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

That display card set up caught my eye.  I like stuff like that, related to the original marketing campaign for the TG-16.  But yeah that price is too high.

Not as rare perhaps, but did you see that pair of hot pink neon TG-16 video game gloves put up recently?  Those are stylin'

[General Gaming / Re: Marvelous just aquired most of Data Easts library]

It was everywhere (even showing up in the movie Bloodsport, what a classic).  I played my fair share of it on the NES also.

[General Gaming / Re: Marvelous just aquired most of Data Easts library]

I don't know why the first game I think of when I hear Data East, is still Karate Champ.

[General Gaming / Re: What game deserves a sequel?]

I've always wished this and Metal Storm were ported to Pc Engine

I agree about Metal Storm.

[General Gaming / Re: How many have you beaten this year]

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Mario Kart 8
Shantae and the Pirates Curse
Dark Souls II
Shovel Knight
Dust an Elysian Tail

Then again i don't play to many games at once.

I'm working on Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate right now.  Cool you beat it.  Did you play it on 3ds?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbografx-16 (Legendary Axe Edition)]

That is really cool.

[Off-Topic / Re: Holiday Swag]

I got one of these converters.  Works great.  Awesome job, db Electronics !

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[General Gaming / Re: What was your first emulation experience?]

Yep, Nesticle.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (12/19/2014 - 12/25/2014) Game of the Week: Keith Courage]

I'm a fan.  Notwithstanding some of the problems that were mentioned already (blind jumps, grinding to get the proper sword, etc.).

Just a note: if you haven't checked it out, which I doubt anyone on here hasn't by now, there is good little discussion of Keith Courage as part of the HuCast Podcast which was done live from MGC this (almost last) year.  Including the problem with the monotony of the level design.

But that part at the end of each overworld where Keith goes into the underworld and embarks in the Nova Suit, I love that shit.  Always will.

I think the bosses are pretty good too.

It gets criticized for being a sub-par pack-in, and that is true.  But in those days and even  now, I tend to think in terms of the entire library or potential or generally how much I think I will like the system itself.  The fact that Keith Courage came with the Turbografx-16 did not affect my decision to buy or not buy.  I remember thinking of pack-ins as sort of freeware/"throwaway" games, so if they were good at all, that was a plus.  I guess you could say I had low expectations starting out.   But that's just my opinion and my recollection of how I thought about pack-ins.

 I wish I could think of a better analogy than this right here on the spot, but I can't: 

If there is an awesome new car you want to buy, you aren't going to be discouraged from buying it just because you don't like the floormats that come with the car, right?

 (or vice versa, really, really awesome floormats aren't going to entice you to buy a particular car over another).

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: "Mysterious Song" -WINNER CHOSEN!]

Elderbroom is the luckiest man in North America.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: I'm sure this isn't new to a lot of you (Korean TG16)]

Really? Calling me a douchebag? Nice. Apparently internet sarcasm is unapparent to you.

I guess I am just not cut out for this place. Gaming ranks below a lot of other things in my life. Searching on this forum to see if a Korean version of the TG16 post all ready exists ranks even lower.


If anyone wants to buy a Keith Courage box or an Alien Crush box from me, feel free to PM me. I'm done posting on here. Back to lurking.

If you think that Korean Turbografx is dope, I would say you are cut out for this place, despite what you say.

I'm not some long-time veteran or anything, just offering my humble opinion.

Stick around! 

(But as was mentioned earlier, just make sure you get your priorities straight brother  )

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: "Let's Compare: Ninja Spirit"]

apart from the Gameboy version, which is also made by irem,  the computer version was made by English developers - poorly made with little dedication for quality, look at the street fighter2  and ghouls and ghost , back in the early 90's the difference in quality between Japanese and western developers was immense ) but there were a few odd decent western developers, but the tide started to change from playstation era.

Interesting observation.

