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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Neutopia sealed]

I'm in the market for a Neutopia, but to play, so I can't justify paying the sealed premium.

Good luck with the sale.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Complete PC engine Briefcase setups for sale. Plus Some DUOs :)]

Keith Courage, do accept hardware sent to you for repairs/mods?

My Duo-R's multi-out is badly loose and the CD drive is starting to show signs of age (it just locked up the system on me during Dragon Knight III's ending sequence the other day). I also might consider a component mod, but I'm mostly looking to get it back into healthy shape.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Mysterious Song]

I'm going to put in a preorder after the month flips over, thanks for the reprint.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: But that raffle tho!!!!!]

Count me in!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Mysterious Song]

Anyway, a second pressing is coming.

Nice.

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

This reminds me I need to buy the wonder boy collection on XBL at some stage.

Yes!! Get it. It's not every day that a company releases a long unreleased game (the English version of Wonder Boy in Monster Land) and a newly translated game (the English version of Monster World IV) from that era.

Just got Adventure island - pce in the post today from japan

I really wish Hudson had put out a SCD version of Monster World IV.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is the difference: Arcade Card - Arcade Pro]

All I know is that the Arcade Card Pro looks much cooler that the Arcade Card Duo.

Alas, it was far more expensive and I eventually found a Duo for a nice price.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Special Version Hucards - I can buy 'em for you.]

I just want to reiterate that those numbers are literally what's on the price tags. I have added nothing to them. I just want some cash in my paypal account because I don't have a credit card here in Japan.

I'm not in the market for any of these special releases, but if this shop has any harder to find (or just pricier) regular releases for decent prices (compared to eBay, etc.), I'd be more than willing to fill your Paypal account.

Here's a couple that are on my "fire" list, so to speak.

Cotton
Dracula X
Dragon Knight + Graffiti
Fausseté Amour
Hi-Leg Fantasy
Kaze Kiri
Madou Monogatari
Spriggan
Sylphia
Tatsujin

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Meikyuu no Elfeene (Elfine/Elfeane) pics (dump other idol game pics here too)]

Thanks for the write-up and screenshots.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Which PC Engine song do you have stuck in your head?]

The first level BGM for Bikkuriman World is constantly popping up in my head.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Complete list of beat 'em ups on the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16]

I feel embarrassed, but I left Crest of Wolf off of my "to buy" list, it should have been there with a nice big [WESTONE] tag.

Okay, now it's there.

Thanks for the reminder and the list.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Some important NEWS about the PC Engine!]

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

I contributed to that interview!

Ah, nice! I see your name in the credits now that you mention it

And I'm not seeing where you're picking up any desperation or being out of touch in there, not even close, almost all of the questions are pretty straight-forward and the questions on any future prospects are answered fairly candid as well.

It could very well be my own (mis)interpretation then.

What I found odd when I read it was some of his answers towards the end of the interview, openly asking for suggestions, almost thinking out loud maybe? For instance "where to find a good 3D artist?", "Please tell me which game platform is appropriate for MW", and "If 'Aquario of the Clockwork' were released as part of the 'Sega Vintage Collection', would people be interested in buying it?". It felt strange, and a bit insecure, to read such direct questions from such an experienced game designer. Also, the fact that these questions are not answered by the interviewer, at least in the published version, I think it further isolated his responses somehow.

The interview was not back and forth, all of the questions were eMailed at once and answered in a reply.

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

This news reminds me this interview that I read some time ago:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wonderboy/wonderboy-interview.htm

At the time it struck me how desperate some answers were. I remember wondering if it was bad translation of something that was too culturally contextualised, or if Ryuichi Nishizawa was genuinely overwhelmed, or out of touch somehow.

I contributed to that interview!

And I'm not seeing where you're picking up any desperation or being out of touch in there, not even close, almost all of the questions are pretty straight-forward and the questions on any future prospects are answered fairly candid as well.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Anearth Fantasy Stories - Translation Project Thread]

I would love to try it after the patch too, but my Duo-R won't read CDRs.

