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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Where'd you buy your TG?]

I bought my TurboGrafx-16 off eBay back in 1999. It was one of the first things I got there, and it cost $25. This was well before eBay mandated photos for every auction, so I had no idea what I was getting. The console and the AC adapter were stained by what was probably paint (though I initially thought someone had thrown up on it), and the controller's connectors would fall out of the cable if you pulled it too hard. I should have complained to the seller, but I was too happy playing Ninja Spirit and Keith Courage on my very own TurboGrafx.

I still have the system, with a new controller. The RF switch that came with it conked out, but I can use a Nintendo one.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Tengai Makyo Kabuki-Den Demo Disc]

I picked up a copy of Tengai Makyo Kabuki-Den last year. It didn't have the instructions, but it had something unexpected in the second CD tray.



It's a Shogakukan demo for the game. I hunted around for information on it, but I wasn't able to find out much.

I'll probably sell off my copy of Kabuki-Den, and that includes the demo. It was easy to find out how much Kabuki-den is worth (it seems to the PC Engine equivalent of a Sega Genesis sports game), but I'm not sure about the demo. I did turn up some very old threads in which people were looking for it, so I figured I'd post about it here.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Westone to file for Bankruptcy.]

The Aquario restoration is apparently now stymied by problems with the sound data and the fact that the composer and Westone's former CEO aren't talking to each other.

http://forums.lostlevels.org/viewtopic.php?t=2577&start=20

And that's a shame. Aquario is at the top of the list of unreleased games I'd way to play (and buy).

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Thoughts on Tenshi no Uta]

Tenshi no Uta is notable for being one of Kenichi Nishi's first games. He went on to found the studio Love-de-Lic and make intriguingly weird games like Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, L.O.L.: Lack of Love, Captain Rainbow, and Chibi-Robo.

Also, Tenshi's ending is such a delightful downer.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: My thoughts on Strider]

Yeah, the never-was SuperGrafx version of Strider inspired all sorts of stories, including one about background pandas and teddy bears being tributes to a dead programmer.

http://dreamandfriends.com/2010/05/10/from-panda-conspirator-to-beloved-wife/

Turns out it was just as much a fragile rumor as the SuperGrafx port itself.