[General Gaming / Re: Tell me about arcade joysticks!]

I picked up an X-Arcade Dual Joystick along with a bunch of console adapters during a Black Friday deal 3 or 4 years ago and have been very happy with it.


http://shop.xgaming.com/products/x-arcade-dual-joystick-usb-included

I know there are joystick elitists out there that think these are shit, but I guess I'm not enough of a hardcore gamer to get it. They come with a lifetime guarantee and when I had issues with one of the switches, they sent me enough spare parts to pretty much rebuild it if I ever need to.