Hello, new guy from the uk.

[wildfruit]

Beware of Valkyrie no densetsu. When I tried to play on adapter it kept locking up on title screen. Works just fine on my PCE tho

[Necromancer]

How easy/hard are CD attachments to get hold of.....

In the UK, you're probably screwed without spending big monies importing.  Even in the US you're often better off just getting a PCE Duo, then you won't need a Super System Card, can get by with a cheaper Arcade Card Duo (vs. the Pro), and will be able to play the few GE games that need the extra ram of a Duo.

..... and can you Jerry rig a PC Engine CD to a TG?

The PCE CD slips right in to a TG interface unit, and you could cobble together a cable to go between the TG expansion port and a PCE IFU (or SuperCD add-on), but that'd be one ugly setup.

[ClodBuster]

About the Euro Turbografx, keep in mind this system plays games only at 5/6 speed of the original. I guess the music will be played slower, too. Just like the majority of PAL Mega Drive and Master System releases, where a lot of developers didn't care about adjusting the game speed (50Hz PAL vs 60 Hz NTSC), screen resolution (576 lines PAL vs 480 lines NTSC, thus PAL bars) and music speed.

Well, in case of the PAL Sega consoles, it is really easy to modify them to play PAL games in 60Hz, full screen and correct music speed. Regarding the Euro Turbob, please see this thread for more information, there's a little bit of labour involved:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=18926.0

[BigusSchmuck]

Well today was a bust, went in the afore mentioned retro game shop and the dude behind the counter hadn't even heard of PC Engines or TurboGrafx. 

These days it's extremely rare to find a bricks and mortar retro game shop here in the UK, let alone one that's heard of PC Engine or TurboGrafx.
The only one I know of is Raven Games in London and I'm not even sure if their bricks and mortar shop is still going, also their prices since back in the day have always been really high.

To be fair to the bloke he said he couldn't help with anything "technical", maybe he was standing in for someone, it was around lunch time???


Got another couple of questions for you guys; will my plain old TurboGrafx play all Hu cards  (except SuperGrafx ones) with the appropriate adaptor?

Also, is there regional lockout between US and European Hu cards?

Talk to Chop5 to see if he has any chopsodos available to play Japanese Hucards. As mentioned before, your best bet would just get a Japanese Duo or Duo -R as that would be cheaper than getting the cd attachment with a US System 3.0 card. Again, check with Keith Courage to see if he has any refurb units for sale...

[8bitAl]

Talk to Chop5 to see if he has any chopsodos available to play Japanese Hucards. As mentioned before, your best bet would just get a Japanese Duo or Duo -R as that would be cheaper than getting the cd attachment with a US System 3.0 card. Again, check with Keith Courage to see if he has any refurb units for sale...

I had been looking at some adaptors from db electronics, The PC Henshin so I'll probably grab one of those along with the GrafxBooster when it's for sale to help save a bit on shipping.

I think the best course of action is to work through the Hu Cards and find the ones I want to own the physical copies of, I'm not out to own every game as I know they'll be ones I wont play so no point owning them, after that I'll look to the CD games and a Duo.

A few more games have just turned up as I type so I've got a good few to go at before I think about buying more.

So far the collection stands at 9 games, I bought these with the console:

             Blazing Lazers
             J.J. and Jeff
             Cratermaze
             Alien Crush
             Legendary Axe

These just turned up:

             Vigilante
             Galaga '90
             Ninja Spirit
             Dragon Spirit


I've just about completed Blazing Lazers, although I'm sure I read about a code you can input to change the difficulty settings???

Legendary Axe is kicking my arse a bit but it's really enjoyable.

I've not put that much time into the others but I think J.J and Jeff could be good with some perseverance, Cratermaze seems a bit easy but I get the feeling there's more to the game than I realise. Either that or it'll end up being a bit dull.
             

[Bardoly]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

It looks like you're off to a good start.

[8bitAl]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

It looks like you're off to a good start.

Cheers mate. O:)

Yeah, I'm loving it at the moment!

Every day I'm finding out something new or spotting a game "I have to play"

I seriously feel like a kid again, it's great!   

[DragonmasterDan]

The PCE CD slips right in to a TG interface unit, and you could cobble together a cable to go between the TG expansion port and a PCE IFU (or SuperCD add-on), but that'd be one ugly setup.

So you're saying this doesn't look like a seamless streamlined unit?

[8bitAl]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I find the Duo a bit uninspiring tho.

There was a CoreGrafx 2 with a CD attachment in the same colour on eBay the other day, the CD was just clipped into the rear port, out of all that I've seen so far, that was the most aesthetically pleasing. 

[DragonmasterDan]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I'm guessing he's a disorganized British guy (possibly drank his tea from his crumpet dish and crumpets from tea cups)?

There was a CoreGrafx 2 with a CD attachment in the same colour on eBay the other day, the CD was just clipped into the rear port, out of all that I've seen so far, that was the most aesthetically pleasing. 
 

Really? I see it like this.

[Necromancer]

So you're saying this doesn't look like a seamless streamlined unit?

Where's the PCE IFU?

[Otaking]

I find the Duo a bit uninspiring tho.

Really? that's suprising.  I think the original black Japanese Duo is cosmetically the best looking console of all time, it's just gorgeous!

[8bitAl]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I'm guessing he's a disorganized British guy (possibly drank his tea from his crumpet dish and crumpets from tea cups)?

There was a CoreGrafx 2 with a CD attachment in the same colour on eBay the other day, the CD was just clipped into the rear port, out of all that I've seen so far, that was the most aesthetically pleasing. 
 

Really? I see it like this.

Errrrrrr, right. :-"

Heath Robinson was and artist famous for his drawings of "contraptions" that were overly complicated. I'm sure he was a fan of Crumpets, most folk are.



As for the Duo, I think it's to do with the mauve details maybe?? Idk, probably much the same as one guy preferring Blondes over Brunettes, it's all down to personal preference.

 

[Necromancer]

The US Duo is where it's at - same sexy shape but all black.

[Otaking]

Yeah, that's a bit Heath Robinson.

I'm guessing he's a disorganized British guy (possibly drank his tea from his crumpet dish and crumpets from tea cups)?



 

Errrrrrr, right. :-"

Heath Robinson was and artist famous for his drawings of "contraptions" that were overly complicated. I'm sure he was a fan of Crumpets, most folk are.

It's hilarious when non British people think of stereotypes of Britishness. Pretty much spot on with the drinking tea though, it is pretty much an institution here (in England). Not sure about crumpets though.