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#102
Apparently I picked up your swedish curse; I too have this problem.  We're not saying the system chugs when you run ME, it's just slower than it should be.  It should take approximately 0 seconds to fire this thing up.  And it did when it was in it's pre-1.0 flavors.  The only emu that runs slower than this thing is FCE Ultra in full screen, which is choppy as hell for no good reason.  It's nothing I can't live with, it just sucks.
#103
Put me down for one copy.  I would love a signed copy, since this is history in the making, but at this point I'm not rich enough to be part of it, so unsigned will have to do for now.   :)
#104
Nod, I implore you, you MUST finish HuiCide!  [-o<
#105
No game Octagon.  Nintendo's next system will be a fluffy pink turd with big blinky eyes that asks you to be it's friend.  The games will be printed on mini 8 track tapes wich you will insert in his ass.
#106
Perfect implementation by Mr. Fulci.
#107
Selly's right.  Part of it probably is the DirectX drive check, but come on.  It still shouldn't take as long as it does, and yeah, it doesn't freeze up my computer, it's just the idea that emulating a +15 year old system should not skip a fucking beat even on a Pentium III system.  I just think it needs a little housecleaning on the code.  But here I go again, I don't really know shit.

More directly on topic, yeah try ME demo or any of the aforementioned emus if you just want to try the game.  But for god's sake, take Necro's advice and get real system card roms.
#108
Quote from: Keranu on 06/06/2007, 04:06 PMI agree, it's a decent golf game. It's nothing new or anything special from your typical golf game, but it's not a bad game at all if you're into old skool golf games. Jack Nicklaus, on the other hand, is in my opinion the worst Turbo game ever made.
I was gonna say, Turbo Golf sucks ass, which is disappointing, because a good golf game can be a perfect time waster, right up there with video game poker.  Maybe I should pick this one up for some Turbo Express time.
#109
That's fucking sweet!  Now if only I knew how to use it!  :-k
#110
I'm not good with this stuff, but this should work with a U.S. or Japanese system, right?  If so I might snag one from you if possible.
#111
Off-Topic / Re: Beer lover thread
06/03/2007, 02:04 PM
I just within the last 2 years discovered steel reserve.  If you can choke down the first one, it's great for getting hammered!  I haven't seen any of Keranu's fancy pop around, but maybe if I look.  I have to say that I actually like A&W root beer about the best.  Also there is a local brewery here that makes awesome root beer as well as award winning real beer.  I actually like Boulevard Wheat with a chunk of lemon or orange in it.  Yes I know it's sissy.
#112
Quote from: offsidewing on 05/30/2007, 04:25 PMYeah, they'd really hate us if we stopped our international disaster relief projects or if we didn't allow foreign countries do default on their loans.

The only American thing I'm ashamed of is AOL.  I'd take Dan Quayle over AOL any day!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
#113
Off-Topic / Re: Your Age
05/30/2007, 06:25 PM
Quote from: Seldane on 05/29/2007, 07:47 PM
Quote from: 2X4 on 05/28/2007, 11:23 AMSelly, you never gave your age.  Although I still don't know if you are a man or a woman.  Are you even human? :-k
I am as old as this island (what island you may ask. You will not receive an answer). Am I human? I think you I just answered your own question.
OK, so you're not a robot.  At least if you are, your logic circuits are scrambled.

Quote from: offsidewing on 05/30/2007, 02:26 PMSomewhere, her and her penchant for love in the pooper and her incredible mental instability is making some man happy and insensed all at the same time...
And she is making perfectly spherical turds.
#114
Off-Topic / Re: Your Age
05/28/2007, 11:23 AM
Selly, you never gave your age.  Although I still don't know if you are a man or a woman.  Are you even human? :-k
#115
Quote from: jimid2 on 05/28/2007, 08:56 AMNinja Spirit and Splatterhouse are two excellent games, imho, and would make a nice addition to anyone's collection...
These are MUST-HAVES.  I would go as far as to insist you purchase these next.  Along with Legendary Axe I & II
#116
Quote from: Keranu on 05/24/2007, 11:34 PM
Quote from: offsidewing on 05/24/2007, 04:17 PM
Quote from: Keranu on 05/24/2007, 04:04 PMHell yeah that's why 2x4 rulez! We need more American pride on this board.
Who will be this forum's "Real American Hero!"
Oh 2x4 without-a-doubt.
I'm your huckleberry.

