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wildfruit

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new to turbografx
« on: May 21, 2013, 05:46:06 AM »
my wife is great
she got me a turbografx for my birthday. cant believe what i've missed out on all these years. should have had a euro release for sure.
so far ive got:
pal turbografx
turbo tap
2 controllers
blazing lazers
dungeon explorer
yo bro
crater maze
tv sports football
bravoman
populous (jap)
any recommendations?
also anyone know where a good place to find cd attachment is? ebay seems a bit bare

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2013, 06:03:09 AM »
Welcome to the club.  Great wife indeed.  :mrgreen:

should have had a euro release for sure.

It did, though not well promoted, widespread, or supported for long.

also anyone know where a good place to find cd attachment is? ebay seems a bit bare

I suggest getting a Duo instead; it'll be cheaper than getting a TG-CD setup and Super System Card.
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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 06:21:09 AM »
Don't bother getting a CD-ROM, since your TurboGrafx doesn't play games at the correct speed and a Turbo-CD will likely cost you as much as a PC Engine Duo (which plays 99% of games released) to get to your door (and the System card required to play most CD games on a Turbo-CD could cost as much alone). Just keep the TurboGrafx for playing North American TurboChips, if you don't mind the slower speed. There is a much greater selection of PCE HuCards and most are cheaper than the English versions.

btw: the abbreviation "jap" is against the forum rules.
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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2013, 06:33:55 AM »
Welcome. I also suggest the Duo route. will save you money and give you a larger library.
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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2013, 06:37:57 AM »
i dont mind the slower speed, i grew up with pal games. although one game, dungeon explorer, seems to run at the correct speed when ive looked at some long play videos to compare. i cant explain why.all the others do run slower than ntsc
i think im just going to collect hu cards for now and re visit the cd quandry another time

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2013, 07:11:19 AM »
Welcome to Pcenginefx!

You have Populous, but can you play it on your system?

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2013, 07:20:28 AM »
Welcome to the 16 bit graphics revolution!

Your wife is a keeper for sure :)

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2013, 08:57:34 AM »
re:populous, hu card converter

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2013, 01:01:37 PM »
i dont mind the slower speed, i grew up with pal games. although one game, dungeon explorer, seems to run at the correct speed when ive looked at some long play videos to compare. i cant explain why.all the others do run slower than ntsc
i think im just going to collect hu cards for now and re visit the cd quandry another time

Yeah, it's not a big deal with HuCards if you don't mind the difference in speed, but CD games, which usually have voice acting and misc data streaming, will likely go out of sync and who knows what issues could arise from it. But like I said, it's cheapest just to get a Duo R/RX once you're ready for CD games, so it's a non-issue.
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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2013, 03:43:31 PM »
my wife is great
she got me a turbografx for my birthday. cant believe what i've missed out on all these years. should have had a euro release for sure.
so far ive got:
pal turbografx
turbo tap
2 controllers
blazing lazers
dungeon explorer
yo bro
crater maze
tv sports football
bravoman
populous (jap)
any recommendations?
also anyone know where a good place to find cd attachment is? ebay seems a bit bare


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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2013, 08:15:16 PM »
Well, it "sorta" had a Pal release, just a very limited one.

These are my five choosen games that are not expensive and give you a wide range of genres to play:

Legendary Axe
Blazing Lazers (you already got this one)
Alien Crush
Military Madness
Dungeon Explorer (you got this one too)

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2013, 10:39:06 PM »
Hahah, cool. Awesome gift :)

There's a f*ckton of great games - Ninja Spirit is one of the US releases cheaper than it's Japanese counterpart.  As far as shewties go, when you're bored of Blazing Lazers, Final Soldier is probably the best Hu Card shooter on the system, but Cyber Core could offer you some great bang for your buck.  You can buy th

Actually, since you have a converter, the world is your oyster.  There's hundreds of games to explore :D

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2013, 11:17:15 PM »
Welcome on planet obey.
As most already suggested, get a real duo and eventually an rgb or svid mod.
So much greater obey experience you will have :)

There are games still beyond your imagination just waiting to be explored by you.

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2013, 11:45:17 PM »
Why did NEC not make the PAL system work correctly with the CD attachment?


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Tatsujin

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Re: new to turbografx
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2013, 11:56:01 PM »
NEC didn't even make it run properly in the first place.
Means by putting it into a right market position.
So the PAL CD-ROM attachment never was meant to see the light of sun.
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