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

Buy it now for $104.00 or pay installments of $18 over six months.  Is the extra $4 dollars you pay with the installments considered interest?  And how does that work, after six months of making the payments, he sends you the game with this shitty case?  lol

The seller gets paid in full up front; all the financing stuff is between you and paypal.

Ah, OK.  I never noticed that credit option before.  Not a layaway situation as I was thinking about.

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

This listing made me ROFL pretty hard.

This game comes with the original jewel case with
spine label, very hard to find. The label itself is a
little rough but nonetheless present.

Buy it now for $104.00 or pay installments of $18 over six months.  Is the extra $4 dollars you pay with the installments considered interest?  And how does that work, after six months of making the payments, he sends you the game with this shitty case?  lol

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Best US Huey (Round 2)]

My only real objection to this second round list is Neutopia II.  Just not a fan I guess.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Best US Huey (Round 2)]

Voting for Dragon's Curse in the first round was a no-brainer for me.  I actually gave it play-through recently.  Well, almost.  I couldn't defeat the final boss.  I think it's a good one.

[Fighting Street / Re: Life Vent]

....my apartment consiste of a can opener a microwave and an inflatable bed

I hope you just forgot to mention the PC Engine and the jug of Jim Beam. 

That's called "making the best of a bad situation."

Anyway, good luck working that out.  It sounds like they are jerking your chain pretty good at your job.  It seems to me that further you have to go up the management chain at a large agency or corporation, the more sociopathic the people become who you have to deal with.

Sorry if I am not characterizing your field of work correctly, but it sounds like it might be called social work, or social services.  I would definitely expect a large city to have much more opportunity in that field.  Get any kind of job up there for the time being, and then start looking around, there should be a lot of possibilities for you down the road.  And you could easily explain at an interview the reasons why you had to leave your current position.  Just my thoughts on it.

And if it makes any sense, whenever I have some big decision to make, I try to go with what I know inside to be the best choice/what is right, instead of worrying about what the outcome of the choice might or might not be.  Because the future is just too unpredictable to be overly concerned with the outcome side of things.  I'm sure you will figure out what is the best and right thing to do.

[General Gaming / Re: Bomberman may come back]

I would prefer a solo quest also.  I hope it's good, because it's not easy to find mobile games that are even moderately enjoyable, in my opinion.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: My sweet sweet box could be yours, forever...]

 

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

Man I really wish I could attend.  Sounds like it will be awesome.

call in sick. Hitchhike. Do what needs to be done!

YES!! And so you could beat Legendary Axe 2 at the show. 

Heh - I wish !

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

Man I really wish I could attend.  Sounds like it will be awesome.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Remaining TG16 HuCard releases!]

I have yet to see the US release of Tonma anywhere, that may be the hardest to find of the bunch. 

There is a sealed copy that was just put up on Ebay the other day.  For a cool $1,100 it could be all yours.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Finicky turbo taps]

I'm surprised nobody suggested reflowing the solder joints on the controller ports. The TurboTap has a single-sided PCB (meaning all the traces and solder joints are on the bottom of the board), so there's a pretty good chance it's bad solder joints.

Thanks.  I'll give it a shot.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Does this make me a bad person?]

Now I guess there is something you can buy for your phone's touchscreen, like a rubber d-pad that sticks on the screen, or something similar to a "condom" with the buttons molded into it, that you wrap around the entire phone somehow.  I haven't really looked into these at all, but really they don't sound that appealing to me either.

You could be like Nulltard and get a 'real' controller:

O.K. that's a nice setup.  If there was a way I could get away with that at work, I would be all over it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Does this make me a bad person?]

One thing about Military Madness is that I find it is uniquely well-suited to be played on my phone.  I have an hour train ride back and forth to work.  During that time I've played alot, ALOT, of MM using an emulator app.  The turn-based style allows it to be very playable on a phone touchscreen, as opposed to virtually any other TG16/PCE game I can think of, or have tried on my phone, which really require tactile buttons for it to be enjoyable. 

