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

I'm very new to the system, only got one in the last six months, tho it's been on my radar for a while as I'm a bit of a shoot 'em up fan.

Overall I think it's a cracking system, my only real criticism of it is the music on some games can be a bit lacking in bass.

 I just need to invest in either a CD attachment or a Duo so I can play some of the other awesome looking shooters and that Dracula game everyone bangs on about.

Alex.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Street Fighter 2, the six button pad and a Pal TG]

Thanks for the help and guidance guys.

I've actually got a Sony Trinitron so it could well do 60hz.

Other option is pick up an SF2 arcade pcb and sling it in my cab, don't fancy hacking the cp to fit three extra buttons tho.

Just to clarify, I've actually already got a copy of SF2 on my Everdrive and tbh I grew up playing SF2 on a PAL SNES so I'm probably used to the slowness.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Street Fighter 2, the six button pad and a Pal TG]

PAL TurboGrafx systems run games at various speeds slower than intended. You're probably better off just buying a cheap PC Engine system.

Totally. No adapters needed. The PAL Turbografx is a dust collector.

Problem I've got is my TV won't do 60hz as I use an old CRT, might chalk fcuk on it.

Thanks guys.

Alex. 



Thanks

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Street Fighter 2, the six button pad and a Pal TG]

Like fruit said, it's a different sized port.  You'll either need a converter cable or swap cables from a spare TG-16 pad.

Sorry if it's a noob Q, but if you don't ask and all that. 

PC-FX......

Yeah, posted in the wrong section and everything    Feel free to move.

Alex.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Street Fighter 2, the six button pad and a Pal TG]

Hi guys, need a little help please.

I'm in the uk, I've got a Turbografx and I want to play SF2 but as everyone is aware it's mega poo with the standard two button pad.

My question is; will an Avenue 6 or Hori whateveritscalled work?

I'm sure I read somewhere they don't. Is there a way of jerry rigging it so I can use one?

What do you TG owners do/use?

Sorry if it's a noob Q, but if you don't ask and all that. 


Any help will be greatly received.

Ta.

Alex. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (9/04/2015 - 9/10/2015) Game of the Week: Street Fighter II']

Bugger, no six button pad!   

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

I'll check it out tonight.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

If you're not sure which games to get stuck into first, a good way to get a general idea of the better HuCard games is in this thread
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9714.0

edit: If you're checking out the HuCard shooters there's also this thread
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16970.0
Though it has a mixture of HuCard and CD games.

Basically a perfect start would be Soldier Blade!
PC Denjin and GunHed are held with very high regard.
Magical Chase is actually a really great game despite the controversy.
I love Hana Taka Daka but nobody else seems to care about it.

Thanks mate. 

Soldier Blade has already had quite a bit of play as I like that style of shooter and am a fan of Star Soldier/Super Star Soldier/Star Force on the Famicom.

I've been using a shoot em up list that I printed off from a link that BigusShmuck posted on the first page of my "hello new guy" thread.

I got the pink highlighter out and ran it over all the Hu card games, as they're moved in with the CD games, to make it easier to see them. One thing I noticed is that there are a few games missing from the rom pack I was given so I think I'll find them out first and make sure I've got a complete set before I start.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

The plan:

I think I'm going to chew through all the shooters first, it is, after all, why I bought the system.

This at least gives me a starting point and a framework to build around.

  I'll probably not play them in alphabetical order so, as I'm a bit of a list maker, I'll keep track that way and maybe even note down a few lines about the game. This should help me if/when I return to a certain game in the future.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

playing through them alphabetically

The first game on the list; go right through Falken's maze.







 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

Well, I got the Everdrive up and running at the weekend! 

MASSIVE thanks to NightWolve for the guidance and everything else.


Only problem (if it is a problem) I have now is I've got every Hu card game and I hardly know where to start!!!

 Anyone else find they can't stick to one game and keep reaching for the reset button to try another?

Also need to gets me a Everdrive case, I've seen a few designs and like the look of the Buffalo Wing ones but they're about £19 shipped which seems on the steep side.
 
