Poll- Are you a new or old PC Engine/TurboGrafx gamer?

[turbokon]

I eventually took it outside and stomped the shit out it out of anger.

PC LOAD LETTER?  What the f*ck does that mean?!?  

My bad, I do this all the time:)

[esadajr]

I first played the TG16 In 91 when I was 11 years old. An older cousin of mine that had come from Mexico to live with me and my parents purchased it at Toys R Us when it was on clearance for $99.99 I believe. Anyways I got to enjoy the Tg16 for about 7 months or so then it was time for my cousin to head back to Mexico and there went the TG16 that was in my family's house. Then when was 19 in 99" a friend of mine gave me his older brothers TG16 because at the time I was all about collecting for the Sega Dreamcast and he felt I would give it a good home which I did. I played it on and off for the next 3 years buying games for it through TZD then move out on my own and stored it away somewhere safe until recently in the past 7 months. Now I own a fairly decent collection of TG16 and PC Engine goodies thanks to a lot of you dudes from here. I'm gonna have to say I learned about it back in the day but really got into it in the present .. lol in between new school and old school PC Engine/TurboGrafx gamer ...
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If the TG16 was relatively obscure in the US, (save for a few ads) it was pretty much non existant in Mexico. Your cousin must have had it rough to collect.

[jeffhlewis]

Extremely late to the party - didn't know a single soul who had a TG-16 when I was growing up (this coming from someone who had a Sega Master System and managed to find 2 other kids in his neighborhood who also had SMS's), and EB Games / Babbages never had them on display. Christ, I didn't even play one until MGC 2011. Bought a SuperGrafx at that show and the rest is history.

I knew all about Turbo from reading magazines, of course. I do remember my local Toys r' Us and EB Games selling the boxed Turbo Duo + bonus pack on clearance for about $29.99 during the end of its lifespan, along with a slew of games like Vasteel, Exile: WP, etc in the bargain bin for $5. Hindsight...blah blah blah

[Nec.Game.head]

I first played the TG16 In 91 when I was 11 years old. An older cousin of mine that had come from Mexico to live with me and my parents purchased it at Toys R Us when it was on clearance for $99.99 I believe. Anyways I got to enjoy the Tg16 for about 7 months or so then it was time for my cousin to head back to Mexico and there went the TG16 that was in my family's house. Then when was 19 in 99" a friend of mine gave me his older brothers TG16 because at the time I was all about collecting for the Sega Dreamcast and he felt I would give it a good home which I did. I played it on and off for the next 3 years buying games for it through TZD then move out on my own and stored it away somewhere safe until recently in the past 7 months. Now I own a fairly decent collection of TG16 and PC Engine goodies thanks to a lot of you dudes from here. I'm gonna have to say I learned about it back in the day but really got into it in the present .. lol in between new school and old school PC Engine/TurboGrafx gamer ...
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If the TG16 was relatively obscure in the US, (save for a few ads) it was pretty much non existant in Mexico. Your cousin must have had it rough to collect.

He did actually. Their were absolutely no games to buy in Mexico for it. He came back for another stay late in 92 to work for my fathers Construction business and purchased a TG16 CD and a bunch of Hu card games that were on clearance. The shitty part about all of this is that he only bought the CD unit so that he could listen to English speaking music cd's like Metallica, Pantera and some punk rock music that I influenced him to listen to. What a freaking tease that was to have a kick ass TG16 CD unit a bunch of sealed games and no TG16 to play them on. He didn't even buy 1 single CD game before we went back to Mexico a year later. I would imagine that's why now at the age of 33 I'm so into collecting and playing the TG16. But I can honestly say it's because of my cousin Frank that I became so interested in electronics and gaming at such an early age. I come from a very traditional old school Mexican family and I was not raised with computers or gaming being a part of the home life. Now I'm the go to guy in my giant family when it comes to their gaming and electronic needs.

