Sylphia

[Black Tiger]

speaking of random places to buy turbo grafx games...
did anyone else discover that you used to be able to order TG16 and Duo games from Radio Shack?  they were doing this as recently as 98-99 when they stopped sometime.  RS stores all used to have a little station in the back with phonebook-sized 3 ring binders where you could order things like usual parts, batteries, RC cars and...video games.  this caught my eye once in 97 and flipping open the book i found that they had a full page of reasonably priced Turbo games and accessories!  you just filled out a little card with the radio shack item # and game description and paid the guy at the counter.  5-7 days later the game showed up in your mail box!  i couldn't believe it.  this was in a small town 3 years after the turbo had disappeared and i couldn't find anyone who even played the system.  i foolishly never ordered Bonk 3, Beyond Shadowgate or Terraforming (they didn't have Magical Chase, which is too bad because even back then with my limited knowledge i knew that game was worth a shitload).  but i did pick up Bomberman 93, Soldier Blade, Shockman, Ys 3, and Dragon Slayer.  all brand new for $25-40 each.  I tried to order Neutopia 2 several times and i think Dynastic Hero once, but they were sold out.

All the Radio Shacks in my area stocked Turbo stuff. In fact, RS was my main source back in the day.

I also ordered several titles, but almost everything that came out wound up in my city's RS(even though I was the single buyer in the town) or one of the nearby cities.

What drove me crazy though, was that in our cities 'Shellbyville", Turbo was number one.

Anything that I never saw I found there, even the Turbovision(which I snatched up) and it all came out there right away early on.

I still have my Radio Shack brand Turbo Express AC adaptor and universal rechargable battery pack for TE, GB & Lynx. It just needs some repair work done due to a decade and a half of brutal use.

[esteban]

all the Radio Shacks in my area stocked Turbo stuff. In fact, RS was my main source back in the day...

Kool.  So, was that in Canada (if so, which province) or the States (if so, which state).  I'm writing up some stuff for my site and including stuff on Radio Shack!  

Next step... I gotta find some old catalogs or circulars

[zborgerd]

Speak of the devil...  Eh... Angel.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8200983226

[ParanoiaDragon]

dude, I would love to walk into a store and see older stuff (16bit and prior).  Anybody know of good stores in LA / Orange county/ southern California?  The stores I've gone to have never had much TG-16/PCE stuff.  

I go to thrift stores a lot AND I STILL HAVEN'T seen a single TG-16 item.  Did anyone have TG16 in southern california?  One of these days I hope to hit the mother lode (this dude I know found a boxed LaserActive + TG16 module + laserdisc movies for $100 a few years ago... he didn't know what it was.  He later went back and bought it).  Why can't I get lucky like that? Most stuff at thrift stores is nasty and abused... if I ever do find something, it won't be in great shape.

Game Dude, in North Hollywood every so often has some great stuff, though not as much as they used to.  I remember, when Ys 4 was going for $200, & Sidearms Special was going for around $80 or so, both on ebay, & I walked in there, & bought both in mint condition with spine cards, for $12 each.  Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!  I've bought several PC Engine games over the years there, but, in the last few years, there entire Turbo section has gotten kinda dry, along with the Lynx, Jag, 3DO, Sega CD, SMS, & maybe a couple others I can't recall.  But, occasionally, they get some great stuff in, but I don't live close enough to it, to go in there once in awhile, so, instead, it's once in a GREAT while.  

Anyways, it's on the corner of Laurel Canyon & Sherman Way.  Since I have to head south to get there, I usually get off at Coldwater Canyon, & then hit Sherman way.   If you get off at Laruel Canyon, & turn on Sherman, you'll need to find a place to flip a biznatch......hmm, unless maybe you can turn right, before the light, it's been awhile.

[pixeljunkie]

dude, I would love to walk into a store and see older stuff (16bit and prior).  Anybody know of good stores in LA / Orange county/ southern California?  The stores I've gone to have never had much TG-16/PCE stuff.  

