What Turbo game are you currently playing?

[roflmao]

Started Cosmic Fantasy 2. Just curious if anyone here played it, I keep getting destroyed at what I guess is the first boss. Not sure if it's a grind heavy game or I'm too used to today's easy RPGs!

It's been ages since I last played through it (late 90's), but from what I recall, it was GrindFest-O-Matic 2000.  I managed to play all the way through it, though, which says something because I don't finish many RPGs.

[turboswimbz]

Started Cosmic Fantasy 2. Just curious if anyone here played it, I keep getting destroyed at what I guess is the first boss. Not sure if it's a grind heavy game or I'm too used to today's easy RPGs!

Just finished it, YOU MUST GRIND like crazy in the first bit.  After the first little section grinding isn't needed.  Also learning how to use the healing magic is essential in every boss battle, they do a ton of damage.  Use the money made grinding to always increase armor first.  I can't stress enough that you'll need to stick with it, as to really appreciate the game you need to get like 3/4 of the way through the game to understand what your doing now.

[NinjaCrackerX]

Started Cosmic Fantasy 2. Just curious if anyone here played it, I keep getting destroyed at what I guess is the first boss. Not sure if it's a grind heavy game or I'm too used to today's easy RPGs!

Just finished it, YOU MUST GRIND like crazy in the first bit.  After the first little section grinding isn't needed.  Also learning how to use the healing magic is essential in every boss battle, they do a ton of damage.  Use the money made grinding to always increase armor first.  I can't stress enough that you'll need to stick with it, as to really appreciate the game you need to get like 3/4 of the way through the game to understand what your doing now.  

I tried grinding in the cave below the town a bit before triggering the village being overrun so I could heal/save etc.. When the village is overrun the boss cuts me down real quick (the regular enemies aren't so bad). It doesn't help either that the encounter rate is so high I have to fight a handful of battles in the village before I get to him! :p I'll keep at it though!! Thanks for the tips.

[Firebomber7]

Started Cosmic Fantasy 2. Just curious if anyone here played it, I keep getting destroyed at what I guess is the first boss. Not sure if it's a grind heavy game or I'm too used to today's easy RPGs!

Just finished it, YOU MUST GRIND like crazy in the first bit.  After the first little section grinding isn't needed.  Also learning how to use the healing magic is essential in every boss battle, they do a ton of damage.  Use the money made grinding to always increase armor first.  I can't stress enough that you'll need to stick with it, as to really appreciate the game you need to get like 3/4 of the way through the game to understand what your doing now. 

I tried grinding in the cave below the town a bit before triggering the village being overrun so I could heal/save etc.. When the village is overrun the boss cuts me down real quick (the regular enemies aren't so bad). It doesn't help either that the encounter rate is so high I have to fight a handful of battles in the village before I get to him! :p I'll keep at it though!! Thanks for the tips.

I feel bad now. I start by trolling you about your name, and it turns out you actually OBEY it seems! Please accept my apologies for earlier.

[turboswimbz]

Yeah that battle does suck...and yeah they threw the battles in town to make it hard.  try gaining a level, it might all of the sudden make the battle easy, I found this maybe twice in the game, where not being a high enough level means that it's almost impossible to win  kinda cheap, but stick with it when the story comes around this part is worth it!  the story is long and involved but excellent if you make it through.

Let me know your thoughts on this game as you go, I thought this was perhaps one of the more interesting US titles.

[esteban]

Started Cosmic Fantasy 2. Just curious if anyone here played it, I keep getting destroyed at what I guess is the first boss. Not sure if it's a grind heavy game or I'm too used to today's easy RPGs!

Just finished it, YOU MUST GRIND like crazy in the first bit.  After the first little section grinding isn't needed.  Also learning how to use the healing magic is essential in every boss battle, they do a ton of damage.  Use the money made grinding to always increase armor first.  I can't stress enough that you'll need to stick with it, as to really appreciate the game you need to get like 3/4 of the way through the game to understand what your doing now. 

