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No PC engine thread? C'mon!

>> No.3884905

>>3884901
you take that photo again right the fuck now without that fucking light glare

>> No.3884908
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>> No.3884912

>>3884908
thank you

>> No.3884914

>>3884908
you better take that photo again right the hell now with the fucking light glare

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>> No.3884962

>>3884945
thanks

>> No.3884965

>>3884901
have you attempted your daily 1cc of Gunhed today?

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Does anybody know how I can reach those caves?
The PCE version is apparently quite different from the original Famicom game.

>> No.3885364

I always WANT to enjoy my PC Engine. But I don't ever play it.

>> No.3885692
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Anyone ever play Xak III's translation?

I haven't gotten too far. It's kinda neat, but you move slowly and it feels like your sword has no range. But I've gone through the other 3 Xak games, so I might as well finish out the series.

>> No.3885705

>>3884908
What game?

>> No.3885706

so we can all agree that the Ys quadrilogy has the best PCE CD soundtrack right

even the piece of shit that is Ys III has awesome music

>> No.3885714
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>>3885705
Burning Angels, it's a decent scrolling shooter that is a bit too expensive for its quality.

Best value for your money on the PCE when it comes to shooters?

SideArms. That game is fucking metal.
Any of the Konami HuCards (Salamander, Gradius, Twinbee) - these all rock, and in some cases provide hours of playability with extra loops

Twinbee and Salamander fix the problems those games had in their arcade original formats, making them very recommended. I <3 Twinbee.

>> No.3885841

>playing ys 2
>Darm is fucking impossible
>enemies only give 7 exp and i need 5000

I'm holding the turbo fireball button down as i type this, what in the fuck do i do? I've never seen a difficulty spike this severe.

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>>3885841
Darm is extremely hard.

Your best bet is to have the rings from the goddesses that decrease Darm's attack equipped, as well as starting out the fight with a full MP bar and using the final spell which gives you temporary invulnerability, and getting enough hits on him then in order to survive the second half of the fight without it.

Also, setting the game to Slow gives you a bit more reaction time.

It's really tough though. Good luck; it took me many tries.

>> No.3885881

>>3885873
I cant even get him to 25% health. It's like the Ganon fight in Zelda 1 only instead of a dozen or so hits it's like 250 and you have no fucking invulnerability frames.

>> No.3885882

>>3885881
You mention fireballs, but your only real bet is to ram him to death.

>> No.3885891

>>3885882
I was spamming them on enemies outside the Goddess Shrine to grind to level 61. Turns out it did fuckall. So I give up, i'm looking up a password for level 62 and if i cant do it that way i quit.

>> No.3885925

What are some essential PC Engine games?

>> No.3885932

>>3884901
is there a game/series like Wonder Boy for the PCE? fucking love playing the Sega Ages disk I have for PS2.

>> No.3885982
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>>3885932
ha ha ha, there are several Wonder Boy games FOR the PCE.

Wonder Boy in Monster Land was released as Bikkuriman World, which unfortunately reskinned all the player/NPC/boss characters to the tie-in sticker-collectathon fad, Bikkuriman. It still plays exactly like Wonder Boy though.

Adventure Island is a port of Wonder Boy in Dragon's Trap, and is identical except for a few sprite recolors.

Wonder Boy in Dragon's Lair has a port to the CD-Rom2, and is a very faithful port (though I think this is the least good WB game).

Wonder Boy in Monster World was released on the Super CD-ROM2 as Dynastic Hero, which reskins everything to make the game look ugly and retarded, with new music. But it still plays the same as Wonder Boy in MW.

Adventure Island is easily the best WB game on the system. But if you have all the Wonder Boy games you might not want to drop cash or emulate them unless out of curiosity.

WB-like games, let's see...

Aoi Blink was made by Westone and plays like WB in MW. It's much easier and is an anime tie-in to an Osamu Tezuka anime about a blue donkey.

Blood Gear (pic related) is an action RPG that is somewhat similar to WB in that it has side-scrolling action levels, though its towns are top-down DQ style. It's mostly in Japanese, but pretty easy to figure out after a little fiddling and experimentation in the menus. It has a nice variety of levels/weapons, and is pretty fun.

