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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Phades Game Mart - All prices include shipping - Make Offers]

I've seen and played on this system and it is in good working order, and loads games very well. Very quiet and no warm up issues. Cosmetic condition is good as well.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: The Search for the turbo cd gear]

Any more news on this?

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

It's actually a gif of one of the sprites from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

Got mine yesterday, top notch stuff as always. Now I just need to get a white CD case for it and it'll be perfect!

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

Ohhh, can't wait to get mine. Thanks again Sparky, the printing work is top notch, couldn't be happier with the labels I already bought from you.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Map of Turbo Game Stores]

I tell ya, it seems like when the product was first available, there wasn't as much interest THEN as there is NOW (yes, our marketing dept., for most of the original run anyway, really sucked - sad, but true).

I swear I could have run the marketing dept. better when I was like 12 years old back then. In addition to that I'm pretty sure I could have made MUCH better decisions on what games to translate and bring to the US. SO many great Japanese games were overlooked for one reason or another.

Also, who the hell was in charge of cover art for the game boxes and manuals! Idiots! They should have just slapped English titles on the Japanese art and called it good, I am 100% convinced that a lot of people saw the box art for TG games and instantly went and bought a Genesis.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: TurboGrafx 16 Case label Stickers… Large, Small & NOW Duo/CD sets...]

Yeah the color is more true than in the pic. I don't mind the black corners personally, easier to line up the label properly. I can't beleive how poorly some of the factory labels were actually applied as side note.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Galaxy Policewoman Legend Sapphire Booties - Free! (donations accepted though)]

Ohhhh...that looks nice.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS : Lots of games 19/01]

I see a lot on the list that I would love to have, prices too high for me at this time though. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Life expectancy of a HU card ?]

Hard to say, if well cared for I'd say that the lifespan should be pretty long. I've had quite a few of my HuCards for 20+ years and still work perfectly, and there are still a ton Atari 2600 games that work just fine out there.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD "whirring" and "buzzing" when loading]

Yeah, even with the new receiver it's there.

I took the CD unit apart yesterday and the ground wire is securely soldered to the board and the bottom of the case. I wonder if maybe something inside the dock is causing it. I also noticed a little tab attached to the grounding plate in the base of the CD unit and pryed it up a bit in the thought that whatever it makes contact with would make a better connection when it put it back together. The noise seemed just a bit quieter, but still obviously there.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD "whirring" and "buzzing" when loading]

Yeah, I don't expect it to go away at all, figure I've had the thing nearly 20 years now, and older tech tended to be noisier. I think that what I'm hoping for is just to make it quieter, as now it is REALLY loud when I have the volume turned up, so much so that when I know a cutscene is coming and a load will occur I scramble for the remote to turn it down 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Whats ur Obey resolution for 2011?!?]

Work on my collection when the price is right (bought WAY too much stuff recently, I think the wife's on to me!). I hope to hit some garage sales this year looking for more Turbo stuff, because you never know what you might find, and have day dreams of finding something like Beyond Shadowgate, Might and Magic, or dare I say Magical Chase in the wild.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD "whirring" and "buzzing" when loading]

It's not an issue with sound quality, which some people say the TG16 is a bit scratchy (I like it better than other game consoles all the same  ) but this is more like some sort of mechanical sound being transmitted through the speakers when it shouldn't be.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD "whirring" and "buzzing" when loading]

Yeah we were talking about that today. We were going to swap out each piece of the system one at a time and see which it was. Thanks for the tip, I'll check for any loose ground wires in the unit as well.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / TG-CD "whirring" and "buzzing" when loading]

So I asked this inside another thread quite a while back, and want to revive the question. My TG-CD makes a "whirring" and "buzzing" noise when loading games that is transferred through the speakers of my sound system. Over the years it's gotten louder, and I've always wondered what caused it, but also thought that maybe it was somewhat normal.

A friend of mine just got a system and TG-CD from Craigslist and he says his doesn't do that, and since mine is the only one he'd ever seen, found it odd that his didn't do the same, and said it sort of felt missing LOL.

I've thought in the past that maybe it's interference from the power supply, or something similar, but I'm not sure. It's not really noticeable (though you can faintly hear the drive "working" through my speakers) unless games are loading, and then it's pretty loud.

Any ideas of what might cause something like that?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: TurboGrafx 16 Case label Stickers… Large, Small & NOW Duo/CD sets...]

Here's a picture of some of my newly labeled cases sitting on my desk at work.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Manuals, cases, sleeves]

Bump!

