Turbo Everdrive PC Engine / Turbografx 16 Flash Card Nearing Release

[Black Tiger]

I don't think the PCB would be functionally damaged by filing it. The USB jack might get in your way on one side and the MicroSD card slot on the other, though. And I imagine paint would rub off after a while. I don't think most paint is conductive but I still wouldn't recommend it. You just get a lot of paint flakes inside your system.

Its the top corners near the pins that bother me in pics. If they were rounded, it would look much more natural.

Its really only the top side that I would like painted to look like a hucard. I only see wear and tear on the back side of real hucards.

[csgx1]

I've heard that the Plasti Dip spray works fairly well for car parts and for temporarily doing color changes over good existing car paint since it's removable.  Never used the stuff myself, but I hear its somewhat durable since it's rubberized.  Might work well for the top portion of the everdrive. 

What would be better than paint is if you can find a thin overlay material that's similar looking to the black portion of original Hucards. 

Not sure what Stone Age Gamer used for their deluxe version but it's probably (or should be) really durable since they also painted the bottom side.  Possibly enamel paint?  Honestly, I think the bare PCB looks better than painted.  Something with the holes and the trace lines showing through the paint makes it look cheap. 

[Frank_fjs]

That painted one looks horrible!

[MotherGunner]

I don't mind the paint.  I do prefer white though since it will match conventional fat Huey's a little better.

Oh, and I hope Sparky makes some neat labels and inserts for these!

[ConHuevos]

Can anyone with a turbo duo and a turbo ever drive confirm if soldier blade (USA) has sprite artifacts on the title screen?  Also aero blasters enemy explosions, basically play through the first stage of aeroblasters and you should notice them about halfway through.  I know it isn't my rom because both these games play fine on my flash hucard on my duo and I'm using the no-intro rom set.

[Joe Redifer]

Does anyone here know the science behind this?

1)Cart may not work properly with region modded systems

I have a converter which I use to play Japanese games on my US TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment Supersystem. Normally the Turbo Everdrive works just fine plugged in to the TG016. US and JP games play just fine with the switch set to US or TG or whatever it is. If I plug the Turbo Everdrive into the converter and then plug that into the TG-16, then I need to switch it to JP or PCE or whatever it is. It then proceeds to play the US and JP games just fine. I assume this would be similar to region modding.

I think that the 1)Cart may not work properly with region modded systems was listed only because Krikzz did not have a region modded system to test and also there may be different kinds of region mods that may or may not hinder the experience.

[broken]

Soldier Blade on the turbo everdrive works fine on both my tg16 and white pce.

[ConHuevos]

Ya I'm pretty certain I got a defective card, gonna mail it back.

[KnightWarrior]

To bad SAG dosen't sell the case by it self, looks bad ass..

[MotherGunner]

The preorder page has been updated with pricing and photos of the final product.

Photos
http://stoneagegamer.com/images/view.aspx?productId=5055



Preorder page
http://stoneagegamer.com/turboeverdrive_deluxe.aspx

[Jibbajaba]

To bad SAG dosen't sell the case by it self, looks bad ass..

Probably because if they did, too many people would buy the bare everdrive and then a case by itself.  A bare unit is about $75, and the deluxe version is like $140.  That's bad math.  The everdrive itself is a hell of a lot cooler than the bullshit that SAG came up with to go with it. I don't need stickers, instruction manuals, and a f*cked up looking unit.  I just need a case for my deal.  But that isn't enough profit so they have to come up with all of this useless ancillary bullshit to justify the near 100% mark-up.

Chris

[Frank_fjs]

$140 for some unnecessary crap? People are really stupid.

[Jibbajaba]

f*ckin A.  I'd rather spend $75 or whatever on the bare Everdrive, and spend the other $70 or so on a sweet Turbo CD game or two.  Like Drac X.

Chris

[Bernie]

$140 for some unnecessary crap? People are really stupid.

So....people are stupid, because they might like to get something that someone else feels is unnecessary?  Hmmm....

[Frank_fjs]

$140 for some unnecessary crap? People are really stupid.

So....people are stupid, because they might like to get something that someone else feels is unnecessary?  Hmmm....

No, people are stupid if they think it's reasonable to spend $60 on paper, plastic and a sticker.