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Turbografx/Turbo Duo Discussion Topic. Anonymous Sat Oct 15 23:15:57 2016 No.3563281 [Reply] [Original]

This was the third wheel of fourth gen, and unlike the later generations that had three active game consoles, it did not seem like the Turbografx had any generation defining games. I have large libraries for both the SNES and Genesis/Mega Drive, but I only own five titles for the Turbo (via the Wii VC).

Most of the games for this console seem to be shmups, a genre I suck at.

What games on the Turbo stack up with the best of the two 16-bit titans? I have played Star Parodier, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Detana Twin Bee, Bomberman 94, and Ys Book 1 and 2. They are all fun games. Star Parodier is a great beginner level shmup, probably the genre's equivalent of Super Mario RPG. Rondo of Blood is easily within the Top 3 installments in the Castlevania franchise. Bomberman 94 is a great fun multiplayer game, and probably the best game in the series of the fourth generation. Ys Book 1 and 2 was probably one of the first (if not the first) game to actually show the potential of the CD-format in regards to gaming and has a great soundtrack (composed by Yuzo Koshiro no less).

Is there any other Turbo titles on the Wii's VC that are also great (excluding shmups)?

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Anonymous Sat Oct 15 23:41:27 2016 No.3563324

I had a TG16 growing up as well as the Genesis and Super Nintendo, I honestly liked each sysytem about as equally. The Bonks Adventure games are pretty fun, I thought they were as good as Sonic or Mario desu. The Devils Crush and Alien Crush pinball games are the best pinball games on 16bit, easily. Bloody Wolf is a great run'n'gun game in the vein of the Contra games but more realistic. Also even though you said you didn't like games like it, Blazing Lazers I cannot rec. enough, it is my favorite space shooter from that era..

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 15 23:44:35 2016 No.3563330 Get New Adventure Island

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Anonymous Sun Oct 16 00:14:37 2016 No.3563394

>>3563330
I have looked into it. What makes it special over other Adventure Island games? It seems like a cookie cutter installment.

Are the Bonk games really exceptional when stacked against the likes of the original 2D Marios (the NES trilogy + World), the NES and SNES Kirby games, the DKC trilogy, Yoshi's Island, and the Mega Drive/Genesis Sonic games.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 05:54:55 2016 No.3563810 >>3563394 Bonk 1 is pretty fun, Bonk 2 is fantastic, Bonk 3 is pedestrian.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 06:42:37 2016 No.3563867 >>3563281 Do you know Japanese? Like the Saturn, most of the worthwhile titles are Japan-only, because like the Saturn, the console was a bit of a flop in the West.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 06:55:37 2016 No.3563875 >>3563867 what titles

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 07:26:59 2016 No.3563895 Splatterhouse Dungeon Explorer Dragon's Curse Ninja Spirit

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Anonymous Sun Oct 16 08:23:01 2016 No.3563954
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OP here. I heard most of the Turbografx games on the Wii Virtual Console actually have resolution and audio problems. Is this true?

I heard the later ones released did not have this problem though. It might explain why I did not see any problems with any of the Turbo games I picked up.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 18:55:24 2016 No.3564889 >>3563954 No one?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 19:07:59 2016 No.3564909 >>3563954 No, it's not.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 19:21:25 2016 No.3564927 >>3563867 Well i suppose they've only got themselves to blame when they left the best game in japan.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 16 20:46:10 2016 No.3565141 The best tennis game ever made was on the PCE. At least until Virtua Tennis, it indeed was the best. I've played 'em all. Final Match Tennis is simply the best. Way better than its sequels on the SNES and PSX to boot.

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Anonymous Sun Oct 16 22:14:19 2016 No.3565340

>>3563281
TG was the 4th wheel champ. It went SFC, PCE, MD, all the rest.

