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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those interested in the Shuttle:]

of course i'm retarded, nec released a gimped console that nobody asked for.
despite most of the best games being released on and nec pushing publishers to
release more games on the cd format to push cd hardware sales.
releasing the sg with no software support and abandoning it with 5 games.
re-releasing the same hardware in multiple variations
pc engine
pc engine core
pc engine core 2
pc engine duo
pc engine dou r
pc engine duo rx

that's not counting the sg, shuttle, handhelds, laseractive, shuttle, scd
they could show sega a thing or two about 'upgrades'.

what was their plan?
throw enough shit at the wall and hope some of it sticks?
they obviously had no clear stratagy apart from the odd socket and lick of paint.

[General Gaming / Re: MD Game Covers Scan Request]

...
(there's a very obnoxious odour on this thread)

Obnoxious indeed!

You two noobs need to troll elsewhere. No one here is promoting the selling of boots.

what a dumb statement to make, they already promoted the selling of bootlegs, BY BUYING THEM.
dumb or extremely naive, go back to college prof.

I'm just curious if you or Miracle Warrior possess Sapphire bootlegs, since too many people treat them like they aren't piracy.

my sapphire is 100% legit, no CARE4DATA KEC2CMG924CDREO on my CD, thanks for asking:-

Sorry about the quality but these disks are very shiny O:)

The only odor I smell is the rank stench of self-righteousness.  Go white knight somewhere else, ya twat.

ah, vulgar name calling, last resort of the incompetent.

You know you can't actually win this argument, the minute someone starts posting bootlegs of
TG16 Magical Chase on ebay for $5000 (assuming someone already hasn't) causing epileptic seizures among the collective membership of this forum, your reactions will show you for the hypocrites you really are.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: For those interested in the Shuttle:]

the shuttle had no reason to exist
nec said it was to "appeal to children", children won't want to play CD games so let's gimp it
really, possibly the only hardware 'revision' that went larger ???
nec lost the plot at this point in their console stratagy and the rest is history

[General Gaming / Re: MD Game Covers Scan Request]

...
(there's a very obnoxious odour on this thread)

Obnoxious indeed!

You two noobs need to troll elsewhere. No one here is promoting the selling of boots.

what a dumb statement to make, they already promoted the selling of bootlegs, BY BUYING THEM.
dumb or extremely naive, go back to college prof.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Ys Book 1 & 2]

Awesome. Another single digit post count member getting a great deal.

boo,hoo....

congratz to the winner

lol what a weird culture and experience being cultivated on this board.

it's like living in a hippy commune

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Current Audio/Video & System Weapon of Choice]

Looks like I'm separate from the pack, I use a Sony 52" HDTV.  All my systems are component video modded except for the NES and master system. With the component video mod, no up-scaler needed.

snes, md and pc engines does not out component video natively, have you modified or used rgb then via a rgb to component video converter or composite to component video?

I'm glad you asked:). I installed a rgb to component converter board.  Please see here for more info.

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14876

being in the uk i have scart rgb on all consoles and when used on any hd display look pretty naff
looking at your piccies reminds me of this, without some kind of external upscaler/scanline device
you might as well stick to composite. the 'lego pixels' may be nice and clear but unless you sit about
20ft away from the display any advantages 'modding' consoles for rgb (scart/componant) is a waste
of time, unless you prefer legovision

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Why did the SuperGrafx fail so miserably?]

basically for the same reason i got one at launch, it was backwards compatable with the PCE, it should have been a lot more powerful and seperated itself from the earlier models.
it worked very nicely with the cdrom2, but that was it.
it WAS in my opinion a step above the MD/Snes but the games still gliched and slowed down ala PCE (see GnG). then NEC lost it completely and released the craptastic (in my opinion) PCFX, epic FAIL.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Selling more than 100 complete Hu Card games, no doubles]

your link  doesn't work, for me anyway and it's to a non-english ebay
two strikes and one more for the obvious sign-up for sell-up. this really should have got the
'old-timers' frothing at the mouth.

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

Probably closer to Chaykins other tits'n'clits Black Kiss series i would have thought.
(which was banned in the UK, by the way)
Never rated him in his earlier 'Monarch Moonstalker' and  'Star Wars' stuff, but it looks like he's
found his niche market.
Quite liked his American Flagg series (first comics) and the 2 GN spinoffs, soft porn really.

