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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Sapphire is underrated.]

Whenever a Sapphire discussion pops up, it always ends up being a discussion about....
1.. prerendered polys? lol
2.. too expensive!
3.. oh no boots!
4.. it doesn't play like my favorite, but completely unrelated shooter!
If you are one of these people,
SHUT THE FUCK UP!

SAPPHIRE IS GAMING TRANQUILITY 
1.  Price of a game has no connection to it's quality.
2.  The art-style is fantastic.
3.  The animation is fantastic.
4.  The gameplay is fun.  (Good games are fun.)
5.  The music was clearly performed by ninjas stabbing great white sharks with whammy bars.
6.  Sapphire herself is hot.  Way hotter then what anyone reading this will ever get to bone.
She is clearly the type of cop to hold her cuban cigar between her boobies as she sits on Bruce Campbell's face with a twinkle of pure domination in her eyes.

If you think Sapphire is overrated, then please go play more Radiant Faggotgun.
Good-bye.

[Fighting Street / Jackie Chan, teh man!]

[Fighting Street / Donut or Dognut?]

 

[Fighting Street / NOT ALL CUNTZ ARE CREATED EQUAL!]

JUST DEAL WITH IT!

[General Gaming / For esteban]

As requested, footage of Dungeon Hunter.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Minty NEC MidiWorld]

Not exactly PCE, but where else to put this?
This is GM midi module attached to a CD player for reading midi data cds.
But, as you can see, it uses yet again the good old CD-ROM2.
Never seen one in such pristine condition.

auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x466359126

[General Gaming / Any Super Nintendo games that either don't suck or don't have cheap difficulty?]

I have tried very hard, and this system seems to have very little worth playing.  Growing up as an NES kid I was truly hoping for amazing things, but let's face it, this thing sucks.

Super Mario World.  No imagination at all compared to 3.  Dinosaur World?  Rolf, Master Higgens covered that shit years ago.  And you know Higgens actually got mad pussy from that chick everytime.  Hell Higgens is such a player he probably was doing anal with the dinos as he rode them, he knows how to party.  Oh and what I am fighting in Dino World?  Football players, what? This game sucks.  And in the next Mario game, the poor plumber became such a little bitch that he can't even walk, a god damned dinosaur has to carry around his lazy ass.  IT SUCKS IT SUCKS IT SUCKS!

Well let's see how about Star Wars?  LucasArts was the man back in the 90's, their PC games were high quality works of art.  Now we got Super StarWars here, hmm it seems this game is quite challenging, I get hit again and again, but wait everything drops a heart.  So it don't matter if I gets hit or not.  And now look falling death platforms in the Sandcrawler with not warning.  WTF is this shit?  So cheap, so lame, so SNES.  Hell, on Fami we had a StarWars game where Vader turns into a big pink shark.  Odd, sure, but damn amazing and fun to play, guess I expect too much from a box called SUPER.

After that?  Well Super Metroid was ok, but really loses it's appeal after one full playthrough.  And then we got MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7, MODE 7.........

FUCK THIS SHIT, OB3Y PCE!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Gradius II Die-cast Vic Viper]

Never seen one of these before.  According to the seller these were raffled off to people who bought PCE Gradius II.

I am too lazy to research this, but the box is clearly official, labeled Not for Sale, and is from 1992, so I'd say the story is probably accurate.

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g154943693

[Off-Topic / Top Gun 2 (2015)]

WTF?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Amazing games that should have sucked.]

Kind of a counter topic to the disappointing games list.  This is for games that really should be a steaming pile of shit, but ended up being amazingly wonderful games.  I'm not talking about "so bad it's good," but "WTF this should be shit, but it's actual totally awesome legit!"

As most could probably guess, mine would be:

GO! GO! Birdy Chance.

Hey Tokimeki Memorial is really popular, let's take that idea, dumb it down to the basics, throw in a cheap golf game, and give it an Aim for the Ace/Top vibe.  This should be a terrible piece of shovelware, but damn it's still one of my favorites.  The game is just really fun and sucked me in completely.  It does what it needs to, no more no less and always puts a smile on my face.  Having a good grasp of Japanese really helps though as the dialog is a big part of the fun.

[Fighting Street / Le ROLF]

"(12:27:18) Tatsujin: grou fuvcking annyoing chinese cra@p on le floor pon"

[Fighting Street / Fuck off Kick-starter!]

Sign here if you're like me and you've proudly never supported any kick-starter "projects."