I tried grinding in the cave below the town a bit before triggering the village being overrun so I could heal/save etc.. When the village is overrun the boss cuts me down real quick (the regular enemies aren't so bad). It doesn't help either that the encounter rate is so high I have to fight a handful of battles in the village before I get to him! :p I'll keep at it though!! Thanks for the tips.

I feel bad now. I start by trolling you about your name, and it turns out you actually OBEY it seems! Please accept my apologies for earlier.

Peace, love and harmony claws its way out of the bowels of pcengine-fx.com!

[VestCunt]

... My irony meter just exploded, Mr. "I-hate-jRPGs"

Actually, that was your apples to oranges meter.

Unlike you, I'm aware of my bias. I think FFIV sucks because it's a jRPG.
You think OotG is sucks because you don't know what a D&D RPG is.

I bitched because FFIV strayed so far from the original.
You bitched because you failed in the first town and you don't know how to create characters with THAC0 low enough to hit the weakest enemies.

I intentionally trolled in Fighting Street to piss off fanboys like you.
You tried to write a fair review while mistaking conventions of the genre for flaws in the game.

Pat yourself on the back, Ace.

[hizaygizirlz]

Yeah that battle does suck...and yeah they threw the battles in town to make it hard.  try gaining a level, it might all of the sudden make the battle easy, I found this maybe twice in the game, where not being a high enough level means that it's almost impossible to win  kinda cheap, but stick with it when the story comes around this part is worth it!  the story is long and involved but excellent if you make it through.

Let me know your thoughts on this game as you go, I thought this was perhaps one of the more interesting US titles.

Way to frequent on the random battles in this one.  I thought the game was some what interesting story-wise, but I was glad when I finished it.

[turboswimbz]

Yeah that battle does suck...and yeah they threw the battles in town to make it hard.  try gaining a level, it might all of the sudden make the battle easy, I found this maybe twice in the game, where not being a high enough level means that it's almost impossible to win  kinda cheap, but stick with it when the story comes around this part is worth it!  the story is long and involved but excellent if you make it through.



Let me know your thoughts on this game as you go, I thought this was perhaps one of the more interesting US titles.

Way to freqent on the random battles in this one.  I thought the game was some what interesting story-wise, but I was glad when I fiinished it.

ah i agree there are drawn out parts and I would say it's no where near the excitement and accomplishment felt by clearing Ys Iⅈ it is kinda a phew glad that's over, but I felt like the story actually came together in the end.  maybe I was just excited I didn't waste my time on a bunch of silly little quests for no pay off what so ever.

[hizaygizirlz]

Yeah that battle does suck...and yeah they threw the battles in town to make it hard.  try gaining a level, it might all of the sudden make the battle easy, I found this maybe twice in the game, where not being a high enough level means that it's almost impossible to win  kinda cheap, but stick with it when the story comes around this part is worth it!  the story is long and involved but excellent if you make it through.



Let me know your thoughts on this game as you go, I thought this was perhaps one of the more interesting US titles.

Way to frequent on the random battles in this one.  I thought the game was some what interesting story-wise, but I was glad when I finished it.

ah i agree there are drawn out parts and I would say it's no where near the excitement and accomplishment felt by clearing Ys Iⅈ it is kinda a phew glad that's over, but I felt like the story actually came together in the end.  maybe I was just excited I didn't waste my time on a bunch of silly little quests for no pay off what so ever.

Yeah I think if u divide the game in thirds.  It gets much more interesting after the first third.  However it was like grind, grind, grind.  Then you are untouchable for the area that you are in but still have to fight every 3 steps.  Which is aggravating b/c some of the dungeons are maze like and you can't just stop and save.

The to beat the bosses which are tough I always seemed to use the same strategy.

[VestCunt]

The battle system is absolutely incredible, the best part of the game (anecdotes here). It's a real shame that Warriors of the Eternal Sun ditched it in favor of the real-time, first-person battle system from EotB in the dungeons. A taste of OotG's glory can still be had in the above-ground wilderness, but it's not enough. Out of all the SSI console ports, Pool of Radiance battles are most similar to OotG.