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

After waiting forever to get one... I finally ordered a Turbo Everdrive from Retrogate in Germany. Finally get to play some out of reach games on real hardware and a CRT in S-video. 

Next will either be one for the SNES or Genesis.

I ordered this Sunday night, so it should ship out tomorrow $5 air mail. Anybody know how long it takes for it to get to your doorstep in the US?

unlike the Turbo Everdrive, which seems to like 99% of images that i threw at it, if you do order
ones for snes/md get ready for some serious fucking about finding images that work.
best get hold of a 100% collection/s and start the slowww process of loading all kinds of
cracked/emulator shit to find images that work.
Got to the point where i dug out the old multi-game hunter and super wild-card copier units,
all the games work and they take about the same amount of time to load from 3.5 disks.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Faussete amour - Worth the price?]

This auction ended at $127.50

lame.

But far better than buying two new xbone/ps4 games that'll be in the bargain bins for $20 by the end of the year.

QFT
the exact reason i gave up buying new games for todays consoles

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Has anybody ever played Paradroid?]

I always thought that the best thing about the pcengine was that it managed to avoid the glut of crap
western games developers. Not that all western developed console games sucked, just 90% of them,
as witnessed by the lackluste Turrican, Impossamole, Talespin and ICFTD on TG16.
But, this could have been a classic.
Played the original C64 version bitd and still do (on the hardware) and the atmosphere is amazing, considering the sound is mainly sid generated bleeps, especially when you are 'dying' and have to find another host droid.
Andrew Braybrook developed some all time classics on the C64, Paradroid, Uridium, Morpheus etc.
Definately a (big) missed opportunity for the pce/tg16.

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

classic video, should be more on youtube, really shows how sad and lonely those people are.
missing censored address label and box of cleenex though.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Guide me in buying an everdrive]

I might be in for a group buy, Everdrive with cover. However would shipping to Germany be an issue? In a group buy, will the items still be sent out individually to each buyer directly from the seller?

doesn't that depend where the 'group buyer' is located ?
since these are manufactured in the ukraine (?) it would be a waste of money for you to group
purchase from someone half way around the planet to save $15.00 then pay extra for postage back ???
or should i get my coat....

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: IFU-30 vs IFU-30A]

nice post, almost fell for it myself....almost.
I can remember all those boxes of FF2 and FFSpec that were quite common place on ebay,
but not anymore. There are probably hundreds of loose CDs or disposed in the trash as
the cases were used as donor ones.
Thought about getting one or two myself, but the postage was off putting.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Tengai Makyou Fun Kabuki Den - Edition with Tin Box]

Oh no, why does all the pcengine goodness keep popping up 
very nice, must find.

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

Sorry obey guys but his $1,499.00 for musha on md, nearly bust my ass laughing.

 Posted by csgx1

Same seller is asking $300 for Flash Hiders, which is a easy to find $15 game.  Gouging to the extreme.

He's describing that as MIB/complete but looks like it's missing the spine card.
Does that make it in-complete?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Altered Beast - Multiplayer?]

Sega released a lot of mediocre arcade games at the time.
It wasn't until the console versions were released minus all the shiney that
they couldn't stand up on gameplay, but this was true of lots of arcade games.

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

I don't see anything out of the ordinary with those game charts.
-Wild Guns
-Hagane
-Knights Of The Round
-King Of The Dragons
-FirePower 2000
It looks to me like a big spender caused a spike in the prices and they seem to come down just as fast.
Haven't one or two of those games been slated on Game Sack etc (FirePower 2000 sticks out)
so they're not all 'top quality' games.
Someone wasn't sucking up the cream of snes games, just the CIB copies, which always command a premium whatever the format and this naturally dragged up the unboxed versions as well.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Arcade Card - Game enhancement?]

As an aside to this threads title, which games are incompatable with the arcade card ?
Stuck pop 'n magic (pce) in the duo-r but had to remove the arcade card to play the game,
kept getting the 'suprise' pic warning about the game not working on that system set-up.
...anyone else had problem games ?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Looking to buy these duo games...Anyone???]

