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[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Dead of the Brain I & II]

Total aside, but I recently got a game called Marine Philt (weird name) for the FM Towns. Where Dead of the Brain is Nightmare Collection I, Marine Philt is Nightmare Collection II - so I guess it's like a... not a sequel, but a spiritual successor? That's fun!

You can see some stuff about it here:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/nightmare-collection-ii-marine-philt

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Anearth taikenban pics?]

Just an update on this!! After a lot of searching, I managed to get a complete guide with disc for $35, thanks to:
a) searching for the title in Japanese only
b) asking every amazon seller if their copies were complete (the ones who answered weren't complete - why don't japanese amazon sellers ever answer questions!?)
c) finding it on a Japanese auction site and having a friend pick it up.

So yay! got the whole dang thing, now, and at about 1/3 the usual going price.

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

keep meaning to post this. full can depicted because empty can got crushed already.


4K: https://i.imgur.com/gMnxbxq.jpg

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Double Post sorry]

Looks like you've gotta be sent to the

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / A-Rank Thunder]

According to the creator of A-Rank Thunder for Mega CD, developed by Riot, the game was originally planned as a free-scrolling action RPG for hucards!

Loading: twitter.com/Shoujirou_Endo/status/927557457844453376

I would've played that

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Month: Bonk! Bonk! - Free PC Genjin Series Card Game]

here we are then! looking forward to trying it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Games that feature a pc engine in the intro scene]

I guess somehow we missed star parodier/fantasy star soldier

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Games that feature a pc engine in the intro scene]

This isn't from a game intro, but it's the first thing I thought of

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Anime Raffle]

Saber Marionette J is the pinnacle of 90s giant anime eyes and weird proportions. it actually super weirds me out.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Raffle: "Mechanic's special"]

Ever seen that on craigslist posts about cars for real hunks of junk? I've got one of those beauties for you all right now. I have here a copy of Pac-Land, everyone's favorite (!?) pac-man game for the turbo grafx. The game comes "complete" with case, game, and manual (no cardboard).

So, why is this a mechanic's special? A few reasons!
1) the cart is maybe completely useless. As you can see in the photo, it's got corrosion all over it. I tried to fix it, and I don't think it's fixable. But maybe you're cooler than me and can do it!
2) the case label is missing. you could put one of those sparky labels on it if you were nuts! but what else are you gonna put your pac-land label on, really.
3) the hucard-holding tab thing broke off. whoops
4) the manual is a bit scuffed. but hey, it opens up, unlike some other manuals I've got!!

So yeah, WHO WILL BE FIRST IN LINE to take this AMAZING GEM!?
Continental US only, but not limiting it to high posters cause I think most high level posters aren't gonna want it!

Go nuts, friends!

[General Gaming / I picked up a guy's collection for $100]

A guy I met through a laserdisc forum (ha ha) moved to japan, so I bought his laserdisc player and LDs... somehow in the transaction (we met in a parking lot like true contraband runners), he got to mentioning he needed to get rid of some games, too. I said "oh hey, I'd be interested in that!" expecting him to just have a few things. He mailed me a few weeks later with a few pics saying there was also a bit more, but I could have whatever he found for $100.

When we met back in that same parking lot, I was more than a little surprised at the amount of stuff I got. I didn't really know what all I had til I got it home (he just kept handing me moving boxes). So here it all is:

a few us Saturn games and manuals (robo pit accidentally not depicted), boxed virtua stick, and a jp-switched us saturn


model 2 genesis with Sega cd and a variety of controllers.


several genesis games (also got sol feace for scd, but that's in another photo)



a super famicom and some jp and us games. lady stalker, twinbee, panic bomber etc (ha ha)


some random n64 and nes games and controllers


52 US dreamcast games (accidentally put 18 wheeler in here even though it's JP), including boxed US maracas



46 JP dreamcast games, a few of which are limited edition. dude liked his visual novels, as you can see!



8 dreamcast magazines and supplemental guides


11 jp Saturn games, some limited, and twinsticks, Sakura Taisen guide


some random jp-only Xbox games, Yuna for pc-fx and pce, etc


There was some other random stuff too, but that's the main lot of it! pretty good for $100 if I do say so myself! I'm probably gonna trade a lot of it off to a local game shop, because I don't think that most of the stuff I'm not keeping is gonna be of interest to anyone. I already found a home for all the low-price dreamcast games, oddly! a friend is going for a complete collection, so we're gonna do some sort of trade.

