Was the TurboGrafx-16 or any of it's variants your first 16-bit quality console?

[theoakwoody]

I never owned the TG16 when it was available in stores.  My brother and I bought a Genesis for Christmas '91 with Sonic.  I do remember that 2 guys in my class had tg16s and were constantly trading games like Bloody Wolf and Splatterhouse and I was always dying to go over to their houses to play.  My neighbor traded me his tg16 with Bonk and Keith Courage for a couple of days but other than that I had to dream about owning a tg16 w/ cd from behind the glass at Toys R Us.  Their display case used to be amazing! 

Oh, and then I got a Snes like 6 months later and never played my Genesis again.

[Shrapnoid]

I'm seeing a lot of experiences described that remind me of my experience with the system.
Oh, yes! Toys 'R Us' display cases were museum quality back then!
For those who missed that, let me tell you.
There were these loooong, glass cases with glass shelves tilted just enough so, that you could see the different game systems from the top/front/sides and the extra hardware was laid out beside and around each console with perfection.
It was really something to drool over...

[soop]

I'm seeing a lot of experiences described that remind me of my experience with the system.
Oh, yes! Toys 'R Us' display cases were museum quality back then!
For those who missed that, let me tell you.
There were these loooong, glass cases with glass shelves tilted just enough so, that you could see the different game systems from the top/front/sides and the extra hardware was laid out beside and around each console with perfection.
It was really something to drool over...

My house is gonna look like that one day.  When I win the lotto...

[DragonmasterDan]

My house is gonna look like that one day.  When I win the lotto...

A while back I saw a huge set of those VidPro display cards Toys R Us and other stores used for sale. I kind of wish I would have bought that just for nostalgia purposes.

[Arkhan]

No, we had teh Genny first.

I loved that bitch.  Mystic Defender and Altered Breast were legit.

Then I played Neutopia and Bonk and went "whoadamn".

Even when I was like, 6? the music from the Turbob was infinity times cooler than the Genesis. 

[Necromancer]

A while back I saw a huge set of those VidPro display cards Toys R Us and other stores used for sale. I kind of wish I would have bought that just for nostalgia purposes.

Cards like these?  -



Those are (were) Roy's, but I have a similar set of just the cards.  They're kinda neat but pretty useless.

[Arkhan]

He probably sold it for 2000$ to pay for new appliances for his new home built on the blood, sweat, and tears of the rest of this community.

[DragonmasterDan]

Cards like these?  -



Those are (were) Roy's, but I have a similar set of just the cards.  They're kinda neat but pretty useless.

Like yes, the same no. I mean the individual cards that Toys R us would hang with a sheet including a UPC. The vidpro cards would hang above the sheet you would bring to the counter to buy your item. Then you'd bring your receipt and the sheet to a counter where they'd get your game out of a back room.

[Bernie]

I had a SNES, and a Genesis.  However, my dad had the TG-16 from launch date, so I didnt miss out.  I later got the Duo, I want to say Christmas of 1993.

[MotherGunner]

The TG-16 was not my first 16-bit system but it WAS my second 8-bit system.  *wink

[guyjin]

I had a SNES, and a Genesis.  However, my dad had the TG-16 from launch date, so I didnt miss out.  I later got the Duo, I want to say Christmas of 1993.

Dang man, you made out.

Also, another tale of a near miss with Turbob: On Xmas eve 1990, my parents, as was traditional, let me open one gift early. They told me not to pick certain ones, but they apparently forgot which ones were giveaways to others. I picked out a heavy, squarish one.

it was an AC adapter for a TurboExpress.

I just about peed my pants, but my parents eventually explained what happened: they had actually gotten me a Game Gear, but the jerkwad at the store gave them the wrong AC adapter to go with it.

I still love the Game Gear, though.

[Arkhan]

Dang man, you made out.

Bitch, I had NES, SNES, Genesis, GameBoy, Game Gear, an Amiga 500 and a C64 AND an atari 2600 by the time I was 6!

WHO MADE OUT NOW.

[Shrapnoid]

Necromancer,... I-I, I *LOVE* you!! I've never seen that display before in my entire life!! You're my hero! That's right, buddy boy! Mr. Weirdo gots a Turbo crush on you now!

Time for me to start looking for one of these. Maybe I can get some dumby to give me one in exchange for my "World of Nintendo" sign.

TG16 was my first 16-bit quality system too and since it was over $40.00 cheaper than the Genesis and you got to send off for a free game of multiple choice, I snapped that baby up!!

[MotherGunner]

Dang man, you made out.

Bitch, I had NES, SNES, Genesis, GameBoy, Game Gear, an Amiga 500 and a C64 AND an atari 2600 by the time I was 6!

WHO MADE OUT NOW.

Lol now now Ark, I think it's safe to say people give you enough attention.  Time to share!  =)

[guyjin]

Dang man, you made out.

Bitch, I had NES, SNES, Genesis, GameBoy, Game Gear, an Amiga 500 and a C64 AND an atari 2600 by the time I was 6!

WHO MADE OUT NOW.

Dang. I'm surrounded by rich kids.