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[General Gaming / Re: Snes cd add on]

Not to let this topic die, Ben Heck has a two part series going on tearing this thing apart and repairing it.

Folks can jump to the 20:00 minute mark to hear Heck diss our poor PCE/TG-16 (he doesn't use the upgraded SCD System Card)...

[Off-Topic / Show us your face!]

More tea

I posted a stupid photo but then I deleted it.

Now that I am on the toilet again, I feel inspired again.

 

Yes, I was sitting in the toilet for that photo.

And I was listening to "Messiah" by Bloodgood (how apropos).

[Off-Topic / Re: Show us your face!]

Current face

That is exactly how I pictured you...

But with a cup of tea.

[Off-Topic / Re: Show us your face!]

Yo!

As nulltard said, thank you for the crotch shot.



YOUR LEGS NEED TO BE INTROVERTED.

Thank you.

[Off-Topic / Re: Show us your face!]

Fine. I'm fat. Don't laugh.

Smile.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: My LIKE NEW Turbo in box is up for sale]

Every time I see this pic, I think of Bubble Bass

I have watched every episode of SpongeBob 90 times with my daughter over the past decade.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Local Girls of PCEFX.com]

Pineapples and baby sharks, fuck yeah. 

Yeah, that's an interesting find, one with holding a "baby shark..." :/  It's hard to tell, but it seems like water is streaming down from the mouth. Let's assume it's one of those plastic toys and not actually the real thing ? I think I used to have one as a kid.

I thought he same thing: rubber shark and water pouring out of mouth.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: My LIKE NEW Turbo in box is up for sale]

I appreciate Nulltard's spilling of seed......i feel dirty now....

Spelling error ruins joke.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Lucretia - Demon Princess (鬼姫の呪い in Japan) NOW IN BETA TESTING]

Magnificent.

[Off-Topic / Turbo Grafx T-shirt Raffle!!!]

I definitely want to join this raffle.

Here is a sneak peek (when I win last place):

NOTE: NSFW + Cringeworthy

Seriously, this is not safe for work.

 

I want to punch myself when I look at the photo, but I think it is hilarious, too.

Spring 2006: As I was packing up to move to NJ, my wife casually mentions that I should simply donate/get rid of everything related to computers/video games/etc. She said, "You never wear those shirts, anyway."

So, I started wearing Legendary Axe II and Devil's Crush Tshirts every day for a week as I packed up garage/house and threw it in a U-Haul truck.

I haven't been able to get rid of the awful onion soup smell from the armpits of those shirts, though.

Sadly, I did donate a billion shirts I loved but was too fat to wear anymore.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

All I can say is...

 

Is that editable?

Sadly, no.

SUGAR CRYSTALS > salt crystals

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

Ok, I really need to become a better person to be able to play Image Fight II, so I moved on to The Lost Sunheart, a game I briefly tried about a year ago before dismissing as too weird and ugly.

Well, it's still weird, but this is actually a great game. It has a satisfying difficulty curve, lots of intense moments and a very peculiar rhythm, with waves of enemies coming at you in oscillating patterns that seem to move in sync with the music. And although the graphics are definitely not pretty, they have character and present a very realized world.

The whole game comes across as a confident realization of some designer's drug induced vision that somehow managed to make it into a fun video game. It's games like these that make me love the PC Engine!

(PS- Managed to 1 CC it this past weekend, but I did use the 1Up trick against the floating head to max out to 9 lives).

(PSX - Has anybody translated the story in the adventure mode? WTF is going on?!?)

All I can say is...

 

[High Score Records / Re: "Legendary Axe" High Scores]

First time I actually beat this game after all these years.  My score seems quite low compared to Lukester.  I must have missed a stage or something.

csgx1: 541,150

You can also kill extra enemies in the final "maze" (repeating rooms).

Hmmm...and...

[High Score Records / Re: "Lords of Thunder" High Scores]

1CCed Lords of Thunder last night for the first time with a score of 1,563,770. I have the Sega CD version though so I don't know if this counts here as I don't know if there are differences in the PC Engine version. I've never played that 1 :/  Beat on Normal with Water Armor:

Sell me the Sega CD version so I can compare them.

I am happy to include your score, we just put a note by it (FEKA-CD) and it might encourage some other folks to play through FEKA's version.

[General Gaming / Cartridges]

Since HuCARDs are CARDs, there is no need to discuss them, beyond the simple trüth: CARD>CARTRIDGE for ever and ever...

IMPORTANT: It is hard for me to base this entirely on aesthetics alone...since these carts are meant to be held and used. I love the shape and size of SMS, but I wish it felt as heavy and solid as an NES cart. SMS still wins, though.


I know we are not discussing Japanese consoles, but I like the Famicom the best (there was a wide variety of shapes and colors, and I like the horizontal shape and size).

