So many posts, I should have done this a long time ago...

[Sparky]

HI-YA BUD

This!

[esteban]

HI-YA BUD

This!

 

[Jabberwok]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

Go ahead and introduce yourself a bit more for those of us who have never been active over on that other forum.  Tell us a bit of your Turbo history.

Lets see, My real name is Benoit, im 41 years old & come from the French part of Canada. I was the co-owner & chef of a pub for a good while. I also translate Steam indie games to French.

The history books don't clearly say at what point I loved my Turbografx-16. I remember seeing the TV & magazine adds. But I think I recall me passing by a local Radio Shack (they were Canada's official NEC distributor) in a mall  & seeing the system running live. I mean being used to 8 bit & my new Genesis (with it's Matchbox's truck load of colors) seeing something as sharp & colorful was amazing. Even it's higher pitched sound was amazing. The game's distinctive Japanese style was also a huge plus... I mean look at me rambling at how awesome the system is, you guys are all believers after all Anyhoo that 1st 'encounter' led me to the Toys-r-us close by to buy one. I bought with it Legendary Axe, Splatterhouse & R-Type. The fun I had for a while... Then as time passed by I was buying a lot of Turbo games untill I saw the CD in stock so I decided to grab it with Valis II... today the following would make everybody laugh but when I hooked it up & started Valis II my jaw dropped when I heard voices & naration, "real" music, "videos" ect... To get the younger ones of you into context back in 1990 most of us was still using tapes & vinyls for music. I knew what a CD was but frankly I tought that it could only store "games" so to speak. Then when I got Ys book I & II everything fell into place... I then bought most of the US titles, plus a DUO, express plus other stuff.

Funny thing is, I recently sold a mint Neo Geo Gold plus the games, my Coleco, Intelivision & have sold my Super Nes & Nes a while back. But I kept my Turbo... the CD is about to die but the caps are fine so far. When this happens I will have to replace it because I still use it on a daily basis. Sure, I have a copy of Magic Engine but there is something special about playing on a real system even though I have a dedicated PC plugged on the same TV for emulators it's not the same...

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard!  There's peeps here that can repair your CD if (when) it kicks the bucket. 

[geise]

Welcome! 

Yeah, as others said we have a great repair section here.  Helped me revive my US launch Duo.  A few of the repair guys hang out at another pc-engine forum.  It's nice cause it's mainly used for the Chat Box.  Hope to see ya there. http://www.pcengine.freeforums.org

[Jabberwok]

Yeah the repair section is really interesting. But right now, It's my express that became silent but that repair is a little out of my league... But who knows? if I chicken out I'll ask for you guys help 

[esteban]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

Go ahead and introduce yourself a bit more for those of us who have never been active over on that other forum.  Tell us a bit of your Turbo history.

Lets see, My real name is Benoit, im 41 years old & come from the French part of Canada. I was the co-owner & chef of a pub for a good while. I also translate Steam indie games to French.

The history books don't clearly say at what point I loved my Turbografx-16. I remember seeing the TV & magazine adds. But I think I recall me passing by a local Radio Shack (they were Canada's official NEC distributor) in a mall  & seeing the system running live. I mean being used to 8 bit & my new Genesis (with it's Matchbox's truck load of colors) seeing something as sharp & colorful was amazing. Even it's higher pitched sound was amazing. The game's distinctive Japanese style was also a huge plus... I mean look at me rambling at how awesome the system is, you guys are all believers after all Anyhoo that 1st 'encounter' led me to the Toys-r-us close by to buy one. I bought with it Legendary Axe, Splatterhouse & R-Type. The fun I had for a while... Then as time passed by I was buying a lot of Turbo games untill I saw the CD in stock so I decided to grab it with Valis II... today the following would make everybody laugh but when I hooked it up & started Valis II my jaw dropped when I heard voices & naration, "real" music, "videos" ect... To get the younger ones of you into context back in 1990 most of us was still using tapes & vinyls for music. I knew what a CD was but frankly I tought that it could only store "games" so to speak. Then when I got Ys book I & II everything fell into place... I then bought most of the US titles, plus a DUO, express plus other stuff.

Funny thing is, I recently sold a mint Neo Geo Gold plus the games, my Coleco, Intelivision & have sold my Super Nes & Nes a while back. But I kept my Turbo... the CD is about to die but the caps are fine so far. When this happens I will have to replace it because I still use it on a daily basis. Sure, I have a copy of Magic Engine but there is something special about playing on a real system even though I have a dedicated PC plugged on the same TV for emulators it's not the same...

Valis II was my first (or one of the first) CD games I owned, too. I had been wanting to play it since I first got TG-16 (all promotional material re-cycled the same 2-3 screenshots from the game and they certainly piqued my interest).

The first live demo of TG-CD was at a mom-n-pop store...they had Final Zone II in the TG-CD. My brothers and I would eventually buy this floor model. I think we bought FZII (discounted as well) at the same time.

[Jabberwok]

Final Zone II... Now I am 100% sure that I'm not the only one who is still haunted by the American version's opening song am I right?

[Necromancer]

Hauntingly awesome lyrics, eh?  f*ck yeah!

[NightWolve]

Yes, for those who know me I'm the same Jabberwok from the Magic Engine forums. I know I should have come here a while ago but you know 

There are so many posts in here it's not even funny 

Yeah, I too found it pretty impressive how successfully active this forum is given the retro theme and with NEC having been the underdog in the 16-bit console wars. We are few, but proud!!! Perhaps a bit blindly at times too, but hey, that's alright! Heh-heh.

Well, welcome aboard!

[esteban]

Final Zone II... Now I am 100% sure that I'm not the only one who is still haunted by the American version's opening song am I right?

You have no idea how often I sing along to that tune... And Momoko's song! I used to have an old page on le web with the lyrics and desktop images memorializing FZII's awesomeness....

 


Of course...

Hauntingly awesome lyrics, eh?  f*ck yeah!

...Necro totally understands.