Author Topic: Turbo Fest??? (Read 505 times)

fabio · « **on:** January 04, 2006, 12:08:02 AM »

Hey Folks,

I was curious to know if there's ever been a stateside convention for NEC related consoles. I remember that at one point there was one for the Jaguar, so anything could be possible. Also, what kind of coverage does NEC get at the annual classic gaming convention?

Your pal...

Fabio

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2006, 03:52:01 AM »

Oh man, I don't know if there has been, but that would kick alot of ass. I've been to a few house gatherings for Neo Geo though, so for Turbo it should be really worth it.

TR0N · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2006, 07:40:57 PM »

Quote from: "fabio"

Hey Folks,

I was curious to know if there's ever been a stateside convention for NEC related consoles. I remember that at one point there was one for the Jaguar, so anything could be possible. Also, what kind of coverage does NEC get at the annual classic gaming convention?

Your pal...

Fabio

Close as your going to get to that is the, Classic Gaming Expo.

KingDrool · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2006, 07:08:18 AM »

I went to CGE one year in Vegas and they had next to no Turbo/PCE stuff. A couple vendors were selling games at ridiculous prices and then there was a Turbografx in the museum. Other than that: zip.

I would attend a TurboFest in a heartbeat. No questions asked.

TR0N · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2006, 04:22:11 PM »

Quote from: "jlued686"

I went to CGE one year in Vegas and they had next to no Turbo/PCE stuff. A couple vendors were selling games at ridiculous prices and then there was a Turbografx in the museum. Other than that: zip.

I would attend a TurboFest in a heartbeat. No questions asked.

Yeah i've had a friend tell me how boreing CGE was.

I guess i shouldn't surpise if they don't have much, TG16/PCE stuff to begin with.

Afther all the system was a niche in the, U.S market place.

KingDrool · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2006, 01:52:39 AM »

Yeah, but the thing was, they had TONS of Jaguar stuff, which was even less successful. I guess just because it was Atari.

esteban · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2006, 04:10:55 AM »

Quote from: "jlued686"

Yeah, but the thing was, they had TONS of Jaguar stuff, which was even less successful. I guess just because it was Atari.

Yeah, I think you're right. Atari has a pretty dedicated community, in general, and the Jaguar has a small but very loyal user base as a result (I think, anyway... look at all the games that have been published on the homebrew / indie labels). I love that folks purchased the rights to many partially complete titles and eventually released them: Even if the results were disappointing, it's very kool that they did it at all. Can you think of any other community that has done anything similar? Granted, big publishers (i.e. Capcom) would never be interested in working with fans, but since Jaguar had so many small-time publishers, getting the rights to their IP was possible.

But if Jaguar wasn't a member of the Atari console family, it would not have such an active and loyal fanbase, IMO. Atari's original fanbase (i.e. the Pong and VCS era) has matured, so it makes sense that their community is well-entrenched (they've been doing this longer than anyone else). Hopefully, the TG-16 community will be able to mature as well in its own niche. I'm happy with a small fanbase, as long as its loyal

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MotherGunner · « **Reply #7 on:** January 06, 2006, 02:36:48 PM »

Yeah, I love it how this Dental Company bought all the old Atari Jaguar Mold to build "THE HOTROD DENTAL IMAGER"

http://www.imaginsystems.com/hotrod.htm

CHECK OUT THE PDF BROCHURE, IT'S THE JAGUAR!!!!

Software development for the Atari Jaguar has survived long after its death, thanks to the open-sourcing of its development environment some years ago. In an odd little footnote to the history of Atari's last console, however, its hardware seems to have returned from the dead as well -- or part of it has, at any rate.

Several observers lately noticed that a new product from Imagin Systems, a manufacturer of medical and dental imaging equipment, bears a striking resemblance to the venerable old Jag. The "Hotrod," a digital intra-oral camera (in other words, dentists use it to take pictures inside a patient's mouth), happens to have the exact same exterior shape as the base Jaguar console, despite the obvious difference in coloring.

Atari-Age contacted Imagin to find that it had purchased the molds for the Jaguar casing from one of Atari's mid-'90s incarnations some years ago. For whatever reason, after a few minor modifications, the casing proved just the right size and shape to hold a $5000 dental camera. It retains the expansion slot used to connect the Jaguar's CD-ROM expansion as an "optional docking station," while plugging the memory cartridge used to store images into the existing cartridge slot.

We look forward to perhaps seeing other dead consoles -- the roomy Turbografx-16 case, maybe, or the classic Odyssey 2 -- revived for other technology applications.

esteban · « **Reply #8 on:** January 06, 2006, 08:28:04 PM »

Quote from: "MotherGunner"

Yeah, I love it how this Dental Company bought all the old Atari Jaguar Mold to build "THE HOTROD DENTAL IMAGER"

http://www.imaginsystems.com/hotrod.htm

CHECK OUT THE PDF BROCHURE, IT'S THE JAGUAR!!!!

Software development for the Atari Jaguar has survived long after its death, thanks to the open-sourcing of its development environment some years ago. In an odd little footnote to the history of Atari's last console, however, its hardware seems to have returned from the dead as well -- or part of it has, at any rate.

Several observers lately noticed that a new product from Imagin Systems, a manufacturer of medical and dental imaging equipment, bears a striking resemblance to the venerable old Jag. The "Hotrod," a digital intra-oral camera (in other words, dentists use it to take pictures inside a patient's mouth), happens to have the exact same exterior shape as the base Jaguar console, despite the obvious difference in coloring.

