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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

WOW

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Best US huey (round 2.5)]

Dragon's Curse rules!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Probably a stupid Q considering how many pages and fans THIS thread has but is there a thread for GOOD found ebay deals?

I got a CIC Bravoman for 22$ the other night. I was pretty happy with that.

Is it a "good deal" if the game is blah?

That is the age-old question.

I know what you mean but (pretty obviously) it simply depends on how you look at it--as a player only, a collector only, or a player/collector (I like to consider my self the latter).

Is owning a physical copy worth anything to me? It is. Is being able to play it worth anything to me? It is, even if just so I can first hand say "this game is not good!". Was that a good marketplace price so far as accomplishing both goals? It was. That makes it a good deal for me.

I hear you. I am very tactile and I like physical copies, too.



I was really just expressing my disappointment with the game. Bravoman, even with shoot-em-up levels, is not worthy of sucking my left one.

I officially endorse your purchase, however, and perhaps you will find more joy with it.

I love a bunch of games that folks have dismissed, but Bravoman has yet to worm its way into my heart.

I haven't played Bravoman in 20 years. This comment is motivation to continue that streak.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HI RES]

What's CRT/Framemeister? I've been living in the stone-age for the last 20 years

4:3, smart!

Don't worry, you can still be in the stone age and learn a few new tricks:
CRT = cathode ray tube (your old TV*)

Framemeister (an upscaler...hardware...for using old consoles on modern HDTV) - before you get one of these, do your research. Ask folks here. I have yet to make the plunge myself because I am happy using an old TV.

*my old RCA TV. R.I.P.

OMG, that's beautiful!

Ayce, agreed!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HI RES]

What's CRT/Framemeister? I've been living in the stone-age for the last 20 years

4:3, smart!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / HI RES]

I just ugpraded my 90's tube tv to a 50" plasma and hooked the ol' Duo up to it. It's fuckin' bananas man! I almost prefer running it through the old set to soften up the edges of graphics, but for games like R-Type, Fantasy Zone and Devils Crush on a huge screen, it's a hell of a thing.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Worst US huey (Final Round)]

I was away for a couple weeks, I guess I missed the vote with KK. Is it too late to contest this? haha

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Necro's game clears and mindless musings]

*cough*
easy now
(sexism)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Worst US huey (Final Round)]

Yo Bro instead of Keith Courage?!?!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Wow.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Halloween Raffle - Splatterhouse]

Loved that game. Super gross. Perfect for 12 year old boys!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your most amazing score.]

My War rules, so does Weight, and a couple of his spoken word discs are pretty good. That story about Joe is intense. When recently asked what's worse, taking out the trash or being in Black Flag, Rollins responded "Being in Black Flag". haha

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your most amazing score.]

I scored a pcengine and a few games at a garage sale this weekend for 80 bucks. Dude had a bunch of master system and N64 stuff out. When I asked if he had anything else, he told me he had something in the basement he wasn't sure would sell. BOOSH. I've been rocking Kato Chan and Ken Chan all weekend.

But I think my most amazing score was a boxed duo with a dozen GOOD games on kijiji a few years back for super cheap. -30, had to drive out of town to pick it up. Couldn't believe my eyes...

Non-TG related, I found a rare Henry Rollins spoken word LP at a record store once for $5. He came through town one time and I showed it to him and he said he hadn't seen one in 20 years. Kinda cool.

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

That was grrrreat, now please, go eff your soon to be ex-wife.

We broke up long ago. She wasn't a fan of my sultry voice and tasty guitar licks.

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

ahem

(to the tune of Photograph, the number one single of all time)

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO GAME
EVERY TIME I DO I FEEL ASHAMED
I SHOULDA NEVER SOLD EM OFF
TEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS BACK IN SCHOOL
HAD TO REBUY JJ AND JEFF
HAD TO EBAY BONKS REVENGE
KIJIJI BECAME MY BEST FRIEND
GOT A SPARE COPY OF MAGICAL CHASE
AHHHH YEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

Thank you thank you, there's a reason I'm a millionaire and you are not

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

Scored a console and a few games at a garage sale. Stoked to finally have one!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

RARE! OOP!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

That's insane. That person is insane.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

Bonk's Revenge: Beginner, Intermediate or Expert? hahaha

Bake-I've yet to finish B3, but that's enough incentive.

They should have had "Super Duper Mega NEO Hard" to provide a decent challenge.

Hahaha

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...]

cool!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

Bonk's Revenge: Beginner, Intermediate or Expert? hahaha

Bake-I've yet to finish B3, but that's enough incentive.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

I'd say I like bonk 3 better than bonk's adventure. the problem is that the price for the gameplay should be about 30 bucks and not in the hundreds. I think a lot of the disappointment I encountered was paying that much for a game worth 30 dollars to me.

Whaaaaa?! You crazy mang!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Chew Man Fu]

What, no love for the Fu?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

Not hate, just twenty years of disappointment!

Speaking of which, I'm sure y'alls have heard of this? Too bad Brink of Extinction never made it out! Would've been cool.
http://www.psnstores.com/2014/05/footage-of-cancelled-bonk-brink-of-extinction-ps3-game-surfaces/

And of course, the tragic tale of the Bonk 4 RPG...

