Can Pcenginefx beat all licensed TurboGrafx-16 games in 2016/2017? (115/135)

esteban · 08/09/2016, 01:37 PM

Quote from: NYGiantFan on 08/08/2016, 11:52 PMWell I can't get pics to post for some reason. Anyway put me down for #128 Victory Run

I'm new to the Turbo and meant to beat this game a while back but been busy this summer. I wanted to chip in because a member here was very kind in selling me something Turbo related a while back.
Thx for the great community you regs provide.

Fun and challenging game, enjoyed the "garage/parts" aspect of the game.

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Victory Run = Accomplishment worthy of praise

Psycho Punch · 08/09/2016, 02:22 PM

Bardoly, where are you?

Psycho Punch · 08/10/2016, 11:55 AM

1 Credit Clear Biatchessssssssssssss

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I like how I appear in the reflection of the TV screen, much like my messy room, but no shame can stop me from sharing my hi scores.

Bardoly · 08/15/2016, 11:31 AM

Quote from: guest on 08/09/2016, 02:22 PMBardoly, where are you?

I'm here. I'll update today.

DeshDildo · 08/19/2016, 11:08 AM

Knock Shape Shifter off the list.

Also, I noticed in the credits voice acting credit to Len Goodman. I wondered if it was the same Len Goodman of dancing fame but it isn't. It's this guy:

esteban · 08/19/2016, 11:18 AM

Len Goodman, why have you denied us a photo?

It would be fun to try to track down all the voice actors in all the NA CD/SCD games.

I only looked up a handful, myself. I used to have a file with all (barely) any info I could find for a few games (not Shapeshifter).

Bardoly · 08/19/2016, 07:35 PM

Updated today. Now we're up to 83/135!

Hitting 100 by Labor Day would be great if we can do it!

NoSexGex · 08/22/2016, 04:12 PM

Oo cosmic fantasy 2 is untouched..

Bardoly · 08/23/2016, 12:04 AM

I worked on The Addams Family over the weekend, but man is that game hard! I went ahead and used the extra lives code to see how far I could get and did finally beat it, but without using the code, I'm not sure if my skills are up to the challenge...

DeshDildo · 09/10/2016, 08:11 PM

Bump cause we're running out of time.

P.S. fuck the final boss in Forgotten Worlds

PukeSter · 09/10/2016, 08:33 PM

Shit...I've beat Bravoman on an everdrive on my CRT tv recently. Used turbo fire

No picture with me, do I need to beat it on my laptop?

DeshDildo · 09/10/2016, 09:23 PM

All I had to do was post bitching about it and miracles come true. Cross Forgotten Worlds off the list. Note, I beat the final boss with no continues left, no lives left and no hits left.

blueraven · 09/10/2016, 11:47 PM

Working on The Addams Family right now. I beat it two years ago and am kind of surprised that its still up for clear... I'll have it done by the end of the weekend, and will post a full screenshot

Bardoly · 09/11/2016, 05:02 PM

Quote from: guest on 09/10/2016, 08:33 PMShit...I've beat Bravoman on an everdrive on my CRT tv recently. Used turbo fire

No picture with me, do I need to beat it on my laptop?

Nope, that's fine. From the rules...

Quote3. A game clear screenshot must be posted for your clear to count, but if you absolutely missed getting the pic, you may substitute a picture of your gaming setup with the game playing on the screen.

If you haven't already posted a picture of the setup that you used to beat it, you're welcome to do so if you missed getting the picture.

Quote from: blueraven on 09/10/2016, 11:47 PMWorking on The Addams Family right now. I beat it two years ago and am kind of surprised that its still up for clear... I'll have it done by the end of the weekend, and will post a full screenshot

Sweet! It's definitely an 'old-school' game in its difficulty.

Updated today! We're up to 85/135!!!

NE146 · 09/13/2016, 08:24 AM

I'm new here... I just want to say, I did beat King of Casino via an emulator by cheating using save states earlier this year.. I don't know if that counts

Probably not of course.

But hey it was kind of a lifelong curiosity at this point to see the ending since after almost 30 years I don't think I would have ever beaten it normally on a regular console.

Gentlegamer · 09/13/2016, 11:21 AM

lukester, there's fifty games left, hurry up

DeshDildo · 09/13/2016, 11:54 AM

Quote from: Gentlegamer on 09/13/2016, 11:21 AMlukester, there's fifty games left, hurry up

Hahaha! I'm pretty sure everyone is thinking the same thing.

Psycho Punch · 09/15/2016, 03:46 PM

Gameplay video soon to follow. Fuck sea urchins.

PukeSter · 09/15/2016, 03:54 PM

Quote from: Desh on 09/13/2016, 11:54 AM
Quote from: Gentlegamer on 09/13/2016, 11:21 AMlukester, there's fifty games left, hurry up
Hahaha! I'm pretty sure everyone is thinking the same thing.

