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

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-BRAND-NEW-VERY-RAER-Turbo-Grafx-16-System-Keeper-officially-licensed-/321752779924?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae9f5cc94
Those things better be made out of gold and leather good lord!

After clicking that link, now I've got this following me around the net... 

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

don't try it.  yes it would probably fry something as it is AC and the TG16 uses DC.  Probably would blow the fuse or voltage regulator.

The NES for some stupid reason converts from AC to DC inside the console while just about every other one from its time does it in the power adapter.  The NES power supply has caused many consoles to be trashed probably.

On a somewhat related note, about 6 months ago I was hooking up my JP Famicom AV and accidentally plugged in the very similar looking US NES adapter. I was cleaning some games to play, when I saw a little bit of white smoke coming from the system! I rushed over and unplugged it. The thing had a terrible pungent odor coming from inside.

I opened the system, aired it out, but couldn't see any blatant damage. It shockingly still worked fine after that. If I had left it in much longer or turned it on, something definitely would've blown.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG16/PC Engine Gaming Meet Up]

Hello! I guess I'm kind of an unknown on these forums (mostly from Neo Geo.com and AtariAge), but I'd love to hang out. If you've ever been to one of droid's meetups, you may have even met me before. 

I live nearby in the OC area.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Turbo/PCE/Genesis/SNES RGB to Component Video (YPbPr) Mod Chip Now For Sale!!!]

Just wanted to say, the component video quality on my Turbo Duo is spectacular! I'm using an XRGB Framemeister, and with Turbokon's board, the pixels are perfectly sharp.

Excellent work!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Turbo Duo up for sale - More systems to come!!!!!!!!!]

I'm definitely interested if you have another component modded Turbo Duo set like that. Please let me know!

[General Gaming / Re: List of wacky / Cute / odd games]

Neo Geo:

Magical Drop 2 & 3 - quite possibly the most colorful and crazy puzzle games ever.
Money Puzzle Exchanger
Waku Waku 7 - a wonderfully wacky arcade fighter

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Poll- Are you a new or old PC Engine/TurboGrafx gamer?]

I never had a TG-16 growing up, nor even played one. My only experience with it back then was seeing Bonk at a Toys R Us kiosk and wanting it badly. I remember some store employee back then saying that "these work in a Nintendo too". I was 6 years old, I believed it, I begged my grandma for it, and was shocked to pop that box open to find a tiny game card that could never possibly work. Why did that was that guy at the store thinking??

Last year I got a box of mixed video game stuff at an auction in LA. A Turbo Duo was in there, and I remembered that day of wanting to play Bonk so badly, so I kept it and tracked down a small set of games. It's a fun side of my favorite era in gaming that I never got to experience before.

[General Gaming / Re: Name all the consoles you own!]

Atari 2600
Colecovision
NES
SNES
Genesis 1 with CD
Turbo Duo
Neo Geo MVS (consolized)
N64
PS3
Wii U

Previously owned, but sold:

- Neo Geo AES
- Dreamcast
- PS2
- GameCube
- Wii

I kinda regret selling the Dreamcast though. I miss Crazy Taxi.