Anyway I've made a list of Shooters that I'm going to work through, seems like a good a place as any to start.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

I understood it as a positive, mate. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Especially if the stereotypes are negative, people find it easy to believe bad things and difficult to believe good. Unfortunately. 

My SD card hasn't turned up yet so I'm not up and running with the TED at the moment.

Hopefully it'll be ok. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

It's hilarious when non British people think of stereotypes of Britishness. Pretty much spot on with the drinking tea though, it is pretty much an institution here (in England). Not sure about crumpets though.

Then just what do you have for a snack after a long game of Cricket?

Good question, I'm not sure, but definitely never heard of cricket with crumpets. 

I love cricket with strumpets.

Or, I'll just take the strumpets.

I'm not English, though.

In this day and age, in the UK, after cricket your more likely to go to the pub and drink a Danish/Belgian/Italian pint then walk to the kebab shop on your way home.

England isn't all "jolly hockey sticks" and "tea on the lawn with the vicar" any more (well maybe some places) as UK foreign policy on migrants and our membership in the EU has seen us become a melting pot of cultures. The "hockey" and "tea" bit is also seen by some as quite twee.

I myself am of Polish decent (grandad came over after being displaced in WW2) and am in no way xenophobic, but we do seem to be having our national identity diluted slightly.

I must say, I do prefer the England I grew up in in the 80's, tho this implies I've actually grow up. 

Anyway, I'll steer this back on course with another question.

Has anyone with a Pal TG had any issues with the V2 everdrive, hope I haven't pulled the trigger too soon and wasted my hard earned.   

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

No, I haven't spoken to Keith, does he just do Duo's or all sorts?

I believe so, all you need to do is ask.

Great! I'll check him out.


Too late for the everdrive, it landed the other day. Apparently it's ok with Pal TurboGrafx.  Time will tell, just waiting on a SD card then I'm going to give it a whirl.

Like a kid in a sweet shop at the mo'. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

White PCE (original model) + SCD =
CoreGrafx I (blue logo) + SCD =
CoreGrafx II (orange logo) + SCD =
DUO

Hahaha ... if you're going for the SuperCDROM, and aren't too fussed about pairing it with the Core Grafx II to have matching orange logos ... then you can go for the best (and weirdest looking) PC Engine system of them all ...

Super Grafx + SuperCDROM! 

I can't see that happening, got to have matching orange logos otherwise I'm likely to explode from ocd overload. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

No, I haven't spoken to Keith, does he just do Duo's or all sorts?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

^ Let's do this like maths:

White PCE (original model) + SCD =
CoreGrafx I (blue logo) + SCD =
CoreGrafx II (orange logo) + SCD =
DUO

The SCD (and the DUO) has a System Card 3.0 built-in, so you can play 98% of the PCE library with PCE + SCD.

If you want to play the ARCADE CD-ROM² titles, you'll need an Arcade System Card (two versions exist, either one will work).

One game, due to quirks, will only play with System Card 1.0: Altered Beast CD-ROM. You can play with other system cards, but the game will crash at some point (I'll allow other folks to provide the details).

Brilliant, that's cleared things up for me, next question though; what's a ballpark figure for what I should be paying?

Dollars is fine as things I buy from Japan are usually priced that way.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

HELPFUL GUIDE:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/main/nec_compatibility_guide.html

8bitAl: I prefer the PCE/TG-16 and all the quirky "Heath Robinson"  configurations to the DUO (the DUO is nice, certainly, but lacks all the charm and personality of the other PCE/TG-16 hardware).

The GRAY CD hardware you posted is known as SUPER CD (not to be confused with the Super CD-ROM[super]2[/super] (SCD) format, which was an upgrade from the original CD-ROM[super]2[/super[/super] format for games).

Yes, it gets confusing.

 

That's the word I was looking for, personality.  Yes , things need a personality! I drive a n '89 Mk2 Golf Gti
for that very reason.

So let me get this right; the orange and grey CoreGrafx 2 has a super CD plumbed into the back of it?

Will said CD attachment play all CD games with the correct Hu card stuck in the front?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I'm guessing he's a disorganized British guy (possibly drank his tea from his crumpet dish and crumpets from tea cups)?