Now I guess there is something you can buy for your phone's touchscreen, like a rubber d-pad that sticks on the screen, or something similar to a "condom" with the buttons molded into it, that you wrap around the entire phone somehow.  I haven't really looked into these at all, but really they don't sound that appealing to me either.

But as far as Military Madness goes, in all honesty that is one game I play almost exclusively on my phone. 

Actually, one of my dreams is that an exact conversion of Military Madness would emerge as an app that you could play against others online.  Sorta like this game:

http://www.uniwar.com/

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Finicky turbo taps]

It's a well-known Tap problem, actually... some Taps are affected by it, and some aren't. Back when I was collecting, I had one Tap that had it and one that didn't. It seems to stem from the large controller chip inside the Tap going out of sync, and unfortunately it seems to be an unrepairable fatal flaw.

I assume this is correct, but I wanted to revive this thread in case there was any more information to be had.  How common is this malfunction?  Anyone try to correct it and was successful?

I hadn't needed a turbotap for ages, but now I've got some foster kids staying with me and they are all about my Turbografx setup.   So I got a turbotap a while back and found it has this problem.  I've never seen this issue before.

I probably would attempt a fix if there was one out there someone knew about.  With me there is always a chance I will fuck it up, but since a turbotap is one item that is still generally inexpensive and replaceable, I would probably give it a shot.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: 2 Player TG16 Console Mod]

Man that came out nice.  And I agree those NES buttons on the controller look really cool.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: A box.]

The winner is....

elderbroom

I will message you momentarily.

Thanks to everyone who participated and good luck in future raffles.

[Off-Topic / Re: Halloween Movie List]

From Dusk Till Dawn (LOVE IT....but I don't think that pussy line will go well for a 10 yera old)

Oh yeah that's true.  I don't know how I could forget that part, but I did.

[Off-Topic / Re: Halloween Movie List]

Just a few random ones:

Candyman
Children of the Corn
From Dusk Till Dawn
Re-Animator
They Live (maybe not considered horror though?)
Basket Case

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: A box.]

Well I packed the box into another box and it's ready to go.  Here is the list of entries so far.  Drawing is October 4.

esteban
mitsuman
EvilEvoIX
elderbroom
vestcunt
toymachine78
BigusSchmuck
InfraMan
Keith Courage
Medic_wheat
Ninja16608
Flare65
Ayce
CPTRAVE
fairwitness
Dicer
paybacks3
xcrement5x
sosoyo180
clackattack
cjameslv

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Military Madness Raffle.......]

Congratulations.  Good raffle.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Worst huey ever poll]

Who the heck voted for Soldier Blade ????????

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: A box.]

Just checking in on this raffle.  Thanks for your participation and comments.   Below is my list of who has entered so far.  (Still a good amount of time left to get in.  Drawing October 4).

esteban
mitsuman
EvilEvoIX
elderbroom
vestcunt
toymachine78
BigusSchmuck
InfraMan
Keith Courage
Medic_wheat
Ninja16608
Flare65
Ayce
CPTRAVE
fairwitness

[Off-Topic / Re: Octurbofest 2014: 25th Anniversary Celebration: October 18th]

There's a documentary about  Rock-a-Fire on Netflix. Its goes over the history and origins of showbiz, and folks who collect the bands and reprogram them with modern songs. It was pretty interesting yet disturbing at the same time.

Yep, I've seen it. Speaking of which here is a video of the broken one during the visit with Chop and Chany.

That video freaked me out.  I like that stuff, I need to watch that documentary.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: A box.]

If you'd consider letting a friendly Canadian in .. I'd gladly cover shipping cost via paypal gift if won !

Sure. Yeah that's fine.  You're in.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Raffle: A box.]

I am raffling off a Turbografx16 box.

There is no Turbografx16 in the box.

In fact, there is nothing in the box.

This is an entirely empty box. 

I have had many hours of enjoyment with the box,
looking at the box,
holding the box,
loving the box.

Man, what a box.

This is one hell of a box.

I'll also throw in the console instruction booklet with the box.

