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Ratamahatta - Jan 13, 2002

		Ratamahatta	Jan 13, 2002
		Yes! Finally the Turbo Duo has come to SX!!!!

		Ratamahatta	Jan 13, 2002
		C'mon people, lets get this forum goin! Turbo was a wicked system

		eatpenguin	Jan 14, 2002
		hehe the only thing i remember is that it was so hyped when it came out (at least, where i lived). they had promotions everywhere and also they gave out free stickers (stickers!!!) of their mascots bonk and zonk. the ironic thing is, the turbo's came out AFTER the release of sega genesis (samsung supa gemboy) and i believe, even after snes (hyundai supa cumboy) no one in their right mind bought it. i doubt they even bothered importing the cd-rom version.

		ExCyber	Jan 14, 2002
		The hype was heavy in America too; they pushed the system as being "16-bit", despite the fact that the core of the system was 8-bit in the usual ways. However, the "bits" arguments are generally pure marketing crap, and likewise the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx was (and is) clearly a very nice system. If "nobody in their right mind" bought it, they must have forgotten to release all the killer shooter conversions that were on it...

		Ratamahatta	Jan 14, 2002
		Where did you live? up here in canada the turbo duo is a sought after item. I remember playing just the turbografx somewhere and I loved it, I coulda got a turboexpress for $80 canadian with 20 games but some ass from a really crappy video game store bought it before I got my paycheck, man wasI ever pissed off! it was in mint condition. but yeah, if worse comes to worse, i'll buy the duo off an american importer for like $200. It was a good system, just 8 bit couldnt compare to 16 bit.

mal

Jan 14, 2002

Quote: from eatpenguin on 5:19 pm on Jan. 14, 2002

... snes (hyundai supa cumboy)

Aren't cultural differences wonderful?

		Ratamahatta	Jan 15, 2002
		I'd like to know how in the world he thought that little "translation" up.

ExCyber

Jan 15, 2002

Where did you live?

I'm going out on a limb a bit here, but if Samsung and Hyundai are the dominating consumer electronics companies, it's probably Korea.

		buck16	Jan 15, 2002
		My buddy bought a TG16 and added on the CD unit a bit later. I LOVED his system. The CD. The Turbo Tap (multiplayer). A bit ahead of it's time. World Class Baseball, while fairly simply, is one of the best baseball games I've played on ANY system ... ever. The gameplay/control was outstanding. Two-player heaven. Also, regarding sports titles, TV Sports Football was a quite original and, I think, fun. Lots of great games on that system. I bought a Genesis later and thought his system was equally as strong. 8-bit/16-bit, blah, blah. The TG played like a 16-bit to me. Anyway, the system (PC-Engine) did OUTSTANDING in Japan. Beat out the Megadrive there. (Edited by buck16 at 7:26 pm on Jan. 15, 2002)

eatpenguin

Jan 15, 2002

Quote: from ExCyber on 5:28 pm on Jan. 15, 2002

it's probably Korea.

someone studies their geo! you get a cookie for that

anyway, there really were no good games released for tg in korea. the only ones i actually remember are bonk 1 and super zonk. i guess they had no chance when it was released after genesis.

		Ratamahatta	Feb 2, 2002
		Can I have a cookie too?

		Cynnamin	Feb 3, 2002
		Ys I & II

		Ratamahatta	Feb 3, 2002
		Ys wasnt a very good series, now exile is the best

		aceint	Feb 8, 2002
		'Ys wasnt a very good series' - are you mad??

		kyosuke75	Feb 26, 2002
		Y's is a very good series. Exile is good too. I think this is cool knowing ppl who love turbo duo/pc engine. I didn't know too many ppl who loved that system. My friend was theonly other one and he's hardcore about that system...then again he's hardcore with video games period. I think we should push this system more since it is indeed the underdog system. I think pc engine had awesome arcade translations... too bad many of them didn't come to the US. What games do most of you guys have? I don't have a whole lot since i honestly started collecting recently. Kyosuke75

		Cynnamin	Feb 28, 2002
		Ratamahatta, your signature also needs to say "Cloud121" under the graphic. Then I will excuse you for your Ys sucks comment.

		Ratamahatta	Feb 28, 2002
		He seriously does look like timmy the retard.

		Cynnamin	Feb 28, 2002
		So change your sig, boy!

		Ratamahatta	Feb 28, 2002
		Nah, hed probably whine and all that crap to get me banned, mind you i've been banned already before.

		Ratamahatta	Feb 28, 2002
		Also, i'm an idiot