There was a CoreGrafx 2 with a CD attachment in the same colour on eBay the other day, the CD was just clipped into the rear port, out of all that I've seen so far, that was the most aesthetically pleasing. 

Really? I see it like this.

Errrrrrr, right.

Heath Robinson was and artist famous for his drawings of "contraptions" that were overly complicated. I'm sure he was a fan of Crumpets, most folk are.



As for the Duo, I think it's to do with the mauve details maybe?? Idk, probably much the same as one guy preferring Blondes over Brunettes, it's all down to personal preference.

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I find the Duo a bit uninspiring tho.

There was a CoreGrafx 2 with a CD attachment in the same colour on eBay the other day, the CD was just clipped into the rear port, out of all that I've seen so far, that was the most aesthetically pleasing. 



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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Everdrive Questions]

Awesome, thanks mate.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

It looks like you're off to a good start.

Cheers mate. O:)

Yeah, I'm loving it at the moment!

Every day I'm finding out something new or spotting a game "I have to play"

I seriously feel like a kid again, it's great!   

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Everdrive Questions]

Hi Guys,

This just landed.



Having only experience with emulators in the past I'm not 100% on how to use them. 

So, I've got a  question in two parts.

1, Is it just a case of dragging roms onto the SD card then bunging it in the Everdrive?

2, Or is there a process I need to go through first?


Any help would be awesome.


Thanky.


Alex.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Talk to Chop5 to see if he has any chopsodos available to play Japanese Hucards. As mentioned before, your best bet would just get a Japanese Duo or Duo -R as that would be cheaper than getting the cd attachment with a US System 3.0 card. Again, check with Keith Courage to see if he has any refurb units for sale...

I had been looking at some adaptors from db electronics, The PC Henshin so I'll probably grab one of those along with the GrafxBooster when it's for sale to help save a bit on shipping.

I think the best course of action is to work through the Hu Cards and find the ones I want to own the physical copies of, I'm not out to own every game as I know they'll be ones I wont play so no point owning them, after that I'll look to the CD games and a Duo.

A few more games have just turned up as I type so I've got a good few to go at before I think about buying more.

So far the collection stands at 9 games, I bought these with the console:

             Blazing Lazers
             J.J. and Jeff
             Cratermaze
             Alien Crush
             Legendary Axe

These just turned up:

             Vigilante
             Galaga '90
             Ninja Spirit
             Dragon Spirit


I've just about completed Blazing Lazers, although I'm sure I read about a code you can input to change the difficulty settings???

Legendary Axe is kicking my arse a bit but it's really enjoyable.

I've not put that much time into the others but I think J.J and Jeff could be good with some perseverance, Cratermaze seems a bit easy but I get the feeling there's more to the game than I realise. Either that or it'll end up being a bit dull.
         

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

No, I'm not a violent man. 

I was a little shocked he hadn't even heard of them, even tho I've only been an owner exactly one week today, they had been on my radar for years.

I'm glad I can play everything available, then.

How easy/hard are CD attachments to get hold of and can you Jerry rig a PC Engine CD to a TG?

Some awesome looking shooters I'd like to get my teeth into. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Well today was a bust, went in the afore mentioned retro game shop and the dude behind the counter hadn't even heard of PC Engines or TurboGrafx. 

These days it's extremely rare to find a bricks and mortar retro game shop here in the UK, let alone one that's heard of PC Engine or TurboGrafx.
The only one I know of is Raven Games in London and I'm not even sure if their bricks and mortar shop is still going, also their prices since back in the day have always been really high.

To be fair to the bloke he said he couldn't help with anything "technical", maybe he was standing in for someone, it was around lunch time???


Got another couple of questions for you guys; will my plain old TurboGrafx play all Hu cards  (except SuperGrafx ones) with the appropriate adaptor?

Also, is there regional lockout between US and European Hu cards?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

My bad, just regular TurboGrafx

Well today was a bust, went in the afore mentioned retro game shop and the dude behind the counter hadn't even heard of PC Engines or TurboGrafx. 


Anyhoo, thanks for the warm welcome, guys. 


