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Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:40:53 2019 No.5717829 [Reply] [Original]

Let's talk about the TurboGrafx-CD, BY FAR the most heavily supported console hardware add-on ever and the very first CD-ROM based home video game console hardware. It's mostly famous for Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, but it had hundreds of other games. Supposedly something like half of all TG-16 games (between American and Japanese combined) were CD releases.

Favorite games? General thoughts? Anybody own one of these things?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:41:31 2019 No.5717831 File: 119 KB, 700x905, d2c603cbd9141f3287be965c0ff7cd19.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here's what it looked like attached to the TurboGrafx-16.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:43:07 2019 No.5717837 File: 3.38 MB, 5880x2260, NEC-TurboDuo-Console-wController-L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] There was also the TurboDuo, which came with the ability to play both cartridge/HuCard and CD-ROM games.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:46:00 2019 No.5717840 File: 31 KB, 286x300, pc-engine-cd-rom-2-console-boxed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Japanese version looked like this.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:47:08 2019 No.5717842 File: 18 KB, 500x282, Nec_CD_Rom_2_retropixl_retrogaming_2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5717840 When attached to the PC Engine it was hands down THE coolest looking console of all time.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:48:13 2019 No.5717843 File: 1.73 MB, 4240x1660, PC-Engine-Duo-Console-Set.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here's the Japanese both-in-1 version, the PC Engine Duo.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 21:49:20 2019 No.5717847 File: 1.88 MB, 4020x2020, PC-Engine-Duo-R.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5717843 Japan also had an exclusive "budget" version of the Duo called the PC Engine Duo R.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 22:07:06 2019 No.5717894 File: 1.52 MB, 480x360, PC Engine CD commercial.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] From a TV commercial for the game.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 22:08:12 2019 No.5717896 File: 890 KB, 2500x1538, large_957770457_PCEngineCD-ROM_jpg_8de26d64c03bd19275532e1ea2e416a0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] And a print ad. >>5717894 >game I meant system.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 22:19:51 2019 No.5717915 >>5717829 >cringe I love the PCE but these type of blog shitposts are cancer

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 22:46:36 2019 No.5717972 >>5717915 apparently talking about videogames isnt allowed anymore

Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:00:09 2019 No.5717991
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I own a DUO-R. Maybe it was budget back then, but nowadays it seems like the most reliable model of PCE CD around.

I'd be very grateful if someone can track down the composer of this track:
https://youtu.be/PmzQ2nld9lU?t=1082
Credited as 'T's Music', which doesn't really help considering how many people that is.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:06:30 2019 No.5718002 Lords of Thunder is awesome

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:24:34 2019 No.5718038 i want but $300+ seems a bit much should i go for neogeo cd first???

Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:25:31 2019 No.5718040
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Seirei Senshi Spriggan is a particular favorite. I think you can make a case for it being equal to or arguably even better than any of Compile's other games. Even Blazing Lazers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:27:07 2019 No.5718045 >>5717972 That poster is spamming that in multiple threads. Report and ignore.

Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:35:49 2019 No.5718058

>>5718038
Absolutely not, especially considering a NGCD is barely less expensive than an AES. The load times are a constant pain, and you don't get Garou or Samurai Shodown V Special. The only upsides to the NGCD are being able to burn your own discs, and use standard s-video cables.

Spend the extra $50-100 on an AES instead. Even better, go with a PCE DUO-R, they're the most reliable model and cost about the same as a NGCD, but with way more games. The only issue I have with mine is composite-only unless you mod it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:37:44 2019 No.5718061 >>5718058 Can't you get a adapter that lets you play Neo Geo MVS arcade carts on the AES console hardware?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:40:49 2019 No.5718068 >>5718058 i can live with composite as my crt doesnt have svideo anyways im thinking for Christmas we will get both the aes has a flashcart that will hold the complete library but i do love the idea of burning discs

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 6 23:45:23 2019 No.5718073 File: 54 KB, 963x388, 1523883275372.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Japanese TurboGrafx-16 with CD addon looks like something you could find on a space station.