Curious Boom,

1-When did you get into the Turbografx?  2-Did you at one time own the above gems you're seeking?  3-Have you played them in an emulator?  If 3 = Yes->  4-After trying them you decided you NEED them?

5- Never played them, just heard they were worth $$$ and need them for collection.
Note: If you answered yes to #5 you should be warned that a majority of the 'regulars' around here are actual gamers and not so much about collecting the rarez/OMG $$$ games. 
 
There are oodles of fantastic games on the Turbo/PCE that are far more readily available at a fraction of the cost of your want list. 

Posted by: chany60126
« on: March 24, 2014, 09:14:08 AM » Insert Quote

Quote from: madboom0522 on March 24, 2014, 09:08:45 AM
Forgot to answer the emulator question. Yes I have most of them on my chipped x-box

So you've played most of them on an emulator. What about the other ones you haven't played yet. Why do you want to buy those if you haven't tried them out yet?

Christ talk about the Spanish inquisition.

why aren't the:

'regulars' around here

putting their:

rarez/OMG $$$ games

on here for peanuts ???
these good samaritans are:

actual gamers and not so much about collecting

1)  are they "collectards"
2 ) do they have them sitting on a shelf
3)  do they get upset because someone else is after the same games they are
4)  do they look at prices on ebay and pass a little 'sex wee' because they have the games
5)  do they blame everyone else for their inability to find/pay for the

rarez/OMG $$$ games

6)do they throw a tantrum when a member places a WTB ad for:

rarez/OMG $$$ games

why don't the

'regulars' around here

lead by example instead of pissing on other peoples posts.
You have arrived at hypocrites central, aka pcefxforums, enjoy your stay

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Could DAIMAKAIMURA aka GHOULS 'N' GHOSTS converted to a PCE CD Rom ?]

Posted by Bonknuts

But at least you would have a solid understanding of how the game works, rather than trying to blindly emulate the arcade via - feel or playthroughs (European arcade conversions style)

Ahhh, the good old 8/16bit computer days, when the phrase "arcade conversion" meant
that, literally.
No source code, no sprite sheets, no developer support. Nothing.
One button joysticks and 2meg memory if you were lucky, but we were happy in those days.
aye.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: English Games with better box art.]

Why did US arms of Japanese companies have retarded marketing departments?
One of (if not THE) biggest complaints I had with them was their George Lucas style obsession with
faffing around with attractive design japanese consoles, game artwork and graphics.
With the Snes and TG16 (especially) resulting in some UGLY redesigns by people who obviously
thought they knew best with the purple and square snes, the grotesque oversized TG16 and
it didn't stop there.
Their family freindly Disney style rendering of cover/box artwork and game editing makes the retro
US game market very unappealing

[General Gaming / Re: Over 50 minutes of Amstrad CPC music]

hello sunteam_paul, some of this sounds ok (not sid quality though)
just a couple of questions,
if these files are ripped what is the extension for the files and what player are you using.
thanks.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What happened to hit-japan?]

certainly can, as i said (if you are willing to take a chance on this at $195.00 excluding p+p)
and the rom2 unit works ok, is swapping out the insides a big job ?
however, a very nice (working/refurbished) unit can be had for less than $100 + p&p if you shop around

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What happened to hit-japan?]

HJ has it's fair shair of junk, but this shows how low some sellers will go: dirty/damaged/yellowed beefcase

I see no "low" behavior, as they're described as being in poor condition and the pics make it painfully obvious.

If I saw this at a garage sale I wouldn't stop to look at anything else the seller had.
Considering the advertised rom2 system was smashed and looked like I shit on it,
have they no shame.  One can only wonder what other delights they are holding back for sale,
perhaps a half eaten sandwich from the dumpster where they found this crap.
It all reflects back on the seller and how desperate they are for the dollars.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What happened to hit-japan?]

i remember reading a thread/comments on here about a 80% new pc engine multi-tap
that really had me in stitches. HJ has it's fair shair of junk, but this shows how low some
sellers will go:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Engine-Interface-Unit-IFU-30-CD-ROM-PC-Engine-Console-System-JAPAN-0926-/310765174313?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item485b0c3e29#ht_12675wt_1124
scroll down for the better pictures.
I suppose if the rom2 system works you could swap the innards over to a better looker.

