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Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on 12/30/2015, 12:42 PM
Found this little snippet and thought I'd share it.  Pretty cool.  Hit Movie and a TG-16, probably his best year ever.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video%20Game%20Stuff/Kevin%20Turbo%20Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video%20Game%20Stuff/Kevin%20Turbo%20Grafx%203_zpsfcgr7aon.png)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video%20Game%20Stuff/Kevin%20Turbo%20Grafx%202_zpsqnl3ugjq.png)

Video Here:  http://youtu.be/BzLnBt_zv_8
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on 12/30/2015, 01:34 PM
Quote from: Psycho Nulltard on 12/30/2015, 01:04 PMNever thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off! :lol:
Actually my custom search engine was set 6YOB's MAX but somehow this older fellow snuck past my filters.    I will have a chat with my NAMBLA web master after I get off work :roll:.  Even IF I did ever go that old, I heard Michael busted him wide open so why bother :-$.
(https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/33500000/Michael-And-Godfather-Of-His-Two-Older-Chidren-Macaulay-Culkin-michael-jackson-33528248-314-399.jpg)
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/dFOnFbHthYDHG/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: DeshDildo on 12/30/2015, 01:42 PM
Now that's pretty freakin cool.  "It's better than Nintendo."
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Nazi NecroPhile on 12/30/2015, 03:06 PM
The kid had taste.... maybe.  It plays out more like paid product placement than real interest.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ToyMachine78 on 12/30/2015, 03:10 PM
It was definitely all downhill for him from there.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: jtucci31 on 12/30/2015, 03:36 PM
He even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games :lol:
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ToyMachine78 on 12/30/2015, 03:46 PM
Quote from: guest on 12/30/2015, 03:36 PMHe even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games [emoji38]
Maybe that's the true identity of Tool.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: technozombie on 12/30/2015, 05:37 PM
Just in case you were wondering how Kevin turned out as an adult.

http://youtu.be/yh7-wAy_8ss
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ccovell on 12/30/2015, 06:10 PM
Macaulay is such a turncoat:
(https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: BigusSchmuck on 12/30/2015, 06:14 PM
He's gone Turbo. Or did at least.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Nazi NecroPhile on 12/30/2015, 06:30 PM
Quote from: ccovell on 12/30/2015, 06:10 PMMacaulay is such a turncoat:
The bastard!  I guess his Turbob love was just lust, lasting only a year or two.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: EvilEvoIX on 12/30/2015, 06:49 PM
Quote from: ccovell on 12/30/2015, 06:10 PMMacaulay is such a turncoat:
(https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)
He saw the writing on the wall.  Once those Mode 7 FX hit his beautiful baby blues it was all over.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: technozombie on 12/30/2015, 08:21 PM
Quote from: BigusSchmuck on 12/30/2015, 06:14 PMHe's gone Turbo. Or did at least.
Is this a double entendre?
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Psycho Punch on 12/30/2015, 09:56 PM
Quote from: guest on 12/30/2015, 03:46 PM
Quote from: guest on 12/30/2015, 03:36 PMHe even said so himself, better than Nintendo. Smart boy! Wonder if he'll start getting nostalgic for the system and start coming around here looking for some games [emoji38]
Maybe that's the true identity of Tool.
:lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Warbucks on 12/30/2015, 11:25 PM
This thread is full of awesomeness
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: ginoscope on 12/31/2015, 10:08 AM
Quote from: Warbucks on 12/30/2015, 11:25 PMThis thread is full of awesomeness
Agreed Arsenio looks so creepy in that video lol.
Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on 12/31/2015, 10:25 AM
If you look at the bottom-right corner of this advertisement, you'll see that NEC did very little to build on McCallister's endorsement:

"...his primary goal in life is to get his own TurboGrafx-16 Video Game System."

https://archives.tg-16.com/archive-two/TP-06-31.gif

From:
https://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0006.htm#p30

If anyone can find the original New York Times Newswire article the the blurb is allegedly from, I will hug you.




Quote from: ccovell on 12/30/2015, 06:10 PMMacaulay is such a turncoat:
(https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/misc/MacaulayCulkinS.jpg)
Well, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste. :)

Of course, even I couldn't resist the charm of Vanilla Ice back then.


