PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion => Topic started by: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AM PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion => Topic started by: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AM| (https://archives.tg-16.com/GG/GG_1993_coupon.jpg) | Now available (12.11.11) for your pleasure: Excellent Holiday Catalog (1993, CAPTRON / G&G Stores) (https://www.tg-16.com/new_turbografx_magazine_scans.htm) • $3.00 OFF • Dungeon Explorer II |
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Quote from: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AMShort term:So, over the next 6 to 10 decades?
Yes, I have a ton of new page scans in the pipeline. They should trickle out on a regular basis.
Quote from: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AMWhat do you think the ideal size should be for page scans? I want to prepare for the next generation (or three) of fancy, widescreen monitors.On my 19" 4:3 1280x1024 monitor, they're all quite legible. The last one is large enough for the text to be readable, but the screen shots are a bit on the small side; the first two are better, though the text is probably too big and some panning is required. I'd go with the wide one, since wide screen monitors are becoming more and more common, and it's preferable to see pages side by side when the graphics spanned both pages like that.
Quote...oh, and you get the girl, too!:---)
Quote from: BonksRevenge on 02/25/2008, 08:56 PMWTF?Yeah, I don't understand how Addams Family and Night Creatures scored as well as they did. I'm not trying to bash the games, but....
i thought Adams Family SUCKED
Quote from: nat on 02/25/2008, 10:47 AMHahahahhahahaha!Quote from: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AMShort term:So, over the next 6 to 10 decades?
Yes, I have a ton of new page scans in the pipeline. They should trickle out on a regular basis.
In all seriousness though, I'm glad something motivated you to make a move on that. It almost excuses your 6 month hiatus from the forums.
Quote from: MurderDate on 02/25/2008, 08:48 PMesteban - I think I think B. It has more of a magazine feel.I totally agree, but I'd like to hear what other folks think as well!
Quote from: guest on 02/25/2008, 11:29 AMVery nice indeed. =D>Damn, we have lazy bastards here. Necromancer, you're the only one to give me the tech specs I was looking for :)Quote from: esteban on 02/25/2008, 04:18 AMWhat do you think the ideal size should be for page scans? I want to prepare for the next generation (or three) of fancy, widescreen monitors.On my 19" 4:3 1280x1024 monitor, they're all quite legible. The last one is large enough for the text to be readable, but the screen shots are a bit on the small side; the first two are better, though the text is probably too big and some panning is required. I'd go with the wide one, since wide screen monitors are becoming more and more common, and it's preferable to see pages side by side when the graphics spanned both pages like that.
Quote from: nat on 02/26/2008, 01:06 AMThank god that never saw the light of day.Call me a masochist, but I would have wanted to see this released, later, as a "Sports Package" including extra pads and a turbotap. No one would have bought it, of course, but it would have been a novelty :).
Quote from: esteban on 02/26/2008, 12:25 AMAside: I thought you folks would have started talking about the TV SPORTS 4-in-1 pack-in for the TurboDuo (https://archives.tg-16.com/index.htm#16yearsago) by now...It may have helped sales a bit, as they could've swapped out Ys I & II for this thing and picked up a few anti-RPG gamers. Shitty trade off, but sports games sold well for the Genny.
Quote from: guyjin on 02/26/2008, 10:01 PMthe baseball game would probably just have been a renaming of world class baseball.I wouldn't think so, since the game in the review looks quite different from World Class Baseball. It would've made more sense for them to finish up TV Sports Baseball than it would've for them to recycle one of Hudson's games.
Quote from: Sinistron on 02/27/2008, 09:19 AMSweet- there's my name in Turboplay #9 as a runner-up winner of Bonk's Revenge for killing that crossword puzzle (I remember there being something wrong with that puzzle)...Awesome, but what free game did you get?
