Ah, brings back memories. A good friend of mine had the Turbo when I was growing up. We use to skip school and play countless hours of Double Dungeons. We would often throw in other games to the mix, like Bonk and Splatterhouse, but DD was what I remember most. I personally never had one, since I already had a SNES and when the Genesis 2 went to $99, picked one of those up. I remember seeing them on clearance at Toys'R'Us, when they still had the ticket you brought up to the front, for $50. My friend already had the Turbo, so I figured I'd grab a Genny. I still regret it, since they had a ton of clearance turbo games as well and am pretty sure that the all mighty Magical Chase was one of them. What can you do, I got blinded by Sonic's speed I guess. Plus I was maybe 13 or 14, so I didn't have much disposable income and my parents weren't going to buy it for me just because I wanted it.
Back in 2006 or 2007, My wife and I finally made space in the basement, which is partially finished. I quickly took claim and setup my old consoles to a cheap TV I bought from work. This was just before what I like to call the "retro age" where retro consoles became the cool thing to have. Now that I was in my 20's, I had money to blow on items from my past I didn't get to have, so I went out and found a Turbo on Ebay and let the good times roll. Then I went a little nuts and picked up a few others, like the CD unit, a Core I and Core II (with Briefcase for the Core and CDROM2 for the Core II), Turbo Duo, Duo-R, and an Express. Needless to say, it is my favorite console (slightly beating out the Dreamcast).
Unfortunately, I changed jobs and then positions within my new job since setting up the basement and time is no longer as bountiful as it once was. Hopefully I will have more time to visit the forum and play some more Turbo in the future. Once you get to know the regulars here (and keep on their good side!), its a great place to learn.