Thanks for the tip about picking pockets! I'll have to try that. I didn't use a thief when I played through.

[hoobs88]

Thanks for the tip about picking pockets! I'll have to try that. I didn't use a thief when I played through.

I never tried a party that included a Thief character but I can see where that could come in handy with the save/reset feature.

[roflmao]

Yes - save often and remember to rest after every fight so you get those precious sleeps spells back!

Another handy cheat is when you build your party at the start of the game, you can load a fighter into a slot, remove the fighter and put a magic user there.  The magic user will then be wearing chainmail armor (from the original fighter).  He'll wear it until you un-equip it for something better (though they can't equip chainmail later on).

[wolfsaq2]

Hello PCengineFXers,
I am currently playing Soldier Blade. I can make it to the fourth level, and for some reason I can not pass the end of that stage! It is a great shooter, and I regret it has taken me so long to take my hands on that gem. When and if I beat Soldier Blade...I have a Samurai Ghost that is being shipped to me. I can't wait to play that!

Wolf

[PunkCryborg]

I took. my pce to families house yesterday and played bloody wolf, final zone ii, battle lode runner, and red alert with my bro in law. was a lot of fun and sure beat doing nothing like normal over there

[chany60126]

I took. my pce to families house yesterday and played bloody wolf, final zone ii, battle lode runner, and red alert with my bro in law. was a lot of fun and sure beat doing nothing like normal over there

Battle Lode Runner is a ton of fun in multiplayer battles, especially with five people. That game has become a staple of Turbo Fest.

[esteban]

I took. my pce to families house yesterday and played bloody wolf, final zone ii, battle lode runner, and red alert with my bro in law. was a lot of fun and sure beat doing nothing like normal over there

Battle Lode Runner is a ton of fun in multiplayer battles, especially with five people. That game has become a staple of Turbo Fest.

I don't think I've ever seen this much love for Battle Lode Runner!

I, sadly, am envious of anyone who's able to have 4+ player matches in any game at this point--everyone I know is so busy and TG-16 isn't #1 priority

Hello PCengineFXers,
I am currently playing Soldier Blade. I can make it to the fourth level, and for some reason I can not pass the end of that stage! It is a great shooter, and I regret it has taken me so long to take my hands on that gem. When and if I beat Soldier Blade...I have a Samurai Ghost that is being shipped to me. I can't wait to play that!
    Wolf

Everyone loves Soldier Blade--hang in there and you'll figure out how to pass Stage 4.

I personally like Samurai Ghost! Be sure to use all the different defensive/offensive moves (nice variety) to keep things interesting.

[PunkCryborg]

Estaban just wait till your kids grow up a little then you can have family 4 player battle lode runner matches!

[sonikthehedgehog]

I've been rotating between Soldier Blade and Dracula X. Those two games make my Turbo worth it alone.

[-D-]

Just got Detana!! Twinbee and Daisenpu Custom recently; and my region-modded Duo that was re-capped + s-video from D-Lite yesterday; so enjoying the hell out of these 2 right now.

I guess this is a hello post too, my first on this forum.  TG-16 was a system I saw and wanted a lot back when it was released, but didn't have the means of owning; and as I got on a big retro kick these past few years I knew I'd have to re-visit everything I wanted back then but couldn't have.  Got a US system about a year ago, then bought a Duo-RX off ebay awhile back that had issues so I returned it; then turned to D-Lite to make it all right, now I feel like I can actually really get into the platform thanks to his awesome work.

[roflmao]

Welcome, -D-!

[esteban]

Just got Detana!! Twinbee and Daisenpu Custom recently; and my region-modded Duo that was re-capped + s-video from D-Lite yesterday; so enjoying the hell out of these 2 right now.

I guess this is a hello post too, my first on this forum.  TG-16 was a system I saw and wanted a lot back when it was released, but didn't have the means of owning; and as I got on a big retro kick these past few years I knew I'd have to re-visit everything I wanted back then but couldn't have.  Got a US system about a year ago, then bought a Duo-RX off ebay awhile back that had issues so I returned it; then turned to D-Lite to make it all right, now I feel like I can actually really get into the platform thanks to his awesome work.