[General Gaming / Re: MD Game Covers Scan Request]

On these boots are they using eproms or flash chips? I think I asked around somewhere before but never got a reply. I was curious about that, and the build quality on them.

$99.99 good enough for ya ?


Seriously, how are they getting away with this obvious organised crime on ebay ??

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

He's the guy showing all the manuals in 1 picture, but selling them seperately?
I wondered what he was up to with that and what had happened to the games/boxes.
Strange.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?]

To the OP:

Anything that goes up in value very rarely comes down.
In the videogame world it would take a discovery of new/old stock, possibly in a warehouse, as was the case with Circus Lido on the PCEngine. Once a much sought after rarety, but now fairly common as new.
Any hobby that involves some kind of collecting such as baseball cards, comic-books, videogames etc attracts
investors. People that have no interest in the subject matter but are willing to speculate large
sums of money accumulating 'stocks and shares' in these hobbies.
Sites like this one (and a few others I could name) provide invaluable information for these people, as can be seen by some of the posts/threads that some people (usually newbies??, such as myself) make.
When valuation sevices such as CGC for comic-books or VGA for videogames appear you can pretty
much guarantee it is too late.
Are you going to pay $5,000 for a VGA sealed copy of Magical Chase and open it to play?
The gulf between the less attractive (one would assume less rare) games and the premium titles will grow much further as time goes by, whether in top grade or not and as we have seen on ebay/yaj there is no shortage of people willing to pay these premiums.
Emulation, piracy or other means of playing these games will not make a dent in the desireability/value of a top title much the same as reprinting old comic-books has zero effect on theirs and people are much more educated about these values now due to press/tv exposure.
Luckily, for me, I have zero interest in TGX version games apart from one or two of the action rpg translations, but if I did and a copy of Magical Chase or any other 'premium' title popped up, on ebay or not, I would be very tempted to 'get in early' because this stuff just isn't going to be available to buy in 10 years or so.
Collectors are not going to re-circulate this stuff back into the community, but I suppose you could wait for them to die. 

Posted by HardcoreOtaku

I too have noticed a price drop in PC Engine prices from 5 years ago not sure I agree though that it's due to the everdrive or emulation.
US TG-16 games on the other hand seem to be constantly going up in price over the years, my guess is the print runs on the US stuff were much lower and the amount of TG-16 collectors have increased so it's a case of supply and demand.

I'm not sure where you are seeing this happen, even some of the cheaper sellers (jump2japan)
have raised their prices substantially over the last couple of years and prices for used games
appear to sell at what was the sealed level.

that's true, but more important is the musics. music is much more of a memory carrier than visuals are. if the VCS had awesome musics like f.e. a c64, I would be very much loving it for that alone, and certainly also would have lots of nostalgic memories.

This....  This is so incredibly true.  I have the most connection with games who's music I love.  I'll bet there are some games where I've listened the the music far more than I ever actually played the game.  Ahh video game music how I love thee...

I couldn't agree with you two more! There is just something about 8 and 16-Bit chip generated and even some 32-bit synth that fills my belly with warm nostalgia. I was playing Rage Racer today and when you win a cup and progress to the next race there is a CG interlude with the coolest 32-Bit synth! It was the best kind of Japanese synth rock. I wish the whole game had music in that style.

Pitfall II has the best 2600 soundtrack, that's one I often hum/whistle/think about.  I guess I have some sort of nostalgia connection with that game, but otherwise, not too much else for the old Atari.

and to end on a positive note:
I could not agree more, picking up a hardsid card for my pc and dloading acidplayer/hvsc
best move ever for those c64 sid tunes.

