Author Topic: Rerelease of the Turbo Duo... (Read 1473 times)

takashirose · « **on:** July 18, 2006, 05:43:38 AM »

I was thinking whether it would be cool for NEC/Hudson to re-release the Turbo Duo as a budgeted system, around $50 for a new one. They could maybe uprgrade it a little by putting a 16-bit CPU with the SuperGrafx graphics chip and call it the SuperDuo. The SuperDuo can play all of our past Turbo Duo and Grafx games. It could be a cheap way for the company to restart the TurboGrafx/PC-Engine brand name. And once they have a strong following, maybe release something brand new. It's not an ambitious idea because the system is cheap and games could be no more than $15-$20, or even lower since some games will be on the Wii. I am not talking about a budgeted system like those 30 Atari games in one system deal that they are doing now because then people can not buy the other games. It would be great for the people who never owned a Duo. It might sell better in Japan, but who knows how the American people will take it since some games will be on the Wii. What are your thoughts on this?

FM-77 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2006, 06:58:44 AM »

It would most certainly be considered a joke and would put NEC on the brink of bankrupcy.

Seriously, even if Nintendo did this with the SNES, it would be a total flop.

Odonadon · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:12:00 AM »

I have to agree with Seldane. If NEC/Hudseon did something like this, I would consider it an insult.

It would be cool to have such a device I degree, but releasing it to the public would be a bad idea

And to be honest, I am a fan of the system and it's games mainly because it was great at the time. I'd seriously hate to see 3D versions of Dungeon Explorer or Bonk and I think that might ruin the system(s) images.

OD

grendelrt · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:27:24 AM »

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I'd seriously hate to see 3D versions of Dungeon Explorer or Bonk and I think that might ruin the system(s) images.

OD

you happened to pick two of the games that have remakes in 3d. Bonk was remade for the Cube with 3d graphics in a 2d plane. Dungeon Explorer is being remade for the PSP and 360.

td741 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2006, 08:08:39 AM »

Anyway, I figure it would be safer for them to support the Wii VC and possibly the XBox Live Arcade.

It would be neat if the Wii's VC could support in any/all CD games (CD/SCD/ACD/ CD1.0) and possibly have some sort of HuCard reader (HuCard to SD/USB for use with the VC) so people would be able to play their games from the original media instead of a download. That could conceivably be less of a financial risk. Then again, for no effort they can have us pay to download the games.

As a side note: the 2.5 D versions of Adventure Island, Star Soldier and Bonk for the GameCube are pretty good! I've even got the PSP port of StarSoldier (pretty much like the GC) .

takashirose · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2006, 10:32:21 AM »

A hu card reader would be cool. Who said anything about 3-d remakes. I meant that they just re-release the system that plays the old games and re-release the games for it. Didn't you read that it should have a 16 bit cpu with the SuperGrafx Graphics card. Thus making it incapable of doing 3-D grpahics like the Gamecube. I just ordered a new Turbo Duo, so it would not matter to me. I was just thinking about the people that are missing out on the system by buying pretty, but dull games. I saw the screenshots of the Bonk remake on the gamecube. They looked nice, but I like the original sprites. I appreciate your honest opinion. How about NEC/Hudson making a new portable game system against the DS? I'm just asking. I was curious about how you guys thought. Thanks.

DragonmasterDan · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2006, 11:13:18 AM »

Quote from: "Seldane"

Seriously, even if Nintendo did this with the SNES, it would be a total flop.

I'm not so sure about that, think about how well Famiclones sell to this day, I see Famiclones even in major chain stores here and there. A Super Famiclone might not be a terrible product though it would obviously be a niche product. If Nintendo released it themselves I'm not convinced it would be as horrible of a failure as you might think, but they obviously can't "think big" with it.

