New to the Forums -- Finally am ready to get my TG16 back & my TG16 story

[EvilEvoIX]

Welcome aboard!!!  Amazing story and such a cheap price at time!

[seieienbu]

Do you all think it was a good buy?

I think it doesn't matter.  If you're happy with the purchase then it was a good buy.  Welcome aboard.

[gex]

Welcome aboard!!!  Amazing story and such a cheap price at time!

We need to find the nearest hot tub time machine to find deals like this again

[Glokas]

I'm not sure if the deal I got when I was a kid could even be found in a Thrift Store nowadays. When I got that lot from my friends brother, I talked him down like $25 and it was at that time where nobody cared about the TG16 anymore, they were being sold cheaply, and it was really an unknown console in the states for the most part still. I knew how much of a hidden masterpiece that console was, not only from what I had read in gaming mags of that time, but he let me play it also. I was so poor, we didn't even have a CD player at that time. If I remember correctly I used the CD player to listen to music as much as playing games on it! I'm pretty sure I also got an Auxiliary wire for my stereo (which had a Turntable and 2 Cassette decks), and I was able to use the detachable CD player to play music CDs that way through my stereos speakers. The TG16 purchase I made that day was really a life changer for me in alot of ways. Then and now honestly. I see games in a different way thanks to the TG16. It also made me feel like I was part of this exclusive club that a vast majority of my friends, no matter how rich or well off their families were, did not belong to. They were coming over to MY house to not only hang out, but enjoy gaming on a console they never had.
.                                                      Man, there are so many stories and just great things I can tell and say about the TG16 that its unreal. I would love a Hot tub time machine just to see the looks of happiness on mine and my brothers faces every time we played our TG16! That would be the best thing ever.

[MisterCrash]

I was so poor, we didn't even have a CD player at that time. If I remember correctly I used the CD player to listen to music as much as playing games on it! I'm pretty sure I also got an Auxiliary wire for my stereo (which had a Turntable and 2 Cassette decks), and I was able to use the detachable CD player to play music CDs that way through my stereos speakers.

That sounds familiar. I remember playing CDs through the TG-CD, listening through the TV speakers. I also remember the first time I realized that I could play a CD while playing a separate TurboGrafx game. I would play TV Sports Football while listening to the Ys Book I and II redbook audio. Good times.

[Glokas]

Quick Update:

Not sure how many people are still checking this thread at all, but I paid for that awesome TG16 lot on the 24th of January and it still hasn't even been Shipped yet! I mean, I get it, some people do eBay on the side. He'll, I do that myself. But ive never taken this long to package and ship something. I messaged the Seller and he has had a busy week and promised to have it shipped by this week at the latest. I thought he meant Monday or Tuesday though. Dammit, I'm so excited to get this lot in. I'm gonna post some pics on here for opinions and what not, Plus I'm going to make a YouTube video of it on my Channel.  Complete with my personal TG16 story, which alot of people seem to enjoy, but also lots of great info about the TG16 itself. I'll probably do a nice overview of it and all that. I got all these parts and wires to create my own AV cable and it's like I'm just staring at them, waiting. Ughh, this shit is so frustrating. I mean, $260 is no small amount of money to me by any means. I even offered to pay some kinda expedited shipping costs, when he finally replied. I haven't heard anything back since that eBay message. Plus, zero shipping status and/or Upayes

[Necromancer]

Waiting stinks, but hopefully he comes through in the end and isn't just f*cking you around.

[Glokas]

Necro: I know man. I'm really hoping that isnt the case. But he seemed very genuine and happy to see his childhood system go to someone that will cherish it. On a good note I got in some Female D Sub connectors to create my own AV cable (I absolutely love doing shit like that on my own). They look like a perfect fit for the pins on the expansion port. I've made tons of cool custom cables. Like my own Genesis Model 1 AV cable using paper clip pieces. And I made my own Female USB to Male Original Xbox cable for soft modding and using flash drives and what not. Oh and the very AWESOME Desh sent me a back cover for my TG16 that is coming in!!!! I offered to pay for it or at least for the shipping, but he wouldn't have it. That is one kick ass, generous and first class gentleman there. I never had one of those before, so I will cherish it. I even made a Facebook post about it. Yeah, I know. I'm a f*cking nerd.

[esteban]

Necro: I know man. I'm really hoping that isnt the case. But he seemed very genuine and happy to see his childhood system go to someone that will cherish it. On a good note I got in some Female D Sub connectors to create my own AV cable (I absolutely love doing shit like that on my own). They look like a perfect fit for the pins on the expansion port. I've made tons of cool custom cables. Like my own Genesis Model 1 AV cable using paper clip pieces. And I made my own Female USB to Male Original Xbox cable for soft modding and using flash drives and what not. Oh and the very AWESOME Desh sent me a back cover for my TG16 that is coming in!!!! I offered to pay for it or at least for the shipping, but he wouldn't have it. That is one kick ass, generous and first class gentleman there. I never had one of those before, so I will cherish it. I even made a Facebook post about it. Yeah, I know. I'm a f*cking nerd.

Desh is a good man.

And an upright citizen.




Also, I approve of the kinky references to Female D and Male D.

We all need some D, it seems.

[Glokas]

I think D makes the world go round actually.

Yes. Dish hooked me up big time there! Great guy all around.