Hello Everyone! What a momentious day it is that I have joined you!

[Sleepy Gnome]

Greetings All,

You would not believe how long it has taken me to get my membership for this forum approved! I applied for an account almost a month ago and have been checking back almost daily to see if it had been approved by the moderator!  I sent 3 or 4 emails asking to have it approved but did not received a response. I then tracked down the owners youtube account (through watching his TG-16 related videos) and send him a message via youtube asking what the deal was? Imagine my delight as I arrived home from work and checked my hotmail to discover the email saying I am now a member! Yippie 

So TG-16 and me.................

I am 27 so I vaguely remember the TG from when I was a kid. Although everyone in the UK had Nintendo or Sega. I remember a television program called Games Master that would review the odd TG game and I always thought to myself... I wonder 

I have a thing for retro consoles and I like to look at them on ebay, about 4-5 weeks ago was bidding on a 3DO and thought I was going to win it, and I was already excited with the prospect of building up a collection of games for it and was gutted when I was pipped at the post for the machine. I wanted to have a little retro project to work on and I stumbled upon a new TG-16 console at a reasonable price so purchased it and never looked back.

I have one of the European versions that plays US HU Cards. It does not have a CD drive and this is an addition I plan on making asap. So far I have the console boxed in new condition, two official pads, a multi-tap adaptor and the following games; Galaga '90 (HU Only), Vigilante (HU Only), Legendary Axe (HU Only), Cratermaze (HU Only), J.J and Jeff (HU Only), China Warrior (HU Only), Victory Run (HU Only), Blazing Lazers (with case - looks like a re-seal job but in new condition), Ordyne (Complete - still factory sealed), Bravo Man (Complete and sealed) and Dragon Spirit (Complete and sealed).

I have not actually opened any of the sealed ones yet as I am trying to get the most out of the loose ones before I do.

The first thing that strikes me about the games is how hard and unforgiving they are. Compared to modern day games (I have a 360) that give you infinite lives and let you complete it first time round. For some reason I really like China Warrior. I think it is really funny how big your character is.

SO - I am a total n00b to TG-16 and will probably ask the most basic questions and get on your nerves. I would also like to be able to buy games from members at some point but I totally appreciate that there needs to be an element of trust build up before that can happen!

I plan to grow my TG-16 Collection and, if your interested, share my experience with you and make some internet buddies along the way!

Nice to meet you all.

Sleepy Gnome. 



.........Oh P.S. I am from (and still live in) Portsmouth, UK.

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard.  Now that you've got the Turbob bug, you'll be needing a Duo for CD games and playing at the proper speed. 

[DragonmasterDan]

Greetings All,

You would not believe how long it has taken me to get my membership for this forum approved! I applied for an account almost a month ago and have been checking back almost daily to see if it had been approved by the moderator!   I sent 3 or 4 emails asking to have it approved but did not received a response. I then tracked down the owners youtube account (through watching his TG-16 related videos) and send him a message via youtube asking what the deal was? Imagine my delight as I arrived home from work and checked my hotmail to discover the email saying I am now a member! Yippie  

So TG-16 and me.................

I am 27 so I vaguely remember the TG from when I was a kid. Although everyone in the UK had Nintendo or Sega. I remember a television program called Games Master that would review the odd TG game and I always thought to myself... I wonder  

I have a thing for retro consoles and I like to look at them on ebay, about 4-5 weeks ago was bidding on a 3DO and thought I was going to win it, and I was already excited with the prospect of building up a collection of games for it and was gutted when I was pipped at the post for the machine. I wanted to have a little retro project to work on and I stumbled upon a new TG-16 console at a reasonable price so purchased it and never looked back.

I have one of the European versions that plays US HU Cards. It does not have a CD drive and this is an addition I plan on making asap. So far I have the console boxed in new condition, two official pads, a multi-tap adaptor and the following games; Galaga '90 (HU Only), Vigilante (HU Only), Legendary Axe (HU Only), Cratermaze (HU Only), J.J and Jeff (HU Only), China Warrior (HU Only), Victory Run (HU Only), Blazing Lazers (with case - looks like a re-seal job but in new condition), Ordyne (Complete - still factory sealed), Bravo Man (Complete and sealed) and Dragon Spirit (Complete and sealed).

I have not actually opened any of the sealed ones yet as I am trying to get the most out of the loose ones before I do.

The first thing that strikes me about the games is how hard and unforgiving they are. Compared to modern day games (I have a 360) that give you infinite lives and let you complete it first time round. For some reason I really like China Warrior. I think it is really funny how big your character is.

SO - I am a total n00b to TG-16 and will probably ask the most basic questions and get on your nerves. I would also like to be able to buy games from members at some point but I totally appreciate that there needs to be an element of trust build up before that can happen!