College priorities ;) metroid fusion is taking up some time

I'll try and work on bravoman this weekend.

Psycho Punch · 09/15/2016, 08:17 PM

That's it folks.

Make sure you watch how I've passed through the part with the falling sea urchin (pausing ain't cheating!

)

NecroPhile · 09/16/2016, 10:35 AM

What's up with the corrupt graphics of the last boss and 'next'?

Psycho Punch · 09/16/2016, 01:50 PM

Quote from: NecroPhile on 09/16/2016, 10:35 AMWhat's up with the corrupt graphics of the last boss and 'next'?

I played it through the SuperHuCard proof of concept disc, I guess the hack for the game to run off System Card RAM wasn't 100%. Looks like the game loads some graphics from the System Card ROM (the glitched bosses' tiles looks like kanji for me)

Still, good enough for a playthrough I guess.

goldenband · 10/07/2016, 09:13 PM

Oh, shoot, I didn't know y'all were doing this! I love these kinds of projects.

I beat World Court Tennis a few weeks ago legitimately, but I didn't take a picture of the victory screen and I'm not sure how close my last password is to the final match (probably pretty close, though). If it's close, I can replay that match to get the ending again.

Gentlegamer · 10/07/2016, 10:05 PM

I was gonna start my Halloween gaming, but I think I'll tackle Sinistron again this weekend.

goldenband · 10/08/2016, 03:30 PM

OK, here's the screenshot for World Court Tennis:

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esteban · 10/08/2016, 03:41 PM

I think you kindly for that screenshot!

Carparama · 10/09/2016, 02:00 PM

Only three months left...

...is this doable? There is maybe one game on here I can beat. Furthest I've ever got on Yo'Bro is the giant ants...

goldenband · 10/09/2016, 03:54 PM

Quote from: Carparama on 10/09/2016, 02:00 PMOnly three months left...

...is this doable?

I don't know if any of the games left are insanely hard, have never been beaten by any known player, or have some other obscure barrier to victory. At Sega-16 -- where we're also trying to beat the full Genesis library, albeit not in a single year anymore -- there was one game that required that you watch a TV broadcast on a specific date (!!!) to get the final password, and no one had ever sussed that out until we had some help from an expert ROM hacker.

That said, quite a few games on that list are easy wins or popular games. Both Sherlock Holmes games are trivial with a walkthrough, and everyone raves about Cosmic Fantasy 2 and Nectaris/Military Madness. (Then again everyone raves about Master of Monsters, and we still haven't found someone to beat that at Sega-16.)

Sports games are tough; most people aren't willing to play those. I've tried out Davis Cup Tennis and Sonic Spike Volleyball over the weekend, but the former game is pretty rough and the latter infuriating.

But is it doable? Absolutely, with enough help.

I'll do what I can, but I'm a newbie to the system so I can't promise much!

MisterCrash · 10/09/2016, 10:17 PM

I just got through World Class Baseball. Hadn't played that in a decade or more, but I vaguely remembered my techniques for striking out opponents and neutralizing the running game. Having trouble uploading a picture, though: it says the upload folder is full.

I am also working on Military Madness (stage 11 right now), and will probably get through Beyond Shadowgate in the next month or so.

crazydean · 10/10/2016, 02:32 AM

Looks like it's mostly just puzzle and sports games. I might go for Cosmic Fantasy 2, R-type, or Sinistron.
I've gotten to level 6 on R-type, but it is a difficult game. You just have to memorize the whole thing. I haven't played the other two, but they seem more interesting than anything else left.

NecroPhile · 10/10/2016, 09:18 AM

Quote from: MisterCrash on 10/09/2016, 10:17 PMHaving trouble uploading a picture, though: it says the upload folder is full.

It's forum file host thing is borked and not worth trying to use (very limited). You're best off using a third party host like imgur, flickr, etc.

goldenband · 10/10/2016, 11:41 AM

What's the win condition for Moto Roader -- is it "get 1st place in one course and get the credits", or "get 1st place in all courses (and get the credits each time)"? It seems like each course (and all its heats) is self-contained.

esteban · 10/10/2016, 01:04 PM

Quote from: goldenband on 10/10/2016, 11:41 AMWhat's the win condition for Moto Roader -- is it "get 1st place in one course and get the credits", or "get 1st place in all courses (and get the credits each time)"? It seems like each course (and all its heats) is self-contained.

Win the championship in first place.

csgx1 · 10/10/2016, 01:20 PM

I was working on Tricky Kick a few months ago and so far got about half way. I kind of lost interest after playing other games, but I'll try to get back on it and finish it.

esteban · 10/10/2016, 03:20 PM

Quote from: csgx1 on 10/10/2016, 01:20 PMI was working on Tricky Kick a few months ago and so far got about half way. I kind of lost interest after playing other games, but I'll try to get back on it and finish it.

The story mode is INTERESTING

MisterCrash · 10/10/2016, 05:55 PM

Necromancer: Thanks for the tip.

