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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Re: Game of the Month: September 2025 - Faussete Amour
« Last post by Mathius on September 13, 2025, 05:05:32 PM »I need to break this out and play it again. It's been ten years probably.
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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion / Game of the Month: September 2025 - Faussete Amour
« Last post by geise on September 12, 2025, 09:56:39 AM »FAUSSETE AMOUR
I know it's super late this month but still wanted to do a game of the month. Life has been kinda insane. Thought it was going to slow down. So, my apologies. Anyways this month is Faussete Amour. It is the year 1162, "Lilijian" time (instead of AD or BC, setting this in an alternate world). A dark cult called "Holy Cask" has taken hold in the Northern kingdom of Belia. Lead by a mysterious figure known only as "Goat Bone", they practice devil-worship and have been summoning terrible beasts to ravage and destroy any towns who don't submit to the cult. In one such village lived a girl named Corque, with her sister Meriya. Corque burns for revenge... then she encounters a mysterious old man who knew her father. Equiped with magical armor and armed with her father's chain sword and combat knowledge, she sets out for revenge and to rescue her sister! The gameplay is slightly similar to Bionic Commando. It takes a bit of getting used to, but once it clicks it's a pretty fun game.
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Chit-Chat / Re: Anyone still read/play adventure gamebooks?
« Last post by Naniyue on September 12, 2025, 12:29:26 AM »I'm not going to heavily post here like I do in my Return to Turboland thread, but I DO want to give a couple or so more examples as I play to show you the range of settings and rule sets that are available, as well as list more suggested titles or series.
I suggest vinyl slip covers, if you can find the right size. Old gamebooks are usually classic sized paperbacks.
I will soon play "The House on Sentinel Hill" by Graham Plowman. It's a Cthulhu kind of setting I bought three years ago, but am only now getting around to trying. I am fairly new to this genre of fiction/games, so we'll see how it goes. It uses the usual 2d6, but I'm curious how (dis)advantageous using a 1d12 will be. I will use some reddish, blackish, and greenish dice I got from Walmart a couple years ago, as well as the Haunted Castle set I recently got from Five Below:
https://www.fivebelow.com/products/table-top-roleplaying-dice-1-set-9155028?srsltid=AfmBOopgnc_mphsCXy7hJVfpPosQPxMNR8hMDzjagxm5HDGKbVtb4cH0&variant=9155031
There's also a soundtrack by the author on youtube:
Or visit:
https://www.grahamplowman.com/
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Kinda sorta spoiler alert!!
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Unfortunately, just about all adventure gamebooks lean towards the difficult side of things, meaning multiple plays just to win the first time. In this one, it seems, you are MEANT to fail, as a way to trap you in some sort of time loop that drives you MAD! Normally, I would consider mapping your choices to be cheating, but unless you have a damn good memory, it's almost VITAL in this one to keep oneself from an insane number of repeats!
Clarification: I've only mapped out what it takes to get to the meat of the game. From there, I'm trying my best!
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I keep failing at what seems to be a crucial point, so I'm taking a break from this one.
Started reading the first Swordquest book. I've played one of these before. It's not too bad.
I suggest vinyl slip covers, if you can find the right size. Old gamebooks are usually classic sized paperbacks.
I will soon play "The House on Sentinel Hill" by Graham Plowman. It's a Cthulhu kind of setting I bought three years ago, but am only now getting around to trying. I am fairly new to this genre of fiction/games, so we'll see how it goes. It uses the usual 2d6, but I'm curious how (dis)advantageous using a 1d12 will be. I will use some reddish, blackish, and greenish dice I got from Walmart a couple years ago, as well as the Haunted Castle set I recently got from Five Below:
https://www.fivebelow.com/products/table-top-roleplaying-dice-1-set-9155028?srsltid=AfmBOopgnc_mphsCXy7hJVfpPosQPxMNR8hMDzjagxm5HDGKbVtb4cH0&variant=9155031
There's also a soundtrack by the author on youtube:
Or visit:
https://www.grahamplowman.com/
**********************
Kinda sorta spoiler alert!!
***********************
Unfortunately, just about all adventure gamebooks lean towards the difficult side of things, meaning multiple plays just to win the first time. In this one, it seems, you are MEANT to fail, as a way to trap you in some sort of time loop that drives you MAD! Normally, I would consider mapping your choices to be cheating, but unless you have a damn good memory, it's almost VITAL in this one to keep oneself from an insane number of repeats!