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 02:02:53 2019 No.5718317
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>>5717972
>being this mad someone cringed at your blog

>>5718038
>neogeo
NGCD is retarded. Get an MVS and a couple multicarts, or a flash cart if you're autistic and musts haves everything

>>5718058
>NGCD is barely less expensive than an AES
Only on ebay champ. I was hoarding them in hopes that guy would come through with his RAM upgrade and they'd b worth something. He didn't and they're not. And now that we have a decent flash cart it's unlikely they ever will. Never paid more than $15.

>>5718061
Yes. The chinkshit on ali works well. And works with multicarts, which has been a problem with adapters in the past. Unless you're somehow poor and already have an AES your best bet is still an MVS.

>>5718073
Nah. That'd be the shuttle version.

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 05:14:35 2019 No.5718560

>>5718317
$15? Outside of going to Japan and hunting for them myself, I'm not sure how you'd get them that cheap. Even the controllers go for way more than that.
I paid $90 for my NGCD and $180 for my AES, am I retarded? Where do you buy from if not Yahoo japan?

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 05:41:27 2019 No.5718579

>>5718317
>being such a bitch you have to constantly derail threads with your shitter posting
aww how cute! it's group home babbys 3rd time online by himself without group home wranglers standing over you! such a big boy posting all big his big boy self and you go with shitter posting what a surprise! a big dumb shitter posting shitting up the thread cuz someone posted something they didnt like? you know who does that low IQ stuff? group home retards and underage shitters! I know what special boy you are posting how you do! go be cringe on /b/ with the other retards shitter

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 05:51:12 2019 No.5718585 >>5717829 Thank you for not activating my autism by being first the person on the Internet to FINALLY refer to the TGCD as being separate from the TG. Good OP!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 06:04:22 2019 No.5718595 >>5717842 >Interface Unit Cool

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 07:24:38 2019 No.5718669

>>5717829
One of my favorite consoles, I absolutely love all those arranged OSTs of games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mssxqofZs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Dj_wS9YzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTURP3fhcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFaT-ZLNBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSq-PcMd8Yo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXpYbf3mscY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOcaYkzYq7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY06-36FJD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1sWzyHvNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5LUTlTIBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxS9lnFS1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvh6iJT7n8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSQkR3Ee-9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc5n5TfnxZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U55EvWFkHKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A98phigEPEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5XsI5loRJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCXLPHXnu4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6XeURILAns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZqCwyPnYpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8zB_dHCD5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbOrMxugXU8
https://youtu.be/QFJk6D0e_L8?t=24m40s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kqKX3xupxs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQeLu0RfhOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3rOeiiaVhg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtsEh_SgLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n_zndwhGHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdunatXf5N4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3PDidh-zU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gd_7QJTWSU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v9Z7V4BpQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFta89zFRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVu65GEQM2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoUfdIYVCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpJBjDtCWiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcfsJzwGYRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jNd4QAxLso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzddLC98dA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EceIW-yUiiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdwQ9bb9Z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4n9qlvQVGM

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 07:26:47 2019 No.5718674 >>5718317 >Nah. That'd be the shuttle version. the shuttle looks like a fucking kid's toy. The PC Engine and CD-ROM attached to the interface unit could look like something on the set from Alien.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 07:37:38 2019 No.5718690 >>5717842 Damn fine looking console. And it's tiny.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 07:38:52 2019 No.5718693 >>5717915 They would be in the cringe board /v/ They're perfectly fine on here

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 08:40:33 2019 No.5718758 File: 328 KB, 1250x650, PC Engine Shuttle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] For reference, here's the PC Engine Shuttle that people are talking about.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 09:14:15 2019 No.5718809 >3 threads of pce-hardware really?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 10:15:40 2019 No.5718920 >>5718595 I do love the IFU look, but unfortunately the one I got was missing the lid and those are impossible to replace by themselves. The unit works well so I can’t complain otherwise

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 19:38:33 2019 No.5720020 File: 959 KB, 635x640, Sylphia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Underrated, obscure (and overpriced) Compile shooter.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 19:52:57 2019 No.5720057 >>5718809 Some e-celeb must have mentioned it recently.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 7 20:22:48 2019 No.5720127 >>5718560 >am I retarded? This is 4chan. Do you even need to ask? I got them all from fleamarkets. I see no need to involve Yahoo and resellers. >>5718579 >being this mad >>5718809 Zoomers gonna zoom

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 20:37:44 2019 No.5720169

>>5717829
My opinion is that it's a platform that had so much promise, but so much shovelware and dissipointment.