[General Gaming / LET THERE BE LIGHT!]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / For the Override fans]

Little known fact, while Override came out in 1990.  Sting decided to remake the game for the X68000 computer a year later.  It's still very obscure, and there were no real videos of it on youtube.  So I uploaded one.  Kinda neat to see the changes, and a must play if you like the original.

[X68000] Last Battalion -Override-

[General Gaming / [X68000] Direct-X found!]

Finally, after all these years, I have found an original copy of the elusive Direct-X.
Released in 1998 by PYX.  This game isn't even 10 mins long, but it's absolutely badass.

Watch the video for everything you'll want to know.   

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Cosmic Fantasy Anime, Translated and Live]

So little known fact, there was a Cosmic Fantasy OVA released on LD and VHS back in 1994, a few months before CF4 came out. 
I wasn't aware of it until recently when Dan asked me to find it.  I was able to pickup the LD for cheap.  I recorded it, translated it, and now is
available on youtube with English Subtitles. 

It's about 40mins in length, and honestly nothing too special.  But worth a watch for Cosmic Fantasy fans I'd say. Animation is better then I would have expected being a Telenet property.  Though this was actually a PC-Engine Fan Magazine project.

Enable captions for English subs.  It's slightly buggy in a few places (CaptionTube is still in beta), but I'm happy with the results.
I was a bit liberal with the translation, but that's how I roll.

[Off-Topic / Tatsujin, check your PMs!]

Putting this here, cause Tats always misses the PMs. 
Tats, check your PMs, or you will probably miss out on something you've always wanted.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Dungeon Explorer FM Arrange]

See even the X68K knows how to obey

Bonus! But not obeysynth....
Vapor Trail (Awesome FM Guitar Synth):

And some Fist of the North Star because it exists:

I'm not the creator of any of these.

[Off-Topic / X68000 Midi Parade]

One giant video (it's over an hour) of X68k gameplay footage using my newly acquired Yamaha MU2000EX module. 
Even if you hate MIDI, there's a lot of games in here to see

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Anyone want to buy Kid's Station?]

New Super Potato opened up in Osaka, they are proudly selling all 6 of the Kid's Station games for the low low price of 1,869,000yen.
That's $23,880.17 with today's exchange rate.   

[General Gaming / Shhh..... don't tell JAPJAC....]

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e128484489

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r91690308

[Off-Topic / drunk threadfe]

this is the drunkel thread. post here iwhen you are drunk.  if you post here wihile sober, you are a fail pizza and you make baby akbar jeseus fuck canada cry asshole!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / "Hardcore Gaming" sucks at Rayxanber]

LOL this is an entertaining read.     Just laughable in every way.  Using Turbo Switches to control the boost in Ray II?  WTF? Someone needs to learn how to use a d-pad.  Another amusing case where someone decides to bash good games because they suck at them.  His review of Ray 1 is even worse, Ray 1 is the most balanced, best designed game in the trilogy.  I know few people have played the original, and even fewer have done so on the real hardware, but man this article is terrible. 

Oh and I love how he goes on about the canceled Playstation game, but isn't even aware of the two Vajras on LA.  The first of which was even in released in the USA.  This whole article just reinforces why emulators should never be used to judge a game's quality.  Just cheating your way through makes you miss all the special things that make games fun.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/rayxanber/

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Analog CyberStick Demo Vid]

Thought I'd start a new topic to be less confusing.  Anyway, here's a demo vid of this thing in action with all 5 known games.

[Off-Topic / What is it about this forum that attracts so many koshers?]

FUCK YEAH!

[General Gaming / FM Synth vs MIDI]

Let's do this!  All recordings will be done from a real X68000 and Roland CM-500 Synth Module.

Battle 1:  Magical Block Carat

Battle 2: Parodius Da!
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg203982#msg203982

Battle 3: Final Fight
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg205077#msg205077

Battle 3.5: Naious
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg205802#msg205802

Battle 4: Tokimeki Taisen
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg210655#msg210655

Battle 5 Part 1: Castlevania
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg213881#msg213881

SPECIAL:  Gemini Wing + Electric Guitar PCM Card
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg214437#msg214437

Arcus Odyssey
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10833.msg214858#msg214858

[Off-Topic / Best Virtual Boy Shooters?]

This question has been on my mind for a long time now...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Meh, **** the hoarders!]

So that crazy math game.....