Sega SMS is the best size and has a horizontal shape, so I like 'em a lot. However, they don't feel as SOLID and as indestructible as other CARTS. I must say...I have a ton of SMS carts and they are not particularly exciting when it comes to labels. There are times I can't even figure out what game is in my SMS because I have to turn up the lights and move closer to read the label...so the labels are weakest element on SMS. Even the "all text" design of early NA HuCARDs were a billion times better than the SMS labels. Despite the ugly SMS labels, I still think it is my favorite cart.

I love how SOLID (the heft) of NES carts, even though they are goofy-looking and huge. I guess there is an awkward charm to them, but even Atari 2600 is more practical to hold and to "grip" than the NES, IMHO, anyway.

N64, Jaguar, and SNES are too big, as far as I am concerned (for the time they were released...I like huge carts in early 80's consoles...I know, it's not fair, but the context is important for me). I think the goofy tube handle on the Jaguar is ugly, but it gets credit for at least trying something slightly different. Of course, the fact that the JagTube has not been home to cart labels annoys some people (it doesn't bother me...)

I never owned the RCA Studio II, but the cart looks pretty awesome (however impractical it might be). It looks like electronic gear used by Soviet Cosmonauts...and there is a certain utilitarian charm in *not concealing* the raw metal bolts and contacts.

I just love all these carts, really. Atari/Coleco/Intellivision all felt great to use and hold, even if they suffered from the "hollowness" that I spoke of earlier. 

The Odyssey 2 handle looks goofy as hell, but I bet I would absolutely LOVE to actually use it.

 

NOTE: The above image has been recycled 38 times over the years. Trüe storie.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Motteke Tamago Title Englishification]

Here's the latest build running in mednafen:

Needless to say, I love it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: SEGA + PCE]

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Motteke Tamago Title Englishification]

Oui Oui Jumbo Egg

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / PC Engine CD/TurboGrafx CD Vs Mega-CD/Sega CD - which is better?]

SEGA CD is much better because it has Marky Mark.

I am sorry, but this is my old desktop:



THIS is the sole reason for SEGA-CD superiority.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu II Translation Development Blog]

I don't love the big "II", but it could work with a "Legend of the Wind II" subtitle.

Here's a small modification of Phase's last mockup, with a few pixels pushed here-and-there. 




I specifically moved "Legend of the Wind" over a few pixels so that so can see more of the tail of the X, which IMHO helps it to feel less "detached" from the rest of the X.

As it is now, this could easily work in both Xanadu 2 and Xanadu 1.

Sam, Phase ... over to you guys for the next round of changes! 

How do folks feel?

Is this going in the right direction, or were we better off the "The Legend of Xanadu"?

Renaissance man.

Or mangrove, as it were.

IT LOOKS AWESOME.

IT SOLVES OUR SCHIZOID PROBLEMS.

[PC-FX Discussion / Re: PCFX Tome of Obey Rename]

Yes.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / The Local Girls of PCEFX.com]

I'd hit it. I love her, chunky pixels and all.

There is something important missing from this discussion.

FINALLY!

Thank you.

MOAR! (Please )

I want every single image for each disc. Then I will make animated .gif

...and then...

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu II Translation Development Blog]

Now...if someone wants to make a 192x64 mock-up of "Xanadu - Legend of the Wind", that would be completely reasonable, too.

Here's a quick mock up using the same style in the second game.

HOLY CHRIST
I am
RIP TORN

I really like it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Not another screenshot quiz...]

Next one:

King of Casino.

(Trump)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Not another screenshot quiz...]

Asuka 120% Maxima Burning Fest.

[Fighting Street / Re: what do you think of the last member to post?]

NightWolve.

Typing of Ys.

+999,999,999

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Nice £6 lot. A complete steal for Gunhed. Ganbare golf boys seems OK but I'm sucking at it. The POS in the middle will be raffled.

HOW DARE YOU!

And to think that you were the only pcefxer I would have given my life to save....

The Kung Fu is so utterly fantastic*


* see disclaimer in the @onlyraffle thread

[Off-Topic / Game Sack]

I've never heard anything by Tim Follin that I've liked. He's good at manipulating sounds, but it's all beat-based European style music that feels so out of place in most games and I'm is not within my taste in general. There is some European game music that I like, but all of Follin's stuff is the sound equivalent of the visuals in one of those demo scene tech demos. I still find it impressive, but I'm more impressed by great compositions with poor sound usage.

Officially crazy = CrackTiger

You may not like his stuff, but to say that they are not "great compositions" are fighting words.



Seriously.

I find it hilarious when folks try to dismiss entire swaths of utterly fantastic music by merely labeling it "European", whilst having an orgasm over equally banal tripe from a Japanese or American composer.