The highs are sky high, but rare. The lows are abysmal and numerous. But 90% of the total pc engine library (standard and CD add on alike) is just mediocre junk. And I say this after trying almost 200 different games.

I know this opinion won't be received well here, but it is what it is.

I will say that a lot of games look better than similar SNES games, but looks ain't everything.

Anonymous Sun Jul 7 20:53:35 2019 No.5720208

>games are just your standard cartridge sized fare but with cd audio
You know I had a jazz jackrabbit rip on a couple floppies as a kid. No in game bgm. I didn't really care then and I don't care in retrospect either.
Make bigger games with your bigger media. Early CD games suck.

Anonymous Mon Jul 8 00:38:59 2019 No.5720619

>>5717829
the cd-rom, much like the entire turbo grafx line, was a pure form of cancer.
>>5720169
>But 90% of the total pc engine library (standard and CD add on alike) is just mediocre junk
90? that's being far too generous. the entire library is garbage. hard to blame the developers though, as the hardware they had to work with was a total joke.
>I will say that a lot of games look better than similar SNES games, but looks ain't everything.
looks great until you start drawing multiple sprites on the screen and the entire system slows down to a crawl.

Anonymous Mon Jul 8 01:19:08 2019 No.5720684
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>>5720169
As someone who owned a TG-16 growing up and badly wanted this but never got it, the real problem with both this and the Sega CD was the whole add-on concept was off-putting to consumers. People didn't want to buy their consoles in installments.

They somehow thought it would seem less costly to allowing you to upgrade your existing console than just sell you an entirely new one but the CD add-ons cost as much as the original console or more anyway so it hardly seemed like a bargain. And since not everybody adopted the add-on there was this weird transitional stage where they were still trying to sell the old consoles but all the cool new games were being designed for the add-ons, which again, a lot of people didn't have. So they basically created two separate console generations within a single console, which is a terrible thing from a marketing and development standpoint. Like, if you put all your efforts into the new CD add-on, you're basically making it mandatory, but first people have to buy the old console, which is a hard sell since you've essentially abandoned it. This kind of half-in half-out shit kills consumer confidence, as Sega especially would come to learn.

If they'd just skipped the add-on phase, gone 100% into next gen and marketed the duo as a successor with backwards compatibility it would have seemed like a much sweeter deal.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 01:41:54 2019 No.5720713 >>5717847 How was this a budget version?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 03:52:53 2019 No.5720860 >>5720169 >>5720619 >saying the PCE lilbrary is mostly filled with shovelware when the Mega Drive is filled with almost just as much shitty games (mostly American) ones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 04:16:49 2019 No.5720887 >>5720860 Yeah, except the Genesis actually has good games.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 04:17:18 2019 No.5720889 >>5720887 >sonic fanboi detected

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 10:33:49 2019 No.5721317 >>5720887 TG-16 is better than Genesis and its add-on is better than both Genesis add-ons combined.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 13:06:17 2019 No.5721512 >>5718317 autism

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 16:42:30 2019 No.5721965 >>5720713 I guess it was cheaper to buy it than the two units.