>>3563867
Careful there. Post like that are likely to stir up the monolingual basement trolls who insist that anything they can't read can't be good. And they're like bedbugs. Once they infest a thread the best option is to just move.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 17 00:07:17 2016 No.3565569 This console was like Chrono Trigger to me, in that I've seen it mentioned here and there in different sites and one day I finally decided to check it out It does seem like it has a lot of shoot em ups, there is also the nuetopias

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 17 01:42:59 2016 No.3565724 File: 8 KB, 254x320, master_higgins_apple_II.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] OHH~OHH~OHHH NOOOOO YOU SHANKED MY JENGA-SHIP

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 18 01:36:55 2016 No.3567619 >>3563281 Lots of great games, especially the CD based stuff. Legendary Axe was great as well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 18 06:24:56 2016 No.3567856 >>3565340 >implying TG and PCE are any different

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 18 12:56:30 2016 No.3568348 >>3567856 >being too retarded to know they are >b-b-but they're the same in muh emulator

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 18 13:21:47 2016 No.3568397 >>3568348 >HURR THEY R COMPLETEY DIFFURENT BECAUSE AMOUNT OF PINS AND TEH NAME

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 18 20:11:31 2016 No.3569152 >>3568397 >being even more retarded than i though >being too retarded to count pins

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Anonymous Wed Oct 19 02:57:52 2016 No.3569831

I've been looking to get into Rainbow Islands and related series for a long time now. Tried Parasol Stars, but it was a single-screen arcade action—not my cup of tea exactly. Are there any installments which play more like console platformers, i.e. SMB, Kirby and so on?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 03:08:06 2016 No.3569841 File: 316 KB, 640x480, PC-Engine-Turbo-Duo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3563281 Just got my PC-Engine Duo recapped and what should i play next?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 03:22:46 2016 No.3569862 >>3569831 Bonze Adventure Liquid Kids NewZealand Story Recalhorn

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 03:28:25 2016 No.3569867 >>3569862 Thanks And are there any Rainbow Islands platformers? I can find surprisingly little info on the series, I thought HG101 would have an article on it.

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Anonymous Wed Oct 19 13:19:17 2016 No.3570485

>>3563281
What games on the Turbo stack up with the best of the two 16-bit titans?

There's a decent amount of killer PCE games

>Rondo of Blood
>Ys IV
>Legend of Xanadu I and II (translations will be released soon)
>New Adventure Island
>Soldier Blade
>Ninja Spirit
>Liquid Kids
>River City Ransom (remake)
>Blazing Lazers/Gunhed
>Bonk 2
>Air Zonk
>Wonder Boy III Dragon Trap (60 fps and battery save)
>Galaga 88
>SonSon II
>Parasol Stars
>Ninja Gaiden (slightly easier remake, purists hate it)

Download and Override are the two highest quality "easy" shooters on the system

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 19 13:29:06 2016 No.3570498 Legendary Axe 1 is great. It has its faults, but the best thing about it is the combat. It requires specific tactics for each enemy and the fully charged strike is one of the most satisfying attacks in gaming history.

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Anonymous Wed Oct 19 14:50:41 2016 No.3570689
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>>3563281
>doesn't like shmups
>"not seem like the Turbografx had any generation defining games"
>had the GOTY of the year 1989
>lists one of the best videogames ever created (RoB)

Ur a faget

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 20 00:46:57 2016 No.3571678 >>3570498 The final boss was so threatening and cool :) Take castlevania's final boss and make him fill the screen

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 20 00:48:40 2016 No.3571683 >>3565141 You mention this a lot on here Could you explain why? I know final match tennis has a cult following in France but that's about it

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 20 04:39:29 2016 No.3571945 >>3569867 >platformers Sure. They're all platformers. Just not the kind of platformers that you want. kek. There's no scrolling games in the series.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 20 05:12:55 2016 No.3571983 >>3571945 >There's no scrolling games in the series. Oh well… I was really hoping for something like it. It's a case of a series I love for the looks, but the gameplay is just not for me.