Popful Mail has a very nice PCE CD port, and that too is a side-scrolling action RPG. Much more friendly for non-speakers since its menus are far more simple to navigate.

>> No.3886186

>>3885692
I got somewhere at the end when that tiger guy sacrifess himself afterwards I can't get to the exit in that cave

>> No.3886673

>>3885841
don't you have the shield ring? equip it before walking into the boss room

>> No.3887024

>>3886673
The fight's impossible without the Goddess Ring equipped, meaning that 60k gold Life Drop doesn't really have anywhere to use it at.

I ended up doing it after using a password for level 62, because grinding 5k exp off 3exp enemies wasn't about to happen

>> No.3887031

>>3887024
ah sorry i meant shield magic

you're supposed to have the full set of battle armor, the shield magic and goddess ring all equipped

you can also buy an elixir from the guy in lance village and use it midbattle i believe, though i don't know if that was introduced in the eternal ports or not

>> No.3887037

>>3887031
I had the full set of Cleria Armor and shield magic. Elixir would have been nice but you can't use that and the Goddess Ring

>> No.3887268

>>3885364
This. As much as I love the potential my PC Engine has, I feel like I may end up selling it since I never get the urge to replay anything other than Soldier Blade.

>> No.3887287

>>3884901
I only had a SNES as a kid (but most of my family had a Genesis so I played that here and there)

I completely missed out on this thing and I feel like I've done myself a disservice. What's a good game to test the waters with? I have no idea where to start on this system.

>> No.3887517

Have the Chinese ripped off the Turbo Everdrive?

>> No.3888895

>>3887287
Depends what you like

The best platformers on the console are Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, New Adventure Island, Bonk 2, Parasol Stars, Ninja Spirit, and Liquid Kids. Legendary Axe is also a solid Castlevania type game.

Soldier Blade, Air Zonk, Salamander and the Thunder series are excellent and not impossible shooters to try

RPG's are tough because a lot of them aren't translated. Try all the Ys games.

Legend of Xanadu 1 and 2, the top tier Action RPG games on the console, are translated but won't be released until the (optional) dubs are recorded

River City Ransom and Super Dodgeball have some nice ports

Zelda fans might tell you to play the Neutopia games. They are very boring, but the 2nd one is decent

The Bomberman series is must-play. 93 and 94 are better than all of the snes games.

There's a bunch of SEGA games on the PC Engine. Some of the more fun ports are Shinobi, Fantasy Zone, and Outrun

PC Engine is a great console for shooters, pretty good for RPG's, okay for platformers, and kinda trash at beatemups. It's very complementary to the snes

>> No.3888912

>>3884901
I was thinking of starting my path into that shit but holy shit these games are super expensive. They make GameCube games look cheap in comparison.
How should I go about this to start out?

>> No.3888931

>>3888912
Honestly, just get an everdrive

The best console to get is a Duo-R, no modding required

If you really want to go hardcore, then get a supergrafx with super cd-rom

>> No.3889340
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On Black Friday, I got the Turbo Everdrive. I have not used it yet, but I want to pair it with a PC-Engine I have no attachment to, as someone said to not remove the Everdrive and leave it in the system even when powered off to not do damage to the card slot. I still have some actual TurboChips and was able to afford only one Everdrive so I would be constantly switching the Everdrive and TurboChips between my systems. As a bonus, I hear the DBgrafxBooster TTP on a PC-Engine (or CoreGrafx/SuperGrafx) outputs better RGB than my Duo, so what is a fair price for one of those NEC consoles?

I just want to play some Japanese HuCards, and those many games I cannot afford.

>> No.3889346

>>3888895
Ah! Growing up I was a huge Bomberman fan! I'll look into those, thank you!

>> No.3889364
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>>3885982
>Wonder Boy in Monster Land was released as Bikkuriman World, which unfortunately reskinned all the player/NPC/boss characters to the tie-in sticker-collectathon fad, Bikkuriman. It still plays exactly like Wonder Boy though.
>unfortunately

>> No.3889385
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Caught the king and saved my sister.