Anonymous Mon Jul 8 18:23:37 2019 No.5722264

>>5720169
>My opinion is that it's a platform that had so much promise, but so much shovelware and dissipointment.

it only got 650 games, what do you even expect? 30 of those alone are quiz games

you buy it for the shooters, arcade ports, and a handful of really wellmade platformers and RPGs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 19:59:22 2019 No.5722493 >>5722264 >it only got 650 games The CD-ROM attachment or the entire system's library combined?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 8 21:57:02 2019 No.5722681 >>5717991 >好みのあの娘に、DUOなら出会える。 The PC Engine was really the waifufag console.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 01:27:21 2019 No.5723010 >>5717829 I wouldn't trade my duo for any peke in the world.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 01:47:26 2019 No.5723061 >>5717842 That is one sexy machine.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 05:16:05 2019 No.5723271 >>5721512 >assmadism

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 05:48:44 2019 No.5723290 >>5718038 No, get a duo r and an arcade card

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 08:31:30 2019 No.5723439 File: 343 KB, 1419x1407, Alzadick.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Everybody's heard of Recca, but far fewer people are aware of the other Summer Carnival games. There was one called Alzadick (lol).

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 08:32:33 2019 No.5723440 File: 149 KB, 595x600, Nexzr Special (alt).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] And another called Nexzr.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 08:33:34 2019 No.5723441 File: 46 KB, 800x811, Nexzr Special.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5723440 Nexzr also seems to have had a version with a really weird almost totally blank cover.

Anonymous Tue Jul 9 09:07:01 2019 No.5723501
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Why were there so many anime games on this thing? Wasn't TG1-6 the "arcade-y games / shmups consoles"? Who the fuck thought the arcade gamers wanted all this anime shit?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 09:26:51 2019 No.5723535 >>5723501 >you can only have one audiance

Anonymous Tue Jul 9 19:51:56 2019 No.5724726

>>5720684
>If they'd just skipped the add-on phase, gone 100% into next gen and marketed the duo as a successor with backwards compatibility it would have seemed like a much sweeter deal.
That's more or less what TTI tried to do after NEC's US division fucked up the marketing for the TG16 in the US. It didn't exactly work though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 22:01:05 2019 No.5724976 >>5723535 But the TG-16 audience WAS arcade gamers (and especially shmups players). It's like releasing Call of Duty on a Nintendo system. It's not going to sell because there's no one on that platform for it to sell to.

Anonymous Tue Jul 9 22:43:23 2019 No.5725095

>>5722493
the entire console

>>5723501
you have the remember that after the super famicom launch, hucard sales utterly tanked. the majority of games were released on CD afterward for mere survival of the hardware

pce was not as popular and got a lot of low budget games. Publishers like Naxat and Telenet brought a lot of shovelware to the system. the system never had a single game that even reached one million sales

shooters were mainly popular with "otakus". just look at how many shooters and doujin shooters the x68000 got

if you want more context on what series sold the most on pce, here's the majority of it. all of the series listed found later homes on the snes

Momotaro
Fire Pro Wrestling
F1 Circus
Schubibinman
Tengai Makyou
Bombrman
Ys
R-Type
Valis

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 22:52:53 2019 No.5725112 >>5720619 >until you start drawing multiple sprites on the screen and the entire system slows down to a crawl. This is how we know you don't have a clue.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 9 23:20:46 2019 No.5725163 >>5724976 It started that way, but it eventually became a waifu console as the years went by, as evident by this print ad.>>5717991

Anonymous Tue Jul 9 23:46:34 2019 No.5725207

>>5718038
>should i go for neogeo cd first???

load times are horrid, even on the CDZ model

get yourself a consolized MVS (includes saturn controller ports, unibios and RGB) cheap off of aliexpress, along with the 151 in 1 multicart. shockingly will only cost you around $300

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 07:19:57 2019 No.5726003 >>5725207 >cheap >$300 derp

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 08:22:35 2019 No.5726073 >>5726003 Cheap for NeoGeo, yeah

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 09:01:58 2019 No.5726121 >>5723440 >>5723441 I have the Carnival version of that. Awesome but tough shooter

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 09:04:41 2019 No.5726123 >>5717829 God I loved my Turbo Duo. Gate of Thunder, Ys 1 and 2, Rondo, Lords of Thunder, Bonk 2, all great stuff.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 10:24:52 2019 No.5726231 >>5726003 >has no idea about neogeo-prices oh honey

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 10:33:19 2019 No.5726241 >>5726123 Bonk 2 was on HuCard as well, right?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 15:43:57 2019 No.5726847 >>5726241 All the Bonk games were on HuCard originally. The CD versions were made specifically for the US for some reason.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 10 21:26:12 2019 No.5727708 >>5717829 what would be the best games for this thing? please no weebshit

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 00:08:25 2019 No.5728046

>>5726073
Only cheap compared to whatever hipster prices you've seen elsewhere. I consolize MVSs. I know exactly what it costs and $300 is by no means cheap.