Quote from: EvilEvoIX on 12/30/2015, 12:42 PMFound this little snippet and thought I'd share it.  Pretty cool.  Hit Movie and a TG-16, probably his best year ever.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video%20Game%20Stuff/Kevin%20Turbo%20Grafx_zpstruhxzak.png)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/evilevo8/Video%20Game%20Stuff/Kevin%20Turbo%20Grafx%203_zpsfcgr7aon.png)
This is the greatest thing you have ever done. Thank you. :)

I use to watch Arsenio Hall all the time, but I never ever ever never knew that TG-16 made an appearance. Damn.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Jason_dicarlo85 on 01/01/2016, 10:06 AM
That was fun to watch.. Thank you guys.
In a few short years he would be home alone with herion
Title: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on 01/01/2016, 11:52 AM
"I never did get a chance to play Timeball on my TurboGrafx. I try not to think about it. But...it is one of the few regrets I have to this day."

—New Yorker Magazine (2004 interview)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: grolt on 01/01/2016, 02:50 PM
I love seeing stuff like this.  I wonder if his best friend Solomon is still a Turbo fan?  Is he on these message boards?  Has he found his key (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Key) yet?
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Sparky on 01/01/2016, 06:22 PM
Quote from: Nulltard on 12/30/2015, 01:04 PMNever thought i would say this to you, but... thanks for sharing!

I guess all those searches for 10 y/o boys finally paid off! :lol:
Haha. But yes a cool share.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: NightWolve on 01/01/2016, 08:36 PM
Purty cool find, didn't know the system got a plug by him and the show. :)

Quote from: esteban on 12/31/2015, 10:25 AMWell, he says he like rap music, but lists Vanilla Ice as his favorite rapper, so we have to question his taste. :)
I smirked at that too. ;)

(https://i.postimg.cc/nzTr2nJ3/Should-Have-Stuck-With-NEC.jpg)

AND he lost Mila Kunis who put up with him for years...

EDIT: Pretty funny cameo he appeared in courtesy of Tats' OBEY FB channel.

http://youtu.be/yh7-wAy_8ss
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: johnnykonami on 01/01/2016, 11:19 PM
I wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3. ???
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on 01/02/2016, 12:04 PM
Quote from: johnnykonami on 01/01/2016, 11:19 PMI wonder what he thinks of it now?  It's interesting that he was into SFC imports too, makes me wonder if he sampled any PC Engine stuff or even got the TG-CD attachment.  His life is a bit of trainwreck, but it's really cool that he at least had one for a while.  What other celeb endorsements do we have?

1. McCauley
2. Matthew Sweet
3. ???
Yeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
https://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06


LA Kings
https://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: johnnykonami on 01/02/2016, 01:34 PM
Quote from: esteban on 01/02/2016, 12:04 PMYeah, it's a short list of "celebrities"...to add to your list...

Green Jelly
https://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06 (https://archives.tg-16.com/duo_world_0003.htm#p06)


LA Kings
https://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08 (https://archives.tg-16.com/turbo_play_0010.htm#p08)
Ah, right, I have those two mags too.  I forgot about those ones, unsurprisingly.  I wasn't even sure what kind of sportsball the LA Kings played, honestly!  Turns out its hockey, not something I know a lot about anyway.  I remember Green Jelly from MTV back in the day but the one song I remember (something about the big bad wolf) didn't make it into my continuous Turbo Party Hits playlist.  Though now it should.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: PukeSter on 01/02/2016, 01:38 PM
Impractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php (http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php)
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: Sennachereb on 01/02/2016, 02:55 PM
This was very cool! Thanks for sharing. I will torture my wife with it before she subjects me to the anniversary edition of Home Alone that she got for Christmas.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: grolt on 01/02/2016, 02:59 PM
Haha, I used to love GREEN JELLY as a kid back in the day.  Pretty hurting endorsement, though, really.  That was the best they could do?  At least the Turbo Express showed up in ENEMY OF THE STATE.
Title: Re: Kevin McCallister got a Turbo Grafx 16 for Christmas!
Post by: esteban on 01/02/2016, 03:15 PM
Quote from: guest on 01/02/2016, 01:38 PMImpractical jokers played Turbografx as teens

http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php (http://m.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Cast-of-Impractical-Jokers-brings-6702778.php)
That's great. I know it is only one line, but it is precious. Ha!


"Q: What else did you do as kids?

A: Sal: We also played video games like "Bonk." "Bonk" (featuring a bald caveman) had a huge head and would smash bananas. I recently bought (the game system) on ebay for $52 so we could play again. It was called something like TurboGrafx-16."


I wonder if Bonk's Adventure and/or Bonk's Revenge was the top-seller for TG-16...