>> No.3889464

>>3888931
Any reason why Duo-R specifically? My original plan was to just get a stock PC Engine for the aesthetics over TG16.

>> No.3889496

>>3889464
Duo plays all the CD games out of the gate, and the Duo Rs have -slightly- better caps in the machines that don't make them potential headaches like the original Duo (a recapped duo is better than a stock Duo-R though).

Though honestly, I think the HuCards have the better library, so a stock CoreGrafx, perhaps modded (perhaps not!) with an everdrive gives you just about the majority of the best games on the system. The CD library is mixed, and despite have a few true standouts, is mostly visual-novel/digital comic stuff, or style over substance.

>> No.3889610

>>3885364
Sounds like a good argument for abortions after the 70th trimester

>>3885692
No. Played the original. It was meh.

>>3885714
>SideArms
Ew. How can you even put it in the same post as those other 3? How can you not include Gunhed and SSS.

>>3885841
Git gud. Even if you're maxed out it's still hard.

>> No.3889653

>>3889610
>Even if you're maxed out it's still hard.
I dunno it was an insane amount more doable maxed

>> No.3889658

>>3889610
Because capcom's shooters are very underrated, and SideArms is plenty of fun (not its anemic CD "remake" mode). It is classic Capcom fast-paced action that not many shooters emulate; SideArms plays more like an action-run-n-gun (with no gravity) than a "traditional" shooter. This is the case with many of Capcom's early shmup efforts. It's unique and fun.

>> No.3889718

>>3889653
>an insane amount more doable
Possible is probably the word you're looking for

>> No.3889728

>>3889658
yeah sidearms rules, I dont know what you got against the CD version though it contains the original game anyway so the BC mode is just extra content. Forgotten worlds is one of my favorite shooters too.

>> No.3889840

>>3885925
Rondo of Blood, Soldier Blade, and the Ys series are universal classics. Splatterhouse and Bonk 1 are also very popular

Bonk 2, New Adventure Island, Gunhed, Gates/Lords of Thunder, Bomberman 93/94, Air Zonk, Ninja Spirit, Outrun, Parasol Stars, and Salamander are all bonafide classics

>> No.3889852

>>3889840
Alright, thanks. Played a bit of Blazing Lazers earlier, got fucked over on Area 7 though

>> No.3889864

>>3889658
You mean the Before Christ mode?

>> No.3889914

>>3889496
Just admit you can't read.

>> No.3890654

Is there some kind of No-Intro style pack or archive of PCE games somewhere? I found the CD pack on archive.org but was also looking for hucard games.

>> No.3890710

How the fuck do the turbo switches work, I found a basic brand new Turbo 16 a while back but the switches don't seem to do anything. I've played Keith Courage and Space Harrier and both times flipping the switches up seems to only turn the button off.

Also, can I use an Everdrive to run Turbo CD games or is it just for Hucard roms?

>> No.3890882

>>3890654
Join the turbo everdrive group on Facebook, there's a no-intro file link there

>> No.3890896

>>3890710
Just HuCard, you can however use a spcialised version of the CD cards (no Arcade though).

>> No.3891052

>>3890654
The no-intro pack on the archive should have a Hu-card set.

>> No.3891169

>>3890710
Your switches might be full of gunk. Pushing them up should do turbofire.

>> No.3892294
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I can't get over how cool HuCards are even in this day and age.

>> No.3892350

>>3890710
They could be dirty even if it doesn't look like it.

Soak them in apple cider vinegar for about a half hour and then scrub them with a toothbrush, they should come out shinier. Also resist the urge to bend them too far for better contact, they work best when there isn't too much pressure.

>> No.3894536

>>3889658
Have you played 1943 Kai? It's a nice port and has a bunch of new stages that are vastly superior to the main game

I kinda wonder what people think of 1941, but the Supergrafx and the game itself are both very rare

>> No.3894537

>>3889852
I tend to play using Shield and Thunder

But yeah, if you die you're kinda screwed