>>5726231
I literally have half a dozen neo geos right now dingus. Do you get off on showing off how literally retarded and what a literal faggot you are or something?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 01:43:16 2019 No.5728264 >>5727708 Castlevania - Rondo of Blood Seirei Senshi Spriggan Download 2 Summer Carnival '92 Alzadick Kiaidan 00 Sylphia Star Parodia Nexzr Gate of Thunder Lords of Thunder There's probably some others, but that should get you started.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 12:00:32 2019 No.5729043 >>5727708 Look up a youtube video with all the games for the hardware and then emulate the ones that look fun.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 21:17:07 2019 No.5730308 >>5717829 EVERY TURBO CD GAME: >Japanese releases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSJ-Eh8uME >English releases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l7wrFfJn-Q

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 21:21:50 2019 No.5730324 >>5717843 I have one of those bad boys. I'm currently playing a hucard game though : psycho chaser. Not the best shmup but I like it so far. I only manage to go to stage 2 end so far coz im bad at shmups

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 21:35:27 2019 No.5730369

>>5723501
It's actually the natural evolution of dying 90s consoles in Japan, through the PC Engine to the Dreamcast. When consoles reached their death in Japan, and the company lowered their standards for what was acceptable on their system, anime games exploded onto it. Lots of VNs and even eroge got ported to the Dreamcast and Sega Saturn up to 2 years after it was essentially dead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 02:13:40 2019 No.5730910 https://gematsu.com/2019/07/turbografx-16-mini-pc-engine-coregrafx-mini-pc-engine-mini-launches-march-19-2020 Posting this in the PCE/TG16 threads

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 06:05:00 2019 No.5731191 >>5730910 That is an impressively uninteresting list to me as someone who's interest in the PCE is RPGs, SRPGs, and character-training simulations, but I'm sure a lot of people will like it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 08:02:10 2019 No.5731343 >>5730910 It’s a shame they didn’t include Splatterhouse or Devil’s Crush, but still a solid list of games. Not going to buy it because fuck Konami, but I hope the people that do get it have a good time

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 08:14:19 2019 No.5731363 >>5730910 Do we know what the hardware is going to be like on this? Wanna buy it but don't want to end up with some cheap garbage

Anonymous Fri Jul 12 10:30:40 2019 No.5731536

>>5730910
So are they not translating any of the games? This means we'll get half the games in Japanese? That means the text-heavy stuff is going to be unplayable. That's retarded.

Otherwise it's a great selection of games. Weird that Splatterhouse, Demon's Crush, and Final Soldier are missing, but whatever.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 10:58:38 2019 No.5731581 >>5731363 Off-the-shelf SBC and emus, I bet. >>5730910 >ORDER NOW >no price, can't order LOL

Anonymous Fri Jul 12 11:53:07 2019 No.5731650

>>5731536
>So are they not translating any of the games? This means we'll get half the games in Japanese? That means the text-heavy stuff is going to be unplayable. That's retarded.
Ys Book I & II, the Neutopia I & II and Dungeon Explorer will have both, Japanese and English versions included. The rest will depend on the region.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 15:50:46 2019 No.5732015 >>5731536 I mostly agree with you, but the majority of the JP games listed are shooters or basic platformers. Should be mostly a non-issue. It’s likely that this will be moddable like most other mini systems anyway

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:06:40 2019 No.5732730 >>5718758 what was the point of the Shuttle? what did this thing gave that the other PCEs couldnt?

Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:10:16 2019 No.5732740

>>5731650
actually, all 3 regions are having all 50 games, both Jap and English, and that indeed includes repeats between sets, like the Neutopias and Ys.

the only game difference for some reason is Tokimeki Memorial, that game will be replaced by Salamander for the EU and US market.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:33:08 2019 No.5732785 >>5732740 What I meant was that most of the other games will only include Japanese or English versions, not both.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:44:57 2019 No.5732798 >>5732785 oh, sorry.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:45:10 2019 No.5732801 >>5732785 Which is ridiculous. Why even have something like Snatcher if people can't even play it? Do you have any idea how many complaints Konami is going to get when people buy it and find out they can't even play all of the games?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:46:11 2019 No.5732802 >>5732730 I think it was a cheaper model.

Anonymous Fri Jul 12 22:47:53 2019 No.5732807

>>5732801
It's an Amazon Store-exclusive, isn't it? I'm sure most of the people who play the unit will know what they're getting it. Besides, I'm glad they're including the option to play the Japanese lineup (minus Tokimemo). Saves me the trouble of having to buy two units of the same thing.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 13 10:30:29 2019 No.5733748 >>5732807 >It's an Amazon Store-exclusive Is this true? Because that sucks if it is.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 13 20:49:09 2019 No.5734969 >>5732807 >minus Tokimemo That's sort of weird. Why have the other Japanese text heavy games but not that one?

Anonymous Sat Jul 13 20:57:56 2019 No.5734989

>>5720684
>People didn't want to buy their consoles in installments.

You know what's sad is NOW people are totally okay with buying their games in installments. And you're not even legally buying the games, you're leasing them. The publisher retains legal ownership.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 14 10:46:27 2019 No.5736496 >>5734989 What are you talking about? DLC or "episodic" nonsense?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 15 08:56:41 2019 No.5738804 So this can be general TG-16 discussion then?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 16 06:31:50 2019 No.5740990 Has anyone gotten any info about why games won't be translated on the TG-16 Mini?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 16 08:26:01 2019 No.5741162 >>5740990 Because just like all the mini's it's just a low effort cashgrab

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 17 09:52:38 2019 No.5743647 >>5741162 As long as you can put all of the TG-16 games on it including CD-ROM games and translated ROMs then it'll be worth buying.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 17 10:05:24 2019 No.5743661 >>5728046 >I literally have half a dozen neo geos right now dingus. As opposed to what, figuratively owning them?

Anonymous Wed Jul 17 19:46:29 2019 No.5744742

>>5743647
I don't understand why they can't just put Japanese and English versions of every game that was released on both regions. I can sort of see why for games that were licensed in one region, like GUNHED, New Adventure Island and J.J. & Jeff, but there's no reason they couldn't fit PC Genjin 1-3 and the Bonk trilogy at the same time.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 17 21:03:09 2019 No.5744898 >>5732730 Y'see, it's shaped like a space ship.

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 00:50:16 2019 No.5745374
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>>5717829
Don't forget about the Super CD-ROM^2, It is like the CD-ROM^2, but Super!

>Favorite games?
The usual ones, shooting games, plaformers, action, JRPGs, etc.

>General thoughts?
The white PC-Engine with original CD-ROM^2 in the briefcase is still one of the best looking consoles to me.

>Anybody own one of these things?
Sure. Five of my friends did too back in the day. Met a few more through the early internet days that I still communicate with too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 01:52:38 2019 No.5745512 File: 73 KB, 749x751, nxPW8D6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5745374 OH this poor faggot again.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 04:23:22 2019 No.5745712 >>5718317 >you’d find a mini spaceship on a spaceship How fucking retarded are you?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 08:02:02 2019 No.5745891 >>5745374 What the fuck is the difference?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 08:03:02 2019 No.5745893 >>5745374 >JRPGs Did it even have those?

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 13:24:29 2019 No.5746405
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>>5745891
Why, I have a VHS tape edited by Tony Hawk which explains it: https://youtu.be/gutOIb2hQS8
Basically the Super CD-ROM^2 is an addon whic like the TurboDuo, where the system 3.0 card is not necessary as it is built in, while the TurboGrafx-16 and PC=Engine will need the upgrade card to play Super CDs. The categories of RAM needed are based on the upgrade card used with the CD-ROM
-CD-ROM^2
-Super CD-ROM^2
-Arcade CD

>>5745893
Off the top of my head, there's the Ys games, Legend of Heroes games, Emerald Dragon, Cosmic Fantasy games, Exile games, Far East of Eden games, etc. There quite a variety of genres represented on the system, I even can think of a few fighting games I liked on it.