Still looking for manuals for Fighting Street, Falcon and now Hit The Ice.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine CD drive requires warm up]

I've noticed mine loading slowly sometimes if I just start it up and start playing.

The first thing that sprang to my mind was a capcitor as well, with the warm up or charging period, though I'm not sure that would be the case with these units.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Galaxy Policewoman Legend Sapphire Booties - Free! (donations accepted though)]

Got mine on Friday, they look great! Now just need some inserts and I'm good!

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

I would love to get some tray art and insert action for my 3 copies (gave the other 2 to friends that are starting their collections    ). The work on the case labels is top notch, would love to have something of similar quality for the inserts!

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

Yeah, I was thinking similar, the only thing that kind of made that auction interesting was the Aero Blasters, which I could "complete" with a Sparky label, otherwise it seems way too high. I'll probably just buy cheap sports titles and do it that way.

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

Actually considering this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Hucard-Case-2-Games-Turbo-Grafx-16-Turbo-Duo-/320633879730?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item4aa744bcb2

I have the case labels from Sparky, so could complete Aero Blasters (which I don't currently have) and Vigilante (which a friend will buy for $10). Still seems high to me, but finding a source for HuCard cases is hard.

Also looking at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Turbo-Grafx-16-Game-Cases-TurboDuo-/260711665954?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3cb3a05122



Thoughts?

[Fighting Street / Re: Gamestop = FAIL]

Yeah I usually do my business with local shops here, and there is one that is called Reset Games that is actually staffed by nice people that know what they are talking about! It's a nice place to shop and trade in games (trade in value is much better too). Too bad they never have Turbo stuff, but tons of NES, Genesis, etc. as well as all the new stuff.

[Fighting Street / Re: Gamestop = FAIL]

The final straw for me was when I went to buy a PS3 game once and the guy tried giving me a used copy at new prices, when there was a sealed one right behind the counter. I called him on it and he tried some lame excuse like "It's policy that we have to take the new games out of the cases, this IS a new game". Told him he better give me the sealed one or I'd go somewhere else.... Long story short, I went somewhere else.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB Manuals, cases, sleeves]

So I was organizing my Turbo stuff the other day, and can't seem to find the manual to Falcon (which I KNOW I had  ), and I am missing the manual to Fighting Street.

I'd like to buy replacements for these, and also a few (4 maybe?) sleeves and any random HuCard cases that people have (not Keith Courage, I want the clip). The cases don't need the front plastic, and can really be in just about any condition label wise, as I am going to use my awesome Sparky stickers to make cases for a few things.

[Fighting Street / Re: Gamestop = FAIL]

I've stopped doing any business with GameStop at all, unless there is some crazy awesome pre-order bonus I can't pass up, but mostly that hasn't been the case in years.

Most of their employees are complete morons, and unless the game is mainstream and super popular, they've never heard of it.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: TurboGrafx 16 Case label Stickers… Large, Small & NOW Duo/CD sets...]

Haha, Sparky's stuff is way better looking than that junk.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Galaxy Policewoman Legend Sapphire Booties - Free! (donations accepted though)]

Donation sent!

Thanks for such an awesome gift to the community.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Yeah, I have my Sparky labels still sitting on my desk here at work, and the Magical Chase sticker looks WAY better than that guy's.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Galaxy Policewoman Legend Sapphire Booties - Free! (donations accepted though)]

PM Sent!

This is totally awesome Blue!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: "Insanity" mentionned as one of the "Top 5 New Games for Old Consoles".]

"Will give your Turbo Grafx CD drive something to do......finally!"

Bite me LOL.


Though nice to see some recognition for Insanity

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: TurboGrafx 16 Case label Stickers… Large, Small & NOW Duo/CD sets...]

Just got my large set today and it's great! The colors are very close to original, and the right size as well. Highly recommended!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

That VGA graded crap just makes me angry LOL. So stupid. I don't care what shape it's in, Bonk's Adventure is NOT worth $150, let alone the Exile 2 I think I saw floating around for about $500 or so...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Favorite Turbo/PCE Chiptune?]

I think that when I got to the first underworld stage in Keith Courage I think I literally said something along the lines of "Holy fuck, shit just got serious!"

Never liked the overworld sections much, but the rest of the game is pretty cool IMO. First thing that blew me away was the colors compared to other systems available at the time (1989).

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

I agree, after reading more of the feedback, I'm not sure I want to take a chance. I'm pretty picky about the condition of my games, so should probably avoid any disappointment.