I go to thrift stores a lot AND I STILL HAVEN'T seen a single TG-16 item.  Did anyone have TG16 in southern california?  One of these days I hope to hit the mother lode (this dude I know found a boxed LaserActive + TG16 module + laserdisc movies for $100 a few years ago... he didn't know what it was.  He later went back and bought it).  Why can't I get lucky like that? Most stuff at thrift stores is nasty and abused... if I ever do find something, it won't be in great shape.

Game Dude, in North Hollywood every so often has some great stuff, though not as much as they used to.  I remember, when Ys 4 was going for $200, & Sidearms Special was going for around $80 or so, both on ebay, & I walked in there, & bought both in mint condition with spine cards, for $12 each.  Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!  I've bought several PC Engine games over the years there, but, in the last few years, there entire Turbo section has gotten kinda dry, along with the Lynx, Jag, 3DO, Sega CD, SMS, & maybe a couple others I can't recall.  But, occasionally, they get some great stuff in, but I don't live close enough to it, to go in there once in awhile, so, instead, it's once in a GREAT while.  

Anyways, it's on the corner of Laurel Canyon & Sherman Way.  Since I have to head south to get there, I usually get off at Coldwater Canyon, & then hit Sherman way.   If you get off at Laruel Canyon, & turn on Sherman, you'll need to find a place to flip a biznatch......hmm, unless maybe you can turn right, before the light, it's been awhile.

that must've been PRE-internet....those were good times...you could find deals and people didn't base value on what "they saw it go for on ebay"...I miss those times.

[ParanoiaDragon]

No, it wasn't pre-internet, or pre-ebay.  I even once won a game from them on ebay, & then went down to the store to buy it.  It's funny, some guy, who was trying to outbid me, warned me not to bid on there items, saying they never arrive, I simply told him, it doesn't matter, cuz all I have to do is pick it up

[Liquid Snake]

I don't think it's related to internet or not but just luck.

I once picked up brand new sealed Dead of the brains 1 & 2 for $69 three years ago on eBay.

[esteban]

dude, I would love to walk into a store and see older stuff (16bit and prior).  Anybody know of good stores in LA / Orange county/ southern California?  The stores I've gone to have never had much TG-16/PCE stuff.  

I go to thrift stores a lot AND I STILL HAVEN'T seen a single TG-16 item.  Did anyone have TG16 in southern california?  One of these days I hope to hit the mother lode (this dude I know found a boxed LaserActive + TG16 module + laserdisc movies for $100 a few years ago... he didn't know what it was.  He later went back and bought it).  Why can't I get lucky like that? Most stuff at thrift stores is nasty and abused... if I ever do find something, it won't be in great shape.

Game Dude, in North Hollywood every so often has some great stuff, though not as much as they used to.  I remember, when Ys 4 was going for $200, & Sidearms Special was going for around $80 or so, both on ebay, & I walked in there, & bought both in mint condition with spine cards, for $12 each.  Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!  I've bought several PC Engine games over the years there, but, in the last few years, there entire Turbo section has gotten kinda dry, along with the Lynx, Jag, 3DO, Sega CD, SMS, & maybe a couple others I can't recall.  But, occasionally, they get some great stuff in, but I don't live close enough to it, to go in there once in awhile, so, instead, it's once in a GREAT while.  

Anyways, it's on the corner of Laurel Canyon & Sherman Way.  Since I have to head south to get there, I usually get off at Coldwater Canyon, & then hit Sherman way.   If you get off at Laruel Canyon, & turn on Sherman, you'll need to find a place to flip a biznatch......hmm, unless maybe you can turn right, before the light, it's been awhile.

kool, i'll have to check that out next weekend!

[ParanoiaDragon]

I doubt they'll have any PCE games there, but, you never know.  I ofcoarse always hoped to find mint copies of Sapphire, Dracula X, Fausette Armour, etc, for $12.......never did.  I think they might've had the PCE versions of Last Alert, JB Harold, & maybe a couple of other games, that really aren't worth much.  LMK if you find anything good