>>5745512
I will be here for fans like you. Keeps me going.

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 13:50:20 2019 No.5746480
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Odd question but, since the PC-Engine had an 8 bit CPU, does that mean that everything that could be attempted on the PC-E could potentially be attempted on the NES?

Could a game like Rondo of Blood be possible on the NES minus the CD music and graphics were toned down to be 8bit and for this example, the cart had the capacity of a CD?

How exactly does the 8bit cpu limit the PC-E, and by extension the CD addon?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 14:02:08 2019 No.5746503 >>5746480 I have seen an NES disassembly port to PCE proof-of-concept project before, lemme find. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKP5lRoa4Sc

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 15:32:35 2019 No.5746715 >>5745891 the super cd-rom included the enhancements of the supergrafx, certain cd games only worked with the super cd-rom that why games like rondo look much better than the average pc cd game that why

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 16:16:28 2019 No.5746802

>>5746480

the 8-bit CPU means it can only deal with a 8-bits (256 values) of information with any instruction. It's hard to quantify exactly how much it limited games because you can't really know how much 16-bit math a game might be doing under the hood.

In any case, the CPU runs at 4x the clock speed of the NES, has extra instructions to make certain things faster, it has 4x the work ram and 32x the video ram. It's a huge jump in power even if it's still 8-bit technically.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 16:18:33 2019 No.5746804 >>5746715 that's bullshit dude. the super cd-rom had the super system card which just added extra RAM. The supergrafx was a way bigger upgrade but died when the system was discontinued.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 16:21:48 2019 No.5746815 >>5746715 that's bullshit dude. the super cd-rom/super system card just added extra RAM. The supergrafx was a way bigger upgrade but died when the system was discontinued.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 16:26:11 2019 No.5746826 File: 217 KB, 1385x1080, 天外魔境ZIRIA、卍MARU、カブキ伝.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5745893 The best selling game on the system is an RPG

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 18 16:29:44 2019 No.5746834 File: 107 KB, 1024x447, mattel-intellivision-console-box-retro-game-1024x447.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5746480 The Intellivsion is a 16-bit console That should give you an idea of how much bits (don't) matter

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 17:28:26 2019 No.5746940
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The more I learn about the software about the PC Engine, the more I'm excited for the Mini. Only learned about it recently, but the TG-CD was everything I wanted games to be as a kid, but instead I had to play shit like The 7th Guest and other crummy lookin' FMV games.

It's a real mystery to me that people aren't more excited by the PC Engine Mini. Maybe it's games are too hardcore for normies who think retro gaming means sticking Mario stickers on their Xbox 360 or maybe it's the age-old stigma of it being the perverts console.

Anonymous Thu Jul 18 17:55:26 2019 No.5747003

PC Engine CD is pure kino but it's unfortunate that the ratio of god tier to meh/shit is not as great as the SNES and Genesis. This is a fact.
PCE CD is good for what it is though, and it's the only console I'm literally excited to have real games/hardware AND to play them until they're fully enjoyed. I personally like the selection of shooters, and maybe one day I'll finally learn japanese to play the great RPGs that can rival their Sufami counterparts.
>>5746940
Fuck ahegao meme shirts, I want an exact replica of that guy's shirt print. Based and toothgapilled.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 03:34:48 2019 No.5747950 >>5747003 >listening to all those redbook cds with a headphone

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 06:12:20 2019 No.5748101 >>5746940 >but instead I had to play shit like The 7th Guest and other crummy lookin' FMV games What the fuck system did you have?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 06:13:50 2019 No.5748104 >>5746826 That sounds like bullshit.

