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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Astralius walkthru is down... got a copy?]

it doesn't quite have glowing reviews but I wanted to give it a go, went to check the rpg list link and I get a page not found message. Noble person who wrote it: your work is important! that bandwidth is worth it! or if you are in danger maybe a search party should be organized, in the mean time would someone mind pm-ing it or re hosting with permission of course?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Got my SCD today YAY!]

Try burning faster I use 10x on a macbook using freeware, it's CD burner is notoriously finicky with slow speeds and the super CD ROM is pickier with burns than a duo but burning 10x with most CDs (never Memorex though those are just crap I blew through 20+) I get a perfect result 99% try finding alternate Roms or re rip if you are making the copies legitly.

[General Gaming / Re: Nu Reality Vivid 3D pre amps]

Well your non 3d-ized speakers sound like you're playin' through one, fella

[General Gaming / Nu Reality Vivid 3D pre amps]

anybody mess around with these things? I found one at a pawnshop and couldn't resist the audio nerd video game nerd cross over, it hypes that it will make your 2 speaker set up sound like it's "all around you" I don't notice a huge difference but it definitely boosts up the bongo sounds on the ai cho aniki ost.

[General Gaming / Re: Sega CD CD-Rs?]

Hey, I've burned pretty much every sega cd game on cdr and while it was tricky at first I find it ultimately simpler than pc engine cd burning. general rules of thumb: find bin cue downloads this makes everything easy, and they are available for almost all games worth playing (i'm not being snooty either this list includes plenty of stinkers): free roms is a great site iso zone and emu paradise make good backups just find the bin cue version ( the downloads will always be 250 to 500 mb if you want to check before download)  then use a program that will mount the image file, you'll know if your burner can handle it if you click on the cue file and it auto mounts the bin (you can find cue makers and all this other git hub nonsense but don't waste your time). This will let you play snatcher, bari arm yadda yadda yadda if you really want to play a game there are only iso's of then read the rambling part below:   

For a long time Bin Cue was the only format I could trust which left me unable to play some un available roms: heimdall and cobra space adventure for example which were only available in sketchy 62 mb iso downloads but I recently had a breakthrough on iso's as well. I use a mac which everyone online seems to say makes it way harder for burning any game but all you need to understand is that a macbook HATES burning below 8x so just don't bother, I use liquid cd instead of toast titanium it's much simpler and toast seems to mess up the drivers on my burner more frequently, it's supposed to be a direct copy of imgburn so I would try imgburn if liquid cd is non linux. Liquid cd's lowest burn speed is 10x  which I use and I have had very few burn errors, most of those are with pc engine games it seems that the laser on my cdx is much more forgiving. I have read the 1st model of sega cd is more picky however, that may be your problem if you burn discs that an emulator like kega can run but your console can not. If you read the collectorghanda the best version is the jvc x'eye due to its durability and it is cheaper than the cdx. Personally using the voltron version would frustrate me w all the power cables anyway.

also on cd quality: where pc engine games require me to use higher quality cd's like verbatim etc (I can still use crappy ones just with higher error margins) the sega cd is pretty good about reading any old disc that being said it wouldn't hurt to keep it classy w yudens or verbatim.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: super cd rom compatablility with games express?]

it is the super cd rom, this exact set up.:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/PCEngine_FirstModel_with_SuperCDRom2.jpg/250px-PCEngine_FirstModel_with_SuperCDRom2.jpg

but thanks for your response! so you are saying that yes it should work w super cd rom though it is a crappy game and could erase my other saves, yes?

I definitely don't think I will buy it, i'm just curious if the super cd rom has any limitations, because it seems great now that other consoles (duo r and rx) have gotten pricier, if this set up can play every game it also seems more reliable as I understand duo rx's controller pins come loose a lot.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: super cd rom compatablility with games express?]

oops wrong forum I think.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / super cd rom compatablility with games express?]

hey everyone, very cool forum you've got here. I am new-ish to the PC Engine, I kept noticing the best sega cd games were ports from NEC or Hudson so I have been curious for a while and took the plunge when Kanye started tweeting to dodge the inevitable price increase. I've got the budget system pce classic w super cd rom, really loving it so far I feel this is an underrated combo unless there are compatibility issues for ge card/arcade card hence my question. I want to buy Hi Leg Fantasy but I have read that the game is only duo compatible. I was able to get a legitimate games express card on its' own for cheap and  assumed that one could just... -by the way? is it against the rules to talk about burning unlicensed games as well? if so never mind, I didn't try to do anything and you can't prove I did....  but have any of you managed to play a legitimate or otherwise copy on a super cd rom pc engine setup? if not and you have all of the above, here's a fun chance to see if it works!

Thanks