The Terminator (Sega CD) = BUTT ROCK (Tallarico)
Final Fantasy VII = lame, just like the tunes from the entire series.

I said that I don't like it, not that it's bad.

There are many PC Engine soundtracks with good or effective music, but the sound aren't special or are crude by PCE standards.

The only reason I use a description like "European" is because I have the same reaction and feelings when listening to and hearing so many European games soundtracks from the 8 and 16-bit generation and European games seem to most often features soundtracks which felt completely out of place in their games. I also don't like arpeggio in general, but the odd time I do it's been in Japanese games.

Whether anyone likes or dislikes the music is idependent of all that. When North American and Japanese composers produce similar music and sounds that give me the same feeling, it also makes me think of European games.

What a reasonable, logical response to my incendiary trolling. 



Anyway, since I still want to start a fight, I will simply point out that your ANTI-ARPEGGIO stance = UNACCEPTABLE.

I am too lazy to go into a rant now, but I know I must have some old rant I can copy-n-paste from years ago.

Ok.

Seriously, though, I want to be your therapist and try to understand where your Arpeggio Phobia came from. Surely, some traumatic gaming event has been repressed.

PM me.

[Off-Topic / What are you currently listening to?]

Ever since BREXIT....

...that single track has been on REPEAT in my TG-CD.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Looking to sell my Camp California. Any idea on value?]

Just list it on eBay and provide us a link so we can eagerly watch it blossom to $$$.

Here you go: http://www.ebay.com/itm/122028925974

If you guys know anyone who might be interested, please PM / let them know!

Thanks guys.

Thank you.

I am eagerly watching the auction.

UPDATE: I don't see the limited edition bonus soundtrack  for Camp California (this is an essential item for maximizing $$$)...

 

A "Beach Boys"-branded papier-mâché surfboard containing: Camp California game + soundtrack = Mega$$$

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The Local Girls of PCEFX.com]

Why is the last one $150?

Are any of the pictures recycled/reused across all three titles?

Do we have any confirmed testimonies of these titles actually being sold in retail shops?

I don't remember ever seeing these titles, ever. Mail-order/retail...never saw them, ever.


THOUGHT EXPERIMENT:
Would a retail chain (like, say, Software Etc.) have carried a title like this? Present evidence for and against.

No way ToysRUs and kindred chains would carry this title.




DISCLAIMER: Now, I don't actually think that some enigmatic, rinky-dink publisher like Excite Software would actually be in a position to get its product into national chains...but it is fun to think about the policies of these chains.

[Off-Topic / Random Pictures Thread]

?????

Is this Camp Califonia?

Yo, Bro!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / TurboGrafx-16 Logo / Orange Label Font]

UPDATE: Love the "comparison page" you posted above



TRIVIA: These were scanned 7.22.05!!!!!!! That was exactly 11 years ago!!!

Size: 6442x4118

Although 10 HuCARDs are in each scan, I only labeled the ones using TurboFont-16 (for quick reference)


TurboGrafx-CD System Card, Dungeon Explorer, Dragon Spirit




MotoRoader




Legendary Axe, Blazing Lazers, final Lap Twin, Victory Run, World Class Baseball, vigilante, J.J. & Jeff



Deep Blue, Power Golf, Space Harrier



Alien Crush, Cyber-core, China Warrior, NeutopiA

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Best.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Johnny Turbo's daughter contacted me]

this sugar filled style licorice is my jam.

I dig black lic too

Not sure if we are still in licorice territory here, but if it is, Sweet Tarts Ropes are phenomenal.

There is only one flavor of licorice. Licorice flavor. The anus flavored "candy" enjoyed exclusively by old people, some Europeans, and weirdoes. All this Willy Wonka bullshit you guys keep bringing up is just...candy. Unlike licorice it actually tastes *better* than Brussels sprouts with bouillon cubes hiden inside.

Licorice is so gross. It's like the haggis of candy. Really, it's only technically candy by virtue of all the perfectly good sugar it wastes. Nothing else 1/10 as disgusting would ever claim to be a treat. When people pretend to like it just to seem tough it offends me, and I pretend a lot of things myself...but come on. That shit doesn't even resemble a good taste. It doesn't even resemble a bad taste. It doesn't resemble food. It's like some one just handed you a little compressed hunk of that black bioslime that drain flies live in, or the greese you see dripping from fairground rides. One of the worst flavors I've ever experienced and I don't see why it continues to be manufactured.

I mean, I hate spiced jelly beans, anything with cocoanut filings in it, and fake peach flavoring quite a bit, but I'd strap a feed bag filled with cocoanut caked spicy peach jelly beans to my head before I ate a single piece of licorice. I'd rather share treats with my dogs, no, my CATS. That's how gross licorice is. Worse than a cat treat.