Anyway! This is the sort of thing I often have dreams about, but this time it was reality

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Favorite PCE cover art?]

Download - interesting colors, kind of a mosaic thing going on


Moto Roader 2 - I like the chunky anime era, and the machines look great


Fiend Hunter - I think the simplicity of it, plus the use of negative space is real good


Record of Lodoss War - you'd never see someone just take a full anime cell looking image like this and put it on the cover. It just uses all the space, which I think is great.


Red alert - all those 80s action movie vibes let you know exactly what you're getting into


Gate of thunder - I'm a sucker for these clearly penciled/illustrated covers with giant machines on them


I could probably go on forever!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Cityscapes]

Valis III (pce on left)


Psychic Storm


Valis II


Iga ninden gaoh

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But I suspect you're more looking for cutscene stuff, so:
Cyber City Oedo 808

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Genji Tsuushiin Agedama

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more as they come to me!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Giveaway: Gunhouse for smartphones]

Hey folks! I keep feeling like I should do a raffle, but I don't have anything fantastic for that, so here's a giveaway instead! We put one of our games out on iOS/Android a bit ago, called Gunhouse. Here's our dumb trailer: https://youtu.be/MVM1GpjfYEw

It's a puzzle game with a unique mechanic, and a tower defense element. First 10 people to PM me with their preference of iOS or Android will get a code. That's it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: CD to Super CD remakes]

Hmm, now that you mention it, when I look around I can't find anyone else having this disc cover. What the heck! Only other thing I can find is this, but that's not it. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RECORD-OF-LODOSS-WAR-II-2-Senki-Trial-Version-PC-Engine-SCD-Grafx-JAPAN-Game-pe-/301509618616

Here are some pictures for reference.


Lodoss 1 (CD) in its normal box, and Lodoss 1 (SCD, below) in the Lodoss 2 box.



Lodoss 2 disc in the back tray.



As you can see, the cover's no different from normal. I bought this off BigAl, so maybe he's got more insight?? It came without the obi, which is where I'd expect any information about a bonus disc to be.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Ranma ROFFLE 1/2 Time!!]

I have this, so I'm not joining, but my favorite color is Duo-R lavender.

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

show us your tits

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

you don't want to be nice? don't be nice. I've said my bit.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: awesome art from PC Engine Tsuushin]

Front and back of another





And a somewhat less ambitious one





And what reads to me as otomo-like about that first one is the colors and the way the lines are drawn! it's almost 100% certainly not him, but it is somewhat reminiscent.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / awesome art from PC Engine Tsuushin]

Thought you all might enjoy it. looks to be katsuhiro otomo, unless I miss my guess! I don't know why he'd do a cover of PC Engine Tsuushin, but it sure looks like his work!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

I got some things in korea



gonna recap that duo and trade it to somebody!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

I got these lovely browned vintage hucard sleeves from johnnykonami! Once I figure out how to un-tacky them, I will share with you all the glorious secret! (if I find it)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Thoughts on Metamor Jupiter]

Awesome, so now I know I wasn't full of shite when I speculated on his career (earlier in this thread).

Can I use your story + photo if I expand the commentary?

Thanks in advance

Here are two ads that mention PSY•S:

sure, you can use my story! he couldn't remember how many songs in there were his, either, and frankly I couldn't figure it out when playing

Next time I see him maybe I'll try to play through it with him, if we can get a duo over there!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Thoughts on Metamor Jupiter]

Oh yeah - it's not that crazy, but I was in Friends in Akihabara, when I came across Metamor Jupiter - I hadn't heard of it before, so I pulled it out, and on the back of the box, who do I see but my old pal Masaya Matsuura, of Parappa the Rapper fame. I was actually going to see him the next day, so I picked it up, because why the heck not!

So I brought it to his office the next day, and after chatting a while said "hey, do you remember this?" and he said "oh man, I forgot about this game. This is actually the first game with my music in it." - previously he was the songwriter for an excellent band called PSY.S, which is known for its song Parachute Limit, from City Hunter (which also had a PC Engine game made from it, but his music wasn't in there).

So I had him sign the obi (why the heck not), and I asked him what he thought of the game, since I was in japan and away from my console, so I couldn't play it yet. He said he'd never played it. He just wrote some tracks, sent them off, and that was it. No wonder he didn't remember it!


