How old were you when the Turbo Grafx came out?

[Nazi NecroPhile]

When I jumped in, I got a Duo w/ 1 controller, Gates 3 in one, Ninja Spirit, Ys 1&2, Sonic Spike, World Class Baseball, Legendary Axe, Victoly Run, and TV sports Football. All that for $200.

Not a bad haul for only 200 monies. 

[tg16manaic]

So it came out one day after I turn 11. I think we picked it up a couple years later.

It came out on my 11th birthday. You're 1 day older than me lol.

[esteban]

12 at the pce and 14 at the TG release.

Ha! I was 14 when TG-16 was released (and I got it the day after XMAS 1989).

 

[Tatsujin]

whats your birthday esty?

[esteban]

whats your birthday esty?

01.31.1975

Oh, wait, that will be confusing. Here you go:

31.01.1975

 

[Tatsujin]

hahaha..lol. I got used to the silly US of A time format

so that makes you exactly 35 days older than me, damn.

[esteban]

hahaha..lol. I got used to the silly US of A time format

so that makes you exactly 35 days older than me, damn.

That's why we need more members like CAS—so we won't feel like we are the oldest bastards here. I still have a hard time seeing lilgrafx (who is 4.5 years old, max) posting comments here. I wasn't nearly as literate as he is when I was 4 years old.

[BlueBMW]

I was 5 in 89.  Didnt get a turbo til I was in High School in 1999 or so.

[BigusSchmuck]

Wow! I didn't expect such a diverse age group when it comes to turbo/pce gaming! I was 7 years old when the turbo came out here in the U.S.

hahaha..lol. I got used to the silly US of A time format

so that makes you exactly 35 days older than me, damn.

That's why we need more members like CAS—so we won't feel like we are the oldest bastards here. I still have a hard time seeing lilgrafx (who is 4.5 years old, max) posting comments here. I wasn't nearly as literate as he is when I was 4 years old.

Does it help that I learned how to read while playing Dragon Warrior at age 5?

[OldMan]

Wow! I didn't expect such a diverse age group when it comes to turbo/pce gaming! I was 7 years old when the turbo came out here in the U.S.

Bah. Whippersnappers. I was 27 in 1989. Bought a tg16 that Christms, or the next.

Does it help that I learned how to read while playing Dragon Warrior at age 5?

That's partly how my nephew learned to read, though not on Dragon Warrior.
His first grade teacher flipped when he read Winnie The Pooh to her. She thought he memorized it.
So she gave him some old kids reader she had, and almost died when he read that to her.

("Did you know Jason could Read?!?!".  "Of course he can. Did you think he was stupid?".
 "Most kids his age don't even know their ABC's!". "That's their problem..." )

[turbokon]

So it came out one day after I turn 11. I think we picked it up a couple years later.

It came out on my 11th birthday. You're 1 day older than me lol.

Hahaha, that's cool!

[Robknoxious1]

Whew I'm not the oldest  

I was 23 when the TG-16 came out so if I rule out the 100 year old (ish) which I think is safe   I would be second oldest after TheOldMan.

[TheClash603]

I was six when the TG16 came out.

I may have been young, but my initials were definitely already prominently featured at my local arcades.

[Marll]

I was 11 on that date, but turned 12 in October of that year and got one for Christmas. It was the ONLY thing on my list and the only thing that mattered to me at the time. A friend and I were at the Fred Meyer in Marysville, WA and caught my mom walking out with it, so I knew I was getting one before that day even though she teased me saying that since I'd seen it she took it back to the store.

The next year I got the TG-CD with Y's Book 1 & II and Sherlock Holmes. It was a huge surprise because $400 for my family at the time was quite expensive. My dad always like to go overboard on Christmas though because his always sucked as a kid.

[guyjin]

In Fall of 1989 I was 10. Didn't actually get one until Summer 1998, when I was 19.

[Liquid Snake]

I was 17......got my TG-16 in 1990.

[grimm]

Ill turn 34 in a couple of months, so either 9 or 11 then.

[blueraven]

5 or 6. When I was miniraven

[MrFlutterPie]

Just a youngling at 3

[fraggore]

the ripe old age of 13

[meka]

Almost 3 years old, but I did beat Ghostbusters on the 2600 when I was 3 and I still remember defeating the final boss.

[MottZilla]

I think you see some diverse ages because while some people actually had TG16 marketed in their region, some of us including me never heard about the TG16/PCE until much later. Emulation and the internet is how I learned of its existence probably back in 1999 or 2000. And you can thank Castlevania for that. It got me interested in the system and since I've played many other great games for the platform.

Back when the TG16 was alive, I was busy playing either the Atari 800 home computer, NES and later SNES. If I'd have seen a Turbo DUO playing Lords of Thunder back then I would definitely have wanted one. I recall they had some promo where they tried to promote the DUO with that game.

[reno5]

I was almost 11

[reno5]

Does it help that I learned how to read while playing Dragon Warrior at age 5?

In my case I learned english with videogames (RPG). Dragon Warior, Phantasy Star, Neutopia.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

When I jumped in, I got a Duo w/ 1 controller, Gates 3 in one, Ninja Spirit, Ys 1&2, Sonic Spike, World Class Baseball, Legendary Axe, Victoly Run, and TV sports Football. All that for $200.

Not a bad haul for only 200 monies. 