OK, here is my picture of the end screen of pennant mode in World Class Baseball. Go Stars!

goldenband · 10/10/2016, 06:06 PM

Quote from: esteban on 10/10/2016, 01:04 PMWin the championship in first place.

Well, sure!

But the problem with Moto Roader is, there are seven different courses (each of which has eight different tracks, though the game calls them "heats" for some reason), and they're completely self-contained: /30j2t6v.jpg

That said, the usual standard I've seen with games with multiple self-contained things -- e.g. the different campaigns in a wargame -- is that if you get a victory screen + credits with any of the individual scenarios, you've beaten the game. And I figure the credits are likely to be identical for every course (if not, someone let me know).

So behold, my victory on the Normal course! -- which, again, is really a set of eight different "heats" or tracks:

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This next one is very blurry (cheap cell phone camera) but the image at top shows my racer popping champagne with a stupid grin on his face, while the bottom is the credits starting to roll:

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So, is Moto Roader done now? (Or do I need to get seven identical credit sequences?

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goldenband · 10/11/2016, 10:52 AM

In Davis Cup Tennis, I won the "Great Britain" tournament (a clear stand-in for Wimbledon) in Tournament mode and got a credits roll. Is this sufficient to call the game beaten for our purposes?

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If not, I can take on the Championship mode (which may well give the exact same credits roll!), but I'll need to buy some sort of save backup unit -- I only have a CoreGrafx II -- and may not get to it this year. (I bought a Tennokoe 2 on Ebay but it arrived with severe battery corrosion...)

esteban · 10/12/2016, 12:02 AM

goldenband: I accept MotoRoader, even if it technically isn't 100% complete. I'm sure some other folks (myself included) could beat the other races if we really wanted to be "thorough" ;)

crazydean · 10/12/2016, 12:01 PM

Does R-type Complete work in place of R-type? The gameplay is the same but continues are unlimited and there is an easy option. Using normal seems to make sense because there was no difficulty option in the US version. However, my argument for unlimited continues is that the game is an arcade port. In the arcade, you would have unlimited continues if you had unlimited quarters or playing on "free play". Just saying..

goldenband · 10/14/2016, 12:41 PM

Quote from: esteban on 10/12/2016, 12:02 AMgoldenband: I accept MotoRoader, even if it technically isn't 100% complete. I'm sure some other folks (myself included) could beat the other races if we really wanted to be "thorough" ;)

Cool.

I'm definitely going to beat the other races on my own, of course, but usually in these sorts of projects if you get the same credits for every game mode, you only have to do one. I figured it'd be more help to this project if I could move on to a different game.

Bardoly · 10/17/2016, 12:19 PM

All updated today. We're now up to 90/135!!!

Quote from: csgx1 on 10/10/2016, 01:20 PMI was working on Tricky Kick a few months ago and so far got about half way. I kind of lost interest after playing other games, but I'll try to get back on it and finish it.

Yes, please do!

Quote from: crazydean on 10/12/2016, 12:01 PMDoes R-type Complete work in place of R-type? The gameplay is the same...

If the gameplay is the same, then sure, I suppose.

Quote from: MisterCrash on 10/09/2016, 10:17 PMI just got through World Class Baseball. Hadn't played that in a decade or more, but I vaguely remembered my techniques for striking out opponents and neutralizing the running game. Having trouble uploading a picture, though: it says the upload folder is full.

I am also working on Military Madness (stage 11 right now), and will probably get through Beyond Shadowgate in the next month or so.

Good job on World Class Baseball! Now on to Military Madness and Beyond Shadowgate!

johnnykonami · 10/17/2016, 12:48 PM

Loom is pretty easy, if I still had it I would do that one. Surprised R-Type is left over, if I had some time I would give it a go. I know it's tough but we have some hardcore shooter fans here, right? I finished it as a kid at least one time, but it's been many years...

crazydean · 10/17/2016, 12:59 PM

Working on cosmic fantasy 2. I am going to try R-type afterwards. I got to the asteroid level on Sinistron, but fuck that game.

NE146 · 10/17/2016, 05:55 PM

King of Casino outta be given a pass to use save states.

MisterCrash · 10/18/2016, 06:55 AM

I got through Beyond Shadowgate last night. Used my favorite item to "defeat" the last enemy. Apologies for the flash.

NecroPhile · 10/18/2016, 09:31 AM

Heh, the paddle ball.

deubeul · 10/28/2016, 11:06 AM

Shadow Of The Beast: done

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Bardoly · 10/29/2016, 01:50 PM

Updated today. We're up to 92/135!

Phase · 10/30/2016, 02:25 AM

Number 93 Ghost Manor
Good thing I had the cam nearby and started snapping, the game doesn't pause in the ending at all and just goes back to the title screen.

After 25 years of this games music giving me nightmares..I can take it out back and destroy it .../put it back on the shelf