Octurbofest

[jeffhlewis]

Thanks to Chany and D-master Dan for booking the room - and anybody else involved that I wasn't aware of.

Great times - good to see familiar faces and meet some new ones, too!

[bartre]

to everyone who was sad about not being able to make it, there's always MGC 2013!
I'll be there, along with several others from around the internetz.

plus, there'll be more to do, what with an entire hotel to futz about in.

[chany60126]

That was so much fun!

I wanted to thank everyone for setting it up, being there, taking care of the logistics, organizing tournaments, bringing amazing prizes, and everyone being spectacular (haven't used that word in a while) It was really nice seeing so much obey.  

I can't wait until next time, sigh.

-A

Alex, it was so cool to finally hang out and play some turbob with you. We had ourselves some action packed Battle Lode Runner and Bomberman 94 matches. I hope we can do this again real soon.

Thanks to Chany and D-master Dan for booking the room - and anybody else involved that I wasn't aware of.

Great times - good to see familiar faces and meet some new ones, too!

Glad you enjoyed it too, Jeff. Thanks for bringing the AES and TV. We did a great job packing that room with awesome stuff.

[Bardoly]

Had a great time.  Brought my sister (who loves video games), and afterwards, she's like, "I've got to try out some more TurboGrafx games and sign up at pcengine-fx.com!

Thank you Beemer for bringing several of the harder-to-find games with you.  I really enjoyed getting to play both Sylphia and Faussete Amour.  Also, thanks for bringing the 'giveaway box full of stuff'.

[TheClash603]

Damn it...  posted in one window while looking at another...  lol.

Edited because I didn't make sense.

[BlueBMW]

Thank you Beemer for bringing several of the harder-to-find games with you.  I really enjoyed getting to play both Sylphia and Faussete Amour.  Also, thanks for bringing the 'giveaway box full of stuff'.

Lol you wore Faussete Amour out!  That was some serious dedication.

[esteban]

Thanks for sharing the pictures, folks. If there are more, well, post 'em! Also, since I only recognize a handful of folks from the pictures, could someone help match faces with names?

For starters...the SONIC SPIKE tournament... I see BlueBMW sittin' on the floor. Ha! That's the extent of my knowledge, ha!

[nectarsis]

Except that's not Beemer LOL

[Opethian]

thats turbob star!
you can see me whooping up on cdamm in Samurai Showdown 2 in the back

[Mathius]

I'm not in the pic. I'm probably out in the arcade.

[turbokon]

Thanks for sharing the pictures, folks. If there are more, well, post 'em! Also, since I only recognize a handful of folks from the pictures, could someone help match faces with names?

For starters...the SONIC SPIKE tournament... I see BlueBMW sittin' on the floor. Ha! That's the extent of my knowledge, ha!

The Asian guy looks like this guy on this YouTube.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

thats turbob star!

That's a ME!

From what I can remember, the dude with his back to the camera in the back is Ope playin' Neo Geo with CDamm.  Backwards cap guy on the couch is none other than our own Hizaygizanazay, who happened to win the Sonic Spike Beach Volley Ball World Championships with my friend Loong!    I believe Bardoly is the dude standing playing Bloody Wolf. Also from what I recall, Bardoly said he had yet to play Bloody Wolf and I looked at him like he just said "Super Mario, sounds fun!  How do you play it?".    o.O

Good times.  I'm gonna work on that video tonight and hopefully have a link up super soon. 

[Opethian]

the tourney vid must see!!

[Marll]

Seems like this was a cool event. Too far for me to travel from the Northwest, but if I ever had the time and cash to make a trip I'd be down.

[alexsduo]

I think someone got a few manuals from the "grab-box", I was hoping to somehow acquire one of them manuals, if you would pm me that would be great, mmmmkkkkkayyyyyyy.  I have your tps reports.

[esteban]

Except that's not Beemer LOL

Hahahzhahahahhahhaha. All the white, bearded suburban PCE fans look the same to me!

But, yes, thank you, that is TurboStar (I should have known this from...wait, TurboStar = joshua? Holy crap I'm confusing all the bearded white dudes).

Hopefully, beemer won't be offended by my poor skills at identification...

thats turbob star!

That's a ME!

