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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Looking for TG-16/PC Engine games Look inside to see if I have anything you like]

I kinda want an Xbox One.  I have Lords of Thunder.

The businessman strikes again!! buy low, sell high, always the way.
So tbone69 already owns Lords of Thunder, then buys a second very cheap copy here for $75, then offers to trade the game back on the forum for an XBox One console. Yeah I agree that's some business skills.

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=21740.0

I buy items under market value and sell them at a higher value.  Now I didn't force anyone to sell at a lower value.  They are willing to do this.  Also, people are willing to pay the higher price.  No one is forcing them.  Why is this wrong?  I am a businessman.  That's what I went to school for and I have a finance job.  I like to make money.

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=21743.msg479449#msg479449

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: BitHead1000 YouTube channel]

New video up

[Fighting Street / Re: Why does this forum attack rare game collectors?]

I started drinking a lot more milk from a couple a years back on advice from my doctor.

There's lots on the interweb about how industrial dairy is terrible for you. Especially if you're already sick. I'de dig out some links for you if you wanted

I googled it and saw some articles from 2014, was curious if something more recent had happened, so yeah please if you got some links.

[Fighting Street / Re: Why does this forum attack rare game collectors?]

Why? Because milk makes you die early.

I'd love to shave off half my life expectancy with that. Milky milky.

I know you're joking, but is the joke related to a recent study?? have you got a link.

I started drinking a lot more milk from a couple a years back on advice from my doctor.

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

Small Processor

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: ADDED - Dragon Saber 1-Life / Download - PC Engine / TG16 - 1-Credit Replays]

Added a 1-Life clear of Dragon Saber to opening post.

Another great video. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: BitHead1000 YouTube channel]

Some guy sent BitHead1000 a bunch of obey!

Good going CGQuaterly.
Another great video.

[Off-Topic / Re: Nintendo Quest documentary]

I may remember this wrong but I'd remembered before you pay to download Nintendo Quest.
But for anyone interested I've just seen someone's uploaded it to youtube.
As said I don't recommend watching it though.

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Chris Bucci's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/spida1a

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It was f*ckin awful.

I found the main guy a complete dweeb.
I want a documentary about BitHead1000 tracking down every PC Engine shooter or Chris Bucci's mission to review every TG-16 game, just bascially likeable characters instead of that Nintendo Quest ass wipe.

[Off-Topic / Re: I love the PC Engine.]

Artabasdos had a epic self destruct meltdown and nuked his account. Mods edited his posts in this thread and the thread title as they broke forum rules.

[Off-Topic / Re: What is your favourite soft drink?]

"Dr.Pep"

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Interest check for PC Engine T-Shirt Raffle?]

The T-shirt size measurement pit to pit is 50cm/20 inches.

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And thus Artabasdos is ushered in to the PCEFX hall of fame to sit along side peers such as Xak, Roy Vegas and XRay.

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Predator (Self-Destruct Scene)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Interest check for PC Engine T-Shirt Raffle?]

Do you know what the width from each armpit on the shirt is?  This would probably fit me but I wouldn't want to enter the raffle unless I was sure. 

Good idea, tomorrow morning I'll dig out a tape measure and measure the width pit to pit.
I honestly can't remember where, or what country I originally bought it from.
I say that as apparently there's a big difference in size in what's classed a Medium size in UK or US or Japan.
So measurements should clear it up.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Interest check for PC Engine T-Shirt Raffle?]

I have a black PC Engine T-Shirt I will raffle if there is interest.
I bought it years back and wore it once quickly to try it on for size and it was too small for me, so it's basically new but sat in my draw for years.
There's no label with the size, the size I would guess is a medium. I usually wear a Large and the T-Shirt was a bit small for me.

If there's interest and I raffle it I would ask winner covers shipping.

The T-Shirt looks exactly like the one Happy Console Gamer wears in all his PC Engine videos

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: A Huge find! (SuperGrafx protos!)]

amazing find! 

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Starly's Pissed

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

Pic of Video Game Centre in Bournemouth from 2002



From here:
https://www.nekofever.com/rip-video-game-centre/
http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2008/05/rip-video-game-centre/

[Fighting Street / Re: I have a small wang!]

APRIL FOOLS

I'm actually hung like King Kong. 

Gorillas have a 1inch dick.

And King Kong was about 12 times the size of an average gorilla.

[Fighting Street / Re: I have a small wang!]

Except it's not April 1st.