Welcome, comrade.

[PunkCryborg]

played some kyukyoku tiger last night and got to stage five then game over!

[Bardoly]

Welcome, -D-!

Take your shoes off and stay a while!

[Gao]

Been playing Final Soldier and Fantasy Zone the last few days.  Managed to get to the last boss in the latter, but man, that guy's difficult.  Any tips on dealing with that last segment it fires out?

[esteban]

R-Type and Alien Crush on TurboExpress. Good times.

[Mishran]

Was playing MSR on my CoreGrafx CD setup until the player stopped reading the disc. Opened up my Player and saw a tooth was missing on the center gear.

Time to bring out the Duo-R.

Dammit Rover! Your game broke my system!

[PCEngineHell]

Image Fight II and Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu.

[NightWolve]

Just got Detana!! Twinbee and Daisenpu Custom recently; and my region-modded Duo that was re-capped + s-video from D-Lite yesterday; so enjoying the hell out of these 2 right now.

I remember that name, D-Lite, so he still does mods but doesn't post around here  ?

[PunkCryborg]

Break In!

[RoyVegas]

Played some Aero Blasters last night with my step son.  He's a teen and I had fun showing him how much harder the games we played as kids are compared to the crap they play now. My favorite question that I've heard from any of my kids (I've heard it more than once) usually runs along the lines of "You can only get hit once?!?!?" 

[PCEngineHell]

Just got Detana!! Twinbee and Daisenpu Custom recently; and my region-modded Duo that was re-capped + s-video from D-Lite yesterday; so enjoying the hell out of these 2 right now.

I remember that name, D-Lite, so he still does mods but doesn't post around here  ?

He's existing out on the fringe somewhere after burning too many bridges. To his credit, he did try to mend things, but it all just did not work in his favor.

[rsa2000]

been playing jb harold murder club with the wife.....  im starting to thing this thing is unfinishable since we have visited everywhere multiple times and talked to everyone over and over...  and i just started y's book 1. not being able to swing the sword really put me off at first but its growing on me.

[esteban]

been playing jb harold murder club with the wife.....  im starting to thing this thing is unfinishable since we have visited everywhere multiple times and talked to everyone over and over...  and i just started Ys book 1. not being able to swing the sword really put me off at first but its growing on me.

It totally becomes fun to run into enemies in Ys I & II. I suspect that the sound-effect of the sword is what helps make it satisfying. It's not amazing, by any means, but it is perfect (IMHO).

Anyway, when I was a kid I told my friends that Ys pioneered a sug-genre of the ARPG world: the BUMP 'N' GRIND. Yeah, I thought I was witty. Oh well.

Played some Aero Blasters last night with my step son.  He's a teen and I had fun showing him how much harder the games we played as kids are compared to the crap they play now. My favorite question that I've heard from any of my kids (I've heard it more than once) usually runs along the lines of "You can only get hit once?!?!?" 

A great game, but challenging.

I wish more games had special stuff for 2-player co-op (there is a special weapon in Aero Blasters!)...pretty kool, if you ask me.

Break In!

WTF? Any good? I think I have this...BILLIARDS....

[PCEngineHell]

Played some Aero Blasters last night with my step son.  He's a teen and I had fun showing him how much harder the games we played as kids are compared to the crap they play now. My favorite question that I've heard from any of my kids (I've heard it more than once) usually runs along the lines of "You can only get hit once?!?!?" 

Had a similar issue myself come up. The other night while playing some games my son said he wished games they made now were harder like Image Fight II was. He was having a go at it and was having a pretty good time.

[NightWolve]

been playing jb harold murder club with the wife.....  im starting to thing this thing is unfinishable since we have visited everywhere multiple times and talked to everyone over and over...  and i just started Ys book 1. not being able to swing the sword really put me off at first but its growing on me.

It totally becomes fun to run into enemies in Ys I & II. I suspect that the sound-effect of the sword is what helps make it satisfying. It's not amazing, by any means, but it is perfect (IMHO).

