/pce/ general

[Anonymous No.8867342]

time for another pc engine thread. post recent games, favorites, underrated cult classics, fancy collections and rare pickups

been kinda hooked on the shinobi port. warts and all, still much better than the master system version.

[Anonymous No.8867351]

PC Engine is pretty much the last video game console I want. Wasn't it called something like the Turbographics in America, or something? And the console itself looked super ugly compared to the original Japanese PC Engine version.

With that in mind, I should probably buy a Japanese PC Engine. Is there a list of recommended titles for the system?

[Anonymous No.8867357]

>>8867351
If you don't like shmups I wouldn't recommend getting one.

[Anonymous No.8867370]

>>8867357
it has a fair amount of good stuff otherwise, but this is a fair take. shooters literally make up 1/6 of the library

if you like namco, taito, irem, falcom, and hudson (obviously), then the system is a goldmine

[Anonymous No.8867375]

>>8867357
But I can play Street Fighter 2 on it, surely it can't be that bad.

[Anonymous No.8867414]

>>8867375
>>8867370
It's not bad, It's a great machine and I absolutely love the PCE. I just don't think buying PCE hardware is worth the investment for 90% of people. For whatever reason the PCE and everything to do with it is a fucking fortune, I sold all my PCE stuff because it simply wasn't worth the cost to "collect". It has my favorite 8-bit SEGA ports and a great version of TATSUJIN too.

[Anonymous No.8867419]

>>8867375
You're looking at at least $100 to buy a beat-up 6-button controller. 2-button controllers are about $50 a piece, and you can't get replacement pads if they're fucked. You have to cut up NES replacement pads and it never feels right, huge pain in the ass.

[Anonymous No.8867426]

>>8867414
Not to mention suicide cap surgery or death like OG xbox

[Anonymous No.8867435]

>>8867419
>>8867414
Is it really that expensive? I'm on Japanese sites and the prices seem pretty reasonable. For modern retro prices, at least.

[Anonymous No.8867436]

>>8867426
Absolutely, and don't even get me started on the CD-ROM units, good lord. The base PCE is a tank, but HuCards are a tiny portion of the library. CD units are the most unreliable piece of hardware I've ever dealt with.

[Anonymous No.8867437]

>>8867435
I didn't say that particular HuCard was expensive, look up AVENUE PAD controller prices.

[Anonymous No.8867443]

>>8867435
street fighter ii is surprisingly less expensive on pce, because they produced a bunch of copies

it sold well at first, but the snes port of Turbo came out a mere 3 months after in japan, making it less desirable

[Anonymous No.8867450]

I have a LaserActive but recently it keeps acting weird. Makes a clicking sound that goes faster and the screen keeps away or goes very fast vertically (like a film projector), sound slightly skips.

[Anonymous No.8867508]

Parasol Stars is amazing, best Bubble Bobble sequel.

[Anonymous No.8868027]

>>8867351

[Anonymous No.8868036]

>>8867435
Games are more or less cheap, functioning systems are expensive, especially the CD ones

[Anonymous No.8868162]

>>8867414
Love shmups and found many games I like that are PCE only. Is it worth getting the non-CD one and just using a flash cart?

[Anonymous No.8868174]

>>8868162
That's what I did before I threw in the towel. The difference is you can get Chinese clones of the TurboEverDrive now, so if I was doing it over again I would do that. Buy an ugly yellow original PCE, get a Chinese RGB/Component/Composite thing, a bootleg EverDrive, and maybe one of those retrobit or whatever controllers to keep it cheap. Could probably get up and running for under $150.

[Anonymous No.8868187]

>>8867351
its nothing more then a souped up 8-bit system

[Anonymous No.8868810]

>>8868187
Basically. But possibly the best one made. And has CD options, which certain later machines didn't even have.

[Anonymous No.8868835]

>>8867419
Damn I remember around 2016 or so I was able to buy new old stock Avenue Pad 6 controllers for about $30. I got into PCE around that time when /vr/ had bst threads.

[Anonymous No.8869273]

>>8868187
>MUH BITS

[Anonymous No.8869275]

>>8867436
Ok so I shouldn't be too worried about my PC engine? It's just the og pce with the sssssssd3 thing attached. It sometimes feels warm and with prices being high don't want to burn it out.

[Anonymous No.8869381]

turbografx16 or pc engine?

[Anonymous No.8869405]

>>8869381
PC Engine. Whoever came up with that retarded MUH GRAFX name should be executed (and don't even get me started on the ugly design). But I guess it was par for the course for the American market with all the edgy shit going around in the 90s.

[Anonymous No.8869420]

>>8869273
Dude. It doesn't even have blast processing. Do the math.

>>8869405
Burgers are obsessed with BBC

[Anonymous No.8869439]

>>8869405
TurboGrafx sounds alright
Adding "16" to it was cringe though

[Anonymous No.8869521]

>>8869275
I had three at one point —there's not a lot of space in there so they got warm but they never died and have since been sold to new owners who continue to play them.
>>8868835
Those were the days

[Anonymous No.8869573]

>>8869439
turbocringe sounds alright

[Anonymous No.8869595]

>>8869573
how many threads are you shitposting in right now
haven't you been banned yet?

[Anonymous No.8869713]

>>8869595
Maybe the tjs who ban basedfags are busy with something else? Screaming at the sky to mark the death their reign of terror? Coming to a channel near you soon.

[Anonymous No.8870813]

>>8869521
Thanks for the comforting reassurance. I opened it once just to see what's up, and yeah it is suprisingly sparse in that lil box.

[Anonymous No.8870826]

>>8867342
Recently played Fausseté Amour for obviusly reasons

[Anonymous No.8870838]

>>8867419
>>8867435
>>8868835
The Polymega Turbo Controller is actually not bad. It's 6 buttons, cheap, and works with the original console

https://wackoid.com/game/polymega-turbo-controller-review-good-pc-engine-controller/

[Anonymous No.8870849]

>>8867351
How does someone in their teens such as yourself even find out about the PC Engine? Youtubers, right? Who memed you into it?

[Anonymous No.8870861]

Anyone else find the SuperGrafx just weird looking?

[Anonymous No.8870871]

It's a based console but you need to cope with the fact that many great releases will be out of reach if you're EOP. Keeps the prices on those titles low at least.

[Anonymous No.8870891]

>>8870826
Fin game, but they ditch the swinging mechanics early on for straightforward platforming. To anyone struggling with the early part of this game, spam jump then down+fire for special attacks. The one that goes straight up sucks balls and I've never found a good use for it.

[Anonymous No.8870959]

>>8870871
and then there's weird shit like Linda Cube tripling in price over the last five years
the hell is up with that game

[Anonymous No.8871289]

>>8870861
i'm reminded of an ice pack or some kind of cooler in the freezer

[Anonymous No.8871310]

>>8870861
looks like an engine cover

[Anonymous No.8871496]

>>8871310
I think that was the point

[Anonymous No.8872051]

Super CD Rom2 died on me last summer. No more power to the system anymore. I don't have the tools or the skills to open it up and fuck with it, and no one in my area is willing to take the job.

So I guess we can pour one out for that nigga.

[Anonymous No.8872864]

>>8872051
That's what you get for hoarding 25+ year old plastic and expecting it to still work

[Anonymous No.8872962]

>>8872051
Sorry for your loss anon

[Anonymous No.8872978]

>>8872962
I'm not normally the "waifu" kind of guy, but Ryoko is an exception.