I wish I had software design skills to give Bonk 3 the treatment it deserved! It's like Alien 3. You just wanted it to be so much more!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

my hate-on for the pipe bonus exists mostly because the animation is bad and the gameplay slows down quite a bit, killing the pacing of the level.

remake of the bonk soundtrack - do you have garageband? I'm in, let's do it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG16 Guide/Cheats book?]

Nice!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Cause of the TG16 price hike.]

They're the comic books of our generation. Some will appreciate more than others, supply and demand and all that. The midlife crisis thing is a freaky thought though. Lately, I've sought some comfort in a round or two of blazing blazers, or other cards I had first. But I don't think my longings for the early 90's have affected market prices.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

The music in the first Bonk is so iconic!

Never played sb2, must find it!

Because the bad outweighs the good, and that pipe shit is a waste of a bonus level!

Somebody made a good point, maybe they just squirted out an unrefined test cart? After all, it was already over by then and they couldn't have been putting much more money into development. Maybe we were lucky it came out at all.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

Dude, Bonk 1 is super solid. It set a great tone for the series. There are things I like about it more than B2. In fact, I don't know if I prefer one over the other. It's like choosing your favourite kid and all that!

BONK 3: Unsatisfying, like a bad poop.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Duo Serial Number soundoff!]

Hey, I'm in Edmonton too

My Duo's serial # is $$$$$$.

Hey, no way! Dude, I found my duo on kijiji a couple years ago super cheap! They're still out there!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Duo Serial Number soundoff!]

Are you like actually a fan of nickelchad or are you just butting?

Nickelback gets booed in Detroit

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Criticisms of Bonk 3]

Ahahaha. XD
I enjoy my Bonk 3, got the first two years ago and loved them, finally snagged a three, doesn't hold as much nostalgia for me but it was more of the same.
I prefer two the most, and I agree, big Bonk wasn't executed as well as he could have been but it was still a good game, to me anyways.

Yeah, to be fair it has zero nostalgia for me too. I was 18 years too late on that one, but pre-internet that game was impossible to find! Ah, the good old days eh?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Duo Serial Number soundoff!]

Haha, that's way better. Chad looks so cooooool.

Also, you're ruining my thread, and get off my lawn!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Criticisms of Bonk 3]

How did they blow it so badly? The following is a list of things that irk me when I stack it up against the first two.

Jesus, where to begin...

Level 1
Bonk spins too slowly.
Unfulfilling floret sprung jumps.
The music made to indicate you're eating meat.
Unfulfilling bonks of enemies. The sound effect is childish, not crushing like BA.
Being spoonfed like a baby as I'm able to break four boulders at a time.
The pipe bonus stage is dumb.
The sound Bonk makes when he's injured sucks.
Big mode = good idea, bad execution.
The choppy way the elevator opens and closes.
The music in general blows, it's like I'm at a goddamn carnival.
The first boss isn't bad, but in my brain there is a reason I don't like it.
BUT
I like how the crabs pinchers are useful.
The spiderweb is a good trap.
Building smash bonus stage is pretty tight (my reptialian SF2 brain <3's this)

Oh shit, my girlfriend just got home and wants to watch Aliens. Guess that's enough of this for now.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Duo Serial Number soundoff!]

So I found this website that lists every known copy of Nirvana's first single (Love Buzz /1000) where people list which copy they have with their place of residence (http://www.sliver.it/nirvana/test/pages/other/love_buzz_list.html).
I thought it would be a fun way to maybe see which duo systems ended up where. Maybe for kicks, list the box # and the system #? Also, this is just for fun, not looking to start some kind of dumbass hierarchical, show off jizz-fest. Take it easy fellas!

Box: 31012991A
Console: 31012991A
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Sealed Dungeon Explorer]

haha, i believe we're getting a divorce now? not sure.

i went in again and the thing's brand new. haven't seen something in that condition locally for a while. kinda neat. i'm kinda temped to buy it just so i can experience the joy of tearing into a fresh tg box one more time. too bad it's DE, and not something i've never played before.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Chew Man Fu]

just chillin'. bout to lock into some legendary axe on a friday evening

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Sealed Dungeon Explorer]

There's a vintage game place down the street that's got one for $100. If anyone wants it, I can score it for you.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB Chew Man Fu]

Hey y'alls, anyone got an extra copy kicking around?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New Gamasutra Article - TG16 Turns 25]

Man, I straight up bought a Genesis for Mortal Kombat. That or getting SF2 on the console would've been huge.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: AVGN goes Turbo]

My favorite episode was the Ghostbusters one. Trilogy rather. He did a great job putting them together.

I highly doubt he'll ever focus much on the TG16, there's too little demand for it. Like the Neo Geo, Jaguar, Lynx etc.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: AVGN goes Turbo]

Kinda entertaining to watch someone play through a fairly popular turbo game for the first time.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

HAHAHAHA! Fun-ney!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Hahaha, if I had a nickel for every over priced boxed copy of CF2...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Air Zonk CIB]

I know a guy who's selling the game and manual for 60. PM me if you're interested!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: rarer titles up on ebay....]

Dude got $750 for SUPER AIR ZONK?! That's absurd....

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

It's a dirty, dirty thing indeed.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: TG Collection on Ebay]

Wow, yeah that's a pretty good one!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Supply and demand, that's capitalism for you.

Except this isn't simply a case of supply and demand.

It's not super cut and dry, but for sure it is. Only difference is that the demand is manufactured.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Supply and demand, that's capitalism for you.