Needs a tuning job of the 3 CD laser-related potentiometers. Failing that, a new laser. Ask for a quote from one of our PCEFX modders: thesteve, turbokon, Keith Courage, etc.

Thanks, I figured it was something about that, but since it plays bought games okay I haven't had a dire need to do much about it. I'll ask around for a tune-up at some point when I can justify doing a few other things to it (RGB mod, perhaps).

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hidden things in PCE/Turbo games -- post your findings here!]

Interesting finds. I used Borland's Turbo C++ and Turbo Assembler back in my university days around ~'96. That's what I first started to really learn programming with.

I started with Commodore 64 BASIC, but I did a lot with Turbo Pascal and Turbo C++ in high school.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are your "Most Wanted" PCE games.]

Pixy you're a fellow GAFer right ?

Yup, but lurking more and more everyday as.. certain aspects.. of the forum become more and more prominent.

The retro community threads are still mostly good though!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Strangest place you've found PCE games]

I found a giant stack at a used game store, that's about it. But given that it's usually rare to see TG16 games at these places, a stack of PCE is still a little bit crazy. They had a few decent games, but their prices were nuts, so I opted to not buy anything, although it may have been worth it if I had games to trade in to them depending on what they gave for credit.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are your "Most Wanted" PCE games.]

Wow Madou Monogatari looks really cool! I wish that one would be translated.

Is there an active translation community still? Being that it's a dungeon game, I don't know f it would have a mammoth amount of text. If somebody could at least extract the script, I might be willing to poke a friend of mine who may (or may not) want some practice with her translation skills.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx games drop off the Virtual Console]

There were some hints about the Irem situation before they actually removed games, so I managed to grab Ninja Spirit and Hero Tonma before it happened and I'm very glad that I did, they are both really good games. I can't say I'm missing much from the others removed, though.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Who's still playing their Wii?]

I still play mine (through the Wii U though), it's got a great library of hidden gems.

I need to replay The Last Story soon (or finish where I left off, at least) as well as Pandora's Tower.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Anearth Fantasy Stories - Translation Project Thread]

I am getting ready to pick this up once I see if for a little cheaper.

I would love to try it after the patch too, but my Duo-R won't read CDRs.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Bubble Bobble]

Awesome!!

I've read that the original game has some crazy complex mechanics in terms of how items appear and such. Is this being made to adhere to all that or is it more of a "by eye" port?

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

Westone does not seem like a very prolific studio. In fact, I'm constantly surprised by how long small studios manage to hang in there in Japan. US companies seem to fold much more quickly even with higher output.

Apparently, for some time now, Westone was basically just Nishizawa doing small contract work on educational software and some mobile stuff.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Dragon Knight III rox!

A friend of mine used to have an English version on PC back in the 486 days.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is the difference... Space Invaders Hu/CD]

I really need to get the PC-Engine Space Invaders soon (and Space Invaders '91 on Genesis).

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are your "Most Wanted" PCE games.]

Sadly, most of mine are pricey, not because "OMG RARE I WANT," but because they are from a company I love and WHY ARE THEY ALL EXPENSIVE GRAGH.

Madou Monogatari
Spriggan
Sylphia

Some of the (slightly) more reasonable ones.

Alien Crush
Devil Crash
Gunhed
Legend of Xanadu
Legend of Xanadu II
Moonlight Lady
Seiya Monogatari: Anearth Fantasy Stories
Son Son II

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Great games.
How much did the 2 Dungeon Explorer games set you back?

$27 for both.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

A few things from the eBay, another haul of (relatively) cheapies before I get the stones to start picking off some Compile games.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: How much should I expect to pay for "Sylphia"?]

Well that's dandy.

I've got a crisp $200 if anybody has a spare (and is in good seller standing, obvs).

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Bomberman '94 & Cho Aniki]

PM sent.

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

I really need to pick up Blood Gear.

YES YOU DO! I have a thread for that

A thread for that, like for sale? Link?

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

I really need to pick up Blood Gear.

