spreading tg16 like a virus

[tggodfrey]

i bought the sears one and paid 89.99 for it in 88 i think it was.  only difference was that mine came with the players guide.  both were the same price. 

There were a whole slew of different NES configurations as time went on. Terry and I have had more than a few discussions about this.

Which brings to mind some of the TG16 configurations that came out. besides the Keith Courage Pack-in unit there was one that included Bonks Revenge and Keith Courage. There were mail away deals for extra games. And I know I've seen the Holiday Unit with Air Zonk in a santa suit before.

Let alone pack-ins for the Duo (mostly with the HuCard included changing from Dungeon Explorer, to Ninja Spirit to something more random). And various packages of games included via mailing in the reciept and UPC with the Turbo express.

We are referring to the basic set Dan.  Deck, 2 controllers and SMB or Book  that sold for 90.00 as Necro and Sears catalog pointed out.

[vestcoat]

Which brings to mind some of the TG16 configurations that came out. besides the Keith Courage Pack-in unit there was one that included Bonks Revenge and Keith Courage. There were mail away deals for extra games. And I know I've seen the Holiday Unit with Air Zonk in a santa suit before.

Let alone pack-ins for the Duo (mostly with the HuCard included changing from Dungeon Explorer, to Ninja Spirit to something more random). And various packages of games included via mailing in the reciept and UPC with the Turbo express.

Extra pack-ins started appearing with the Turbografx  in late '92. I bought a Toys R Us deck in Sept. '92 and got squat, just Keith Courage. My friend bought one a coupe months later with the big holiday sticker on the front and got a free JJ & Jeff in addition to Keith. The "free Bonk" was a thing for a while, but a lot of a cheap, older games were given away.

The four, free TE games offer is shown in the ad that Black Tiger linked on page two, with a choice of Pac-Land, Vigilante, Victory Run, Alien Crush, Fantasy Zone, and Power Golf.

The early ads and promo fliers for the Duo showed Ninja Spirit as the free Hucard. I know that changed after a while, but where did you see Dungeon Explorer as the first Hucard pack-in? All of my materials show Ninja Spirit as the original.

[Medic_wheat]

i bought the sears one and paid 89.99 for it in 88 i think it was.  only difference was that mine came with the players guide.  both were the same price. 

There were a whole slew of different NES configurations as time went on. Terry and I have had more than a few discussions about this.

Which brings to mind some of the TG16 configurations that came out. besides the Keith Courage Pack-in unit there was one that included Bonks Revenge and Keith Courage. There were mail away deals for extra games. And I know I've seen the Holiday Unit with Air Zonk in a santa suit before.

Let alone pack-ins for the Duo (mostly with the HuCard included changing from Dungeon Explorer, to Ninja Spirit to something more random). And various packages of games included via mailing in the reciept and UPC with the Turbo express.

Which leads me to say "why no more pack in games" with newer systems?

I think I said something simlar on Nintendo Age or some other such forum and I got spamed with "Then the price would go sky high" wa wa wa....


I say..you want to sell me on a new system?  Show me a pack in game that is worth the price of admisson......

NES: Mario

SNES: Super Mario World (and like Zelda, Metroid, DK Country and who knows what else)

N64: I forget.....Zelda?

GC: Metroid Prime, Pokemon DX

Wii: .......??

WiiU:  Zelda HD, Mario Land (and also with the Lugi Port)

Genesis: Sonic

etc etc etc.......


I think the only ones not to really do the whole box in game was Sony and Microsoft (although Microsoft has been doing GOW, and Halo bundles off and on.

[HyperionAlpha]

http://www.retroist.com/2008/12/09/1986-sears-catalog-nes-on-one-page/

From the 1986 sears christmas catalog: $90 with two controllers and SMB.

My brother's NES Control Deck certainly didn't come with SMB, I know this because I still have the box and everything. It did come with the game guide book someone else mentioned here, which I thought was the most useless and stupid thing. I didn't pull the price my brother paid out of my rear, I remember quite vividly disbelieving that he was ready to spend that kind of money on the thing, and I've come across multiple sources giving the same MSRP. (Two links there, not one.) Additionally, I remember more than once, calling Sears for a mail order item where the catalogue price was steeply discounted from their store prices. At least one time I was told that they could not honor a price as it was listed in their catalogues, with some nonsense about it not being available despite it being all over their toy shelves, but I would put it to you that this, being a Sears catalogue page, is most likely a sale if indeed legitimate.

At any rate, it still would not have made sense to launch the Turbo in the USA as early as either 1987 or 1988, for all those reasons. For the tech involved and establishing itself with its new market, it would have cost even more than the $199 it launched with if it were to debut that early, and still be hobbled with all the disadvantages it had in its time in the states.