Teh Video:

Teh File:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M26TB1XS

  myvaginafordeadite

[Fighting Street / "The Official LaserVagina Thread"]

The only way to make vagina better, is to find one that shoots lasers. 
photo courtesy of my buddy Yart.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / SuperGrafx for trade GONE]

SGX TRADED  .

I have a SuperGrafx for trade.  Includes original controller, AV cable, and AC adapter.
 Also includes the expansion port cover.   I just got a Vectrex and I'm looking for more games.  
I currently only have Harmagedon (Star Trek), Berzerk, and a Vecmania Homebrew cart.
I'm interested in all other Vectrex games, but must be boxed with overlay.  
I'm located in Japan (finding Vectrex games here is a pain in the ass).

[Console Repair/Mod Center / LaserActive RGB Mod]

Was an easy mod, and works great.  Signals must be amped though
This only works for games fully generated by the PACs.
If you play an LD game, you will see the sprites in RGB, but no LD Video will be shown.
You can also feed the RGB into a 32X, so yes 32X will work with an LA by doing this.





Composite:


RGB:

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / PC-Engine Laser Disc Games.]

Well considering half the board is now LaserActive crazy, might as well have a topic.
Sadly, PC-E LD library is mostly edutainment crap and pr0n.  I have Vajra, Vajra 2,
and Angel Mate.

Vajra and Vajra 2 are FMV shooters.  Like other titles such as these, gameplay is
limited.  More like a "visual roller coaster" then games.  Angel Mate is just strip
poker with boobies.

Vajra 2 is the best of the PCE titles IMO.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Bad Capacitors? FM Towns Marty]

So, I dug the old broken Marty out of the closet today.  It will not read CDs, adjusting the laser pot (it only has one) does nothing.   So I finally took the whole thing apart to look at the board (pain in the ass due to tons of shielding plates.

Only thing I could see are these caps.  The have black stuff on top that looks like magic marker.  One swipe with a tissue wipes it off.  Are these caps bad?  I've seen brown stuff from caps before, but nothing like this.

[Fighting Street / [IMPORTANT] A New Year and FINAL FANTASY XIV Still Sucks Monkey Ass (01/11/2011)]

Being a Democratic world, you may vote truthfully here.
Do not be afraid to spread your true beliefs, as there are no
wrong answers in this poll.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Holy **** my RGB mod actually works!!!]

So despite my awful soldering, I now have an RGB SuperGrafx.  The picture quality is amazing!
It blows my mind how much better it is now then the old composite.  Sadly I only have a cell
phone cam, but:

Composite:


RGB:


My work in progress, with the amp i'm using:

[High Score Records / "Cychorider" High Scores]

Cychorider High Scores

11,492,769 - shubibiman
8,700,731 - SuperDeadite (Speed 2 [default])
6,943,515 - Tatsujin

Finally got one of these, crazy game.  I dare say this is the fastest PCE shooter on max speed and it's a bonus minigame?  

Score and Speed Settings please:

8700731 Speed 2 (default)

[Fighting Street / Super Star Soldier Stage 8 Fucking Sucks!!!!!]

What the hell?  Half the stage is just waves of recycled enemies coming from metal Pac-man wannabes?  Then a lame boss parade?  What the fuck? This is so boring.  What a way to ruin an otherwise decent game!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Metamor Jupiter 3 player mode!]

Woah, I pulled out Metamor Jupiter today and looked through the manual.  This game supports up to 3 players at the same time! Player 2 and 3 can fully control the "bio-bits."  Cool stuff! 

[Fighting Street / Cotton is my now my b1tch!!]

Finally after all these years, I've 1 credit cleared that infernal 2nd loop of Cotton.  What a nightmare, the last level throws so much shit at you.  But I've finally seen the credit sequence.  Trivia:  Did you know T's Music did the arrangements for the PCE version?  I had no idea until I saw the credits, makes sense though.

The full video:

https://youtu.be/7eWWmKRYFGY&list=PL68545F0B0BF77E2F

[PC-FX Discussion / BMP Internals]

Out of curiosity, I cracked open the BMP to see what the batteries are for.  Inside is another battery! As well as a capacitor and the chips.  So I guess the saves are kept by the internal battery, and the AAAs are used to recharge it.  Crazy cool! 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Want to mod: PCEngine Mouse]

Probably a long shot, but anyone ever tried to mod a PCE mouse?  I want to play through PCE Lemmings, but the buttons are swapped!
The right mouse button is "Button I".  Meaning the right mouse button controls everythng.  Using my middle finger all the time is a pain in the ass.  I can't even use the mouse left-handed because of where the Run and Select buttons are placed. 