T2KFreeker · « **Reply #7 on:** July 18, 2006, 11:21:31 AM »

Well, truthfully here, I think that it would work in a generalized way in the fan community. Truthfully, there is a huge ammount of people still looking for Turbo Duo units. I know that I still want one, even though I have the Turbo Grafx completed, I still don't have a duo, and would really go for paying what you suggested, or even up to $100.00 for it, and still feel it is a much better deal than most of the stuff available as current generation.

takashirose · « **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2006, 11:43:35 AM »

I saw thos Famiclones on ebay. I really don't like them because they look ugly and lack the original controller. I was just curious about an official re-release, at the least a niche market. I don't like the Flashback units that have 30 Atari games because it is limited. I thought I was the only one who thought it was sort of an idea.

If you want a nice Turbo Duo with a box and everything, I found one for $400 on Ebay:

eBay Turbo Duo system

Keep on posting if interested.

DragonmasterDan · « **Reply #9 on:** July 18, 2006, 12:02:20 PM »

Quote from: "takashirose"

I saw thos Famiclones on ebay. I really don't like them because they look ugly and lack the original controller. I was just curious about an official re-release, at the least a niche market. I don't like the Flashback units that have 30 Atari games because it is limited. I thought I was the only one who thought it was sort of an idea.

If you want a nice Turbo Duo with a box and everything, I found one for $400 on Ebay:

eBay Turbo Duo system

Keep on posting if interested.

Best Buy and GameCrazy were selling Mesiah Famiclones earlier in the year (which take original NES controllers). Frys Electronics had another one for sale. There's a lot of different Famiclones floating around now.

guyjin · « **Reply #10 on:** July 18, 2006, 12:17:07 PM »

Am I the only one who remembers the majesco genesis 3 and game gear?

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malducci · « **Reply #11 on:** July 18, 2006, 12:38:15 PM »

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a 16 bit cpu...

Why the hell would it need a 16 bit CPU? Its original CPU is almost twice as fast as the SNES 16bit cpu

8,16,32bits means nothing, MIPS means everything.

As far as re-release similar to the famiclones, someone is actually making a PCE system on a chip via FPGA - though I don't know if the source will be released.

takashirose · « **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2006, 12:56:59 PM »

The reason for the 16 bit cpu is because they had trouble with the 8 bit cpu in the Supergrafx because it couldn't take all of the advanced graphics. That's all. It's as simple as that. The Supergrafx was underutilized because of that and there were only 5 games. My idea was a SuperDuo, which is a SuperGrafx and a Duo in one, which equals the ultimate PC-Engine/Turbografx system. I am just using my imagination as a fan. If they release a Turgrafx clone, I am not buying it because it's not official and usually of low quality.

T2KFreeker · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:00:58 PM »

Quote from: "takashirose"

I saw thos Famiclones on ebay. I really don't like them because they look ugly and lack the original controller. I was just curious about an official re-release, at the least a niche market. I don't like the Flashback units that have 30 Atari games because it is limited. I thought I was the only one who thought it was sort of an idea.

If you want a nice Turbo Duo with a box and everything, I found one for $400 on Ebay:

eBay Turbo Duo system

Keep on posting if interested.

Yeah, I would buy that one, but again, this is why I do not own a DUO, they are a little more expensive than I waht to spend right now on a machine. Besides, I know that this DUO will sell well, especially since I know Jay and we talk quite a bit!

Odonadon · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2006, 04:30:38 PM »

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Laughing you happened to pick two of the games that have remakes in 3d. Bonk was remade for the Cube with 3d graphics in a 2d plane. Dungeon Explorer is being remade for the PSP and 360.

I was trying to be ironic

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Who said anything about 3-d remakes. I meant that they just re-release the system that plays the old games and re-release the games for it.

I originally read your first post as this being an idea to help get NEC back in the gaming ring and develop another system. I'm sure you had something about that in there

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Truthfully, there is a huge ammount of people still looking for Turbo Duo units.

Be careful with that statement. Aside from a few forums and fan sites here and there, I don't personally know a single person who is interested in picking up a Turbo Duo. Granted there are a few here and there, but when you compare that number against the amount of people buying XBoxs and the like, "huge" is absolutely the wrong term

I maintain that if this were to happen it would flop miserably because there just isn't public demand for it.

OD

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