TG-CD: So near, yet so far

[djkcel]

I feel like this TG-CD unit is so close, yet there's just something simple that's preventing it from playing games!

Now that I have Y's 1&2 to try on the system, I gave it a shot.  I booted up the TG and let the CD player warm up (10 mins or so) by pressing play.  It eventually started playing the CD's tracks.  Track 1 was some girl telling you to stop playing the CD in a stereo and put it in the TG.  The following 42 tracks were songs from Y's 1&2 (which has a sweet soundtrack). 

That's all fine and dandy, but when I press run to actually play the game, it's still stuck at 'just a moment.'  CD's spinning normally, but game never starts.  I tried turning it off and on; cleaning the system card w/ alcohol, swapping out another Turbografx, all had the same result.

The CD player seems fine; it plays audio CD tracks, CD-ROM game tracks, arcade CD-ROM tracks (I tried Sapphire), and even the tracks from a Playstation game!  But it's not getting past the system screen.   

Laser issue, maybe?  It's at the center of the player where it should be.

[BlueBMW]

So strange..   I'll think on it some more.

[hoobs88]

Did you try formatting the system? (Press Select on the Title screen)

[esteban]

The best thing to do, at this point, is to listen again to the goddamn great music from Ys I & II. Seriously, it will make you feel better.

[djkcel]

Did you try formatting the system? (Press Select on the Title screen)

Didn't think of that.  Tried formatting the system and unfortunately the same result!

Here's something else interesting.  I was playing a HuCard and pressed play on the CD player to warm it up.  After about 10 minutes, it started playing the soundtrack to Y's 1&2 along with the audio to my HuCard game!  I guess it can play both at the same time....

I don't think it's the docking station, though, is it?  Is it normal for a docking station to prevent a CD player from playing games?

[Keith Courage]

I too now have this problem with a pc engine CD player I bought recently. It will play audio CDs no problem but shuts off if I try to hit the start button and load a Game disc. Anyone have any ideas?