[Off-Topic / 3D TV]

So I recently picked up a new cellphone, the Hitachi Wooo H001.  The world's first consumer level cellphone with a true 3D display.  No glasses required, just press a button to switch between 3D and 2D viewing.  I'm quite impressed with it, reminds me of the JAWS scene from Back to the Future Part 2. Cool stuff. 

http://www.au.kddi.com/english/product/lineup/h001/index.html

[PC-FX Discussion / PC-FX Sales Flyers]

Came across this site, nice bunch of FX flyers in one place. 

http://pc-fx.moemoe.gr.jp/p01.html

[Feedback / Sales board for Non Turbo/PCE/FX items please.]

I hate to complain, but recently there have been a lot of random sales threads popping up in the Console Chat board.  Its good that people can sell their stuff here, but having it all mixed in with regular topics is lame.  It makes reading the real topics there annoying and too time consuming.  Thank you.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Renny Blaster is awesome!]

Finally completely finished this one.  I must say I love this game.  At first the gameplay felt really awkward, but the style of the game kept me interested.  The game has a LOT of problems and feels quite unfinished in some places.  However the game just oozes with awesome juice.  The music, characters, and especially the boss fights.  Some of the bosses are freaky as hell.  This odd-ball of a game really won me over, certainly a guilty pleasure kind of thing.  Great game for the "bad-game lovers", just too bad its rather pricey.

[PC-FX Discussion / Blue Breaker]

Recently finished my first run through of this game.  Really interesting idea, for a large part of the
game you just go anywhere you want to.  There is no set path.  You can explore caves and dungeons
in any order as well.  Just get a party you like and go adventuring, awesome idea! 

However you are on a time limit to finish the actual game, and what makes this difficult is that the
game doesn't really give you any information outside of a few very vaigue notes.  Getting a happy
ending with a girl can be quite difficult even for people that understand Japanese.

Very experimental game design, you basically just go left or right and fight battles automatically.  In fact
just giving the girls battle orders will piss them off.  Thankfully the party AI is quite good, so you don't
need to give them orders very often.

Really its a game about balence.  You really have to keep track of a lot of information in order to
succeed.  Absolutely everything you do has some affect on something else.

My first time I was able to get two happy endings.  There is still much more to see though, the final
girl won't even appear until you've gotten happy endings with two other secret girls first!  So its
got tons of replayability. 

Excellent game for the FX, but I highly recommend reading the super long FAQ at GameFAQs before even
attempting to play it.  It is probably one of the most complicated RPGs out there, but it does a good
job of hiding it behind a very simple gameplay design. 

[PC-FX Discussion / Blue Breaker & Chip Chan Kick Special Present?]

I was playing Chip Chan Kick today and was reading the spine card.  It says if you mail in
both the Chip Chan Kick and Blue Breaker spine cards, NEC would mail you a special present.
(This info is also on the Blue Breaker spine card).  Anyone know what the gift actually was?
I'd like to track one down for my collection.

[General Gaming / Sapphire for PSP???]

Here's one out of complete nowhere.  PSP is getting the "PC Engine Best Collection"
containing Yuna, Yuna 2, and Sapphire.  Crazy!

http://gmstar.com/psp/yunapcebc.html

[High Score Records / "Cotton" - High Scores]

Alright another shooter, and one of the few I'm actually good at.
Of course default settings and no continues. Since the entire 2nd loop
is counted as "Stage 7", the number after is what actual stage you made
it to.

SuperDeadite  Score: 331260  Stage: 7(4)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Super Darius 3D Glasses]

I found a pair of these babies for really cheap the other day.  The previous owner opened the box in such a way
that they can be used, and the blister pack is fully intact (except for a nasty crease).  Anyway, the sticker is the
only indication that these are meant for the Darius games.  The actual instruction manual is just the generic Sony
printed crap telling you not to wear them for more then 15 mins.  I believe these are the same glasses that came
with Darius Alpha.  Anyone know if these things were sold as a normal retail product?

I only have Super Darius and Darius Plus and the 3D effect is really cool.  They give you a real perception of depth
between the background layers and the sprites.  The boss areas especially look truly great.  I need to get me a Super
Darius 2 (and someday Alpha).  Since these are just 3d-specs they should work with other games.  I'll do some testing
if I ever get some real game time (Working in Japan yeilds lots of games, but zero time to play them.  )