Atari-Age contacted Imagin to find that it had purchased the molds for the Jaguar casing from one of Atari's mid-'90s incarnations some years ago. For whatever reason, after a few minor modifications, the casing proved just the right size and shape to hold a $5000 dental camera. It retains the expansion slot used to connect the Jaguar's CD-ROM expansion as an "optional docking station," while plugging the memory cartridge used to store images into the existing cartridge slot.

We look forward to perhaps seeing other dead consoles -- the roomy Turbografx-16 case, maybe, or the classic Odyssey 2 -- revived for other technology applications.

Holy Cr:)p that was friggin' awesome. I love stuff like this. Thanks for the scoop

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Yeah, off the top of my head, I can only think of a few examples of video game consoles / handhelds being retrofitted for an "industrial" purpose: some exercise company (a rival of Nordic Track?) used the NES(?) to create a virtual skiiing/rowing/cycling game. Geesh, my memory sucks. But they had various sensors from the exercise machine running to the controller ports and they developed software (published as an NES cart, I think only 1 - 3 titles were ever published). Pretty kool.

Either NES or Gameboy had a sewing machine application? You'd program the stiching pattern for a complex piece, hook it up to a fancy sewing machine that supported this feature, and wait. I know folks who did this with their old Apple ][ computers back in the day... I remember saying to myself, "Man, who knew that that sewing could be so HARDCORE."

I know folks have tinkered with old Gameboys a lot over the years (i.e. making GB into a universal remote control with its IR port), but I can't remember if anything commercial came out of it.

MotherGunner · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2006, 01:32:26 PM »

Not only that. Some of you know that I was in the U.S. Army for 4 years from 97-01. Anyone that went through basic training for the Army in those years will tell you that U.S. soldiers learned how to shoot using none other than a SUPER NINTENDO!!!! (SNES)

Yes its TRUE. There was an SNES shooting game developed for only government use to teach soldiers how to shoot an M16. There was a REAL looking metal M16 with a chord that attached to the SNES. We use to stay up late firing at that thing and wishing one of us had brought Super Mario World.

Im sure the Army has shifted now into more modern technology but I learned how to shoot in the Army with an SNES!!

Glad I got all that practice on Duck Hunt during my preteens.

HOOAH!

esteban · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2006, 10:34:52 AM »

Quote from: "MotherGunner"

Not only that. Some of you know that I was in the U.S. Army for 4 years from 97-01. Anyone that went through basic training for the Army in those years will tell you that U.S. soldiers learned how to shoot using none other than a SUPER NINTENDO!!!! (SNES)

Yes its TRUE. There was an SNES shooting game developed for only government use to teach soldiers how to shoot an M16. There was a REAL looking metal M16 with a chord that attached to the SNES. We use to stay up late firing at that thing and wishing one of us had brought Super Mario World.

Im sure the Army has shifted now into more modern technology but I learned how to shoot in the Army with an SNES!!

Glad I got all that practice on Duck Hunt during my preteens.

HOOAH!

NO WAY! That's awesome. An old friend of mine is in the Army now and he's mentioned the video games he uses when training folks. I am going to ask him what he used himself, when he was just starting his career. Unfortunately, It was around 2000 (or afterward) that he joined, so I don't know if the Army was still using SNES.

Anyway, I'm gonna try to find out more info about this-- what skills were being tested with the SNES M-16 training? What was the simulation like (i.e. were there moving targets?, what were the graphics like?, was there a special room, or television, that was used?).

MotherGunner · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2006, 04:14:48 PM »

NO WAY! That's awesome. An old friend of mine is in the Army now and he's mentioned the video games he uses when training folks. I am going to ask him what he used himself, when he was just starting his career. Unfortunately, It was around 2000 (or afterward) that he joined, so I don't know if the Army was still using SNES.

Anyway, I'm gonna try to find out more info about this-- what skills were being tested with the SNES M-16 training? What was the simulation like (i.e. were there moving targets?, what were the graphics like?, was there a special room, or television, that was used?).[/quote]

It was a standard SNES with a special M16 for BRM "Basic Rifle Marksmanship" training. The cartridge was a standard SNES cartridge with a white label that had U.S. Government use only. Every cartridge was a controlled item so no could go off and make a rom of it. The setup was basically like a dos menu system with different mode. Moving targets, stationary, you could calibrate the M16 etc. No music at all. I know they probably don't use it anymore since there is more sophisticated equipment out there. My father in law is actually a trainer. He works for dyncorp or CSC.

It was fun as hell though, expecially the M16, it was almost like a real one with the same weight. I don't remember if it had recoil or not. We used to set it up on a small 19 inch tv.

Pcenginefx · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2006, 07:25:07 AM »

Speaking of a Turbo Fest, I briefly talked to Darkman from DarkCityProductions about hosting one in the Northwest area a year or so ago. Between him and I, we have enough Turbo/PCE/PC-FX stuff to fill at least a few tables

But the hard part would be getting the word out and hosting it and such.

I've also toyed with the idea of having a table at one of the classic gaming expos as well......but the regular things keep getting in the way (work, money, etc)

Keranu · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2006, 09:45:45 AM »

I'd totally love to go to a Turbo Fest, though the North West is a far travel from where I am, in the south Chicago subburbs. I still might even consider the travel just for the love of the Turbo!

vestcoat · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2006, 09:35:11 AM »

yeah, i'd travel out of my way for a turbo fest, even if there was only a few dozen people there.