Famous people from NE, don't forget

Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando and Malcom X among others, all from Omaha!  Actually, Dr. MLK also resided in Nebraska I think.

America, F*$@ Yeah!
#117
I think you guys think I'm the guy from American Dad.
#118
Well, you must be one of those freaks I was referring to.  I usually try to remain civil in these discussions, but if you're gonna throw all the pleasantries out the window then so be it.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMthe US version is always going to be the one that sucks, and costs more money.
Well, why does it suck?  Are you saying that the U.S. version is always drastically changed as far as important content is concerned?

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMHell, many times the only difference in the data on a HuCard is the copyright info at the bottom of the title screen.
Hmm.  I guess not.  I am a moron for spending more money on U.S. titles though, you're right about that.  I would much rather spend the extra cash on postage so my game can travel the world more than I can.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMare you so slow you need instructions for Gunhead or Ordyne in the first place?  To me manuals aren't something I read, I just like them for the pretty pictures...which are more often in full color in PCE games, rather than the cheap-ass b/w US manuals.
As a matter of fact, no, I'm not so slow as to need instructions (though undoubtedly far less gifted than you),  but I need instructions in Kanji even less.  As I have said, pretty manga doesn't appeal to me, I don't have enough fruit on my underpants to fully appreciate that, but to each his own.  So far the only reasons you have given me for buying Japanese games is to spend less money (which in the long run seems negligable at best) and so my cover art will match my Yu-Gi-Oh! bed sheets.  Oh yeah, plus the color on the inner pages of the manuals which only imbeciles need.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMonly the asthetically retarded (or marketing people) prefer the "brown and manly" US cover art that usually looks like a 5th grader created it.
Honestly I have never purchased a game so I could stare in awe and wonderment at the cover art.  It's odd though, that you attack the artistic capacity of 5th graders when the brightly colored, pretty manga that you cherish looks itself to be targeted at small children.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMI hate to tell you this, but all these games and systems were made in Japan.
I can't thank you enough, for years I labored under the dillusion that these games were created by 'ol Uncle Sam in his super secret lab with Rocky Balboa, G.I. Joe and Ronald Reagan using an American made computer that ran on freedom!  Talk about cognitive dissonance!  I've been living a lie!

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMfor the most part you are already fell for a chunk of Japanese trash culture when you bought a TG-16, you just needed the crappy cover art, or the huge ugly TG-16 case to lure you in, evidently.
Yup, hook line and sinker!  Or could it be that Sears was a little more accessable than any of the stores in Japan when I grew up in the central U.S.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMThe TG16, and its library, is just a fucked up, aborted offshoot from the PC Engine. No Arcade Card, no six button pad, no Tennokoe Bank, no Spriggen, no Star Parodia, no Dracula X, no Street Fighter, no Tengai Makyou, no Bomberman '94, no Puyp Puyo, no Advanced VG...nothing.
I will be the first to admit some of the best games never got translated, and I do play those.
The CD games are not region coded, so the majority of the good japanese games will play on my Abomination FAS Bastard Engine (or TurboGrafx) just fine.  In some cases mods would be necessary, but most of those are easy enough if I wanted to do them, even for someone like me who is too stupid and lazy to decipher Kanji just because someone already translated it.

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 05/23/2007, 07:20 PMThe TG-16 sucks.
I love it.
#119
QuoteDiagram from the back of the PC Engine/TurboGrafx, right side up:
 
AR GG 01 VM 32 30 27 GG 17 20 22 23 13 11 10 08 GG 05 03 GG VV VN VR
02 CD 35 34 VU 29 26 15 19 21 VJ 14 12 VG 09 07 06 04 24 VT 37 36 VP
AL VV VS 33 31 28 25 16 VL VK QQ VI VH QQ VF VE VD VC VB VA GG VZ VQ
 
Explanation of the codes:
 
## -- HuCard pinout of that number.  These are numbered 1-38 from right
      to left, from the front of the unit.  The following pins are
      represented:  1-17, 19-37.  (18 is ground, while 38 is +5V, so
      technically all 38 pins come out on the expansion bus.)
 
AR -- Audio Right
AL -- Audio Left
VZ -- External composite video, connected to R145.  Note -- this may need
      to be externally bypassed to ground with a capacitor to use directly
      as a video feed.   
 