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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Screen-shot quiz]

Auleria?

Ding ding ding!! Finally we have a winner!



I was playing this just the other day, and I am SO STUCK. I have no idea how to get to the next event or whatever, I'm just walking back and forth waiting... very frustrating.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

this shirt

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChjDg7tU4AEySAA.jpg

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Screen-shot quiz]

Alright then!

new image here

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Today I finished off my FACE PCE collection. Once I realized there were only 10 of them, I got the mahjong game I didn't have, and one game I didn't have the case for, and now here we are!



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CggzJC4UEAAIXz_.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CggzJ6QVAAAKUyM.jpg

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Just a tiny weird thing about NEC's relatively open platform]

So the NES/Famicom was the beginning of modern "locked down" consoles, with checks, requirements, approvals, dos and don'ts. NEC is known for having a much more lax approach to this, as seen by the blood/nudity, etc that you can find in PCE/turbo games.

I just noticed a curious and very small side effect of this in a FACE game I recently got hold of. (I happen to be a fan of FACE, a very odd little company that had an explosion of games for 2 years and then faded into nothing.)

FACE always does little newsletters in their games, making the "volume" on the spine have a little more meaning in this case compared to other companies. Anyway, in the game Mahjong Gakuen Mild, which is essentially a censored version of Mahjong Gakuen, they had a little advertisement in there - for a Famicom game.



The text essentially says, "Finally FACE makes a game for the Famicom! Chiyo no Fuji no Ooichou" is the complete sumo fighting package," etc etc.

This is the game:

I just can't imagine a single other console, (PC is possible!) where you'd have an ad for a game on another console - one which is unavailable on the console for which you just bought a game.

Okay! That is all.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Favorite non-standard controllers?]

as promised, here's my paltry selection of controllers.
low res due to my phone dying ;_;

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Screenshot Comparisons (PCE vs MD vs SFC) — awack's enduring legacy]

CrackTiger - I mean that while the games are in their proper resolution, they're not displayed at the actual aspect ratio you'd see on a television.

for example:
pce vs snes
 

unless SNES owners had square TVs, there's no way that SNES image (right) is shown at the correct aspect ratio. I'm just saying that if one wanted to curate this stuff for real, it would be best to bring everything to the aspect ratio that users see, for comparison's sake, and also for the sake of representing the game properly as it is *displayed*.

Sometimes it's the SNES, sometimes the MD, sometimes the PCE, but in many spots on this list, there are games shown in proper resolution, but they were designed to be squashed and/or pulled to fit a screen, so wouldn't actually ever look like those screengrabs.

Of course, a gargantuan amount of work has been done already, it's just a wishlist thing for me.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Game Atelier bringing Flying Hamster to PC Engine!]

Like the thread title says!!!

insertcredit . com/archives/002671.html

from the site:
This special edition of Flying Hamster features:
• 3 new levels
• Amazing backgrounds displaying 256 colors simultaneously
• Parallax scrollings with more than 4 layers
• A mind-blowing CD soundtrack
• An exclusive multi-player mode up to 5 players
• Game compatible with the Arcade Card for shorter loadings

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / magweasel updating again]

just in case people didn't notice.
he started back up with Final Lap Twin:

wayback://magweasel.com/2011/03/16/i-love-the-pc-engine-final-lap-twin/


apologies if this is a report or something!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / KORG Wavestation hucards]

I don't know if there's ever been discussion about this here, but have any of you seen/investigated the data chips for the KORG Wavestation synth?

they sure look familiar. it'd be pretty wacky if a hucard wound up making random sounds on this machine. rather unlikely though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KORG-WAVESTATION-CARD-PRE-LOAD-BANK-3-WPC-00P-III_W0QQitemZ300398115211QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?hash=item45f11f798b#ht_500wt_1022



a little info: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/05/synth-and-time-slice.html
it's PCM toooooooooooooooo

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

why thank you kindly!

Here's one.


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supplierlist .com/photo_images/146822/contact_IC_card_smart_card_PVC_card.jpg

+

istockphoto .com/file_thumbview_approve/1232830/2/istockphoto_1232830-e-mc.jpg

If that's confusing, I can provide hintz

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

ok, this should be easy-ish


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

I'm 99% sure I got it, so here's my contribution. This shouldn't be too bad.