[General Gaming / Re: MD Game Covers Scan Request]

There appear to be a shit-load of bootleg 'genesis' carts on ebay right now
Stuff that was never released outside of the Japan scene, but re-packeged to look extremely authentic:

Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer
Panorama Cotton
V-V (V-Five/Grind Stormer)
Vampire Killer
Contra: The Hard Corps

The ones above that you quoted, along with Eliminate Down etc.
Why would you need Vampire Killer cover ?   
Isn't the Castlevania Bloodlines, you already have, the same game?
(there's a very obnoxious odour on this thread)
Bootleggers, scum of the galaxy.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Scart RGB to Component converter worth the cost??]

in reply to OP: "So, is this worth it for the video quality difference?"
only if you are using a crt, yes.
if you're using a hd/led/lcd/whatever new word for it this week, nope, cos the image will still be crap. (lego)
if you're using a hd/led/lcd/whatever new word for it this week, you would be better off investing in either a
xrgb-mini (framemeister) type device or buy a secondhand crt or stick to composite as it is excellent from the
pcengine consoles and save the cash.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard vs. CD-ROM² (CD, SCD, ACD)]

hahahahahaha,
more saddest statements, must have hit a nerve.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard vs. CD-ROM² (CD, SCD, ACD)]

So, what don't I understand?
It's a storage medium, The cd allows up to 650MB or 5200Mbit. So it's cheaper for storage.
It dumps data down to a storage area that is accessed by the pce.
Depending on the size of that storage area (cd/scd/acd) extra animation via either sprites or tiles to enable pseudo parallax scrolling, larger sprite animations etc. It also uses a cd 'interface' memory buffer to play adpcm (?) sound samples, which can also be used to store gfx. Playing redbook audio also frees up cpu usage which also enables better/faster programming techiques.

In my experience, when I purchased 90% of that stuff new the prices were identical.
I preferred cds for the redbook audio, but realised that the games were for the most part pretty shallow, certainly not deserving of a cd release, padding out the cd gaming library really.
I like the fact that Streetfighter2 is (in my opinion) the best home version and it's on a hucard. So I would prefer hucards over cd now if getting the same quality as the scd/acd were possible but it would be too expensive.  (neo-geo cart V neo-geo cd).

I agree regarding the segaCD. (deffo worth picking up one if you can)
My collection contains 1 FMV game and that came in a bundle that I got off a work collegue. (Road Avenger)
there are some very good exclusive titles on the system.
sonic cd / ninja warriors / final fight / bari arm / keio flying squadron / robo aleste / flink / soul star / batman returns spring to mind. I think it was the perceived notion that FMV was going to be the next big thing and games leaned in that direction but the hardware was limited.
On todays hardware (360 up) they can create open worlds that enable gameplay and the almost photo realism is just an extention of that. You interact with real people rather than a random spooled video clip.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard vs. CD-ROM² (CD, SCD, ACD)]

rtyper: you're clearly ignorant of the PCE's library and a fool if you think the CD adds nothing but FMV.  But sometimes ignorance is bliss, eh?

/pcepics011.jpg

(apologies for the poor ipod piccies)

" But sometimes ignorance is bliss, eh?"

Been collecting PCE goodies for almost 25yrs and that's the saddest statement I ever heard.
I think I have as much experience of the PCE library to speak about its strengths and weaknesses
don't you. 
The PCE did chance it's arm at FMV, probably with better results than the other '16 bit' consoles.
However, most cutscenes consisted of windowed pictures with a few overlaid sprites for the odd blinking eye or mouth, great for rpg games (as I said Ys) but adding little to the vast. vast majority of games. Padding out the gaming 'experience' and CD storage, adding perceived extra content to average games at best.
Considering, as I said, the ACD was just a high capacity hucard, most of these games would have
fitted quite comfortably on one (minus the obvious) essentially shovelware on a CD or in Super Raidens case 'the directors cut'.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard vs. CD-ROM² (CD, SCD, ACD)]

I'd go for huCard, if it was cheap(er) in comparison to CDs.
If what I've read is true regarding pcengine access to data on the huCards (and I don't know any better coz am le dumb) larger capacity would have meant no reason for CDRom2 anyway. (SFII)
Apart from fancy cinemas and redbook audio CDrom2 never added anything that couldn't have been done on a huCard, memory permitting - voila, le Arcade CDrom System Card.

HuCards weren't cheaper.

CD games have the kind of content you rarely or can't find in cart games for the time. Many games have greater variety and are designed differently because of different priorities/restrictions than cart games. They also have adpcm samples and streaming.