I got in early, for the element of surprise and to reveal the size of my wang!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

Heh yeah that would be great. I'd love a website with a comprehensive list of UK indie import shops from late 80's early 90's complete with pictures of the insides and display shelves

Yeah I would like to see pics from back then.

http://www.jammaplus.co.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46461&title=the-pc-engine-appreciation-thread

Nice I'll check it out.

When I used to visit Shekana on Tottenham Court Road it was essentially a small glass cabinet of games hidden at the back of an electronics shop full of hifi equipment.

Yeah.
The space in the shop they got for games did seem to get larger as the years went by, but still  relativity a small part of the shop.

On that last note, did anyone else find themselves really drawn to the small form factor of the mini disc  format when it first arrived? Like an extension of an existing fetish for hucards

I never got into mini disc myself but a lot of my friends had them. Were popular for recording DJ sets from your decks.

...notable exceptions to this were Video Game Centre in Bournemouth and the early incarnations of the Tottenham Court Exchange that went on to later become CEX, both of which where crazy places to walk into at the time. Raven Games always sticks in my mind as being the most impressive though, especially once the arcade cab was present (R-Type Leo anyone?).

The most impressive stores I remember were Machine Shack in Streatham and Computer Exchange in Notting Hill Gate in the early days.

But probably the no.1 as you said and we discussed earlier was when CEX first unveiled their "retro museum", with that wall of thousands of PC Engine games and thousands of other platform games too, that was just mental.

I wasn't keen on those 2 guys who ran Raven Games, so kind of spoilt the experience for me there.

I wanted DAT, too.

I didn't realise consumers bought DAT machines?? I thought they were only for studios to record music. I had a DAT machine as I used have a hardware studio. It cost me an absolute fortune at the time (like all the other gear did)
I had this model:

[Fighting Street / I have a small wang!]

APRIL FOOLS

I'm actually hung like King Kong. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

In the US "importing" Neo games was usually pointless. With most games being released in all territories In every language on the same day for virtuality the same price there was no need to deal with actually importing it.  Of course, eventually the carts became so hard to get that the only places carrying them were...import shops. NCS would just ask you what language you wanted because they carried both US and JP.

Yeah here in the UK with regards Neo Geo AES I'm not sure how much of it was imported from outside Europe. There was a mix up of Euro, US and Japanese games and when it was sold I don't recall the region being defined so much with it. For example with the SNES it was very clear whether it was US, Japanese or PAL.

I suspect alot of the mailorder companies who sold "grey imports" for all the other platforms (MD, SFC, PCE etc.) but when it came to the Neo Geo AES it was mostly the Euro region they stocked.

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

Stimulating Pikachu

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

If there was enough of us I would start a dedicated forum (and website maybe) about the "grey import" UK retro games scene.
Its just it seems there's not enough of us about though, so feel it would probably be completely dead. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Out of curiosity....]

it's not a great experience without the 6 button pad if I recall. If you're a Steet Fighter II fan a six button pad is definitely a good investment.


Edit. The PC Engine port of SFII is miles better than the Amiga, the Amiga version was awful, the PCE port I feel is superior to the Mega Drive.

SFC > PCE  > MD >>>>>>>>>> Amiga

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

Big grey import systems of the late 80s, early 90s era...

PC Engine, Gameboy, Atari Lynx!, Mega Drive, Neo Geo, Super Famicom, FM Towns Marty

...with a bonus mention for the supergun as a lot of these same guys were supplying jamma pcbs

What am I missing? 

I think the big ones were PC Engine, Mega Drive, Super Famicom/SNES and Neo Geo.

With the Super Famicom I think an equal amount if not more SNES games were imported from the US, particularly the RPGs we didn't get here. I think this was due to Super Play being the best selling video games magazine for a period and they heavily pushed RPGs.

Neo Geo surprises me because of the price, but most of the grey importers stocked it. I don't think they actually sold many, just had token selection in stock.

With Gameboy it was definitely crazy popular, but can't remember whether it was imported or pal releases. I know you had those knock off multi carts from Hong Kong that were a thing for a bit.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

I've ordered from them in the past I wonder if they became these guys

http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/

also these guys too

http://www.videogameimports.com/

Videogame Imports is a guy called Lee who used to trade under Dream Machines back in the day.
He has a loyal customer base from more midlands and north of England.
http://www.videogameimports.com/aboutus.htm

[Off-Topic / Re: Tits or Ass?]

ISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE!

I don't.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

Awesome scan, as you know I love stuff like this.

