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[NEC Console Resource / Re: Lurking Canadian has Emerged from the Shadows...]

Apparently I do best at lurking as I hadn't noticed Majors and Tbone responded to this until 3 weeks later. Embarrassing haha.

Majors- I have to admit I am quickly converting from NES to NEC! For the first time ever I considered selling some of my NES games I don't play much to fund some PC engine purchases.  Yeah, I probably got slightly more turbo time than at a TRU Kiosk but not much. Feisty older brothers don't love to share when they are obeying. Who can blame them?! The first thing I purchased after getting my PCE Duo was a Krikzz Turbo Everdrive. I've had a little more trouble working it than I'd like to admit and I've had plenty of games to keep me busy so it's taken a backseat.

TBone- I have played the majority of shooters on the system and don't think I could limit it to a top 3. My 5 favorite PCE originals
at this point are: Nexzr, Soldier Blade, Air Zonk, Gate of Thunder and Download.
My 5 favorite PCE arcade ports at this point are: R Type, Gradius II, Super Raiden, Aeroblasters and Cotton.
Even that was tough as I wanted to add Kyukyoku Tiger, Salamander, Spriggan, Sapphire and many others. Oh man what a great system.

[High Score Records / Re: "Raiden" (HuCard) High Scores]

I was lucky enough to clear the first loop on one life with minimal bombs so after the 1 million point bonus for clearing the game I was just over 3 million. I broke down around level 3 on the second loop and finished with a score of 3,433,600.

I think this is a great port although the CD Super Raiden is even better. I enjoy the chip tunes but the new Red Book Audio arrangements are incredible. The CD version is definitely tougher all in all due to the addition of the very challenging levels 9 and 10 although the 8 levels of the HuCard are more difficult than the first 8 of the CD due to faster bullets. So the first 8 levels of the two ports are not identical which I've often read on this site and elsewhere.

Hopefully bumping these ancient threads won't ruffle any feathers and will get more people into playing some PC Engine games!

[High Score Records / Re: Parodius DA! High Scores]

Made it to level 5 in the second loop with a score of 796,600. I could post a picture but this section is pretty inactive currently and I doubt anyone cares. Always loved the Gradius series and it's wacky spin-off Parodius!

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Lurking Canadian has Emerged from the Shadows...]

Thanks for the warm welcome. That's cool to know there are plenty of Canadians and even a fellow Haligonian!

'Tis true Nightwolve- I always like to do my research on a forum before I start posting. There's definitely been a colourful history here!

I've done deals with Keith Courage, CrackTiger, tg16manaic a few months back when the BST forum was more active. If I get any doubles I'll be sure to post them here for sale at non eBay prices.

[NEC Console Resource / Lurking Canadian has Emerged from the Shadows...]

Hey gang! Another Canadian has joined forces with the PCEFX community. I'm Andrew, tucked away on the east coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Am I the first Scotian to join the forums?? I've been an avid gamer since 1988 when my family got their first console, a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas and I've been collecting since 2006 when I first started feeling nostalgic for those old school games. Fortunately I had the foresight to get into NES collecting early before many resellers, gougers and speculators entered the hobby. Unfortunately for Turbografx/PC Engine, I did not.

I only had one friend that had access to a Turbografx-16 growing up and I only got to play it a handful of times. It was his older brother's system and he absolutely coveted it so play time was hard to come by. But I do have distinct memories of playing and really enjoying Bonk's Adventure, Legendary Axe and China Warrior.

Nowadays I mostly like to play shooters. And that's what brought me to this site and into the world of PC Engine gaming/collecting. Over 100 shooters available on the system? WOW!! Sign me up please! I got a recapped region modded TurboDuo from Keith Courage 8 months ago and I've been playing and clearing more games than I ever have in my life. Thanks Keith, I absolutely love the system! I am trying to collect all the shooters (minus some of the crazy expensive ones) and anything else that's awesome. I don't really love the collecting/acquisition stage so I want to buy these as quickly as my wallet will allow so that I can sit back and enjoy having a library of great games that I can play for the rest of my life.

The Selling Forum doesn't seem very active on here but I did make a few deals a few months back. Does everybody just use eBay these days for turbo pce purchases? If anybody has controllers for sale please let me know. Hope to talk games with you fine folks! Happy to be on board.