[Fighting Street / Re: Membership has its privileges.. the "F@ck EBAY Club" card]

Thinking about these:

King of Casino for me, since I need it and Final Lap Twin for a friend that is getting into collecting the system:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TurboGrafx-16-Game-HuCard-KING-CASINO-Classic-TG-16-/230538348325?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item35ad280725

http://cgi.ebay.com/TurboGrafx-16-Game-HuCard-FINAL-LAP-TWIN-TG-16-/260678167994?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3cb1a12dba

Seems ok, but opinions?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: IC Region Chips for TG16/PCE/DUO's $17 shipped]

So does this work in such a way that you solder wires to the pins on the Hu slot, then to the chips, and then from the chips to a switch? No reason to desolder the pins on the Hu slot (saw a mod years ago that called for that)?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Suggestions wanted on mod]

Have you done the mod and used that converter yet? I'm interested to see how well one of those works, as I have seen them for pretty decent prices.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Suggestions wanted on mod]

I was thinking the same thing, nice round hole to make and should be able to easily get DIN 8 to SCART cables from what I can tell. Just need a converter then to get the signal to my TV.

I'm excited to try this mod based on the pictures that people have posted, and I know that things like that always look better in person.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Introducing myself and Turbo Views......]

One of my all time favorite games on any system.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Suggestions wanted on mod]

No suggestions? Everybody has an opinion, just want to hear what people might think is the best way to go 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Favorite Turbo/PCE Chiptune?]

Man, I'd really have to think about this, and probably play quite a few games again to really nail it down. I really like chiptunes and think that many of the chiptune songs have way more character and are cooler than most of the music in todays games.


Also, just in case nobody has seen this, awesome video:

Around 5:25 I think is especially cool.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Suggestions wanted on mod]

I posted this in another thread, but figured I'd give it it's own in case it's getting skimmed by, and in the interest of not toally hijacking a different thread 


I really think that I want to RGB mod my TG-CD base.

I haven't cracked the case yet, but it seems like it would be pretty easy to tap the CD base side of the expansion bus, run it to an amp and get RGB out. However, the thing that I'm struggling with a bit, even after reading a ton of RGB posts here and around the net is what to do for a port. I'd like to make the mod look at professional as possible, and was thinking about several options:

1. Component jacks - I think that this would be nice to just be able to plug component cables directly into my CD base, but I'd need a board like the JROK (sp?) inline to convert the RGB signal, correct?

2.DIN8 - I could then use a DIN to SCART and then a SCART to HDMI or Component converter, correct?

3. Other - ???

Also, I'm pretty sure that since the CD base has RCA for sound and composite video already, those would still be useable, so I'd really only need to tap the RGB signal and get it to the connector of my choosing?


Any suggestions on how some of you might tackle this?

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

Where did you buy the amp? It's a nice looking compact circuit.

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

I'm REALLY wanting to do this with my TG-CD.

I haven't cracked the case yet, but it seems like it's be pretty easy to tap the CD base side of the expansion bus, run it to an amp and get RGB out. However, the thing that I'm struggling with a bit, even after reading a ton of RGB posts here and around the net is what to do for a port. I'd like to make the mod look at professional as possible, and was thinking about several options:

1. Component jacks - I think that this would be nice to just be able to plug component cables directly into my CD base, but I'd need a board like the JROK (sp?) inline to convert the RGB signal, correct?
2.DIN8 - I could then use a DIN to SCART and then a SCART to HDMI or Component converter, correct?

Also, I'm pretty sure that since the CD base has RCA for sound and composite video already, those would still be useable, so I'd really only need to tap the RGB signal and get it to the connector of my choosing?


Any suggestions on how some of you might tackle this?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Turbo-Duo-NEC-Complete-Collection-/290509473689?pt=Video_Games&hash=item43a3b6c799

$10,000 for "Complete" collection anyone?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Seeking TurboPad(s)]

Turbo Tap would be nice as well. Not necessary, but if the price for tap and pads is good I'm sure my friend will spring for it 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Seeking TurboPad(s)]

Working though maybe? Doesn't have to be in great shape. I can usually fix most problems with them except when the plug is totally broken. Or if anyone has repair kits or spare cables for a pad, that could work too.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Seeking TurboPad(s)]

One of my friends is surprising another of our friends with a TG16 for Christmas (used to have one when we were kids and would be stoked to collect and play again). We can't find any TurboPads locally and wanted to see if anyone here had extras in decent shape they'd be willing to part with before we turn to ebay.

Turbo Stick or Pad works. Thanks!