VV -- +5V, regulated
GG -- Ground
 
CD -- CD 'sense' line.         PCE:  6280 P30    CD:  shorted to ground
QQ -- External voltage input.  PCE:  7805 P1     CD:  supplies +5V
 
VA -- 6270 P38  and  6260 P62
VB -- 6270 P37  and  6260 P63
VC -- 6270 P36  and  6260 P64
VD -- 6270 P35  and  6260 P65
VE -- 6270 P34  and  6260 P66
VF -- 6270 P31  and  6260 P67
VG -- 6270 P30  and  6260 P68
VH -- 6270 P29  and  6260 P69
VI -- 6270 P28  and  6260 P70
VJ -- 6270 P26  and  6260 P71
VK -- 6270 P25  and  6260 P72
VL -- 6270 P23  and  6260 P73
VM -- 6280 P59  and  6260 P79
VN -- 6260 P44
VP -- 6260 P47
VQ -- 6260 P49
VR -- 6260 P51
VS -- 6260 P61
VT -- 6270 P77
VU -- 6280 P45
 
The last set of abbreviations start with "V" because they mainly connect
directly to the video chips.  VU is the exception.
 
Note that VA through VL seem to be a 12-bit data-bus between the 6260 and
the 6270.  This implies to me that the 6260 is also involved in video
production; how exactly I have yet to determine.  Remember that the 6280 is
the main processor that runs the games; the other 2 are video coprocessors.
I pulled this off of briansemu.  Is this what you meant?
#120
Games I played last are on the top, games I haven't been playing on bottom.
#121
Whoa, take it easy guys.  I wasn't directing this at runin, in fact I kind of agree there, sometimes the japanese version may be the better (or the only option).  I just don't exactly understand why people go so far with the Japanese is better philosophy that they go out of their way to only own japanese hardware and games and anime and manga and whatever else when if you didn't grow up in Japan and can't even read this stuff without a translation . . . anyway,  I just think some people are - fuck it.  Just understand I wasn't directing this at runin's post, and I'm trying to insult anyone, just that sometimes I don't get it.  And by the way smartass, I don't find reading to be a challenge, I just think it is kind of lame to have to hit pause and look at a translation if it ain't necessary.  :wink:
#122
Um, I don't understand why so many people are hell-bent on playing only Japanese versions.  It's like the wiggers of video games.  Not everyone can read Kanji!  And some of us would rather play the game without a 12 page translation to read at every juncture in an rpg.  Call me crazy, but I'm not ashamed of not being Japanese, and I would rather have the U.S. versions that I can actually understand.  Even if it's just menu options, I'd still rather see it in english.  If I have to store my TurboChips in a case with a lackluster cover art, so be it.  I don't like anime, so 99% of the Japanese cover art doesn't appeal to me either.  To me, wanting a U.S. collection makes more sense than wanting a Japanese one, unless you are in fact, Japanese.  Don't get me wrong, I dig Japanese stuff with the aforementioned exception, I just don't see the point of turning a video game into homework when it isn't necessary.
#123
Quote from: ccovell on 05/17/2007, 01:08 PMWow!  I'd forgotten about that.  That is definitely a mastery rivaling that of Seurat's.
Is that Saturday in the Park?
#124
Quote from: Tatsujin on 05/15/2007, 09:06 PM
Quote from: Joe Redifer on 05/14/2007, 08:42 PMLOL yeah.  They picked the kids who were stuck sitting on the stairs rather than the ones who eagerly raised their hands.  The host-chick was dumber than a pile of rocks.  "Do the Genesis cartridges work on the older Sega system?"  If they did, they wouldn't need a newer Sega system you dumb whore!
wuahahahaha! that was amazing :lol:
YES exactly what I was thinking.  But now here's a question, can I play the Genesis games on my waffle iron?  Oh, ok, but I can still make waffles in the Genesis, ok.  I wish I could have reached through the screen and the fabric of time and given that cow an open-handed slap on the mouth.
#125
Peep this thread if you haven't already  :wink:
#126
Ok where the crap did you buy it?!!!  I've been scouring the net and all I could find was one controller.  If you don't want to share your sources I understand, but is there some obvious place I don't know about?

And how do you make your own?