Anonymous Fri Jul 19 07:34:41 2019 No.5748214

>>5746940
>Maybe it's games are too hardcore for normies
I'd describe the games more as not very good than hardcore. I want to like the PC-E and CD; I've got a CoreGrafx and l love the look and formfactor of the console and cards, but I can never find anything new to play on it that isn't just alright. Rondo's top notch, Dragon's Trap is great, and Final Match is the best tennis game ever made, but I think that's it. There are some alright shooters, but I'd always rather play something like Layer Section, Einhander, or Battle Garegga. Ninja Spirit sucks, Splatterhouse sucks, Legendary Axe sucks, Gradius and R-Type are better on other platforms. Why anyone cares about playing digital pinball is a mystery. The of Thunder games aren't great--though the Blade series is alright. And I think that Ys and Neutopia are overrated, especially when games like Terranigma and Zelda exist.

I bought one partly on the strength of Dragon's Trap, its aesthetic, and online praise and it's been a real disappointment.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 09:23:57 2019 No.5748362 >>5748214 >Ninja Spirit sucks >Splatterhouse sucks >Legendary Axe suck >The of Thunder games aren't great >Ys overrated How about no

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 10:28:50 2019 No.5748462 >>5748362 How about compare these to the best of Famicom/Mega Drive/Super Famicom. PCE's library is sad.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 11:12:09 2019 No.5748556 >>5748462 How said anything about comparing it to other systems? You should judge the games and the system only to itself. And none of those games suck

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 12:08:52 2019 No.5748697 >>5748101 Computer

Anonymous Fri Jul 19 12:12:35 2019 No.5748709

>>5748556
I'm comparing them because what's the point of playing mediocre games when there a so many great ones. I'm not comparing them to mock the PCE. I wish it had a great library, and I still hit it with an emulator now and then to see if I missed anything so I can own more than a few great games for it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 18:58:33 2019 No.5749551 File: 582 KB, 1404x1411, E68B33C7-B094-4BAC-BBE0-5F8D8DDE19A0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5748462 Who needs Chrono Trigger when you have Body Conquest II?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 21:57:07 2019 No.5749919 File: 19 KB, 200x200, nerdsplaining.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5749551 It's actually "Bodycon Quest" (ボディコン (bodycon, abbreviated from "body conscious") is tight sexy clothing, usually a one-piece dress)

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 19 23:17:11 2019 No.5750049 File: 21 KB, 700x700, ackchyually.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5749919 >ackchyually failing It's ackchyually ボディコンクエスト

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 04:52:34 2019 No.5750470 >>5748462 It's fucking great. It just doesn't have much variety. Almost every notable game is either a shooter or a side-scroller.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 07:28:50 2019 No.5750671 >>5750470 Can you list some great sidescrollers? I can't find any aside from Dragon's Trap and Rondo.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 08:50:12 2019 No.5750742 >>5750049 ? ボディコンクエスト is the whole title ボディコン is the bodycon part of the title

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 10:46:19 2019 No.5750929 >>5749551 >>5749919 All I see is BODYCONQUEST as one word.

Anonymous Sat Jul 20 10:56:14 2019 No.5750952
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I dunno if any of the releases have it written in Roman letters on the box, but it's clearly meant to be a parody of Dragon Quest, with two words, Bodycon Quest.

Pic related is the Famicom version box, with the phrase 究極のボディコンパロディ! ("The ultimate bodycon parody!") written on the right side.

Here's a Japanese Youtube account that splits the title into the two words:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwR2EC5lbf0

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 11:42:32 2019 No.5751074 >>5749919 >It's actually "Bodycon Quest" >>5750742 >It's actually "ボディコンクエスト" Schizophrenia. The most fun multiple personalities can have on their own.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 20 15:01:46 2019 No.5751512 Is there a release date set for the TurboGrafix-16 Mini?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 02:20:32 2019 No.5752730 >>5751512 Is there anyone who gives a fuck? inb4 you're anyone.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 08:52:00 2019 No.5753190 >>5752730 >He only cares about e-celebs

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 11:20:45 2019 No.5753427 File: 289 KB, 1200x2133, IMG_7557.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5717829 Recommend me the best Turbografx CD games, /vr/

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 21 12:17:28 2019 No.5753530 >>5751512 2020

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