Greetings! Looking to replace my collection

[Landis1255]

Greetings PCEngineFX forum go-ers.  Matt here, known to some as Landis from the days of the Turbo Mailing List (which is still around, btw!  Thanks BT!).  I have been a turbo fan since my first TG16 system back around ~1990 or so.  I joined the Turbo Mailing list and traded with many of the key listers back in the day, grabbing cool stuff from Japan and working on what would be the start of my Turbo collection.

I had quite the setup...shrinkwrapped-in-the-box Duo systems, a PCFX and Supergrafx, shrinkwrapped copies of almost every US CD/SuperCD game...it was awesome.  I loved it.

Then on Dec 27, 2014 we lost our home in a fire.  No one was hurt (even our turtle survived the roof collapsing on her tank) but most of my games were lost. I say "most" because I've managed to pull some from the rubble prior to demolition and while the cases/boxes/manuals were a lost cause, some of the CDs/carts were not destroyed inside the boxes.  Score one for keeping things complete, huh?

I am a huge Ys fan and really enjoy games in complete/excellent condition.  What I'm finding troubling is that while I can't afford to replace everything I had, I'm having a hard time finding anything that isn't beat to heck and/or crazy expensive.

So I figured I'd reach out here and for anyone still reading this post, I'd love any tips on where to find reasonably priced TG16/Duo gear and games that are in good+ condition and are complete.  I miss my TG16 boxes for all the games, spine cards on the imports, etc!

If BT (owner of the Turbo Mailing list) wasn't kind enough to let me help him beta-test his last game, he also started my re-collection off with a couple games and I am very grateful to him.  Plus it's nice to know some people out there keep stuff in good condition like I do!

I'll be quiet now.  For anyone still reading, thank you.  Even a "nice to meet you" would be great, but any tips/etc would be most appreciated.  With young kids and all the hubbub of the house fire, I am WAY behind in posting here but...better late than never?

Matt (aka Landis)

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard!  To buy stuff for reasonable monies, keep your eyes open here for sales threads or be patient on ebay; I still get 3/4 my stuff off there, but it's better for PCE than TG-16.

(even our turtle survived the roof collapsing on her tank)

[BigusSchmuck]

You can try Gamedude too. http://www.gamedude.com/turbog.html Prices are fairly reasonable and they have been around for a long time. Welcome aboard!

[Landis1255]

Thanks!  Gamedude is still around??  I remember getting their flyers in the 90s and calling them (long distance...back when that mattered!) to ask if they had games in stock here and there, then asking to make sure the manual was included, etc!  I will check that out for sure.

And I plan to keep my eye out here as well.  It seems that folks don't sell their stuff as often as they used to.  I swear every time I look on eBay I get mad as it's crazy-expensive, and most of the time the condition isn't what I'd want to see for that kind of money.

Matt

[esteban]

Welcome, comrade.

Buy low, sell low.

[wilykat]

You can also look in this thread: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20020.0

A few reproduction of normally hard to find or overly expensive game for only $5 each. You do have to promise to not pass it off as genuine at huge markup, they will find out and people who got caught have been banned from future releases.

[BigusSchmuck]

You can also look in this thread: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20020.0

A few reproduction of normally hard to find or overly expensive game for only $5 each. You do have to promise to not pass it off as genuine at huge markup, they will find out and people who got caught have been banned from future releases.

All honestly though, if they were resold on Ebay or the like they should be banned outright here. I mean this was a very very cool thing of Bernie to get going for us.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

You can also look in this thread: https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=20020.0

A few reproduction of normally hard to find or overly expensive game for only $5 each. You do have to promise to not pass it off as genuine at huge markup, they will find out and people who got caught have been banned from future releases.

These shouldn't be just passed off to what ever new guy signs up. I'm sure that sounds mean, but in the process it prevents some of the ebay flipping.