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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Pictures of your turbo/pc engine collection]

im starting to get a bit more of some nice and fancy games.
...Still far from a complete set 

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Tennokoe Bank - Does anyone do refurbishings?]

thanks for the advices i have 2 banks that does not work here and i was looking about the problems.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Brand New Dragon Slayer Sealed Mint ... What's it worth?]

I don't know what you're talking about. . Shrink wrap easily adds another $550 or so in value to any thing. For example, a used VHS copy of Pretty Woman is worth about 50 cents to a dollar. . add some shrink wrap to it, and you've now easily got a treasure worth about $550.50 to $551.00.

It's simple science really

Oh i see
ill stick to the used complete copies for my part. I even saw video games stores that re-shrink wrap old games to sell them as brand new one. i dont trust brand new anymore since then (except if it just came out), if its used and complete i'm fine with it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Brand New Dragon Slayer Sealed Mint ... What's it worth?]

Got mine on ebay last month ...complete with map and all at 56,77$us....
600$ ? nah i dont think it worth this much 

[NEC Console Resource / Re: hello from hong kong]

Welcome to the fun !

[General Gaming / Re: Pics of your gaming set up!]

Also, Escarioth, I notice it in your Red LED photo, but those cables on the floor, between the recliner and sofa, they're not always out there like that, waiting for people to trip over them, are they?

Ah yes, those meddling cords  we moved last year in this new house and the set up i made is rather diferent. so i ended up having those hanging around between 2 couch. Thanks for the info , ill look into this ...it be quite a disaster if my wife fell on the floor with our baby in her hands. 

[General Gaming / Re: Pics of your gaming set up!]

Escarioth, what's the table normally used for?

It was left here this past chrismas...and since we didnt know what to do with it.. we put it in the basement thinking it be a nice place to hang out for boardgames or drink our souls out. 

after quite a few parties here, i can say that this old table prooved to be a good thing to have around ill surely get a better looking one by the end of this year 

[General Gaming / Re: Pics of your gaming set up!]

and also something extra.
fun with leds !



the ones that changes colors are the best
you can set colors depending of your gaming mood  oh yeah

[General Gaming / Re: Pics of your gaming set up!]

hehe yes
we have another PC that i use too sometime but id say that 95% of the time
im sitting there. It looks smaller but its actually a 60" 

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

hmm. i didnt get to play all of the TG16/cd games but so far.

1-Castlevania - rondo of blood
2-Bonk's revenge
3-Legendary axe
4-Splaterhouse
5-Valis 3

[General Gaming / Re: Pics of your gaming set up!]

this one side of my basement.



annnnnd this is the other side when you turn around




yeah...well.. having a little girl around, i had to mix some baby stuff a bit here and there

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans]

I would personally love a scan of Dracula X, dragon slayer maps, Ys III and Valis III

I'll see what i can do
ill try using the scanner at my job
(you better cross your fingers)

[NEC Console Resource / Re: hello, new to PCEFX forums]

I'M new around too :3
i'ts very active  forum! you'll love the place 

[Console Repair/Mod Center / rgb, s-video, scart.....]

some months ago i ordered a Turboduo-R modded with s-video and RGB.
i had some problems with the s-video wich seemed to come from my HDTV sadly..
And for the RGB. i had to use scart cables. Wich was something new for me. 

i lost quite some money in failed attempt... it was japanese scart designed for Framemeister...
now i use a pal scart and everything look rather crisp and clear.

can someone tells me or even show me actual diference that a framemeister could do on a turboduo/tg16 ? 

im still pretty amazed at the picture the usual scart gives...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)]

The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.

And if you ever get tired of it ...

please i'd be happy to buy it from you

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans]

I could help with the following if anyone need them i could try to find a good scanner

i checked with your list and :

dracula x : rondo of blood
dragon slayers (the map)
Final lap twins
Impossamole
j.j. & jeff
keith courage in alpha zone
legendary axe
legendary axe 2
ninja spirit
splatter house
Valis 2
Valis 3
victory run
vigilante
ys volume 1 & 2
ys 3

so if you ever need one of them, just tell me ill try my best to help you
(if you ever have a deep blue manuel ...its the only one loose i got that i try to make complete)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: playing Ys III]

From Felghana and on, the Ys III remake, his name has been localized to Galbalan (the cruel marauder from far off lands).

