WTB: TurboDuo

[khog143]

Hey guys,  I'm new to these forums, but for the one day I've been here, this place seems great.  I have been looking for a TurboDuo for a while now, but have not been willing to pay out the you-know-what for the prices people have been slapping them on ebay (as if I care that it is VGA graded, ugh ).  So, I figured I would come on here asking.  I have a very limited collection, as a lot of my effort collecting thus far has been put into NES/SNES, but I loved this system as a kid, and would love to expand my personal collection.  PM me if you have one that you are willing to sell/trade.  Like I said, I have over 300 NES games, some rare, some CIB, and I have SNES stuff, mostly RPGs.

Thanks again and I'm glad I found this place, it's awesome

EDIT: Based on the advice of others (thanks BlueBMW and SMF), I would be willing to go for a PC Engine Duo or Duo R, as well as the US TurboDuo

[BlueBMW]

Are you looking specifically for a US Turbo Duo, or would you consider a PC Engine Duo or Duo R system?  CD games are region free, and hucard games are generally far cheaper for the pc engine than US.  Most have little or no language barrier.

[khog143]

I would go either/or, but wouldn't I need an adapter for the US hucards I already own?  I have about 20 games already.

[SMF]

Yes, But now that your a member of these wonderful forums you can get 1 modded. That's what I did with my Duo. 1 system hundred and hundred games to play.

[BlueBMW]

An adapter would work, or you can have one of the tech guys here region mod it.  Keith Courage, thesteve, turbokon and myself do such things.  Im a little buried so contact those other guys first!

[khog143]

Will do! thanks guys, it's hard to find info on this stuff out on the internet, I've already learned a bunch just reading stuff here.  In that case, a PC engine duo or Duo R would work out fine.

[bartre]

yeah, go with the PCE, it's cheaper, and i think the Duo-R systems are sexy shit.
plus, duo-r systems are more reliable, and cheaper, even with a region mod, last i checked.
and, in case you hadn't looked, an adapter is ridiculously expensive these days, seems like $100+ every time.

[khog143]

I hadn't looked, I just assumed you could find them for around $20, but thanks for the heads up.  I am probably leaning more towards the PCE Duo or Duo-R now, but honestly I'll take either one that comes my way.  I have my TG CD system, but it is really bulky, and just doesn't look as good on a shelf as the Duos

[BlueBMW]

Ahh well if you've got a TG CD system already... you can use that to play US hucards if you didnt region mod whatever Japanese system you get.

Really though, there are a TON of great import games that are ridiculously inexpensive.  Some of the good but expensive US games have nearly identical Japanese counterparts.  Soldier Blade, Bonk 3, Air Zonk to name a few.

I think user kakutolives had a Duo R up for sale asking $210... not sure if that was shipped or not.  Maybe a tad high, but not awful.

[khog143]

I'm not sure this is the right forum or not, but what would you say a good price is for those systems?

[bartre]

I paid $180 shipped for my duo-r, but that was a while back, haven't looked much, since, but that's my $.02

[BlueBMW]

Here are some estimates I just came up with off the cuff:

All are assumed loose with power supply, av cable and one pad (no box / instructions)

Also, price guides are usually bad... system condition etc can have a big effect on value etc.  These are numbers I just came up with based on thinking about what I've seen things sell for over the last few years.  They may be way off, so dont hold to these numbers as if they were absolutes.

US Turbo Duo:  $80 to $120 - Non refurbished or broken
US Turbo Duo:  $200 - Refurbished and working
PC Engine Duo: $70 to $100 - Non refurbished or broken
PC Engine Duo: $160 - Refurbished and working

PC Engine DuoR: $180
PC Engine DuoRX: $190

US TGCD: $110 - Not working w/ TG16
US TGCD: $170 - Working w/ TG16
PCE IFU: $100 - Not working w/ white PCE  -- Add $10 for CGFX1, $15 for CGFX2
PCE IFU: $140 - Working w/ white PCE  -- Add $10 for CGFX1, $15 for CGFX2

SuperCDROM2: $130 - Non refurbished
SuperCDROM2: $160 - Refurbished

Laseractive CLD-A100 Base: $150 - Working but no PACs
Laseractive PAC-N1: $200 - Non refurbished but working
Laseractive PAC-N1: $240 - Refurbished
Laseractive PAC-N10: $425 to $550 - Non refurbished but working
Laseractive PAC-N10: $450 to $600 - Refurbished

[khog143]

Awesome.  Yeah I was just looking for a loose guide.  Everything you see on ebay/amazon has them at like $500, and there is no way I'm paying that

[CPTRAVE]

Yeah that is a good guide, Amazon is overpriced probably same people that sell their stuff on Ebay.

[Bernie]

I have a Duo I may part with.   Pm me.