*edit* oh yeah, you meant make your own adapter.  Offsidewing, like I said just take the controller apart and you can see the wire harness that clips onto your board inside the pad. take the other controller apart, switch the cables and you're done!  Something even I'm capable of.
#127
well actually, with the wired controllers if you take them apart there is  a clip that slides off the board and I believe all turbo system control pads have the same type of connector clip, so converting it would take only a minute.  I asked about the US one more in the interest of availability, as the pc engine ones aren't that easy to find.  A little research suggests that a US version is impossible to find, but I could have sworn I saw pics of ones for the US Duo a while back.  Oh well.
#128
Quote from: offsidewing on 05/10/2007, 02:33 PMWow.  Nazi Germany / Turbo Grafx analogies.

I just checked one item off my "Shit I'll never see" list.
Actually it is more of a Nazi Germany : EGM analogy  :-k  I remember reading the mag as a kid and always being pissed because they always reviewed the genesis games so much higher, despite the fact that so many of them were crap.
#129
What you are referring to is localization.  Every video game company does it.  While the small grouping of folks on this forum have a broader palett for Japanese culture, you have to remember that they were trying to get every kid in the U.S. to buy games.  Unfortunately, the Japanese did not see the need for a big marketing budget stateside, hence the crappy, slapdash artwork  (not to mention the demise of the TurboGrafx), although in most cases I prefer them because I didn't grow up in Japan and I really don't give a crap about anime, which is what every japanese cover looks like and it all looks the same.  There, I've baited the hook, but it's true!
#130
Was there a wireless controller made for the U.S. Duo?  It seems like I remember hearing about that recently.  Either way, I know it would be easy to convert one, I was just curious.
#131
You have got to be fist f-ing me here.  Spelt is a word?!  I'll be a son of a chicken rustler!  I guess you done spelt 'er right after all!  :lol:  My apologies.
#132
No no, not J, G, a hard g. They don't pronounce the U?  Man, they say english is hard to learn, at least we have one alphabet.  Oh yeah, how can I take your word when you mis-spell spelled?   :wink:
#133
That's sweet.  Do you notice the line of sight issue that others mentioned?  also, how many controllers does the receiver support?
#134
Im with stevek666, runinruder and keranu, I've always assumed that it was like veegz.  That doesn't make it right, but I don't think vay gus is necessarily right because we don't always pronounce things exactly the same in the US.  Like how Ys is pronounced ee-su in Japan.
#135
Stay away from the logo.  when you get the rest cleaned up, do the edges around the logo with a q-tip.

Quote from: offsidewing on 05/09/2007, 10:47 PMYeah, I did go KITT on my duo's ass.  Or did I go KARR???  Perhaps Goliath?!?!  Hmmm, sequenced LED's....
Nope, if you went KARR on your duo's ass, it would have a blue light (but not "hurt your eyes blue").
#136
If anyone has a shit colored duo that they are willing to experiment on, I have a suggestion that may help.  You see your duo and you want it painted black?  First, go to a hardware or plumbing supply store and acquire some PVC primer.  It is formulated to take the smooth slickness off of PVC (plastic) pipe and fittings before gluing them together, as well as any dirt.  This stuff would probably take the yellowy shit right off of your duo, as well as prep it better for a paint job, should you decide to go KITT on your duo's ass.  I would recommend spot testing on the bottom somewhere, possibly with a diluted solution.  Even 25% primer may be enough, it's really strong stuff, so you will probably want to open a window as well.  This stuff takes the printing off of PVC pipe, but it obviously doesn't harm the plastic.  I seriously think it would work, but like I said try  diluting it very weak with water first and if it doesn't do anything, add a little more primer to the mix and try again till you get the right results.
#137
Quote from: doomfarer75 on 03/07/2005, 07:21 AM. . .Now that I read them now,  EGM really didn't appreciate the turbo very much...and lavished the genesis (and their cd) with attention  ugghh!
Ya think?

You know I was watching the History channel the other day and, looking back, I don't think Hitler appreciated the Jews very much . . . weird how obvious these things are in retrospect! :wink:
#138
So I guess the best answer is to do RGB to component mod? 

I'm still holding out for the HDMI idea, for simplicity's sake.  Plus it would still be one less signal conversion.
#139
Dude, I don't know what sick fate has befallen you that you somehow don't have a copy of Kieth Courage, but I will give you one if you take care of the shipping.  You seriously don't have it?  Now that's a first.  I think Kieth Courage carts grow in my HuCard port if I don't keep it clean and sanitized.

