Virtual Console TG-16 Game List (updated 11/16/09 - Street Fighter II)

[Pcenginefx]

Watch this space for up-to-date listings of TurboGrafx-16 downloadable games for the Wii Virtual Console.
Hudson's official Virtual Console site: http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html

UPCOMING USA TITLES
No releases scheduled.

USA RELEASED TITLES
Released 11/16/09 - Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (700 Points)
Released 03/23/09 - Bomberman '94 (700 Points)
Released 03/23/09 - Detana! TwinBee (700 Points)
Released 10/20/08 - Digital Champ Battle Boxing (700 Points)
Released 09/08/08 - Final Soldier (700 Points)
Released 08/11/08 - Break In (700 Points)
Released 07/28/08 - Chase H.Q. (600 Points)
Released 02/25/08 - Psychosis (600 Points)
Released 11/05/07 - Power Golf (600 Points)
Released 10/29/07 - SAMURAI-GHOST (600 Points)
Released 09/24/07 - LEGEND OF HERO TONMA (600 Points)
Released 09/17/07 - World Class Baseball (600 Points)
Released 09/10/07 - Neutopia II (600 Points)
Released 09/03/07 - Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (600 Points)
Released 08/20/07 - Neutopia (600 Points)
Released 08/13/07 - Cratermaze (600 Points)
Relesaed 08/01/07 - GALAGA '90 (600 Points)
Released 07/30/07 - Drop Off (600 Points)
Released 07/23/07 - Devil's Crush (600 Points)
Released 07/16/07 - Silent Debuggers (600 Points)
Released 07/09/07 - Air Zonk (600 Points)
Released 07/02/07 - Dragon Spirit (600 Points)
Released 06/25/07 - China Warrior (600 Points)
Released 06/18/07 - World Sports Competition (600 Points)
Released 06/18/07 - Bloody Wolf (600 Points)
Released 06/04/07 - Dead Moon (600 Points)
Released 05/28/07 - J.J. & Jeff (600 Points)
Released 05/21/07 - Blazing Lazers (600 Points)
Released 05/14/07 - Ninja Spirit (600 Points)
Released 05/07/07 - ORDYNE (600 Points)
Released 04/30/07 - Shockman (600 Points)
Released 04/23/07 - Battle Lode Runner (600 Points)
Released 04/16/07 - Bonk's Revenge (600 Points)
Released 04/09/07 - Bravoman (600 Points)
Released 04/02/07 - Dragon's Curse (600 Points)
Released 03/19/07 - Splatterhouse (600 Points)
Released 03/12/07 - Double Dungeons (600 Points)
Released 02/26/07 - Chew Man Fu (600 Points)
Released 02/19/07 - New Adventure Island (600 Points)
Released 02/05/07 - Vigilante (600 Points)
Released 01/15/07 - MotoRoader (600 Points)
Released 01/08/07 - Soldier Blade (600 Points)
Released 01/08/07 - Dungeon Explorer (600 Points)
Released 12/25/06 - R-Type (800 Points)
Released 12/18/06 - Military Madness (600 Points)
Released 12/11/06 - Alien Crush (600 Points)
Released 12/04/06 - Victory Run (600 Points)
Released 11/28/06 - Super Star Soldier (600 Points)
Released 11/21/06 - Bomberman '93 (600 Points)
Released 11/21/06 - Bonk's Adventure (600 Points)

[Dark Fact]

Hey guys! Long time no see!  Sorry for not being on more often on the forums but I've been really busy with school and stuff.

Anyways, regarding that list, it's a bit ho-hum at the moment.  While it's nice to see Bomberman '93 and Dungeon Explorer, I'm still puzzled as to why Keith Courage isn't on the list as well as Legendary Axe.  I have a suspicion that since Keith Courage is a Sunrise production, the original rights could be stuck in hell between them and Bandai.

Oh and boo-urns for no Turbo CD games right now.  You'd think we could have a few nice launch titles like Ys or even the Thunder series!

I'm hoping that list grows quickly in the near future because if it doesn't, it'll be an embarassment for Nintendo's service.

[Keranu]

Anyways, regarding that list, it's a bit ho-hum at the moment.  While it's nice to see Bomberman '93 and Dungeon Explorer, I'm still puzzled as to why Keith Courage isn't on the list as well as Legendary Axe.  I have a suspicion that since Keith Courage is a Sunrise production, the original rights could be stuck in hell between them and Bandai.