Still no definitive answer on this "obey" business, tho. 


Alex. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Al, what are you running as far as OBEY? PC engine? Turbo Grafx? Or one of the many variants of DUOS? If you have a U.S Duo, you probably want to get that puppy recapped as soon as possible, Keith Courage would be the man to talk to on capping and possibly selling refurbished units.

I'm running a TurboGrafx, there's a guy over here selling new old stock TG-16's, for £89 I thought "why not"

Alex, here is a list of shooters, which you can re-sort by various categories:

https://archives.tg-16.com/complete_list_of_tg16_pce_shooters.htm

Also, to answer your other question:

 

Awesome mate!!!  Gonna have to find me a cd add on, did I imagine it or have I read somewhere CD's are region free?

Welcome
Ey by gum lad etc.
Blazing lazers is very decent.

Eyup lad, ah tha from raaand these parts?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Ok, so I did a bit more reading on other threads, found this..........


Quote from: airsoftmodels on July 12, 2015, 06:02:43 PM
Ok, I had a perfectly good tg-16.  A little scratched maybe, but perfectly good.  Today I saw an almost mint in box tg-16 for sale on craigslist.  No price listed.  Had to have it, called the guy, he wanted $120 - fine.  Now I've got 2.  Is there something wrong with me?

Excellent, Excellent, You're leaning to OBEY correctly.   

Also I own atm:
Tg-16 W BOX
Tg-16 W CD and Clamshell
US DUO
DOU RX
Turbo Express

If anything you need to catch up:



Also this..............



« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2015, 09:25:05 PM »
Quote
One is enough for me. Maybe two, one as a backup, but I don't want to hoard stuff. I just want to OBEY, not keep others from OBEY.





I think I may have joined a cult. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=6927.0

Just looked through about 8 pages of that, apart from something about John Carpenter (love his films, not seen "they live") I'm stil non the wiser.
Feel like I've just walked in a party half way thru and everyone is referencing a joke from earlier  in the night. 

So is it something that started as a joke and then has become a "thing"?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

Not sure how easy/hard it'll be to get hold of games and accessories over here, only been into it a week. 

Not afraid to import so no problem really, I ordered a TED on Tuesday so I'll probably work it like I do the NES, try out games then buy the actual copies if I like it.  That way I'm not wasting money on games I don't play or find interesting.

I'm actually going to a classic console shop tomorrow so I'll ask and see what's what.


I have noticed on the later levels of Blazing Lazers when things start getting warmed up the lack of any flicker or slow down (awesome), unlike the NES, especially Gradius or Recca.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Welcome aboard! If you are looking for PC Engine games that are in English or 80% please check out this thread:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14497.0
One of these days I'll do a proper spreadsheet..

Aww mate, that's brilliant

Especially liking the shooters section stating wether they're HU or CD. That's a massive help. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Also, you have to tell us what part of the UK you are from. OTHERWISE I will assume you live on the Shetland Islands and burn fish scales to generate electricity.

I'm from Barnsley in South Yorkshire. 

Welcome aboard!

Thanks. 


[quoteInteresting choice as the NES was never big here in the UK, we're one the few places where the Master System was more popular.][/quote]
Both my cousins had one, after playing RC Pro Am/Mario/Burai Fighter I was hooked, plus it made my Sinclair Spectrum +3 graphics look like they were made of Play-doh.

Alex. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Hello, new guy from the uk.]

Hi everyone,

thought I'd say hi, signed up the other day after purchasing my first TG-16.

I've always been a NES guy since I got my first one for Christmas '89 but I fancied a change.

I was swayed by the good selection of shooters available for the system so I bought a new one from a guy over here along with a good handful of games.

Gotta say I'm loving it, so far I've been smashing Legendary Axe and Blazing Lasers every night for the last week.  In desperate need of a controller lead extension tho, went to itch my nose the other night and pulled the whole console off the shelf.   

Anyway I going to have a good read through the forum to expand my knowledge base, no doubt I'll have a few questions, too, but in the mean time if any of you could point me in the direction of any trusted sellers/shops/resources that'd be awesome.

Alex. O:)