My memory is pretty blurry, perhaps Hardcore Otaking can better recall the details. From what I remember... Console Concepts started out as a mail order only grey importer of the PC Engine (hence the original name PC Engine Supplies) who went on to rebrand themselves as their wares expanded to include the likes of the Mega Drive, Neo Geo and SFC as each system was released. I never visited the physical shop but from what I remember it was a late addition to the business. I was a pretty regular custom back when this card was issued (92-94 I think) but the only 'Priviledge' it ever bought me was the ability to give them my customer number instead of my full address when placing an order over the phone.

Like I say, this is all a long time ago and my memory is pretty shit but I feel like these guys disappeared just prior to the 32bit systems arriving (or maybe just after). It feels as though there was one 'scene' of importers here in the UK throughout the 16bit era (Shekana, the original CEX, VGC, KT Consoles, Dream Machines, etc), then a whole other one after. I guess the PS1 really shook things up on that front. It blew up way bigger than any previous system here in terms of hype and a bunch of new importers jumped on the opportunity. I'm sure some of the existing guys who got on board benefited too but it certainly changed the landscape and as the niche factor started to evaporate, I think a lot of the more obscure stock (pc engine & Neo in particular) was pushed to the back.

Yeah as far as I'm aware you're correct about the history of Console Concepts. At the end of 80s they were one of the first major video game "grey importers" under the name PC Engine Supplies. And as you said, as other consoles arrived they changed their name.

Thinking about it my experience of using them was limited. Back all through that era I used to game with 2 other friends, and after I got my Japanese Duo one friend wanted one too and asked me to help him get it, I ordered his one from Console Concepts. I can't remember exactly how but they messed up the order some how (I think maybe sent the console without a game pad), and then after sent me/him a free copy of Final Soldier to compensate. My other experiance with them is buying PC Engine Street Fighter II from them when it was released.

I used Video Game Centre in Bournemouth a few times and also Telegames, but thinking about it my use of mail order was limited.
By far the main way I bought and traded games was through three ways.
1. Loot newspaper. ( basically a printed newspaper version of Gumtree(UK) or Craigslist(US))
2. Through a network of hardcore gamers in the UK at the time, used to speak on the phone and trade games via post. Some from London I'd meet up with and trade.
3. Bricks and mortar stores in the Greater London area, as in all the ones discussed throughout this thread.

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Nipples or Anus?

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those who grew up with imported pce in Europe]

OldGameMags have put up a scan of Electric Brain issue 35 (1993-06) 

http://www.oldgamemags.com/electric-brain/

Missed this before, thanks for the link.

One day when I get a better scanner I'll have to scan in all my Electric Brain issues, I think I have all of them.
I unfortunately don't have Onn Lee's precursor fanzines Console Ma'zine or PC Engine Fanatics.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Puyo Puyo Tsu/2...]

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[General Gaming / Re: Unholy Night - New SFC/SNES game from ex-SNK developers]

A Kickstarter for a USA SNES physical version of the game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1251527936/unholy-night-snes-fighting-game-console-cartridge

Here's what the Super Famicom Box artwork will look like.

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

I was initially skeptical about the Switch and was basically just buying it for my 9 year old daughter who is into Nintendo.
Nintendo these days make great consoles primarily for younger children and families. My favourite console ever was the Super Famicom but in more recent years my personal feelings on Nintendo are:
Gamecube= Meh
DS= Some ok games but mostly meh
Wii= Meh (Wife and kids loved it)
3DS= Liked a few games but mostly meh
Wii-U= Meh

So why am I saying this? because the Switch did actually completely catch me by suprise, I really like it, it's the first console they've made since the Super Famicom/SNES (maybe N64) that I'm actually excited about the future and looking forward to new games and buying more games.

Looks like I'm not alone as it's matching the Wii in sales and popularity so far and just read that Nintendo are planning to double the amount they're going to manufacture from 8 million to 16 million.

Saying all that I still can't connect mine to my router, so not able to do any updates yet or buy any download games, looks like I'll have to buy a new router, which pisses me off.

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

People on eBay are stupid.
Not Turbografx or PC Engine, but I was just bidding on a seller who had 20 different retro games auctions I was interested in.
ALL 20 separate game auctions got bid up and ended considerably higher than you could buy the same games for a buy it now, right now. Any of those bidders could of searched eBay and found the same games right now for cheaper than the amount they bid. That is literally throwing money away, or actually just giving it away just because they were so fucking desperate to win the auction.

I don't remember it being this bad before where people would bid more than buy it nows. So is this the problem with prices and the current state of eBay? bidders having so desperately to win auctions at all costs??

I think I'll call them "Bidtards" from now on.

PS I know that what I just said is moving a bit off subject from a "TG16 price crash", it was just the way those auctions ended (and loads of others I've seen recently) made me think of this thread and the mind set of "I must have this game at any cost".