Quote from: guest on 02/27/2008, 12:28 AMNecro, thanks for pointing out to guyjin that there was, indeed, a TV SPORTS Baseball (https://archives.tg-16.com/archive-three/TP-11-16.jpg), but it was never released. There was a person here... he was on jluedke's podcast "The Drunken Gamers"... who was a reviewer back in the day. IIRC, he played the TV Sports Baseball game (either as an eprom or at a trade show) and said the version he saw still had some rough parts. The published review describes rough patches as well.Quote from: esteban on 02/26/2008, 12:25 AMAside: I thought you folks would have started talking about the TV SPORTS 4-in-1 pack-in for the TurboDuo (https://archives.tg-16.com/index.htm#16yearsago) by now...It may have helped sales a bit, as they could've swapped out Ys I & II for this thing and picked up a few anti-RPG gamers. Shitty trade off, but sports games sold well for the Genny.Quote from: guyjin on 02/26/2008, 10:01 PMthe baseball game would probably just have been a renaming of world class baseball.I wouldn't think so, since the game in the review looks quite different from World Class Baseball. It would've made more sense for them to finish up TV Sports Baseball than it would've for them to recycle one of Hudson's games.
Quote from: Sinistron on 02/27/2008, 09:19 AMSweet- there's my name in Turboplay #9 as a runner-up winner of Bonk's Revenge for killing that crossword puzzle (I remember there being something wrong with that puzzle)...HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THIS YESTERDAY!
James Sinisi, Woodhaven, New York
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Quote from: MurderDate on 03/04/2008, 08:10 AMah estes, I bet it's gonna rock. I loved reading the story about you entering that art contest in the Turo Play mag.. that was when I wrote you that fan letter that time.. oooh those were the days.Haahhahaha. :) Those were the days, but this is a pretty darn embarrassing day. I still haven't been courageous enough to talk about it here. I will, eventually, though.
Quote from: 16-bit on 03/09/2008, 10:37 PMIs there a particular scanner that you would suggest for magazine scanning?I think that any scanner (I use a pretty low-priced model in the 100-150$ range?) will do fine. I've used Canon and Epson, mostly, although I've also used some total crap models (MicroTek?). The key thing is to make sure the glass plate (platen) is clean (no grease or lint or scratches) and to set the resolution at a decent level. I've read conflicting information about the "ideal" resolution to scan at, but I suggest 300dpi because then I can enlarge parts of a page to get a really good look at something.
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 03/14/2008, 02:11 AMYeah, Riftwar Saga is one of my games that I wish would've been finished. Who knows, maybe it was, but, they ran out of money to publish it :PTotally. Last night I did a quick search, but I couldn't find any info the developer "Kid's Source". Have you ever heard of them? I don't remember old magazines referencing them, but, then again, I haven't been looking for them.
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 03/16/2008, 01:45 AMI too have try'd doing searches for Kid's Source to no avail. They up & disapeared before even releasing one game! ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)Seriously! I think I'll have to keep my eyes open for references to "Kid's Source" in old magazines... I'm hoping to find a few blurbs that might reveal where they were based, what titles (if any) they were working on, etc.
Quote from: esteban on 03/16/2008, 12:18 PMHi folks, I updated the original post in this thread. (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=4729.0;topicseen)Will do :D
New stuff: Electronics Boutique: December 1993 (https://archives.tg-16.com/features_08_01.htm). Bonk 3 and Intelligent Link :)Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 03/16/2008, 01:45 AMI too have try'd doing searches for Kid's Source to no avail. They up & disapeared before even releasing one game! ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)Seriously! I think I'll have to keep my eyes open for references to "Kid's Source" in old magazines... I'm hoping to find a few blurbs that might reveal where they were based, what titles (if any) they were working on, etc.
If you see anything, share the news :)
Quote from: esteban on 03/30/2008, 09:19 AM1. I wonder what happened to Working Designs and their plan to bring World Heroes 2 and King of the Monsters to TurboDuo?I thought that Working Designs was only working on World Heroes 1, not WH2?
Quote from: guest on 03/30/2008, 03:18 PMIts important to understand that Vic Ireland has eyes bigger than his stomach (in other words, pretty damn big eyes). This is the guy who after being dissed by SoA said he was going to release Lunar 3 for PS. What's that you say? 10 years later and still there is no such thing as Lunar 3 in Japanese or English? Yeah, exactly. Could he have meant Grandia? Well, maybe, but SCEA released that so either way he was full of it.Quote from: esteban on 03/30/2008, 09:19 AM1. I wonder what happened to Working Designs and their plan to bring World Heroes 2 and King of the Monsters to TurboDuo?I thought that Working Designs was only working on World Heroes 1, not WH2?