Cool idea, though I fear the bid snipers would quickly settle in on your site, as well as numb-nutted fools who try to sell loose HuCards for $20.  Unless you somehow intigrate a system that governs that kind of duche baggery.
#140
I have used my TG-16 on my HDTV, and it really doesn't look bad.  My tv has several options for the aspect ratio, including a pillar box where the image isn't stretched at all, and another option where it stretches some areas less than others, and slightly crops the outside which doesn't look half bad either.  But the old problems composite video are still there.  And since a dvi-i connection has pins for analog rgb, and converters from dvi to hdmi exist, I thought it may be possible to sneak the rgb signal into my tv, and possibly digital audio if someone knew enough about it.  I am going to mod my turbo, so i thought i would tackle this question now, rather than do an s-video mod and then find out later that this would have been possible. 

Obviously it wouldn't increase the resolution of my system, I do know that.  I would never play in stretched mode, Bonk's head is wide enough, I don't want the poor bastard to be any more deformed.  My TV does not automatically try to upscale signals, though I think it can if I want it to.  I don't mind the blockiness of the enlarged pixels, that is just what you get when 200 pixels are displayed over several square feet.  I just want the turbo's out put to be piped in its truest possible form to the tv.  So, those of you with the skills, please keep the wheels turning, I think it would be really cool if someone can come up with a feasible way since apparently lots of us have made the HD leap.
#141
Console Repair/Mod Center / Turbo in HD
05/03/2007, 07:23 PM
Yes, I know the first thing anyone's thinking is "Why the hell would you want to play the turbo in a horribly distorted aspect ratio?"  Well, for a variety of reasons I want to be able to play the Turbo on my HDTV.  I'm looking into a video mod anyway, so I got to thinking, how hard (or impossible) would it be to mod a turbo to HDMI out?  If this is possible, It would be nice to see the wonderful rgb palette on my plasma, as well as eliminating the rca hookups.  I'm not hardcore enough to know how one might go about doing this or if it is even possible, but maybe by hacking a dvi-i to hdmi converter could work?  Could someone with more hardware wisdom provide some insight?
#142
As I have said, I don't know much about this stuff.  But I went ahead and put my brick adapter to the test.  I only tested the voltage, but sure enough, it kicks out about 15.4 volts.  It will be interesting to see what kid comes up with for amps, but at any rate, you can go ahead and grab a 15V adapter if you need a replacement.
#143
Post again if this works for you, as we're discussing this in another thread and one cat is talking conspiracy theories over there.  There is a possibility that NEC has been hiding a horrible secret . . .
#144
This will be interesting.  If they didn't "deliberately do such a thing," it makes me wonder why he would say "deliberately" instead of just saying, "no, we did not do that, the rating is such and such as labeled."  At any rate, I don't get why they used such an f'd up power supply. Perhaps you are right.  I think I may just test mine as well!
#145
Isn't it a little shy on the amperage?  I mean it is (puts out 1 amp, turbo+cd needs 1530mA), but will that do any damage?  Don't get me wrong, it would be sweet if this works, but not so sweet if it burns up something that hard to replace.  I don't know a lot about this stuff, i'm just asking.
#146
well, the problem is that, unlike the duo, a tg-16 with cd and docking station needs a whopping 1.53 amps (1530mA).  You're right that it will only draw what it needs, but finding an adapter with that many amps is virtually impossible, at least from the looking that i've done.
#147
keep searching ebay, I hate to say it but this may be your only option with such an odd adapter.
#148
That's cool.  Good to hear you're getting some hobby time in.  Especially when your hobby benefits us!   :lol: Looking forward to seeing your projects in their final form, not to mention your tutorials, should they ever happen.  Rock on.
#149
Quote from: MrFulci on 04/24/2007, 11:20 AMAs it is, I am profiting less than $10 on this transaction.
Well, that's over half the retail value of what you're hocking.  You might make more on an auction, but I don't see anyone here paying quite that much.  At any rate, you're not going to retire on the profit, so if you want to get rid of it, I would just take nat's offer (assuming you haven't already).
#150
another solution rather than drop mad dimes on a converter or an entire extra game library is to grab one of those flash carts.  You can load like 20 games on it and select them from a menu.  I haven't heard much about them, but i'm thinking they work on jap and us systems.