Oh, and I was 10 when the TG came out.  Coincidentally that was the year I got an NES.   Then I patiently (or not so patiently) waited 5 years later to spend my hard earned moneys on a Turbo Duo when I was 15!!

[td741]

Hmm... 16.  But I only got one when the DUO launched.

[bob]

I was 12 when it came out and got it for my 13th birthday that october.

[Xray]

I was 20 in 1989.
Joined USMC right out of school, and was in S Korea by 89. Probably got my turbo 93 or so, used and with about 4 games.

[esteban]

I was 14. Got Turbo in 1989.

[khog143]

I was born on that exact day.  Yay me!

[DrBread]

I was in the -5 era.

[Bardoly]

According to the August 29th, 1989 US release, I was 14.

It was later that year for Christmas that we got our first video game system - the NES.

[sauce55]

I was 11.  Did not play one untill I was 13 I did not know anyone with one.

[Tatsujin]

wow, xray is a real turboldtimer then

it also seems, that we have some few 75er in here

[roflmao]

it also seems, that we have some few 75er in here

imo, 75 was the best year to be born.    Speaking of which, it's my birthday today.  I expect an LT in the mail any day now.

EDIT: Please send me your LT if you haven't.  Thanks.

[wilykat]

73 here a little older.  Been playing games since Atari 2600 in '79 and got my own 2600 a year later si my cousin wouldn't have to share his system.

[Sadler]

Happy birthday roflmao! Respect to my elders!

[8bitForLife]

I was 9 and I believe there was an earthquake in 89 in san fran i was taking swimming lessons when it hit and i was having a blast with the waves. They went up to the top of the roof. All the grils were crying in the corner with the swimming instructor. Also the year my A's swept the Giants with the bash brothers.

[Xray]

wow, xray is a real turboldtimer then

it also seems, that we have some few 75er in here

You can call me gramps !
I started playing video games, like millions of others, with space invaders, centipede and asteroid.
1st counsel of course was atari tennis. Lame as it may seem now, it was pretty amazing back then, burned quite a few hours bouncing that little ball around. Got a kick out of that tank game too.
Things progressed when "Joust" came around, me and my buddies were hooked on that damn thing, dropped fist fulls of quarters in that thing for weeks on end.

One day a neighbor says "hey, you want to play some mario ??" I said "mari-what ? Never heard of it, what is it" ? He was like, oh shit, you never heard of mario, well come and try this. So I got hooked on that for a while, but soon I was out and about in military service, and didn't have the time or inclination for any gaming.
When I was settled down a bit years later, I started thinking of getting a system, I dismissed the obvious, Nintendo, right away. Games were Ok, but everyone I knew that had one, the unit fried out sooner or later. They'd be blowing in them, shaking them, swabbing out the contacts with alcohol or spit, screen blinked, faded or went black ,, And I saw more than 1 guy get sick and tired of it and smash it against a wall. I had heard of TG, and heard the hoopla about being the 1st 16 bit system, and I always have been the type to root for the underdog, so Turbo it was - And I'd say I made a damn good choice.
Picked up a used unit with 4 games, and proceeded to build it to a collection of over 60, saved all the boxes ,,, Never looked back.

Alot of guys here bitch about the pricing trends of Turbo, I'm on the fence on that issue. But it shows 1 thing beyond a doubt - These games are in demand.
There is a strong market for them, which may increase, may decrease ,,, Whatever trends that develop in the months and years to come, TG has stood the test of time, and I am glad to have been an original part of that, and am glad to have the interest now, almost 2 decades down the road.

[esteban]

I am glad I am not the oldest one here. Ha!

However, I am still too old to have not played through all the games I thought I would have beaten by now 

[Tatsujin]

you're a 75er too, right? when's your BD?

[esteban]

you're a 75er too, right? when's your BD?

January 31!

[Tatsujin]

you're a 75er too, right? when's your BD?

January 31!

darn, you beat me by 35 (36) days. senpai esty

[esteban]

you're a 75er too, right? when's your BD?

January 31!

darn, you beat me by 35 (36) days. senpai esty

And, lest we forget our common Swiss heritage

ALSO: Widnau is the only canton that matters. Accept this fact.

[geise]

hmmm...89 was it? So, I  think 12 years old.

EDIT: just realized that I already answered earlier in this thread.

[Arkhan Asylum]

I was 1.

-1 if you talk about TEH PCE

[sheath]

I was twelve when the TurboGrafx-16 came out and thirteen when I bought it after selling my NES and Master System.

[turboswimbz]

I was 6 months old when PCE was released and 2 when the TG16 came to the US.  My dad got one out of the news paper in 1990 with 8 games or so, he thought it was neat and would eventually be bigger than the nintendo, as the "future of video games" if only more people had realized this early on.  First game I ever played - Bonk's Adventure (take that mario), however based on the SNES they bought me just a few years later, they couldn't find turbo stuff at a reasonable price. Anyway, I never let the turbo die, been playing it on and off for 22 years now.  Not sure why, but there is something magical about the system.

[esteban]

Not sure why, but there is something magical about the system.

I know why, but I can't express it fully with mere words.

Or, perhaps I can.

[rsa2000]

I was 9.  I didn't get a tg16 for a couple years tho.  A video rental store that rented them was stopping and had several brand new systems in the back that they kept in case one of the rental systems was damaged.  I scored one for $60 after doing many chores to raise the money.  It was probly '91 or '92.  I knew the first time I turned it on there was something special about the TG16.