I don't mind the list of available games so far, infact I like it. I think the reason why they didn't add Keith or Axe in there yet was because they wanted to add variety in their starting line-up so they wouldn't have three side scrollers. I'm sure those will be available sometime.

[Dark Fact]

At least they could've put in Alien Crush.  Sure, it's a pinball game, but it's a really good pinball game!

[Keranu]

I'm sure that one will be down the line as well .

[Dark Fact]

I've heard that the list will be updated every week.  Let's hope something more comes out of this.

[Pcenginefx]

Keith Courage?  I'm willing to bet that it's not even on the list at Hudson due to the nature of the game...it was a pack-in, and not only that, the game never hit it big (no sequels).  There are MANY other games (like Alien Crush that I'd rather see brought over first before Keith.

[vestcoat]

Anyways, regarding that list, it's a bit ho-hum at the moment.  While it's nice to see Bomberman '93 and Dungeon Explorer, I'm still puzzled as to why Keith Courage isn't on the list as well as Legendary Axe.  I have a suspicion that since Keith Courage is a Sunrise production, the original rights could be stuck in hell between them and Bandai.

I don't mind the list of available games so far, infact I like it. I think the reason why they didn't add Keith or Axe in there yet was because they wanted to add variety in their starting line-up so they wouldn't have three side scrollers. I'm sure those will be available sometime.

Yeah, it seems like they just picked the flagship game from each genre...Platform game = Bonk.  Puzzle/multi-player = Bomberman, etc.  Victory Run was the wildcard sports/other game.  Legendary Axe is awesome but it can't challenge Bonk's mascot status in the platform/action category.

I find the fact that Japan gets Bomberman 94 and we get Bomberman 93 very disturbing.  They clearly acknowledge '94 as the better game (otherwise Japan would have got '93 as well) but the fact that they're sticking the states with '93 reveals that they're still stuck in the keep-the-Turbo-and-PCE-separate mentality.  Maybe they think US gamers are going to buy games solely for nostalgia and imports won't sell for lack of name recognition.  Maybe Hudson is unwilling to spend time and money translating or reprogramming foreign games.  Whatever the case, we can probably kiss our dreams of seeing Sapphire and Dracula X ever come to the US goodbye.

[Pcenginefx]

Whatever the case, we can probably kiss our dreams of seeing Sapphire and Dracula X ever come to the US goodbye.

Never say never my friend.

[cheezio]

please please please let there be some sort of work around to let peeps buy any game from any region. Am gonna be mighty peeved if I cant get my hands on Bomberman 94 cos of some region lockout.

[Odonadon]

I find the fact that Japan gets Bomberman 94 and we get Bomberman 93 very disturbing.  They clearly acknowledge '94 as the better game (otherwise Japan would have got '93 as well) but the fact that they're sticking the states with '93 reveals that they're still stuck in the keep-the-Turbo-and-PCE-separate mentality.  Maybe they think US gamers are going to buy games solely for nostalgia and imports won't sell for lack of name recognition.  Maybe Hudson is unwilling to spend time and money translating or reprogramming foreign games.  Whatever the case, we can probably kiss our dreams of seeing Sapphire and Dracula X ever come to the US goodbye.

It's more likely that it is a lot cheaper to put out an already translated game than it would be to go through and get Bomberman '94 anglicized.    You can't Hudson to be throwing tons of money at this venture right away.  Let it catch on, then we'll see the good stuff.  Just remember it failed to catch on the first time around.

OD

[Keranu]

It's more likely that it is a lot cheaper to put out an already translated game than it would be to go through and get Bomberman '94 anglicized.    You can't Hudson to be throwing tons of money at this venture right away.  Let it catch on, then we'll see the good stuff.  Just remember it failed to catch on the first time around.

OD

Not trying to disagree with you, but translating Bomberman '94 wouldn't be very hard since there isn't much text to begin with, let alone some stuff already being in English . But yeah I know what you mean, it's easier to bring out a game that's already in English than go through the trouble with doing any translating at all.

[2X4]

Where did you guys get the images for the list of turbo games in the wii section? Just curious.  I've never seen images from the packaging of these old games that were that good, usually just crappy box scans.

[Pcenginefx]

I almost always do image touchup/restoration for images on anything I do, so that is the reason why they look that good.  The US boxes were from my own personal archive (with touchup) but the JPN boxes I took from Bt's site http://www.pcecp.com.

[2X4]

Wow, you got that from a box scan?  That is really good.  Usually I can tell if its a scan at least by the color, but those images look perfect.  I am continually impressed with your site's professional asthetic quality.  Keep up the great work!