[Aggie Tsubi]

I'm still a relative newbie. I have fewer than 10 years of experience under my belt. Much less yet if you want to talk specifically the US stuff, since I started and stuck with the PC Engine for a good long while. Back when the TG-16 was current, I was all about the NES and SNES. I don't think I even knew it existed. But I became a retro game collector in '99 or so and an importer of Japanese games not long after, so it was only a matter of time before the PC Engine and TG-16 (and the PC-FX) beckoned to me.

[Flare65]

Bought the base system for around 155.00 cash from a AKO enterprises wholesale in Bolingbrook IL when it first came out.  These guys used to host video game swap meets at a hotel once a month and sent out post cards to everyone letting them know when the next meet up was.  This was just before the height of the 8-bit Nintendo popularity when Tetris was released.  Me and a few friends would always hit up the AKO game swapmeet int eh morning and then head to the Mars Merchandise (another now defunct video game shop) game swapmeet in the afternoon.

Not to get too far of track, but I remember being very dissapointed with Keith Courage as soon as I powered on the system.  The first part of the stage where you don't have the power suit on sucked.  My sister was laughing at me saying.... "you spent over 150.00 for THAT?!?!"  The game got much better when we you got the suit and went into the underworld area....or whatever it is called.  I have not bothered to power up this game in nearly 20 years so I'm going off memory.

The first game I bought was Bonk.  Nearly beat it that afternoon.  I remember it was going to be a toss up between buying Bonk and Military Maddness.  My dad grew up playing Avalon Hill board games and wanted me to get MM, but I ended up getting Bonk...he was disappointed.  I ended up buying MM the following month with my lawn mowing money.

[Zenimus]

I never had a TG-16 growing up, nor even played one. My only experience with it back then was seeing Bonk at a Toys R Us kiosk and wanting it badly. I remember some store employee back then saying that "these work in a Nintendo too". I was 6 years old, I believed it, I begged my grandma for it, and was shocked to pop that box open to find a tiny game card that could never possibly work. Why did that was that guy at the store thinking??

Last year I got a box of mixed video game stuff at an auction in LA. A Turbo Duo was in there, and I remembered that day of wanting to play Bonk so badly, so I kept it and tracked down a small set of games. It's a fun side of my favorite era in gaming that I never got to experience before.

[Gemineyetwin]

I only have had my Tutbo Grafx system for about 2 years now.  Of all the numerous consoles I own, this is my favourite.

[kiketonto]

The first time I played with was in '93, but it was from a friend.
I have  mine since 2000

[miaandjohnrule]

I first played a TG-16 on a demo unit at a department store sometime early in its console life. I remember really enjoying Keith Courage.

[ApolloBoy]

I knew about the TG-16 when I was very young in the early 90s; my dad subscribed to Game Players magazine back then and I found out about it and other stuff like the TG-CD and TurboExpress from there. I remember really wanting an SNES and Genesis back then because of it and I think I wanted a TG-16 too. AFAIK, TG-16 stuff wasn't really available in my area then because I don't remember seeing TG-16 stuff in the stores.

Anyway, I got my first TG-16 about 6 years ago and I've been hooked ever since. I got into both the PCE and TG-CD/PCE CD scenes after I sold my first TG-16 to get a region modded PCE Duo (which I stupidly traded for a TG-CD setup, which I've since replaced with a Duo-R).

[BigusSchmuck]

Got my Duo back in early 94 from Game Dude after reading the review of YS books 1 & 2 in EGM. Yeah it was a bit late in its life, but I tell you what, we had endless amounts of fun playing 5 player bomberman as I was the only person in my little town that had a Duo!

[munchiaz]

Never played it as a kid. Got my first turbo experience back in September of 2011 with a tg-16 and a copy of Cadash. I've never looked back 

[MrFlutterPie]

Never played it as a kid. Got my first turbo experience back in September of 2011 with a tg-16 and a copy of Cadash. I've never looked back 

That's a damn fine game to start out with

[munchiaz]

Never played it as a kid. Got my first turbo experience back in September of 2011 with a tg-16 and a copy of Cadash. I've never looked back 

That's a damn fine game to start out with

Indeed it is. One of my fav games on the console