I was flicking though some old magazines today and I came across this Advert for Console Concepts in the UK. They were a games importer in the 90's and it just so happens this is where I used to work!
SuperPlay Adverts: Scanned By Me
C+VG Adverts: From the Web!
November 1992 (Superplay)
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Monkey?
Quote from: henrycsc on 10/16/2011, 05:17 PMMonkey?
Lol yeah, and even a shoot'em up. what might it be if well translated? :lol:
lol, PARODIOS.
Damn, we also had Super Adventure Island on the PCE. I bet it was even better than the SFC pendant.
Comic books had some of the best TG-16 ads way back when.
I'll try to share them here soon... ;)
Monkey ..... now there is an interesting one ;-) I cannot remember off top of my head what this would have been (it was 19 yeas ago) I will have a scan around to see if I can work this out.
PARODIOS, never noticed this one before :-) and as for Super Adventure Island on the PCE, I bet that Chris Covell did not even know about this one LOL ;-)
December 1992 (Superplay)
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Monkey could be Gokuraku Chuka Taisen...?
Quote from: ccovell on 10/17/2011, 06:53 PMMonkey could be Gokuraku Chuka Taisen...?
I am sure it would have been.
Quote from: ccovell on 10/17/2011, 06:53 PMMonkey could be Gokuraku Chuka Taisen...?
Most likely. They (meaning all importers) used to make/mess up all sorts of wrong names for import games back then.
I suspect that the use of the title "Monkey" was an attempt to tie in with one of the re-runs of the popular 70's series monkey (Saiyuki)
In the series the character Monkey had the power to summon clouds. (Cloud Master)
Monkey Cloud Chase scene:
http://youtu.be/8Hfp73qjf6E
January 1993 (Superplay) - Same advert published in Febuary
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This advert is from "PC Engine Supplies" this was the import business that ultimately became "Console Concepts"
April 1989 (C+VG Issue 90)
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June 1989 (C+VG Issue 92)
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July 1989 (C+VG Issue 93)
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August 1989 (C+VG Issue 93b)
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So, these were PAL converted PC Engines, and not the PAL TurboGrafx?
£500 for the CD Unit in 1989 - WOW! The Queen will have to sell her jewelry.
Quote from: henrycsc on 10/27/2011, 04:36 PMSo, these were PAL converted PC Engines, and not the PAL TurboGrafx?
£500 for the CD Unit in 1989 - WOW! The Queen will have to sell her jewelry.
Yes these were Japanese imports that were either converted to PAL or to RGB
£500, this is why I never owned one in 1990 ;-) Lucky for me I worked in the place (well when it became console concepts)so there was plenty of opportunity to play :-)
Here are some more.
Some of the translations are putting a smile on my face :-)
July 1990 (C+VG Issue 104)
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August 1990 (C+VG Issue 105)
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September 1990 (C+VG Issue 106)
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October 1990 (C+VG Issue 107)
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wow I remember these guys... blast from the past.. we also had Advance Console Entertainment and Shekana that imported pc engine stuff along with Raven Games who are still trading in london with retro stuff.
Advance Console Entertainment, Shekana and especially Raven were some of our main competitors :-)
Some more adverts from C+VG, these were all Full pagers
November 1990 (C+VG Issue 108)
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December 1990 (C+VG Issue 109)
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January 1991 (C+VG Issue 110)
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February 1991 (C+VG Issue 112)
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March 1991 (C+VG Issue 112)
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April 1991 (C+VG Issue 113)
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May 1991 (C+VG Issue 114)
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June 1991 (C+VG Issue 115)
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We had used to do the PCE charts for C+VG as well as the SNES charts for SuperPlay Mag. Here are a few examples:
C+VG 112 March 1991
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C+VG 113 April 1991
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C+VG 114 May
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C+VG 115 June 1991
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C+VG 116 July 1991
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C+VG 117 August 1991
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PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion => Topic started by: SuperPlay on 10/16/2011, 03:02 PM