Happy OBEY Day

[slinkyturd]

4 years ago today I purchased my first OBEY gear. A TG16 system and about 10 games for $40, found in the wild. I was reborn that day. Anyone else remember their OBEY Day?

[EvilEvoIX]

4 years ago today I purchased my first OBEY gear. A TG16 system and about 10 games for $40, found in the wild. I was reborn that day. Anyone else remember their OBEY Day?

Good deal.  Mine was back in the 90's when some kid from school sold me his Turbo Express and a bunch of games (like 10 loose) for $75.  It ruled so hard and I blew cash on batteries until I got a 3rd party power supply.  It was then stolen and never seen again .  I picked up a loose TG16 for like $5 and never got it to work so it sat in my attic and I think it's still up there somewhere.  I then got me a cheap deal for like $80 for a Tg16 complete with a dirty ass controller and 13 commons.  My Buddy up and decides to give me a boxed Turbo Booster for FREE and then I got me a Modded and Recapped Duo R.  Great site this is.  Great system the Turbo is.  I'm a fan for sure but was never fully evolved with this system until recently.  Shame.  I got way more Atari Jaguar Seat time then on a Turbo.

[esteban]

XMAS 1989.

[EvilEvoIX]

Sorry Null, you and I are through.  No amount of fantasy lube porn will bring me back to your Kansas hay seed ass to do the nasty in your shit flodded basement.

FYI the mitsubishi lancer evolution was not imported to these United States until 2003 and the IX was not here until 2006 so your story was flawed.  However i was at the motel that day but I was only 13 at the time because it was the 90's but I was dating a man who was much older so he was able to rent the motel room and obviously buy the lube as it was my first time and from what I remember it was like running 60 MPH into a locked door.  No excuse for the Cheetos I have to work on that but I remember you enjoying licking off the cheese from my fingers last we spent time together.


It's over bub let it go.

[PukeSter]

A PC game that had Bomberman and bomberman 93 on it.

Then a few years later I discovered Turbo games on the Wii virtual console.

I'm only a junior in high school, so I'm sure I don't exactly have a similar experience as anyone else on this forum.

[wilykat]

I can't remember when, it was Christmas gift.  I do remember the Turbo CD, spring of 93 it was on clearance sale at Toys R Us along with a few CD games.  I think it was around $50 new for the system.

[esteban]

A PC game that had Bomberman and bomberman 93 on it.

Then a few years later I discovered Turbo games on the Wii virtual console.

I'm only a junior in high school, so I'm sure I don't exactly have a similar experience as anyone else on this forum.

For the record: Nulltard's experiences are not representative of all the "older" folks. Just 75% of them.

Back on topic: Lancer.

[cr8zykuban0]

was able to get mind cib 2 years ago from my buddy syphic for about $60 or $70. dont remember exactly but I got an awesome orice and been loving it ever since

[wildfruit]

Got my PAL turbografx about 2 years ago now. Yea its gimped but so sexy in grey
 Got hooked and acquired a super super CD rom rom setup last week.

[esteban]

Got my PAL turbografx about 2 years ago now. Yea its gimped but so sexy in grey
 Got hooked and acquired a super super CD rom rom setup last week.

I do like the grey, it is quite nice.

Think of it as a cousin to both the TG-16 and the CoreGrafx models (which were dark grey).

[GoldenWheels]

Got mine just four or five years ago, but have wanted one since I was a kid and emulated it for years.

As a kid I had a sorta-buddy (he had good toys) who had a Turbo Express but NOT a normal Turbo (the oddness of that did not dawn on me at the time). I think I saw all of two games being played (Kieth and Bonk) and never got to play it (maybe he knew I was using him for his toys). That kind of built a legend in my mind.

[esteban]

Got mine just four or five years ago, but have wanted one since I was a kid and emulated it for years.

As a kid I had a sorta-buddy (he had good toys) who had a Turbo Express but NOT a normal Turbo (the oddness of that did not dawn on me at the time). I think I saw all of two games being played (Kieth and Bonk) and never got to play it (maybe he knew I was using him for his toys). That kind of built a legend in my mind.

Yes, this would have totally created a mystery around the console for me. I would have been absolutely, supremely curious.

I felt this way about the XaviX.

Then I bought one.

It was God in a box of plastic.

No, it wasn't.

TG-16 is slightly better than XaviX.

[GoldenWheels]

It sure is Esteban!

I really built the turbo up in my head over those years and have to say, I really wasn't disappointed at all when I finally got the real thing.

For some reason when I emulated it I played a LOT of Final Lap Twin (something about searching random grass spots for car parts appealed to me I guess) and almost nothing else so most of the library was still new to me when I finally got a real TG.

[NecroPhile]

I think I got my TurboDuo sometime in spring of '92, trading in my Gameboy collection to fund its purchase.  It was totally worth it, but I missed my beloved GB games and wished I'd instead had the money to buy the Duo outright for years afterwards.

[wildfruit]

I think I got my TurboDuo sometime in spring of '92, trading in my Gameboy collection to fund its purchase.  It was totally worth it, but I missed my beloved GB games and wished I'd instead had the money to buy the Duo outright for years afterwards.

Have you rekindled the game boy fire since?

[NecroPhile]

Have you rekindled the game boy fire since?

Not really.  I messed around with emulators when I was in college (I had a laptop with me but no 'real' game hardware), replaying many of the games I owned back in the day, but that's about it.

[johnnykonami]

XMAS 1989.