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Terms:

Anyone can enter, except that I only want to ship it to somewhere in the 48 contiguous states of
the U.S.A.  I'll just slap a shipping label on the side of it and send it out ;)

If there are any entries, I will draw the winner in two weeks (October 4).

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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Military Madness Raffle.......]

I like when the music changes when you start routing your opponent.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Military Madness Raffle.......]

Nice.  Count me in on this one, if you please.

Thanks!

[Off-Topic / Re: Scotland (WTF)]

I don't know what you're talking about, Paddy... but did you hear that Beiber and Gomez are back together!!! W@W!!!

Haha - whoa I did not hear about that.


Really though, when I first heard about this Scotland independence business, I thought yeah right, just like the French Canadians are always threatening to break away from Canada.  But apparently this vote is going to be close.  Amazing if it happens.

[Off-Topic / Scotland (WTF)]

So as an outside observer, I can't believe this independence movement made it this far.  Very interesting.

What do you think, are the Scots really going to do this thing and vote yes ?

You know, when us Yanks stuck it to "John Bull" back in '76, all the loyalists were driven up into Canada.  What will become of all those Scots still loyal to the Crown?

And what's England's plan to crush this rebellion, dammit?  Maybe send the heavy cavalry north, have Irish conscripts approach from the southwest, and use a few First-Rate Ships-Of-The-Line to blockade the coast.  That might do it 

[Off-Topic / Re: Surge cola is back for sale]

Probably the 2nd worst name for a drink ever, next to Clamato.

Heh, what's wrong with Clamato?  It's a great portmanteau of clam and 'mato juice.

&

I remember this pop from around the mid-nineties,  called "Lockjaw."  It was around for very long at all.  Probably the 2nd worst name for a drink ever, next to Clamato.

2nd worst name for a drink. But the worst possible nick name for a prom date.

Yes, indeed. 

[Off-Topic / Re: Surge cola is back for sale]

I remember this pop from around the mid-nineties,  called "Lockjaw."  It was around for very long at all.  Probably the 2nd worst name for a drink ever, next to Clamato.

[Off-Topic / Re: After a break, back on the topic of Goodwill]

Man, I wasn't aware of that Goodwill "Grid" store.  That might be the most messed up thing I see all day!  I don't go to Goodwill much.  There is a chain of thrift stores in my area called "Unique" that I prefer.  Not that I find much.  But, the one thing those stores are still great for:  CRT's.  Piles of them to be found in some of those places.  You can still pick up a decent one at a thrift store around here for $5.00 or under.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Are both RF shields needed on TG-16?]

Very good to remember to attach that 7805 regulator back to the shield.  I forgot once and dang that regulator gets HOT, very quickly.  Burned my hand on it.  I'm smart.

[Off-Topic / Re: Anyone going to Riot Fest in Chicago in September?]

Yeah I wish I was there last year.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are you currently listening to?]

A decent bootleg of Bob Dylan live in New Orleans, November 10, 1981.

[Off-Topic / Anyone going to Riot Fest in Chicago in September?]

Just wondering.  Who are you looking forward to seeing?  The Lollapalooza show is this weekend but I think the Riot Fest lineup totally puts it to shame.

No-brainers for me are to see Jane's Addiction play the Nothing's Shocking album on Friday.  And then Social Distortion and Primus on Sunday.

Also want to check out Cerebral Ballzy.  Not because I'm familiar with their music.  I'm not.  Just because the name of the band is Cerebral Ballzy.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (7/24/2014 - 7/30/2014) Game of the Week: Military Madness]

Love this game.  Love. It.  Played the crap out of it over the course of my life.  Attaya is the board with loads and loads of aerial units, right?   If I'm thinking of the right one it is a challenge.  Good luck.

[Off-Topic / Re: Turbo Fest (VGS) 2014]

I had a really great time.  Thanks gents.

Hey! You didn't say "Hi" to the skype group. ) :

That is my one regret from the day!  I meant to do so, then time got away from me, then I forgot.