Quote from: guest on 03/30/2008, 03:18 PMOh, absolutely, but I went beyond the magazine and tried to anticipate what WD might have actually been able to bring over. Now, while even WD's own website listed WH1, we know that only WH2 was released...Quote from: esteban on 03/30/2008, 09:19 AM1. I wonder what happened to Working Designs and their plan to bring World Heroes 2 and King of the Monsters to TurboDuo?I thought that Working Designs was only working on World Heroes 1, not WH2?
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/30/2008, 03:37 PMIts important to understand that Vic Ireland has eyes bigger than his stomach (in other words, pretty damn big eyes). This is the guy who after being dissed by SoA said he was going to release Lunar 3 for PS. What's that you say? 10 years later and still there is no such thing as Lunar 3 in Japanese or English? Yeah, exactly. Could he have meant Grandia? Well, maybe, but SCEA released that so either way he was full of it.What I find interesting is that these titles were being considered. I, for one, would never have chosen KoftM 1 or 2 for a venture of this sort... but that's only because I'm too conservative a businessman.
Basically I'm saying don't hold your breath for Gaijinworks's 360 version of Tengai Mayou Zira.
QuoteZeta, I actually love your bitter tone, but surely you can appreciate a character such as Victor Ireland (especially because he played a pivotal role in the history of TG-16 and TG-CD)...I envy his lame ass to be honest. He lived the otaku dream for a long time.
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/30/2008, 10:37 PM:)QuoteZeta, I actually love your bitter tone, but surely you can appreciate a character such as Victor Ireland (especially because he played a pivotal role in the history of TG-16 and TG-CD)...I envy his lame ass to be honest. He lived the otaku dream for a long time.
Quote from: guyjin on 04/27/2008, 04:45 PMDamn, I want that bumper sticker now! :PYou got it. :) I updated the page so you can print out your own (https://archives.tg-16.com/features_08_03.htm#print) on letter- or legal-sized paper.
Quote from: guyjin on 05/17/2008, 02:47 PMnow where can I find sticky-backed legal paper...Crap, I didn't think of that! :)
Quote from: guyjin on 05/17/2008, 03:44 PMno, that's fine, just daydreaming :)OK, I don't think anyone is actually desperate enough to do this, but, then again,
Quote from: guyjin on 05/18/2008, 02:47 AMNow that dear leader has an official one in the store, I'll go that route :dance:Oh, I know only the most desperate people will do this ;) , that's what I like about it :) .
Quote from: guyjin on 05/18/2008, 03:48 PMdon't conform to those snerds at your daughter's school! be a rebel! A turbo rebel!I hear ya. I was actually thinking about it today as I was driving to my in-laws. It's a pretty awesome bumpersticker, how could I take it off?
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Quote from: peonpiate on 05/28/2008, 07:13 PMI have the bumper sticker, it took all of 5 minutes to do.Picture please! :)
I replaced the TG16 logo with prez bush tho..an moved his pic to look like it took a hard hit from bonk 8)
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Quote from: arromdee on 12/10/2011, 12:00 PMGoing to Turbo Play #1, view all scans, and picking page 32 says that it's not found. The link to page 32 in the text works, but links to TP-02-32.jpg, not to TP-01-32. (Was the ad duplicated from month to month?)WILL HAPPEN, EVENTUALLY: Yeah, I want to re-scan all the issues and have a .pdf available. Anyone who is interested in helping me with this should drop me an email ;)
Is there any way to download a set of jpgs for an individual issue as a zip file or such so I can view it in an external reader? (Which would also require having duplicate ads if necessary) And without the logos on each page. Logos on each page are useful when you're creating a web site to keep from being ripped off, but they're lousy when it comes to preserving material.
Quote from: meka on 04/01/2012, 08:38 AMRiftwar Saga looks like a great game, hope that it is released one day.This is one of the titles I have been most intrigued by! It is an enigma. I would love to find one of the developers and interview them. :pcgs:
Quote from: guest on 04/01/2012, 08:15 PMVery cool!Especially Street Fighter II CD-ROM and Bonk RPG :pcgs:
Quote from: Bardoly on 09/19/2013, 01:29 PMAny updates in the last year? :-"I suck completely. I have lots of random stuff I upload, then I forget about, and the worst part: if I don't update the database (the big sortable table), then 99.99% of folks will never know it is available (because the only link to the scan is in a random post, in a random topic).