From what I can remember, the dude with his back to the camera in the back is Ope playin' Neo Geo with CDamm.  Backwards cap guy on the couch is none other than our own Hizaygizanazay, who happened to win the Sonic Spike Beach Volley Ball World Championships with my friend Loong!    I believe Bardoly is the dude standing playing Bloody Wolf. Also from what I recall, Bardoly said he had yet to play Bloody Wolf and I looked at him like he just said "Super Mario, sounds fun!  How do you play it?".    o.O

Good times.  I'm gonna work on that video tonight and hopefully have a link up super soon. 

Thanks for the scoop. Of course, that means that 90% of the folks in this photo remain a mystery! Ha!

Now, as far as Bloody Wolf is concerned...I CONCUR 100%. I love me some Bloody Wolf, and since PCE got the only console port, Bardoly was in for a treat. NEVER PLAYED BLOODY WOLF? Surely, you're joking Mr. Feynman...

[TheClash603]

Esteban, you should run for office!  A couple slips like "all white people look the same" will make the campaign a lot of fun!

Though, it is pretty true that people unlike those you normally hang out with do all kinda blend, but this politically correct world might night agree with that statement.

Turbofest looks like a blast btw.

[hizaygizirlz]

Ha.  All white people look alike.  That's what I was thinking when he said that too.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Hey, I finally got to that vid of the show-

Not too happy with the quality, it's just been uploaded so maybe it will look better when it's fully uploaded....?  I dunno...
The added Shockman music is too loud at the beginning, but it's just Majors talking about how awesome the Neo Geo is anyway...

meh, I'm going to sleep now, let me know what ya think!! 

[esteban]

Hey, I finally got to that vid of the show-

Not too happy with the quality, it's just been uploaded so maybe it will look better when it's fully uploaded....?  I dunno...
The added Shockman music is too loud at the beginning, but it's just Majors talking about how awesome the Neo Geo is anyway...

meh, I'm going to sleep now, let me know what ya think!! 

Ha! So that's Majors . He's playing Nam '75, from the short glimpse of the scene. I haven't watched more than a few seconds of the video yet. So far this is infinitely better than the very shaky/blurry/haphazard videos that are usually posted.

FEEDBACK ON VIDEO: (Pending...)

UPDATE: All right, after pouring some coffee and settling down I watched the video. Here is my stream-of-consciousness reaction...

* I stand by my initial judgement--this was not the shaky/dizzying/blurfest that most videos excel in. BRAVO.
* I was able to recognize a handful of folks in the video...Chany? ROTFLtlfjfljkdlfl? mathius & partner.
* I didn't think that it was possible, but the Sonic Spike Championship wasn't lame. It actually looked fun. I would have loved to be there just for Sonic Spike (I don't think I've played this game for more than a few minutes).
* I started guessing names to faces in the video, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW BETTER (not everyone in video is necessarily a member here). THAT SAID, I have already anointed the folks in the video with monikers from pcefx.com forums.

Esteban, you should run for office!  A couple slips like "all white people look the same" will make the campaign a lot of fun!

Though, it is pretty true that people unlike those you normally hang out with do all kinda blend, but this politically correct world might night agree with that statement.

Turbofest looks like a blast btw.

Ha.  All white people look alike.  That's what I was thinking when he said that too.

I WAS SAYING THAT! It's a damn shame, too. Nerdy, white late-20's - 30's dudes look the same to me. All you white people look the same, goddammit. I'm a Levianthanite, myself.

[Mathius]

You did a super job editing that video, Josh!

For those wondering, Ash and me are the two messing with Beemer's X68000 back behind Majors.

[hizaygizirlz]

Great video Josh.  I think you captured a lot of different aspects of the day very well.

[Opethian]

fuck yea chockman musics!

[turbokon]

Hey, I finally got to that vid of the show-

Not too happy with the quality, it's just been uploaded so maybe it will look better when it's fully uploaded....?  I dunno...
The added Shockman music is too loud at the beginning, but it's just Majors talking about how awesome the Neo Geo is anyway...

meh, I'm going to sleep now, let me know what ya think!!  

Thanks for sharing man. Just brings me tears of joy seeing all those smiley faces playing some turbobs.

I'm gonna be pissed if I don't get the job in savannah Georgia because I missed the turbofest for the interview.

[majors]

Ha! So that's Majors . He's playing Nam '75, from the short glimpse of the scene.