HuCards were limited bitd by the available rom sizes and pricier fast memory the PCE uses. It all fine and well to say that if 16-bit gen consoles were never replaced, that we might have a bank switched 1GB HuCard game today, but that goes into a fantasy realm which would also permit a 1GB System Card for "GIGA Card CD" games.

Even if HuCards could do everything CD games do except CD musuc, voice acting and adpcm  -that still makes them inferior.

No matter what, CD trumps HuCard.

Did you actually read my post or just skim over it, without understanding what I wrote????
I never said hucards were cheaper

I'd go for huCard, if it was cheap(er) in comparison to CDs

and my reference to the Arcade Card was that it is basically a high capacity huCard.

Red Book audio and low res video may be nice, but other than a few examples, CastlevaniaX, Thunder series, Ys series spring to mind, it rarely added anything other than bloated cutscenes and needless exposition. 99% of the CD games that used it was for the cheaper production costs.
It was introduced before the hardware could actually do something with it, similarly with the megaCD and other CD based consoles of the time.

Posted by Black Tiger

They also have adpcm samples and streaming

If FMV floats your boat then great, NEC obviously thought this was the way forward, resulting in the disasterous PC-FX.

StreetFighter 2 showed what could be produced using 'high capacity' hucards, which at 20Mbit wasn't that high as sega and nintendo produced higher capacity carts themselves without substantially increasing the retail prices. The push toward CD based games by NEC never resulted in overall higher quality (CD airzonk V hucard airzonk) but rather 'shifted' hardware, which was evident through the various redesigns of the CD units by the company.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard vs. CD-ROM² (CD, SCD, ACD)]

I'd go for huCard, if it was cheap(er) in comparison to CDs.
If what I've read is true regarding pcengine access to data on the huCards (and I don't know any better coz am le dumb) larger capacity would have meant no reason for CDRom2 anyway. (SFII)
Apart from fancy cinemas and redbook audio CDrom2 never added anything that couldn't have been done on a huCard, memory permitting - voila, le Arcade CDrom System Card.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bloody Wolf vs. M.E.R.C.S. - Which is better?]

I'd like to have experienced the 3 player arcade version of mercs, 'cos the MD/GEN 1 player version was tripe.
Perhaps that's why, it was designed as a multiplayer game and lost it in the conversion??
Gamers complained that the PCE/TG16 only had 1 controller port but Sega conversions rarely had 2 player options, yet nobody seemed to complain (in the mags, anyway, f'kin sega fanbois) despite the console having the 'superior' 2 controller ports.
mercs
forgotten worlds
hellfire
zerowing
to name a few.
Bloody Wolf is ok, not overwhelming, the gfx are ok and the music is great.
Do the 'hostages' actually provide gameplay hints as I've only played the JPN version, gets hard fairly quick. perhaps I'm missing something.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Why does Mickey Mouse Legend of Illusion on SMS suck so bad?]

says le man with le c64 logo in le avater^^

I fail to see what relevance moi avatar has on this subject.
There is a seperate section for threads regarding 'other console chat' and that is where this belongs.
Is this site actually watched by so called 'moderators'??
If the answer is 'yes' then this should be sorted out by them, rather than half-assed postings.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New Compile Combat! Blazing Lazers/Gunhed vs. Space Megaforce/Super Aleste]

cross my heart....
the people that say GUNHED is too easy (black tiger) obviously haven't upped the difficulty (on the title screen hold select, then keep pressing 1,2,1,2 etc. alternately until the menu pops up where you can switch between difficulty modes with select. To exit the difficulty menu, hold run and press select.) try it on GOD OF GAME and then come back and complain about it being too easy.
Space Megaforce is (as Game Sack said) the bastard son of 2 games and adds nothing to either. Perhaps the uninteresting mode7 levels, but really, Compiles weakest game by far. I usually hang onto shmups but had no regrets passing this on as a trade in. Probably a standout game on the snes, but that wasn't too hard considering the quality of its competition.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Why does Mickey Mouse Legend of Illusion on SMS suck so bad?]

should i update my browser, because it seems to be displaying garbled rubbish:

https://www.pcengine-fx.com
naah looks ok,
it's when I get this: Re: Why does Mickey Mouse Legend of Illusion on SMS suck so bad?
on a pcengine/tg16 forum / thread

[General Gaming / Re: Sony Derailed Progression of Game Control]

As games moved towards 3d the buttons became redundant while the analogue 'stick' and 'triggers' evolved. Hated the GameCube controller, too small, especially the 'cross-hair'.