I wish I could say more but that's probably enough to permanently derail this thread.

You are missing out, comrade.

I mean, I cannot imagine a world without, say, cumin.

I also LOVE burnt toast.

Anise = amazing, especially if it is not overloaded with too much sugar.

I drink my coffee black.

I like espresso.

I like tea, without anything added.

I love lemongrass.

The bitterest beers are the best beers.

THE BITTEREST BEERS ARE THE BEST BEERS.

I love cumin. I put it on my salad. Everything. Popcorn. I love cumin.

I love very hot (spicy) foods from all cuisines Indian, Thai, Chinese, Persian, Italian, etc. (not so hot that I develop a fever, though).

I love nori/seaweed

Horseradish/wasabi

Tabasco.

Black pepper.

I have to stop, but I could go on and on.




Oh, and I love licorice! Black, delightful, heavenly licorice.

Onions!!! Leeks!!! Chives!!!!

Licorice, too.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Johnny Turbo's daughter contacted me]

These are what I was talking about:


I don't like them but Haribo is a great brand, I believe it's the salted licorice you guys are talking about, but who knows, maybe it's different.

Yes, I saw these when I was searching this morning.

I was like, "Piratos! How was I to know it was *literally* referring to the shape of the damn licorice!?"

To be honest, I was tempted to buy a bunch of different brands, to test them out.

I actually prefer licorice that is *not* too sweet and I was reading a bunch of reviews that started making my mouth drool...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TurboGrafx-16 Logo / Orange Label Font]

Thanks for the support, everyone!
And thanks for the link, esteban!
I found a few manuals that use the font on them, but it occurred to me that I also need to find images from many other games.



As you can see here, Neutopia (one of my favorite games, btw) uses the font on the card, but not on the case (or the manual).
The same can be said for Bonk's Adventure, Final Lap Twin, and probably many more.
I know the orange spines on some games cases use the font, too.
Space Harrier for example, has custom art on the front of the case, as well as the card, but the spine uses the font that I'm looking for (which I will now refer to as the 'Orange Label' font).

So does anyone know a place with good scans of either the cards or the orange label spines?
Plan B is to continue Googling the names of every game and hoping for useable results.

I have some high quality scans of a whole bunch of HuCARDs...

Maybe 20-30? from years ago.

When I get home tonight, I will try to upload 2-3 scans...

Unless someone beats me to the punch.

[Off-Topic / Classic Gaming Quarterly shameless plugging thread...]

Am I the only one who wants MOAR Classic Gaming Quarterly?

And shouldn't he use the branding I created for him?

Yes, of course he should do BOTH.



 

 

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

Now take off your top.

Showing my nipples. Grinded.


Here's a new one.

Zipang

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

Oh, well I'm dumb. Okay here

Spin Pair.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

picked up a few import goods! really happy with the neo cd controller since ive been looking for one for a good price and finally got it!

Since you like vs. fighting games, I am curious about what you think of the SNK ports on PCE.

I don't know if you were particularly fond of the Neo Geo family vs. the Streetfighter family... but still, I am curious because I have very little interest in the genre myself, so I can't really judge them.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / SEGA + PCE]

I have played SMS PCE and Arcade Shinobi quite a bit over the years and I really enjoy them all.

There is one thing that can ONLY be said about PCE Shinobi, however: it is TOASTY HOT.




...and is part of all NUtritional Xmas Holiday Breakfast (NUXHP) meals.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hucard / SuperCD are NOT the same system...]

Is a HuCARD a card or a cartridge?

Discuss.

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fat HuCards]

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Just... Bad, Turbo Ebay Auctions (Not Gouging)]

O M G

This must be a joke.

The poor shirt is so ugly, I feel sorry for the poor bastard.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Xanadu II Translation Development Blog]

I was hoping to get to continue experimenting with color and shading on my latest couple of designs, but it looks like time is running out, so here's one in its basic form without shading or fancy coloring.

The end of The Legend of Xanadu:

Everything you posted is FANTASTIQUE.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: [Obey - Brew] pairings and other silly things]

Is this art?

Possibly.

More likely, it is arty trash.

Which
Is
The
Best.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: List of games that support Avenue 6?]

Hey, welcome to the forums. I made a list BITD that's stickied in the PC Engine section:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=764.0

Where the heck have you been?

Stickying things, no doubt. :3

Oui.

SRSLY.

 

[Fighting Street / Re: People buy anything these days]

Isn't that DK?

I remember DK as skinnier and artier.

[Off-Topic / Just wanted to say Hi!]

Bienvenue à la pcefx mon nouveau ami. Asseyez-vous et plaît vous jouez les jeux avec nous. Désolé mais mon français est trop mauvais.

Oui Oui Jumbo.