Clarification: I've only mapped out what it takes to get to the meat of the game. From there, I'm trying my best!
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I keep failing at what seems to be a crucial point, so I'm taking a break from this one.
Started reading the first Swordquest book. I've played one of these before. It's not too bad.
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TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Sales & Trades / Re: FS: TurboGrafx 16 Case label Stickers: Large, Small & Duo/CD sets.
« Last post by shazzner on September 10, 2025, 11:13:55 AM »The still avaliable?
I received a PM reply from Sparky, he said they were still available.
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Turbo/PCE Game/Tool Development / Re: Translating Necros Fortress
« Last post by shazzner on September 10, 2025, 10:59:12 AM »Looks great!
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Chit-Chat / Re: Anyone still read/play adventure gamebooks?
« Last post by Naniyue on September 09, 2025, 08:11:37 PM »Adventure gamebooks are actual games. They are a combination of Choose Your Own Adventure and RPG. So, instead of just making choices, there are rules of combat, inventory management, and such. Basically, solo RPGs! They were in almost every book and toy store from the mid 80's into the early 90's. I personally think they lost popularity with the rise of more complex video games. Old ones are hard to find in the wild, and online can sometimes fetch hefty amounts for those crazy enough to spend that much. And, of course, two of them I had as a kid, but mysteriously lost, are worth hundreds of dollars. Figures.
I should have put this link in the first post:
https://gamebooks.org/
And the standard Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook
Some books have been electronically scanned, but you are on your own to find them.
Others are freely available, such as the entire Lone Wolf series, with Joe Dever's blessing:
https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Home
The first five have been remade for the DS!
https://www.projectaon.org/staff/frederic/index.php
There are also fully electronic ones, such as:
https://tinmangames.com.au/games/curse-of-the-assassin/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5443760275283054929&hl=en_US
Suggested series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Adventure_Gamebooks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Tiger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Fantasy
OH! and they're not all fantasy. Remember Car Wars?
https://gamebooks.org/Series/62/Show
I should have put this link in the first post:
https://gamebooks.org/
And the standard Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook
Some books have been electronically scanned, but you are on your own to find them.
Others are freely available, such as the entire Lone Wolf series, with Joe Dever's blessing:
https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Home
The first five have been remade for the DS!
https://www.projectaon.org/staff/frederic/index.php
There are also fully electronic ones, such as:
https://tinmangames.com.au/games/curse-of-the-assassin/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5443760275283054929&hl=en_US
Suggested series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Adventure_Gamebooks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_the_Tiger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Fantasy
OH! and they're not all fantasy. Remember Car Wars?
https://gamebooks.org/Series/62/Show
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Console Chat / Re: Smelling my own farts? aka Turbo games playlists
« Last post by _joshuaTurbo on September 09, 2025, 04:36:30 PM »Played through Last Alert and Final Zone II
Last Alert is flawed but a fun romp, i'd definitely revisit it in a few years
Final Zone II has much snappier gameplay but it feels too short. Some of the stages don't even have a real boss
I've actually never played Final Zone II. At least not more than a few minutes. With most of the same "amazing" voice actors from Last Alert, you'd think I would be all over this. hahah.
Do you have a copy of Final Zone II? I have a US copy that I'd let you borrow for a while if you're interested.
HAHA, honestly- NO! I've never played it and never owned it. A really strange occurrence for sure!
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Chit-Chat / Re: Anyone still read/play adventure gamebooks?
« Last post by _joshuaTurbo on September 09, 2025, 04:34:59 PM »Are these types of books considered LitRPGs? I've seen a few of them pop up in my queue due to reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series (Which I RECOMMMEND!!)
Titles like He Who Fights with Monsters and How to Become the Dark Lord (And Die Trying) are potential examples (but I haven't read them yet!!)
Titles like He Who Fights with Monsters and How to Become the Dark Lord (And Die Trying) are potential examples (but I haven't read them yet!!)
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: Sound issue on LT speaker
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TG/PCE Repair/Mod Discussion / Re: Sound issue on LT speaker
« Last post by bdoi on September 09, 2025, 02:06:18 PM »Try to solder the speaker directly on the external middle pins of the headphone socket (surrounded pins on picture), on the working LT sound comes out of the speaker. On LT with sound issue, nothing, but if I plug and headphone in the socket, sound comes off the speaker but not really loud
Any ideas or any schematics would be appreciated
Any ideas or any schematics would be appreciated