Ah, so that's why. I prefer Galbalan over demonicus   
Demonicus sounds like a cheezy evil name 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: Ys Map Pack]

aah 

i didnt saw that little info about having over 150 posts
looks likes ill have some chatting to do a bit here and there first
i apologize 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Raffle: Ys Map Pack]

add me too ! they're so pretty id like to have them

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: playing Ys III]

Oh yeah! I've gone back'n'forth on which soundtrack is at the top of the list of the Ys series on this system, and Ys III had the spot for a time. What happens is, you over listen to one soundtrack, get a little sick of it, then listen to the other and then that becomes your favorite of the series, etc. Rinse and repeat. Like right now, Ys IV seems to be a bit enduring to me, but that's maybe because I over listened to the prior ones, etc.

Yeah i know what you mean but for now ill surely be on my little cloud for a while 
hehe. Can't wait to hear the rest !

The US version talks about that blond guy as if he was the guy who killed Demonicus.  The Japanese version has a myth about an ancient hero killing an ancient evil and was showing you what happened a long time ago.

demonicus...is that the last boss name in the american version..wasnt it Galgalan ?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / playing Ys III]

Yeah , started tonight playing the TurboDuo version. 
..the music in this game is pure delight. 

But there is something weird that seem ...out of place.

That intro you see at the begining of the game...
i made fun of the cover of the game thinking , oh wow, 'MURICA.
but seeing the exact same image in the intro i felt confuse...
it seem the artworks used at the begining dont match with the actual game's image/animation
that you get after you start a game

....and that blond guy ... 

someone has played the original japanese game on pc engine ?
is this the exact same intro ?   

[NEC Console Resource / Re: New member saying "hello!"]

Jekyll and Hyde selling for more than free is a travesty. lol

I wouldnt say any better ;)

and hi mr. crist 

[NEC Console Resource / Re: new here !]

Welcome . There seems to be a pretty strong contingent of Canadians here. Nice collection you've got there.

Yeah i notced too 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbografx games]

i'm starting to hate ebay...even video game store use it..

Me : *how much do you sell "insert game name here" ?*
Clerk : *Wait a minute, it does'nt have a price tag...i'll go look on ebay and come back at you in a min*

seriously  i'm not joking..it happened more then once with me just going out

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbografx games]

Just look at loom on ebay...i guess it doubled the price....5 or 6 months ago it was easy to find it at 20-25$...now its over 50-60 and thats not even counting shipping

i should have bough that damn game when it wasnt at the end of a fishing line 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Turbografx games]

woah , great games there 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

I should give Ys IV a try when i get some time

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

Weird. I lived in Montreal and remember seeing it around quite a bit. This was late 89 mind you. I used to go to the arcade at place alexis nihon. the electronic boutique; or whatever it was called, right next to it used to let one play TG16 games for free.

WHen i say quebec, i meant the country not the city im actually from saguenay so...here i only saw 2 tv spot, if you're from montreal you might have seen more pub. here sorry folks, they're french pubs from quebec, but you could watch them , they're fun

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)]

gee.

some people sure think they're sitting on a freaking gold mine
one day they want to sell something and the next,
go look on ebay or whatever, start thinking like its a diamond.

i feel sorry for you. I really hate when someone do this to me.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Caption Contest 18 (raffle type thing)]

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*Microsoft launch their new handled system, comes with a suitcase*

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: New game raffle 7: New sealed Dragon Spirit]

wow !
i already have the game too so ill pass but that a wonderfull game worth having 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB LooM]

I love those old point and click games... i tryed to find a decent copy of loom but didnt find any

so if anyone has an extra copy to sell please PM me ;)
Id prefer to get the game/instruction/case if possible
feel free to ask me any questions if needed

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

As far as your comments on the Supergrafx, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The Supergrafx didn't fail, it was abandoned because the PC Engine was doing fine and holding its own against the Super Famicom. We've discussed this at length over the last ten years. Even if the SGX had been supported, it wouldn't have changed anything because the hardware upgrade was negligible. An extra background layer isn't going to win a console war.

aah ?  i guess ill go read some infos about that supergrafx, i saw it a couple of time online but never really got deep into its story

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)]

one thing to say about the game is that its pretty "unforgiving".  meaning, there are a zillion ways to die and it will let you progress pretty far even if you miss a critical item along the way.  some of the "puzzles" have multiple solutions which keep it fresh too

like the old sierra games ?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

Sears ! 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

There are plenty of reasons why the TG16 failed, but get your facts straight and stop regurgitating the "doomed from the start" crap you hear on youtube.