[Necromancer]

Your sources are giving the msrp at launch, not prices in 1987.  Since you'd prefer two sources instead of just one, here's another one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/4590570452/in/set-72157623800858939/?rb=1;  that's JC Penny's Christmas '87 catalog, showing the bundle for $80.  Notice it says it's $20 off their spring catalog price, so in a way I guess that's three sources.  Face it, if your brother really did pay $200 in '87, he got screwed.

[DragonmasterDan]

Dungeon Explorer was listed as the TurboDuo pack-in HuCard from as early on as the pack-in games were first revealed in magazines and right up to the release of the system. I was shocked when I finally got the Duo upon release and they had swapped the games at the last minute. I already had them both, but it made sense to go with Ninja Spirit for a bit more variety, since RPG/Adventure and 5-player gameplay were covered by other included games.

I think that any media showing Ninja Spirit as the pack-in must be from after (or around the time) the TurboDuo was released.

Interesting, mine was purchased in October/November of 92 and it still came with Dungeon Explorer. My guess is the copies included were New Old Stock and when they ran out they started packing in Ninja Spirit. I recall a later TTI promo video announcing Ninja Spirit as the pack-in HuCard. And I know much much later some poor souls got Power Golf instead of either of the other two.

[geise]

I got my Duo at launch and it was Ninja Spirit.  It makes sense over DE since Ninja Spirit was an arcade game.  It's a fantastic port.  I also love DE.  Such amazing music.  Either choice was good to me. 

[tggodfrey]

Yeah my duo had Ninja Spirit and I got mine a month or two after launch.  For years I insisted I never got NS or DE but when I completed Ninja Spirit there were bosses I already knew the patterns to so I am confident that I got Ninja Spirit and just forgot about it.

[Nando]

I remember here in quebec , we had only a tv spot to promote the console...
and Radio shack 

Weird. I lived in Montreal and remember seeing it around quite a bit. This was late 89 mind you. I used to go to the arcade at place alexis nihon. the electronic boutique; or whatever it was called, right next to it used to let one play TG16 games for free.

[escarioth]

Weird. I lived in Montreal and remember seeing it around quite a bit. This was late 89 mind you. I used to go to the arcade at place alexis nihon. the electronic boutique; or whatever it was called, right next to it used to let one play TG16 games for free.

WHen i say quebec, i meant the country not the city im actually from saguenay so...here i only saw 2 tv spot, if you're from montreal you might have seen more pub. here sorry folks, they're french pubs from quebec, but you could watch them , they're fun

[HailingTheThings]

Weird. I lived in Montreal and remember seeing it around quite a bit. This was late 89 mind you. I used to go to the arcade at place alexis nihon. the electronic boutique; or whatever it was called, right next to it used to let one play TG16 games for free.

WHen i say quebec, i meant the country not the city im actually from saguenay so...here i only saw 2 tv spot, if you're from montreal you might have seen more pub. here sorry folks, they're french pubs from quebec, but you could watch them , they're fun

I like that the Fighting Street disc resembles the JP ver. in the second commercial. Also, I wish there was a Bonk cartoon.

[CPTRAVE]

I always though since the old days that a TG16 could step up to nintendo and sega back then.
Sadly, so many people never even heard about this game console... its quite surprising. I dont know about you guys from diferent places and countrys, but at my place.. i guess we were'nt that many. Only met 5 people so far...  (face to face)

And now, years later. When i find someone crazy about nintendo & sega....
without a TG16/duo. the fun really start.

The look on their face when i make them play bonk, legendary axe, castlevania or lord of thunder. They totally freak out and weeks later have a TG16 at their home. Makes me wonder how things would be now if many more people would have fell in love with it sooner.

Yeah, I have met people where they say they have ALL the old systems, and I ask them about the TG16, they say "Whats that?"

[wyndcrosser]

I never knew Turbografx or Neo Geo until the last 5 years or so. I own both now, both have their share of "ruff" titles, but there are a lot of gems. I've got a few games on my shelf that I need to complete for Turbografx CD. Thank god that it's regionfree, as the Turbografxcd is a little more expensive than the pc engine duo.

[KGD]

Grew up with Nintendos, until one day I sold my SNES to buy a front-loading Sega CD. Upon playing it the first time, I almost cried (I remember the feeling very vividly), thought I had made a great mistake and wanted my SNES with Super Metroid, A Link to the Past, FF2-3 and Lufia back. I stuck with Sega a bit more then bought a Saturn a while after it came out, then Dreamcast (which I loved).

The TG16 had always been a curiosity for me - very few people I knew had one, and most of my friends were into video games. I remember playing Looping at a friend's, and not liking it at all, dismissing the console. I came back to the console very randomly only recently. I always knew what it was, but had never actually sat down and played a good game on one.

Glad I gave it a chance. Been powering on one more than any of my other consoles for weeks now.

[DragonmasterDan]

Wtf is looping??

It's a game I have for Colecovision :-D