And I finaly got a credit roll thanks to Unibios unlimitied men* cheat. I've been playing that game since it came out and never beat it. The whole no continue on Dr. R. Muckly is rough.

*code will give you 9 men but if you leave the cheat on when you die, it glitches. You can pause, enable cheat, unpause giving you 9 men, then pause again, disable cheat, unpause then you will keep the 9 men.

[jeffhlewis]

I'm the jackass stuffing his face with 4 lbs of Lo Mein at 4:25. But damn was it good.

[Opethian]

They edited out chany and I in longest tournament match evar! JD and his cohort fought well!

[esteban]

I'm the jackass stuffing his face with 4 lbs of Lo Mein at 4:25. But damn was it good.

Ha! I re-watched it. Now I know your name, instead of referring you to as the "dude with a voracious appetite"

[JoshTurboTrollX]

They edited out chany and I in longest tournament match evar! JD and his cohort fought well!

Haha, "they"!  We should have done a 'best losers' tournament.  Chris and I want a REMATCH!!

[Opethian]

I heard there was a losing bracket but nothing came of that.

[Bardoly]

From what I can remember, the dude with his back to the camera in the back is Ope playin' Neo Geo with CDamm.  Backwards cap guy on the couch is none other than our own Hizaygizanazay, who happened to win the Sonic Spike Beach Volley Ball World Championships with my friend Loong!    I believe Bardoly is the dude standing playing Bloody Wolf. Also from what I recall, Bardoly said he had yet to play Bloody Wolf and I looked at him like he just said "Super Mario, sounds fun!  How do you play it?".    o.O

Good times.  I'm gonna work on that video tonight and hopefully have a link up super soon. 

Thanks for the scoop. Of course, that means that 90% of the folks in this photo remain a mystery! Ha!

Now, as far as Bloody Wolf is concerned...I CONCUR 100%. I love me some Bloody Wolf, and since PCE got the only console port, Bardoly was in for a treat. NEVER PLAYED BLOODY WOLF? Surely, you're joking Mr. Feynman...

In the infamous words of The Ultimate Dog Tease, "Nope!  Not kidding!"

Yes, it's true.  I had never played Bloody Wolf before this year's Octurbofest that  can remember.  It seemed to be an okay game, but I just got a taste of it before trying out Beemer's copies of Sylphia and Faussete Amour.

Sylphia seemed to be a decent shooter, but for the $200-300 price that's it has been seen at lately, I find it rather hard to price it that high.  It seems that there are much better shoot-'em-ups out there for the PC Engine that go for far less.

Faussete Amour on the other hand, I rather enjoyed playing, although I never really felt like I could get the spinning jump attack down.  I actually played the game for an hour or more and got to the boss of level four before having to pack it up.  This game was already on my potential want list, and after playing it, it still is.  I would just like to be able to find it for $40-60 cheaper than the $110-120 that it's currently priced at on eBay and elsewhere.  As someone at Octurbofest mentioned, "Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is a better game.", so I'd like to find Faussete Amour for a cheaper price than I got my copy of Dracula X for, so if anyone has a copy that they's like to trade/sell, then let me know.   


Anyway, I'm looking forward to next year's Octurbofest!  Or if this can be done more often, that would be great, too!

[Nando]

Damn, this looks like it was a blast!

[majors]

I had never played Bloody Wolf before this year's Octurbofest that  can remember.  It seemed to be an okay game

BW has a rough feel-look to it. Yes, the hit box is whack and the isometric view does not work at times but the level design is varying and it is true to the arcade sans co-op. Solid game for $10-15...you could do far worse (ahm..Deep Blue)

[Opethian]

whats wrong with Derp Blue?

[turbokon]

I had never played Bloody Wolf before this year's Octurbofest that  can remember.  It seemed to be an okay game

BW has a rough feel-look to it. Yes, the hit box is whack and the isometric view does not work at times but the level design is varying and it is true to the arcade sans co-op. Solid game for $10-15...you could do far worse (ahm..Deep Blue)

Don't forget that the soundtrack is off the hook!

[TheClash603]

Sonic Spike "championship" included quite a few easy misses.  Where was the hunger?  The drive?  The will to be the best?

...ohhh yeah, it was Sonic Spike.

[Nando]

y'all need nametags ;)

[bartre]

y'all need nametags ;)

yeah, esp. the nerdy white guys with glasses.

[BlueBMW]

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[bartre]

as do I