I plan to grow my TG-16 Collection and, if your interested, share my experience with you and make some internet buddies along the way!

Nice to meet you all.

Sleepy Gnome.  



.........Oh P.S. I am from (and still live in) Portsmouth, UK.

Welcome to the forum!

Just on a side note, there aren't a lot of users on here using the European PAL TurboGrafx (with no 16). Have you noticed games running off-speed at all? Oh also, I'm not sure that anyone has tested the European system with the add-on CD. So you might be the first if you go in that direction.

[Sleepy Gnome]

N00b questions No.1

Does a duo perform diffrently (better) than the console with the CD Drive attachment? Once I had brought the damn thing I started learning about it and soon realised how hard it is to get a CD drive to attach to it. I wish I'd just spent the extra money on buying a duo to begin with but its to late now. I quite fancy building the console up and attached a CD drive the HU Machine. I'll look cool - but will be expensive to track down all the parts tho....

[DragonmasterDan]

N00b questions No.1

Does a duo perform diffrently (better) than the console with the CD Drive attachment? Once I had brought the damn thing I started learning about it and soon realised how hard it is to get a CD drive to attach to it. I wish I'd just spent the extra money on buying a duo to begin with but its to late now. I quite fancy building the console up and attached a CD drive the HU Machine. I'll look cool - but will be expensive to track down all the parts tho....

The Duo has system card 3.0 built into it, so if you had a Duo you wouldn't need to track down a system card for the CD-ROM.

Besides the fact that the Duo only needs one power supply and is a consolidated unit, there are some differences in sound volumes for PCM and redbook audio between a Duo and an add-on CD. Also the add on CD rom is a bit more difficult to repair.

[Sleepy Gnome]

TG-16 Ownership is such a mine field. I had no idea!

Hmmmm... its a tough one really because I only just got the console but I probably should just bite the bullet and get a Duo then, i guess? Damn.

[DragonmasterDan]

TG-16 Ownership is such a mine field. I had no idea!

Hmmmm... its a tough one really because I only just got the console but I probably should just bite the bullet and get a Duo then, i guess? Damn.

Well if you're in the UK you'd need a step down converter and a TV or monitor that accepts NTSC video signals.

[Sleepy Gnome]

"Just on a side note, there aren't a lot of users on here using the European PAL TurboGrafx (with no 16)."

It does have a '16' - its this one...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140430249023

[DragonmasterDan]

"Just on a side note, there aren't a lot of users on here using the European PAL TurboGrafx (with no 16)."

It does have a '16' - its this one...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140430249023

There's a 16 in the auction title, but look at the actual system.

[Sleepy Gnome]

oh right   

I didn't even realise there was two diffrent things like that. So is mine as good as a TG-16 then? It plays TG-16 games...

It seems to play them fine and I havent noticed any slow down at all.

[DragonmasterDan]

oh right   

I didn't even realise there was two diffrent things like that. So is mine as good as a TG-16 then? It plays TG-16 games...

It seems to play them fine and I havent noticed any slow down at all.

It runs at a slightly slower clock speed, most games run fine. A few games apparently run off-speed.

[Necromancer]

In addition to the differences noted by Dan, the Duos also have slightly shorter seek times (load times are still the same).

[Sleepy Gnome]

there are so many questions I want to ask you guys and, rather than making millions of threads, I might as well pick you brains in here...

What are the games that are "must have". I quite like RPG's, most seem to be on CD but are there any good ones with English text that I can get on a US HU Card? Also Splatter House seems to be very highly rated - think i'll have to get that jawn (can we say "jawn" on here?)

I'd also like a good 4 player tennis game and any other 4 player games that are very good. Who else is here from the UK, they would probably be my best bet to try and make friends with and do some buying from!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DragonmasterDan]

there are so many questions I want to ask you guys and, rather than making millions of threads, I might as well pick you brains in here...

What are the games that are "must have". I quite like RPG's, most seem to be on CD but are there any good ones with English text that I can get on a US HU Card? Also Splatter House seems to be very highly rated - think i'll have to get that jawn (can we say "jawn" on here?)

I'd also like a good 4 player tennis game and any other 4 player games that are very good. Who else is here from the UK, they would probably be my best bet to try and make friends with and do some buying from!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There aren't any traditional turn based RPGs on US HuCard since there's no way to save. There is a D&D game called Order of the Griffon, along with Neutopia 1 and 2 which are Action-RPGs. And Dungeon Explorer, a Gauntlet style game.

As far as the must have HuCards, the big ones are Devils Crush, Air Zonk and Bonks Revenge.

[MasonSushi]

welcome to the site