Yeah, ditto.  Don't have the TG-16 since 1992 though, upgraded to a Duo (which I still have.)

[esteban]

XMAS 1989.

Yeah, ditto.  Don't have the TG-16 since 1992 though, upgraded to a Duo (which I still have.)

My brother still has the original TG-16...I went out and bought another TG-16 cheap...

[esteban]

I hoard them until the time is right to sell.

Ab.
So. 
Lutely.

[wyndcrosser]

My Obey say was when I wanted to play soldier blade on a near console. I couldn't justify paying $450 (well I couldn't justify to my wife) for a Turbo Duo. I found a Duo PC-Engine that was "Broken". After about three weeks I finally got it and really the only thing wrong was a dirty lens and loss connections which were de-soldered and then reattached. The machine is still working today (it's been 3 years).

[johnnykonami]

XMAS 1989.

Yeah, ditto.  Don't have the TG-16 since 1992 though, upgraded to a Duo (which I still have.)

My brother still has the original TG-16...I went out and bought another TG-16 cheap...

Nice!

I hoard them until the time is right to sell.

I know there's usually a humorous tone to your posts, Nulltard, but hey, if there were ever a time to sell off extras, it would definitely be now!  Newcomers look at the system like it was some kind of unheard of gem.  People seem to be paying premiums for the systems.  I'm not complaining (other than prices rising, but I've had 20 years to collect seriously and only did so much), the praise is certainly overdue.  When it was out originally, and I was in middle/high school, I remember that it was treated more like the red-headed step child compared to the SNES and the Genesis.  I had never thought it to be inferior in the least, but I wasn't able to convince anyone easily until about the time Dracula X came out.  My friends usually made it out like I had made the wrong choice, but I always thoroughly enjoyed playing all the stuff you couldn't get on any other console.  Never had my doubts once.  The side benefit was getting to play SNES and Genesis as well, through my friends, so I had the best of all worlds.

Anyway, I say sell sell sell!

... Just kidding, I would personally keep everything I had as backups in case the unthinkable happens to one of your consoles!

[Sarumaru]

In 1990, I walked in to a Japanese toy store by the name of Pony Toy Go Round in little Tokyo in Los Angeles. I used to get my Dragon Ball toys and cards there (mostly cards, cheapish). They sold video games and I occasionally bought clearance bin fami-carts and I had befriended the the flamboyant gaysian clerk that worked there at the time. He was playing the PC Engine on one of his TVs. I asked him what game was playing, to which he replied "In Japen, this game is called EESU". It had been the intro to Ys II - It blew my mind. I couldn't comprehend the CD graphics, the music. Anything. It was just surreal. I later discovered that the game had been released for the TG-CD. I had made it my mission to own one of these.


The day was Saturday, May 11th, 1991. I was 12 years old. Two days after my birthday, I had bought a used TG16 system that came with Kieth Courage in Alpha Zones and the box was beat up all to shit. My dad had given me 50 dollars for my birthday like he does every year because it was easier then to try and figure out what I wanted, I also had some bucks in a tootsie-roll bank and begged my mother for 20 bucks (my parents were divorced and we were poor, I lived with my old lady). She finally caved and said it was part of my birthday money. My good pal Alex had his dad drive us out to Game Dude (we had no car) where I would buy the system for like 70-something bucks used, I think I had like 1 or 2 bucks left afterward. My friend had some bucks and he bought a used copy of Vigilante. Both games were rather shitty and not a whole lot of excitement, I'd let my dad know that I really wanted the CD add-on if he was thinking about getting me ANYTHING for Christmas. Ironically, he had investigated what was gonna be hot and bought me a Super Nintendo for Christmas, I was very happy but I still really wanted the TG-CD. The next year, I would get closer to my dream of owning the TurboGrafx 16 CD-Rom System. My friends dad who took us to the game store managed to haggle the long-haired clerk at Japan Video Games for a used TG-CD down to 125 (I only had 100 dollars on me, my friend paid the rest of it) and they threw in a copy of Ys Book I&II because at the time it was "a cheap game" according to the worker there (what ridiculous price does this go for now ?). We went home, hooked it all up. And popped in Ys and the rest was gaming history.... An amazing soundtrack that blew my mind, visuals and characters that would burn into my mind for years to come are all the things that make me Obey to this day.

[TR0N]

Haaa feena is a wee bit tipsy !?

[NecroPhile]

You should be ashamed of that sacrilege!

[CrackTiger]

XMAS 1989.

Yeah, ditto.  Don't have the TG-16 since 1992 though, upgraded to a Duo (which I still have.)

You should change your name to johnnyturbo.

[esteban]

BLASPHEMOUS.

But good story.

[Sarumaru]

You should be ashamed of that sacrilege!

[NecroPhile]

You are a horrible person. 

[johnnykonami]

XMAS 1989.

Yeah, ditto.  Don't have the TG-16 since 1992 though, upgraded to a Duo (which I still have.)

You should change your name to johnnyturbo.

Hey, I had grown a beard pretty early on in school, and loved all things Turbo, so my friends teased me by calling me that all the time.  Only problem was I rather enjoyed Feka CD as well!  I still have one of the advertisment comics around here somewhere (torn out from some EGM or Gamepro).

Also, to appease one of my old buddies, my Battle.net name is JohnnyTurbo#1933.  Anyone here is free to add me there if you like, just let me know that you obey when you do.  I pretty much only play Hearthstone, though.

[Sarumaru]

You are a horrible person. 

I heart you too