How did you find out about the Turbo Grafx 16 PC Engine.

[Sparky]

Welcome Randel, for me it was the TV commercial back in the day (i do not remember which one ) I had a sega master system at the time and my buddy got the genny... i wanted the tg16 as it looked way better then anything else i saw, never did get it back in the day, If it was not in the Sears Wishbook you were out of luck with my parents

<<off to look for the tv commercial>>

[KingDrool]

I'm pretty sure it was in a video game magazine like EGM or VG&CE, shortly after the TG16 launched. It looked awesome.

[xelement5x]

Much later in life I was researching Working Designs stuff and I realized they did games on the system.  Since I'm a big WD collector and was working on a full set of their games I dug around until I located the games, and I didn't even have a system to play them on! 

I figured that was kind of silly so I came on here to find out more about the best hardware to get (I got a RX) and eventually finding out about tons of really awesome PCE games I'd never heard of!  Plus, this place is full of a$$holes I can't get enough of now.   

[glazball]

Mine is a similar tale: video game mags.  I do clearly remember the first time I saw it in action though, in a display at McDuff Electronics at the mall.  I was blown away by Keith Courage, which still makes me smile when I see it.  We couldn't afford the Turbo, but my cousin would rent one from a local video store all the time, usually with Blazing Lazers and Splatterhouse.  Damn those were great times.

[munchiaz]

Much later in life I was researching Working Designs stuff and I realized they did games on the system.  Since I'm a big WD collector and was working on a full set of their games I dug around until I located the games, and I didn't even have a system to play them on! 

I figured that was kind of silly so I came on here to find out more about the best hardware to get (I got a RX) and eventually finding out about tons of really awesome PCE games I'd never heard of!  Plus, this place is full of a$$holes I can't get enough of now.   

Pretty similar to my story. I wanted to have/play all the working designs games. So did some research and found there was a good amount on the turbo grafx. Also i played gate of thunder on my Wii's virtual console, and that sealed the deal for me. I picked up a turbo grafx at a local game store, and got cadash. I joined this site, and discovered so much more. Bought a duo-R from Keith, and never looked back.

[Sparky]

i m pretty sure this was the commercial that hooked me... it makes me tingle so it has to be it.

[YANDMAN]

In  batman comic book in 1990.........Ahh that beautiful advert

[RoyVegas]

TV commercial is how it first got my attention.  Then seeing a Turbo playing live, Keith Courage of all things, in an electronics store got me hooked.

And welcome aboard!

[reno5]

Tv Commercial and Radio Shack flyers.

[SmaMan]

I seem to remember one of my cousins having one and I played it with them years ago on a big screen TV. I can't remember what game it was, and I was barely cognizant of different systems at that point. (I think I was just a bit past 5.)

Anyway, fast forward around the early 2000s when the internet and my passion for gaming was really taking off. I remember it being referenced in some online articles I was reading. It began to fascinate me.

Then, when the Wii came out I decided to try out Bomberman '93 on the Virtual Console. I was not disappointed. 5-player battle mode is as fun as it sounds!

Then, around 2009 or so, once I finally got fed up with the Virtual Console for not putting out the games I wanted, I started getting into retro gaming. I started with a Retro Duo (NES/SNES famiclone), picked up a cheap refurbished PS2 to play PS1 games on, then a Genesis, then I ditched the Retro Duo and got a real SNES and NES, then a Sega Saturn, and a Dreamcast.

Then just about this time last year, I was snooping around looking at prices for TG16 stuff, but wound up finding a PC Engine that was much cheaper... and boom goes the dynamite.

Guess I told you a bit further in than just my first encounter, but hey, I'm a writer. It happens. 

[lukester]

Got a PC game containing Bomberman 90 and 93. Years later, re-discovered them and more amazing Turbo games on the Wii Virtual Console.

Also the first system I played Street Fighter II on, oddly enough. Still my preferred version.

[pulstar]

I remember reading an article in C&VG here in the UK with a picture of the white PC Engine and a montage of screen shots from R-Type, Bonk and a few others. I remember seeing the white machine and thinking it looked much nicer than my brother's Megadrive.

[MotherGunner]

Turbo Zone (Retail Island Mall Store) at Serramonte Shopping Center, Daly City, CA.

Circa 1990-1991. 

[toymachine78]

The Sears Wishbook.  I was so torn between the TG16 and the Genesis. I wanted to be different so I went with the turbo.

[Punch]

Turbo Zone (Retail Island Mall Store) at Serramonte Shopping Center, Daly City, CA.

Circa 1990-1991. 

I wish there was visual record (pictures, tapes) of this legendary Turbo Zone physical store. (not that I'm doubting anything btw, but it would be cool to see how they operated in the mall, their marketing of the turbo products, etc.)