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

http://www.seganerds.com/?p=11262

Sad news for the Wonder Boy / Monster World fans, the Tokyo District Court is investigating Westone Bit Entertainment for debt. Financial reports indicate the WB/MW developers will file for bankruptcy soon.

Westone's official site has been closed already, while their Facebook account has been left intact since June 13th. Due to this problem, their upcoming software development and deliveries to PSN 6 Xbox Live have been paused, there is also the copyright problems of their IPs that will enter in hiatus.

Pour one out. A piece of my soul dies today.

If you haven't bought the Monster World games on WiiWare/XBLA/PSN, now might be a good time to do it, most especially for the English localization for Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Monster World IV. I figure these would be okay since they were published under Sega, but the wording in the article is a little worrisome.

WiiWare also has the TurboGrafx-16 versions of Monster World II (Dragon's Curse) and Monster World III (Dynastic Hero). Again, I'm not sure if these are "safe," being Konami published (and not technically part of the Wonder Boy/Monster World IP), but you never know.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]

Oooh, nice raffle for a neat game (Westone!), I'll put a ticket in.

Thank you.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: Ys IV and Dungeon Explorer II]

After three months of painful waiting I finally conceding to being screwed on a previous sale for these two games. Shop deleted, no communication, etc. I guess it happens, but during my April PC-Engine buying spree these were literally the two games I was looking forward to the most.

Since these are fairly common I figure I'd put a call out here for them, if anybody can offer these to me for a fair price (and hopefully from the US for cheaper/safer shipping). I've seen them go fairly low on eBay, but I don't know if I want to wait for them to pop up again for low start price and dealing with bidding (and all of the BIN prices are insane).

Oh yes, I'm looking for complete and in fairly good condition.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: PCE games, all CIC **6/4 games added**]

Oops, looks like I was too late. I gotta stop sitting on threads.

Let me know if you have anything left after eBay.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are your top 5 shoot 'em up games for the TG-16/PC Engine?]

Winds of Thunder
Soldier Blade
Gunhed
Seirei Senshi Spriggan
Slyphia

Okay so it's a little biased, I'll brush up eventually and (maybe) put out a more varied list later.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Nice!
Play the 'Cook's Quest' in Minesweeper.

That's what actually convinced me to get it (also, it was cheap).

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Today's drop.

[Off-Topic / Re: Dont hate me guys]

LUNAR!!!!!!!

I miss when RPGs had this kind of pacing.

It's nice to play for a single hour on a work night and feel like I've accomplished something.

[Off-Topic / Re: Dont hate me guys]

I believe that Nintendo, Sega and NEC can live together in harmony

I agree, I love all of the 8-bit and 16-bit stuff.

I'm actually playing Sega CD right now, Lunar: The Silver Star.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Do you plan on buying Atlantean on a card?]

Am I too late to put a vote in (and it count)?

Actually, I would just like to support homebrew, so if it's a CD only later on or something, I wouldn't mind.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

I'm pretty stoked to have 4 games I bought off Japangamestock waiting for me at the post office today.
They are:

Download
Image Fight
Macross 2036
Iga Ninja Gaou

Lot's pf PC Engine goodness for the long weekend.

How much did you get Macross 2036 for? I'm trying to find a copy of that of less than eBay prices.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

Woah, there be some butt, wow.

Both of these games are heavy on the cheesecake, oh yes.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Master List of PC Engine Homebrew Games]

I believe that it's Good Deal Games.

Much thanks, I will pick up a copy soon.

Do you know if they are they still pressed CDs? My Duo-R doesn't read CDRs.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Master List of PC Engine Homebrew Games]

There is a site which sells all homebrew PCE games. It gets posted each time someone says that they missrd out on MS, but I don't remember the name.

Oh yeah? I would love to get that link if somebody has it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What PC-Engine Stuff did you get today?]

I ordered these a month ago and they finally arrived.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Master List of PC Engine Homebrew Games]

It looks like I missed out on the Mysterious Song CD.

Any suggestions on what's a good homebrew to start with?

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Hello from FL]

Welcome.

Ya know, I was looking at those Sony PVC monitors, but most of them are pretty small.

How is it working out for you?