First time the Turbo / PCE made your jaw drop?

[SaturdayMorningRobots]

First time I put in Ys 1-2 disc and heard that music play.

Interesting side note I decided to buy my Duo after playing my friends Sega CD (version 1) which impressed the hell out of me. I had been aware of the CD add on and lusted after screenshots of Ys, but it was cost prohibitive. I got a Duo because it was less money than a Genesis, and Sega CD, and I was somewhat invested in TG-16 already, Plus that sexy all in one machine looked a million times cooler than the Voltronesque Sega CD

[SamIAm]

I think [Xanadu II] is a good example of when good art design completely trumps technology.

That's one of the main reasons why I'm translating it.

Having said that, I'll join in on the Ys I+II front. I only watched the intro for the first time this year, but even if I loaded up the movie for the billionth time on youtube right now, I'd get the elusive chill through my whole body. I actually feel sorry for people who don't get the same thing from it. I'm also going to say that IMO the English narration was better than the Japanese. More wonder.

[Senshi]

First time I saw Babette in the Shower 

[Ash]

The First Time i was introduce Turbografx-16. Mathius show me it....my jaw dropped. I was shocked how it looked!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nodtveidt]

I'm quite tardy to the party too but oh well...

It takes a lot to make my jaw drop, so even though I had played a great number of games before the moment happened, it didn't mean I didn't enjoy the hell out of every one of them. What did it for me was playing through Vasteel, and getting to that final battle. I was playing as Stefan, and lost in that battle... the ending that ensued left me shocked and scarred for life... of course, it was also 3 in the morning and I was on an insomnia trip... but that is the first time it ever happened. The second (and last) time was playing Sapphire, but that's another story.

[Gogan]

I remember another time I got last alert, popped it in and.....REAL VOICES!!

THAT was impressive for me at that time.

[JohnnyBlaze]

In the summer of 1988 when my aunt imported the PC Engine and brought it to our rented house in Forked River. Seeing the advanced graphics and gameplay made my jaw drop. But, I was REALLY won over when the NEXT year, another aunt of mine scored a TurboGrafx and the whole house was up all night playing Keith Courage(I don't care what ANYONE says, that game is NOT as bad as everyone claims), Blazing Lazers, and Alien Crush.

Then, later on, it was the Turbo Duo and the frequent trips to the import store(remember those?) to score new CD games. That's what sucks about trying to rebuild her library. A lot of the games she had are ridiculously EXPENSIVE now! I remember her scoring a new copy of Dracula X for $50 and a copy of it now is worth $100-200! Don't even get me STARTED on Dungeon Explorer II and Cotton which she got on clearance for $15 EACH yet are now $200-300 each!

But, safe to say, this system is a HUGE part of why I'm starting to collect systems now.

[sheath]

I would have to say that the first time the Turbo made my jaw drop was when I saw some of the background details of Ninja Spirit.  The large Demon statue in the first level, the rocks in the second level, and the ninja boss in that level, all still look very high detail to me.  On an SDTV even over Composite they practically stand off the screen. 

Secondarily to this would be the first time I saw the last boss in Legendary Axe, sometimes I want to get good at that game again just to see it.

[bernielindell]

The first time the Turbo made my jaw drop, was when I played Dragon Slayer on the Duo.  I had a Turbo Grafx 16, and loved the games on it, but had NEVER heard speech in a game, or the cd quality music.  That was in 1992 I believe, possibly 1993..  Of course, other games impressed me even more, but that moment Dragon Slayer started up, with the intro and everything..  I cant forget it. 

[roflmao]

... Also R-Type. 

I had a Sega Master System at the time and loved playing R-type.  A friend of mine brought over his TG16 w/ R-type and I was like "OMG!!1!1!!!!" 

I'm pretty sure it was that moment that I decided I would have one.  The music blew me away.  The graphics were great as well, but I remember that intro track playing on level one and just not believing it was a home console. This had to be 1989 or 1990- pretty early in the TG16's life.  Freakin' hooked for life...

[RR1980]

... Also R-Type. 

I had a Sega Master System at the time and loved playing R-type.  A friend of mine brought over his TG16 w/ R-type and I was like "OMG!!1!1!!!!" 

I'm pretty sure it was that moment that I decided I would have one.  The music blew me away.  The graphics were great as well, but I remember that intro track playing on level one and just not believing it was a home console. This had to be 1989 or 1990- pretty early in the TG16's life.  Freakin' hooked for life...

that's pretty interesting about R-type cause I was reading some article another member posted on here about the history of the PCE with someone who was with Hudson Soft in the 80s and he said R-type was actually the turning point for the PCE because it was the first time that japanese gamers were able to play a close to arcade faithful port of an arcade game at home

[MottZilla]

I didn't play PC-Engine until emulation. But I was quite impressed with Castlevania Dracula X and again with Lords of Thunder. They are probably my two favorite games for PCE. Both have excellent music and graphics and are fun to play.

[Tortured Skull]

When I discovered that the non-CD games are size of credit cards instead of the usual cartridges.

[rag-time4]

Fun thread!!

My first two experiences with the turbo were not good, but the third time was a charm.

First of all, street fighter was my favorite arcade game as a kid, so when i saw it for sale when the turbo cd first came to toys r us i had to have one, but wouldnt get my first until 10 years later as an adult.

A couple years after first getting excited about it, my next door neighbors got a turbografx (no cd) and i got about a total of 30 minutes of playtime on battle royale, bloody wolf, and axe II, and was unimpressed. Strike one.

When i got my duo, my first 4 games were fighting street, r type, sidearms, and keith. Fighting streets controls were a huge letdown, and my shooters were so hard that when i moved, my duo and games went into storage for 5 years. Strike two.

When i finally rescued the duo, i picked up ys I&II, and that was it - totally hooked. The combination of colorful yet old school graphics with a beautiful redbook soundtrack was just magic. Loved the voice acting as well. The experience transported me back 20 years in time even though i never played ys before in my life. Home run.