Hello, new guy from the uk.

[8bitAl]

Hi everyone,

thought I'd say hi, signed up the other day after purchasing my first TG-16.

I've always been a NES guy since I got my first one for Christmas '89 but I fancied a change.

I was swayed by the good selection of shooters available for the system so I bought a new one from a guy over here along with a good handful of games.

Gotta say I'm loving it, so far I've been smashing Legendary Axe and Blazing Lasers every night for the last week.  In desperate need of a controller lead extension tho, went to itch my nose the other night and pulled the whole console off the shelf.   

Anyway I going to have a good read through the forum to expand my knowledge base, no doubt I'll have a few questions, too, but in the mean time if any of you could point me in the direction of any trusted sellers/shops/resources that'd be awesome.

Alex. O:)

[esteban]

Welcome, comrade.

Legendary Axe & Blazing Lazers = excellent intro to TG-16...I myself had both titles when I bought the console in 1989.

Also, even though I love TG-16, I was (and always will be) sharing my heart with NES/Famicom...

So, feel free to discuss NES games...and to ask questions/share your impressions of TG-16 games (precious little discussion of folks actually playing games here).

Also, you have to tell us what part of the UK you are from. OTHERWISE I will assume you live on the Shetland Islands and burn fish scales to generate electricity.

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard!

[Otaking]

Welcome to the board 

I've always been a NES guy since I got my first one for Christmas '89 

Interesting choice as the NES was never big here in the UK, we're one the few places where the Master System was more popular.

[8bitAl]

Also, you have to tell us what part of the UK you are from. OTHERWISE I will assume you live on the Shetland Islands and burn fish scales to generate electricity.

I'm from Barnsley in South Yorkshire.  :-"

Welcome aboard!

Thanks. 


[quoteInteresting choice as the NES was never big here in the UK, we're one the few places where the Master System was more popular.][/quote]


Both my cousins had one, after playing RC Pro Am/Mario/Burai Fighter I was hooked, plus it made my Sinclair Spectrum +3 graphics look like they were made of Play-doh.

Alex. 

[BigusSchmuck]

Welcome aboard! If you are looking for PC Engine games that are in English or 80% please check out this thread:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14497.0
One of these days I'll do a proper spreadsheet..

[8bitAl]

Welcome aboard! If you are looking for PC Engine games that are in English or 80% please check out this thread:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14497.0
One of these days I'll do a proper spreadsheet..

Aww mate, that's brilliant

Especially liking the shooters section stating wether they're HU or CD. That's a massive help. 

[BigusSchmuck]

Welcome aboard! If you are looking for PC Engine games that are in English or 80% please check out this thread:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14497.0
One of these days I'll do a proper spreadsheet..

Aww mate, that's brilliant

Especially liking the shooters section stating wether they're HU or CD. That's a massive help. 

This is also a good tool to use as well:
http://www.pcengine.co.uk/

[majors]

So, feel free to discuss NES games...

:/

...(precious little discussion of folks actually playing games here).

Not games, "conversational pieces"...'tards cannot be bothered to play 'em, too busy getting the r@r3s.

Anyhoo...now that you know I'm an pissy ass, welcome to the forums! Hope being over seas does not inflate the price of obey even more...do not be put off by el cheapo hueys, lots of fun to be had without reaching for mythical Chases and Fantastic Heroes.

[Desh]

Welcome!  If you love the NES (I do too) you should immediately fall in love with the TG.  The Turbo, to me almost feels like a natural progression of the NES.  Similar controller's and the game play feels similar.  Of course, with the TG you generally don't get sprite flicker or slow down and the graphics are better.  Now get yourself a CD unit and enjoy the amazing soundtracks and botched voice acting.

[8bitAl]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

Not sure how easy/hard it'll be to get hold of games and accessories over here, only been into it a week. 

Not afraid to import so no problem really, I ordered a TED on Tuesday so I'll probably work it like I do the NES, try out games then buy the actual copies if I like it.  That way I'm not wasting money on games I don't play or find interesting.

I'm actually going to a classic console shop tomorrow so I'll ask and see what's what.


I have noticed on the later levels of Blazing Lazers when things start getting warmed up the lack of any flicker or slow down (awesome), unlike the NES, especially Gradius or Recca.

[Otaking]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=6927.0

[ClodBuster]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

One does not simply ask how to obey.

[Otaking]

Not sure how easy/hard it'll be to get hold of games and accessories over here, only been into it a week. 

Over the last 5 years TurboGrafx 16 games have got crazy expensive. Not a good time to get into it.

Japanese PC Engine game prices have mostly stayed the same, maybe even dropped a little.

[8bitAl]

Right, first noob question.  OBEY?  I'm sure it'll stand for something, initials maybe???

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=6927.0

Just looked through about 8 pages of that, apart from something about John Carpenter (love his films, not seen "they live") I'm stil non the wiser.
Feel like I've just walked in a party half way thru and everyone is referencing a joke from earlier  in the night. 

So is it something that started as a joke and then has become a "thing"?