I dont agree on that "doomed from the start" too. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Let's Talk About the Awesomeness Bloody Wolf]

wow, i didnt know that tiltle yet, you just sold it to me !

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)]

yeah well i dont know how much people here would sell it so ill wait to know you guys a bit more
(and to let myself known to the pcenginefx community) and ill go post in the buy/sell forum

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

I owned a jaguar and a decent amount of games for it, and let me tell you: the only two games worth owning on that shit box are Alien vs Predator and Tempest 2000. Nothing else is worth a damn. About 9 months or so ago I traded my total Jaguar collection, and a few other things I can't recall, for a copy of Dungeon Explorer 2, Soldier Blade, Neutopia II, and some other kick ass more common TG titles, and I couldn't be more happy.

Music to my ears...seriously a friend of mine keep telling me how GREAT a jaguar is...and seriously... every games he keeps making me play...are either ok...or just plainly bad. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

Yep. Radio Shack in Canada. I remember going to Radio Shack when I had my first TG16. I also remember the bin of blow out sale games (in boxes) right before the end.

Haha that made me remember something funny  back then at radio shack,
my friend wanted to buy neutopia...but his little sister kept whinning never having games to play
so his parent asked him to buy instead a game for the whole family...and he got Darkwing duck....

even today , he still remember that choice and he get pretty mad 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your new TG16/CD collection purchases for the month?]

Finaly manage  to get my hand on this one, first time playing tonight and its a great game !

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)]

ooh, lucky you

i want this game so much. if i can spot one id like the price to be around 150$..
depends on qualitu ou have... i guess maximum 200$
i would need some days to think this out

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

I left and never went back.  My point being, back then Radio Shack had cool and unique items.  Now they are just a carbon copy of every other garbage store, at least in Canada.

same here... i was going there much more before they called themselves "la source"

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

I'm currently trying to push my wife into trying Book of Ys... 

as for me, i'm totally over Valis 3 and that water level is driving crazy 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

I remember here in quebec , we had only a tv spot to promote the console...
and Radio shack 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: spreading tg16 like a virus]

Yeah but the cd Games were very impressives for the time dont you think ?
i read some infos in books relating to the NEC against nintendo back in japan.
And pc engine was scaring the shit out of Hiroshi Yamauchi. but ..well is this really true ? i can't say.

And when you look at games like YS or even gate/lord of thunder and some others...i guess the
"wow" effect was there in some games..... oh well

but i understand what you mean, back in the old days it was a diferent way of thinking

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your new TG16/CD collection purchases for the month?]

i got my hand on World court Tennis.....it has a RPG in it 
i'm still in shock.

And here i though final lap twins was pretty good for a mixed rpg/race
now TG16 has a sport/rpg

any other games with strange rpg combinaison like that ?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Ys Map Prints]

Oh ...maybe i should get into making stuff like this too.. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / spreading tg16 like a virus]

I always though since the old days that a TG16 could step up to nintendo and sega back then.
Sadly, so many people never even heard about this game console... its quite surprising. I dont know about you guys from diferent places and countrys, but at my place.. i guess we were'nt that many. Only met 5 people so far...  (face to face)

And now, years later. When i find someone crazy about nintendo & sega....
without a TG16/duo. the fun really start.

The look on their face when i make them play bonk, legendary axe, castlevania or lord of thunder. They totally freak out and weeks later have a TG16 at their home. Makes me wonder how things would be now if many more people would have fell in love with it sooner.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Beyond shadowgate ?]

Just don't try to suddenly sell your goodies to us at ridiculous prices. Due to past history, that's a stoning offense in these parts!

Nah, don't worry :3 i've kept everything for 10 years now. Sadly fell back into retro gaming just 2-3 years ago. i was told to register here since i love turbografx-16 so much... but i got to tell you ...i found about the Cd part only a few months ago .. i was mindblowed. totaly. I went online to get a Turbo duo R from Doujindance right away....and i ordered the Turbo duo and TG16 bibles from Pix'n love.