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

I can remember dloading this, but apparantly it only worked on the OG hardware, not emulation (using system card 1 ??). Never got round to testing it as I didn't want to stick cdrs in my cdrom2.

[General Gaming / Re: newer Mega Drive bootleg carts coming out of Korea]

yes, they do look very good reproductions when made into full kit
(finding empty cart shells/cases, printing out the cart stickers and case inserts)
probably fool most unwary collectors.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: 3-way battle! Spriggan vs. M.U.S.H.A. vs. Robo Aleste]

Really? (also got all three)
When MUSHA Aleste appeared on the MD it was amazing.
Definately not overrated by any means and how any shmup fan could say that, well, it's quite suprising. It's still inexpensive compared to some less impressive titles, even for the JPN version and a must own if you have the means to play it.
I've never got on with the CD cousin Denin Aleste, mainly because of it's lack of decent weapons and slower pace.
Spriggan wins out for me because of the amount and variety of weapons, picking up the wrong colour doesn't render you powerless either. Also, the different colour graphical effects for 'smart bomb' explosions shows the thought put in by the programmers. Size of enemies and other graphics are also larger than in the other 2 games (which seems to be the case when comparing like for like MD to PCE games) and the most important - it plays better to me.
Best vertical shooter on PCE? it's a close call.

[General Gaming / Re: newer Mega Drive bootleg carts coming out of Korea]

probably not much help, but i think these were mentioned on a uk site: (scroll down)

http://www.bordersdown.net/threads/116107-Post-any-time-you-get-ANYTHING-retro-2/page141

and on a couple more pages. The person displaying them, yakumo, is also a member of
ASSEMblergames.com so you will probably find more information on there.

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/forum.php

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: China Warrior vs. Getting kicked in the crotch - which is better?]

I thought 'The Kung Fu' (sorry I have to wash out my mouth after saying some of the cringeworthy TG-16 renames) was a pretty mediocre title at best, until I found out it was the 1st ever pcengine game released.
It is probably on par with Tekken1 on PS1 for showcasing the hardware, not the best gameplay ever but a showcase of the graphical capabilities. Both machines were pushed way beyond previous generations and what these games showed, respect.

Otherwise it would have been football to the groin!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Help list the hard to find PCE SHMUPS]

Posted by: Majors

If current members rake new members over the coals and we loose all new blood, the forum will suffer from stagnation.

There don't seem to be many members that have smaller post counts like myself, but I've been lurking around here for a lot longer.
I got the same feeling like when visiting neo-geo forums. 

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Help list the hard to find PCE SHMUPS]

I don't have a problem with collectors, because I'm one myself.
Got into the pce around 1989 and was collecting for it after other people had moved onto the 32bit systems. Still picking up the odd items that I missed courtesy of my Everdrive that is revealing all the hidden gems. I've picked up a fair few games that I can't see myself indulging very often: Darius Alpha, Sapphire, Gunhed Special, Fiend Hunter to name a few and anyone who has a problem with that....tough. 
I don't have a high paid job, look after myself and pay my own bills.
I don't drink or smoke and if YOU do, don't try to lecture others on 'wasting' THEIR money. I realised fairly soon that getting the things you want takes some sacrifices.
I like looking at the PCEngine games that I've bought  , but they don't sit on a shelf, god forbid!!
Too much risk of sun-fading, so they are kept in CD drawers or stored in boxes. I have quite a few Megadrive games as well, though not as many as I would like  . Mainly shooters along with other highly rated (BY ME) games, I've never been too fussed about the Snes. 
I'm well aware of the prices of these items on ebay etc and a lot are well over the top. But even these will eventually sell because collectors won't be feeding these games back into ciculation and supply will effectively 'dry up'.
Supply and demand eh? Good old capitalism.

 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: How to Deal With Ink/Marker on Manuals?]

I have games that previous owners loved so much it looks like they took a bath with them, used them for a coaster or folded them up to carry about in their back pocket.
I bet they were heart-broken when they sold the games on. ;)