Anyway, when I was a kid I told my friends that Ys pioneered a sug-genre of the ARPG world: the BUMP 'N' GRIND. Yeah, I thought I was witty. Oh well.

I always liked the way Steve Harris had put it in his great Ys Book I&II review on RPGFan:

When most Action RPGs have some kind of combat interface, Ys resorts to a sprite based Milli-Vanilli chest bash. Tactically, plotting your ramming trajectory is the key to victory,

;)

[PunkCryborg]

Break In!

WTF? Any good? I think I have this...BILLIARDS....

i like it, it's relaxing and i can play it while working at home. the music is rad!!!

[esteban]

been playing jb harold murder club with the wife.....  im starting to thing this thing is unfinishable since we have visited everywhere multiple times and talked to everyone over and over...  and i just started Ys book 1. not being able to swing the sword really put me off at first but its growing on me.

It totally becomes fun to run into enemies in Ys I & II. I suspect that the sound-effect of the sword is what helps make it satisfying. It's not amazing, by any means, but it is perfect (IMHO).

Anyway, when I was a kid I told my friends that Ys pioneered a sug-genre of the ARPG world: the BUMP 'N' GRIND. Yeah, I thought I was witty. Oh well.

I always liked the way Steve Harris had put it in his great Ys Book I&II review on RPGFan:

When most Action RPGs have some kind of combat interface, Ys resorts to a sprite based Milli-Vanilli chest bash. Tactically, plotting your ramming trajectory is the key to victory,

;)

Milli-Vanilli! Any reference to them in a game review is mandatory

Break In!

WTF? Any good? I think I have this...BILLIARDS....

i like it, it's relaxing and i can play it while working at home. the music is rad!!!

Ha! Music, of course! Go listen to the Fugazi song of the same title whilst playing the game*


UPDATE: *Damn, that is one fine, sophisticated tune.

[NecroPhile]

been playing jb harold murder club with the wife.....  im starting to thing this thing is unfinishable since we have visited everywhere multiple times and talked to everyone over and over...

You must be missing something, as it's definitely beatable.

[MrFlutterPie]

I just got Klax and have been playing that.  It's a really simple fun addictive game.  I usually don't like puzzle games but this one is really good.  I remember a guy at a store telling me it was one of 2 games he owns for the system and how good it was.

[NecroPhile]

I thought Klax was pretty cool at first, then I got to the fifth wave or so and realized that was it and I'd seen more or less all it had to offer.  *yawn*

[CGQuarterly]

Today I'm starting Mysterious Song!

Chris

[esteban]

I thought Klax was pretty cool at first, then I got to the fifth wave or so and realized that was it and I'd seen more or less all it had to offer.  *yawn*

Don't listen to NecroPhile, Mr. Flutterpie. Klax has some longevity.

For some folks, anyway.

[CGQuarterly]

I like Klax.  Much like most puzzle games, it's pretty much the same deal the whole way though, except that the difficulty ramps up as you go.

Someone should make a real-life Klax machine.

Chris

[esteban]

Someone should make a real-life Klax machine.

Ha! That would be awesome...

[rrob78]

Played some R-type and Alien Crush last night for an hour or so, lots of fun!

[esteban]

Played some R-type and Alien Crush last night for an hour or so, lots of fun!

Ha! If you mentioned that it was on a TurboExpress, well, I'd say we were living parallel lives

[seieienbu]

This R-type talk has me wanting to take another stab at it.  As a kid I never managed to beat R-type.  Today marks more failed attempts.  I may try again tomorrow if I've got the time.  It's not as challenging as I remember it; I got a bit further than I remember doing before.

[MrFlutterPie]

R-Type is super sweet but also super hard.  Too bad there is so much flicker in it.  It seems like the entire TG-16's library worth of flickering went into that one game.  I haven't noticed too much flicker in any other Turbo games so far.

[CGQuarterly]

Aaaand today I finished Mysterious Song.  Had no idea that it was so short.  I think I'll play it again and do a little more grinding and whatnot.  Do we not have a gameplay thread for MS here?

Chris