« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]

Author Topic: Euro Turbografx  (Read 813 times)

shubibiman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1832
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2006, 02:45:56 AM »
It only plays usual US games. Basically, it's about the same machine as the US TGX16 technically, the only difference being the fequency (50Hz). I heard it had been released in Spain but I have nothing to confirm that rumour (only a Spanish guy could tell us). It has for sure not been released in France as Guillemot distributed the japanese systems with an RGB mod. THIS was "grey" market, the PAL Turbografx being an official release.
Logged
Self proclamed Aldynes World Champion

Tatsujin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 12311
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2006, 01:04:11 PM »
Quote from: "shubibiman"
It only plays usual US games.

thought so, since the games looking completely the same. thx :)
Logged
www.pcedaisakusen.net
the home of your individual PC Engine collection!!
PCE Games coundown: 690/737 (47 to go or 93.6% clear)
PCE Shmups countdown: 111/111 (all clear!!)
Sega does what Nintendon't, but only NEC does better than both together!^^

cheezio

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 60
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2006, 03:31:43 AM »
I bought one off ebay a few years ago - a chap in Germany had a job lot of them. I would NOT recommend getting one to actually play games on (ok as museum piece).
As they are 50Hz the games run slower. Now I wouldnt have thought the difference would be an issue - but it really is :(.
Music on games is noticeably slow, and games feel sluggish compared to being played on a 60Hz machine. (a minute of gunhed on a 50Hz machine is 50seconds on a Jap/Us machine - if my maths is correct).

It was a bit of a dissapointment - but the big RTYPE pic on the box was cool!

One upside is that harder games are made a bit easier due to this slightslo-mo effect. And they grey casing was nicer than black IMHO
Logged

sunteam_paul

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4732
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2006, 03:53:14 AM »
Quote from: "cheezio"
I bought one off ebay a few years ago - a chap in Germany had a job lot of them. I would NOT recommend getting one to actually play games on (ok as museum piece).
As they are 50Hz the games run slower. Now I wouldnt have thought the difference would be an issue - but it really is :(.
Music on games is noticeably slow, and games feel sluggish compared to being played on a 60Hz machine. (a minute of gunhed on a 50Hz machine is 50seconds on a Jap/Us machine - if my maths is correct).

It was a bit of a dissapointment - but the big RTYPE pic on the box was cool!

One upside is that harder games are made a bit easier due to this slightslo-mo effect. And they grey casing was nicer than black IMHO


Ah I remember those days of the PAL PC Engine. What are the colours like on it? The first modded PC Engines from Japan had a severely reduced colour palette as well as big PAL borders.
Logged
The PC Engine Software Bible
Quote from: Tatsujin
I just felt in a hole!

cheezio

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 60
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2006, 10:05:00 AM »
colours were fine as far as i remember, it was composite too not RF, so a decent picture.
Can't remember black borders... but I was turned off so fast by the slowness of the games (and the music - gawd, painful...) that I didn't have the machine for long.

again though - very very nice R-type box art!
If Wii and PS3 had R-type on the sides of their boxes, i`d buy them no question :)
Logged

FM-77

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2180
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2006, 11:15:20 AM »
Quote from: "cheezio"
Can't remember black borders...


But they were there. They must've been. There's no way around it.
Logged

sunteam_paul

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4732
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2006, 11:24:14 AM »
Quote from: "Seldane"
Quote from: "cheezio"
Can't remember black borders...


But they were there. They must've been. There's no way around it.


If only we had widescreen TVs then it wouldn't have been a problem.
Logged
The PC Engine Software Bible
Quote from: Tatsujin
I just felt in a hole!

FM-77

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2180
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2006, 11:27:23 AM »
Quote from: "sunteam_paul"
If only we had widescreen TVs then it wouldn't have been a problem.


But if we did, we would've gotten borders on the sides instead.  :wink:
Logged

sunteam_paul

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4732
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2006, 10:24:07 PM »
Ah not in ZOOM mode you wouldn't. The games would still have run slow though.

It was a big thing in those days having ugly PAL borders in games and I hated it. I remember a friend running a Master System through his monitor and stretching it for (almost) full screen. Looked awesome!
Logged
The PC Engine Software Bible
Quote from: Tatsujin
I just felt in a hole!

FM-77

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2180
Euro Turbografx
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2006, 02:49:02 AM »
I never actually noticed these black bars back then. I still don't - I guess I'm used to them. I also think it looks a but more stylish with them, but I don't know why, hehe.

If you have the chance, play Terranigma (SNES) in 50Hz and then in 60. It's a huge difference, all the graphics seem to be "flattened" in 50Hz mode.
Logged

Everblue

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 79
Re: Euro Turbografx
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2008, 09:41:38 PM »
I was wondering, cannot the PAL turbografx be modified to run in NTSC mode?

Logged

_joshuaTurbo

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5160
Re: Euro Turbografx
« Reply #26 on: September 11, 2008, 03:55:20 PM »
holy necroposting bastard!!

It took me about 10 minutes to figure out that this thread was nearly two years old.

I was like why the hell are none of these pix or links working!!

lol
Logged

Game and Watch Kirby

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 344
Re: Euro Turbografx
« Reply #27 on: September 11, 2008, 04:19:47 PM »
Quote from: Everblue on September 10, 2008, 09:41:38 PM
I was wondering, cannot the PAL turbografx be modified to run in NTSC mode?




I'm pretty sure it's possible for it to be so by changing a few PINs. If you're trying to just run it in the NTSC current as is, it's possible for it to do so (you can see more information on that by seeing a thread where I had asked about this very system.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2008, 04:31:40 PM by Game and Watch Kir »
Logged
"Here comes a new challenger! Four new contestants stepped into the Audio Deathmatch ring today. You be the judge as these juggernauts battle it out in a fight to the finish!" - A segment of the August 3, 2006 update of SuperPCEngineGrafx.com

Everblue

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 79
Re: Euro Turbografx
« Reply #28 on: September 11, 2008, 07:53:28 PM »
Quote from: turboStar on September 11, 2008, 03:55:20 PM
holy necroposting bastard!!

It took me about 10 minutes to figure out that this thread was nearly two years old.

I was like why the hell are none of these pix or links working!!

lol


Sorry, maybe I should have started a new thread!
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]
« previous next »