Are you in it just for the CD ROM games?

[Lilgrafx]

Thanks for the kind words thrush. It's the same thing with my friends most of them will complain about the graphics or quite because there "too hard" (except bomberman all my friends love that) but personally I don't think there's a better feeling than beating a hard ass game like contra. Well there's better feelings but I mean as far as video games.

[geise]

Don't get me wrong, I love 8 and 16 bit stuff, and I probably play more from that era than anything else, but every generation has its strengths and weaknesses, and which strengths and weaknesses appeal to the public at large varies over time.  I really don't know how to tell how long these particular generations will remain popular aside from just waiting it out to see what happens.

The video game market will crash again!  Everyone will give up on 3D plus 3D games!  That's when Tats will release his master plan on the world and make every one OBEY!

[Mathius]

Don't get me wrong, I love 8 and 16 bit stuff, and I probably play more from that era than anything else, but every generation has its strengths and weaknesses, and which strengths and weaknesses appeal to the public at large varies over time.  I really don't know how to tell how long these particular generations will remain popular aside from just waiting it out to see what happens.

The video game market will crash again!  Everyone will give up on 3D plus 3D games!  That's when Tats will release his master plan on the world and make every one OBEY!

Oh No's!

I was never super interested in the formats. I didn't get into the PC Engine because of Hu Cards, CD-ROMs, Super CD-ROMs, etc. I was fascinated by this awesome little console from my childhood called a "PC Engine." Is there a cooler name than that? I used to sit and stare at pictures in my EGMs when I was little just because they were screenshots of this Japan only PC Engine thing. I didn't even know what the console looked like back then, and I don't think I even knew the Turbo was its American counterpart.

Granted I knew of the CD-ROM add on and the Turbo Duo back then, and the thought of games being put on CDs put my imagination into overdrive. I just always remembered how much I always wanted one, the formats be damned!

[Otaking]

Really I'm just in it for the Deep Blue......

[Marll]

There are great games on both formats, so I can't ignore either one. My favorite system of all time, so I'll keep collecting and playing everyting.

[Lum]

Not really. Language barrier is a stumbling block in any case.

[MasonSushi]

I get the US games when possible, but if they are too expensive I will get the PCE version.

[_joshuaTurbo]

I get the US games when possible, but if they are too expensive I will get the PCE version.

words to live by when collecting turbob.

I love the fact that this console is almost like 4 consoles wrapped in one! (5 for you Supergrafx owners) and when we see the developer really push the envelope on some Huey or CD-rom games. 

Example, I remember playing through Shubibinman 3 and about half way through seeing amazing GIANT bosses and crazy flashing paralax, I had to do a double take when I looked at the case and saw this was only a CD2 game and NOT SCD!!  Hell, I would have believed the game was Arcade Card if the mark was on the case....lol

Also, how amazing was it to see Street Fighter II CE look just as good as the SNES version of SFII?  I was floored.  Had no idea the ole Huey could pull off so many tricks!!

[thrush]

I love the fact that this console is almost like 4 consoles wrapped in one! (5 for you Supergrafx owners)

I've often thought about this.  It almost makes the system feel more like a desktop computer since there is a series of continual improvements and additions, rather than the static uniformity interrupted by occasional quantum leaps characteristic of most console lines.

[Mishran]

Just what the system is capable of with the Arcade Card is pure amazement. Fighting games like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting look great for an "8-bit" system. Sure they aren't Arcade/Neo-Geo, but pretty damn close. And who can forget Sapphire??? Regardless, both formats have their gems. Wouldn't do without either type as they are both awesome.

[spenoza]

I love the fact that this console is almost like 4 consoles wrapped in one! (5 for you Supergrafx owners)

I've often thought about this.  It almost makes the system feel more like a desktop computer since there is a series of continual improvements and additions, rather than the static uniformity interrupted by occasional quantum leaps characteristic of most console lines.

Can make it feel like it costs almost as much as a desktop computer at times as well...

[Black Tiger]

I love the fact that this console is almost like 4 consoles wrapped in one! (5 for you Supergrafx owners)

I've often thought about this.  It almost makes the system feel more like a desktop computer since there is a series of continual improvements and additions, rather than the static uniformity interrupted by occasional quantum leaps characteristic of most console lines.

The PC Engine wasn't very unique in this regard in Japan. The SG-1000, Famicom, Sega Mark III and Mega Drive all had lots of variations, expansions and multiple formats. The Mega Drive in particular has all consoles ever beat.

Just what the system is capable of with the Arcade Card is pure amazement. Fighting games like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting look great for an "8-bit" system. Sure they aren't Arcade/Neo-Geo, but pretty damn close. And who can forget Sapphire??? Regardless, both formats have their gems. Wouldn't do without either type as they are both awesome.

They're even impressive for 16-bit.

[thrush]

The PC Engine wasn't very unique in this regard in Japan. The SG-1000, Famicom, Sega Mark III and Mega Drive all had lots of variations, expansions and multiple formats. The Mega Drive in particular has all consoles ever beat.

I wonder what accounts for that?  Was it just that the strong economy there in the 1990s could support a wide range of add-ons, or was there some deeper reason?

[Mathius]

The PC Engine wasn't very unique in this regard in Japan. The SG-1000, Famicom, Sega Mark III and Mega Drive all had lots of variations, expansions and multiple formats. The Mega Drive in particular has all consoles ever beat.

I wonder what accounts for that?  Was it just that the strong economy there in the 1990s could support a wide range of add-ons, or was there some deeper reason?

Sega's schizophrenic mid 90s marketing.

[Black Tiger]

The PC Engine wasn't very unique in this regard in Japan. The SG-1000, Famicom, Sega Mark III and Mega Drive all had lots of variations, expansions and multiple formats. The Mega Drive in particular has all consoles ever beat.

I wonder what accounts for that?  Was it just that the strong economy there in the 1990s could support a wide range of add-ons, or was there some deeper reason?

Japan just loved video games. Even if every platform wasn't a huge success, their was still a market for innovation.

Sega's schizophrenic mid 90s marketing.

They did more experimenting during the 80's.