Finally got my TG-16!

[IRuu]

I sort of got my first tg16 about 2 weeks ago as well. It was actually the same one I broke when I was 5. The rf port was broken so I just did the A/V mod and it works perfectly. Had it in storage for 17 years until now, such an easy fix lol.

[esteban]

I sort of got my first tg16 about 2 weeks ago as well. It was actually the same one I broke when I was 5. The rf port was broken so I just did the A/V mod and it works perfectly. Had it in storage for 17 years until now, such an easy fix lol.

Excellent. Welcome back, comrade.

Random: 17 years is precisely the duration of a cicada's hibernation.

Plan: I would buy the cheap/better-in-English* HuCards to play on your resuscitated TG-16. Then, depending on your budget/time/interest, you can (later) get a Japanese PCE+CD/DUO to play Japanese HuCards and all CD's.


*Dungeon Explorer, Neutopia I & II, Dragon's Curse...  JJ & Jeff (ha! I would get both versions!)

[Shrapnoid]

Vashogan, do you have a pic of your system with it's new game? You say it looks like a new console. I'd like to see that. So many used TG16's are so scratchy and dusty that it's just sad and I have to wince when I look at them.

It would be nice to see a find in great shape, especially with a new game beside it.

[soop]

wow, if you think the TG-16 is aesthetically pleasing, what do you think of the Duo?  Or the core Japanese unts?

I don't think I could bring myself to own a TG16.

[Arkhan]

I don't think I could bring myself to own a TG16.

Esteban will take your life.

[Shrapnoid]

I don't think I could bring myself to own a TG16.

You really don't know what you're missing.

The TG16 may be twice as wide as the PC-Engine but, when you take the dust cover off, it looks like a big tasty candy bar! Yumm! Yum!!

[HercTNT]

I bought my current TG-16 three years ago from a dealer in new york. The unit he sent me has not a single scratch on it, and still has the peal off plastic cover for the label on the system. I paid $55 and got blazing lazers for free with it.

[PunkicCyborg]

Post your Turbo haul in the what you bought thread! http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=5360.msg205418#new

[HercTNT]

Elabit, i was posting in response to shrapnoid, maybe i should have been more clear. the point was that it is possible to find them in very good shape even after all these years.

[PunkicCyborg]

Elabit, i was posting in response to shrapnoid, maybe i should have been more clear. the point was that it is possible to find them in very good shape even after all these years.

That was for the OP

[HercTNT]

ahhhhh ok, sorry about that.

[The Burnin8or]

Besides form factor and integrated system card, is there any advantage to a turbo duo over a tg-16 with cd attachment?  Is there any reliability issues with the tg-16 cd player?

[SMF]

The biggest reason to own a Duo is ..................... The Duo is a Sexy machine built for speed 

[guyjin]

Besides form factor and integrated system card, is there any advantage to a turbo duo over a tg-16 with cd attachment?  Is there any reliability issues with the tg-16 cd player?

The ability to use PCE controllers is one - there's a much wider variety of controllers available for PCE than turbo.

[The Burnin8or]

Hmm, that's a good point.  Aren't there converters available though? 

The reason I ask is, I've been looking into getting a duo of some sort (pc or turbo) and then maybe a base system from the opposite country so I have most of the games covered.  Because of this I havent really been on the lookout for a tg16 cd player but one just popped up on my local craigslist with a tg16, CD and base, the carrying case, and 35 games for 350.  The games alone caught  my interest but I'm not sure I really want the tg16/cd setup . . .