Greetings and Salutations (Added scans of my last items)

[IvanBeavkov]

I have made a couple of posts here already but I thought it was time to properly introduce myself.

I remember when I got my TG-16 in the spring of 92, I had been waiting for a while to save up enough money to get it. A friend of mine got one in early 91 and I remember pouring over the flyers and booklets and drooling at all of the games. It felt like forever till I could save up enough to buy one. Then I finally saved enough and I ordered it from a Telegames catalog. After another long wait the package finally came. I opened it up and there was a TG-16, Legendary Axe, and absolute no packing. I don't know why but this image is very vivid in my mind. They didn't put any packing in there at all, not a single peanut or shred of newspaper. Luckily nothing was broken. Oh and these little plastic cards were in there as well.



Anyway I played Keith Courage and Legendary Axe a ton and had a lot of fun with both games (yes even Keith Courage). A couple of months later I got Dungeon Explorer, such a fantastic game. I beat it with 3 or 4 of the characters, but with the rest I remember getting stuck on the same boss.

I didn't truly fall in love with the system till that winter. After Christmas I got the Turbo-CD and Ys Book I & II. From the beginning of the opening cinematic I knew this game was something special. I don't even know how many times I have played this game through. This was the point that I felt the Turbo was something special.

Well that is my story of how I came to love the Turbo.

I hope I can contribute to this community in some small way since all of the great info here has helped me repair and upgrade my Duo when it started to die last year. Since I fixed my Duo I have really been getting into it again and buying more games for it. The Turbo is truly a great system.

Edit:
Here is the link to all 56 pages of the Club Turbo Vol 1 catalog as high quality PNG files (well minus page 53 and 54 that I took out to subscribe to TurboPlay magazine).
https://goo.gl/photos/fstB8KjS6cqGU4bT7

Here is a link to high quality PNG files of all of the other images I posted.
https://goo.gl/photos/hXnCnj4z3FxTVtk9A

Edit 2:
High quality PNG files of the TZD catalogs can be found here:
https://goo.gl/photos/9XuxwZKFWCh7WcwR7

Edit 3:
Go here for high res scans of the Club Duo Vol 1 & 2 catalogs.
https://goo.gl/photos/pfyixCQYh1VKFRkt9

[esteban]

Welcome, comrade

Dungeon Explorer chiptunes = L'awesome

Shame on you for not falling in love with TG-16 after playing Bloody Wolf, you bastard.

Sorry. I might have been too harsh.

Those cards are awesome!

PLEASE: Scan each one for me (tg-16.com) and nullity (DoxPhile) because we are trying to have a digital archive of awesome stuff. Scanning info here: http://archives.tg-16.com/help_us.htm#scanning

How big/small are those cards? What's on the back?

CONJECTURE: If those cards are larger than a credit card (~bigger than a CD booklet), those cards were probably for retail stores...I don't see any holes punched in them, so they weren't in a binder (for customer perusal). So, I am guessing they would have been mounted on a wall (Toys-R-Us) or placed on a shelf. Customers could decide what game to buy, then grab a ticket (Toys-R-Us) or ask a sales clerk to purchase the game.

Anyway, welcome

[johnnykonami]

Shame on you for not falling in love with TG-16 after playing Bloody Wolf, you bastard.

 

Welcome aboard, Ivan!

[Necromancer]

Welcome aboard!

Those cards look kinda like the kiosk ones, except those have holes (like este said).  They're pretty cool, wherever they came from. 

[IvanBeavkov]

Here is a link to the images in PNG format at 300dpi.
https://goo.gl/photos/hXnCnj4z3FxTVtk9A

They are 2 5/8 inches wide by 2 15/16 inches tall.

One has Ys on one side and Bloody Wolf on the other. (I have 2 of these cards).
The other one has Devil's Crush and Dragon's Curse.

I have never seen these cards anywhere else and I thought there were a neat extra that was thrown into the box.

I'll look at the other papers I got from back and the day. I got some letters from TTI, one hand written. I used to write to them asking questions, even bought some replacement manuals directly from them.

Edit added additional info:

Here is a flyer and a letter you guys might find interesting.

TurboDuo Intelligent Link

High Res PNG Link: https://goo.gl/photos/PVVcwrREgJqpzzU66


Letter from TTi talking about upcoming releases. Note the PS at the bottom.

High Res PNG Link: https://goo.gl/photos/GdMK1GN4QrsLeTJK7

[esteban]

Here is a link to the images in PNG format at 300dpi.
https://goo.gl/photos/hXnCnj4z3FxTVtk9A

They are 2 5/8 inches wide by 2 15/16 inches tall.

One has Ys on one side and Bloody Wolf on the other. (I have 2 of these cards).
The other one has Devil's Crush and Dragon's Curse.

I have never seen these cards anywhere else and I thought there were a neat extra that was thrown into the box.

I'll look at the other papers I got from back and the day. I got some letters from TTI, one hand written. I used to write to them asking questions, even bought some replacement manuals directly from them.

What?!?! Those are supremely interesting.

So friggin' tiny!

What purpose could they possibly serve? Perhaps a miniature mock-up of a kiosk with miniaturized cards?

IDK, but they are ridiculously small.



BACK ON TOPIQUE:
Yes, please share any other documents/correspondence from TTi

Thanks again.

[IvanBeavkov]

Here is the hand written letter I got. I believe I was asking if they had the Map & Further Information booklet for Lords of the Riding Sun and if it was possible to get a new back case insert for Ys Book I & II. I bought it used and (MF) wrote their initials in black sharpie on the yellow stripe on the back.

They didn't have the booklet, but sent me a photo copy of it, and they sent me an empty CD jewel case. I think they misunderstood what I was asking about.


High Res PNG link: https://goo.gl/photos/HM53ivaDrS6wuvbG6

esteban also check out my edit in the above post.

[Necromancer]

That's a nice level of personal customer service. 

[sirhcman]

Thanks for sharing!

Is that name Scott Budley?  Now we must stalk and pry for more info!

Looks like Bradley to me.

[csgx1]

Welcome!  Interesting and unique stuff you got there.  Thanks for sharing.

[Bardoly]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

[IvanBeavkov]

Here are some pics of the little cards next to the games for scale. I've also got some other stuff to share, hopefully I can get some time next week to scan them.

[Lost Monkey]

Thanks for sharing!

Is that name Scott Budley?  Now we must stalk and pry for more info!

Scatt Bradley - sounds promising...

[esteban]

Here are some pics of the little cards next to the games for scale. I've also got some other stuff to share, hopefully I can get some time next week to scan them.

Very nice!

If only all the new folks could take photos like this!

[IvanBeavkov]

Here is an interesting newsletter they sent me. I don't know why I got it since it is a retail newsletter. I wrote them a lot back in the day probably every other month for a while asking questions and such. So I guess they were running out of things to send me. I have never done that with any other company. That Just goes to show how awesome the Turbo was.

Link to high quality PNG files.
https://goo.gl/photos/hXnCnj4z3FxTVtk9A

Anyway here it is the TTI Retail News Vol 1.