Bought my very first PC Engine system

[Black Tiger]

Will take a look at Prince of Persia...

I will try games, thanks for the advice.

Any advice concerning controllers ? Do you know if there are adapters out there, to use a MegaDrive controller on PC-Engine for example ?

Segasonicfan has designed a Mega Drive to PC Engine adapter for his Uni-Gen converter. I don't know if he is offering any for sale yet, but may be interested in putting together another prototype version.

https://segasonicfan.wixsite.com/retro/store

[Sparky]

Download and Download 2 are great games to look into, a bit pricey but what else is f@cking new.


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[cireza]

Taking note of all the suggestions.

I had planned to get Lords of Thunder. I also want Castlevania, but the prices are high, despite the game not seeming rare as there are tenths of listings on ebay for example...

[turboswimbz]

If Prince of Persia is a rolling gag it's a new one.  It's not horrible but it's not great either.

Baby Jo, however, is about as bad as it gets.  The rest of swimmy's picks are pretty good, but that one......  just no.  NOOOOOO!

Road Spirits plays itself, but he also mentioned some INTENSE SHINING GEMS. That Ranma game is really fun and like $10 or something.

Yeah but you can pick up RS for super cheap.  I was trying to pick a variety of games that aren't too expensive to start with.  Most of those games aren't going to blow anyone out of the water, but you could have fun with em all, even if a few are teh easy/not a whole lotta replay.   You could pick up most of that list for decent prices and enjoy a variety of games off the bat kinda deal.  I'm sure the OP will check them out and see if they are games they could possible enjoy.  At least that was my thinking, I'm not suggesting everyone run out and get RS or Jo.  (Energy and Wonder Momo would be better choices hahaha  <- do actually enjoy those games too though)

Note: For games like Ys or Dac X OR download/tiger/heli (WHICH ARE FRIGGIN AWESOME AS HELL) you can always emulate/CDR or try em fist before you buy them.  Which I would suggest, nothing worse than spending 100-500 USD on a game to find out you don't like it very much.

[Gypsy]

If Prince of Persia is a rolling gag it's a new one.  It's not horrible but it's not great either.

Baby Jo, however, is about as bad as it gets.  The rest of swimmy's picks are pretty good, but that one......  just no.  NOOOOOO!

Road Spirits plays itself, but he also mentioned some INTENSE SHINING GEMS. That Ranma game is really fun and like $10 or something.

Yeah but you can pick up RS for super cheap.  I was trying to pick a variety of games that aren't too expensive to start with.  Most of those games aren't going to blow anyone out of the water, but you could have fun with em all, even if a few are teh easy/not a whole lotta replay.   You could pick up most of that list for decent prices and enjoy a variety of games off the bat kinda deal.  I'm sure the OP will check them out and see if they are games they could possible enjoy.  At least that was my thinking, I'm not suggesting everyone run out and get RS or Jo.  (Energy and Wonder Momo would be better choices hahaha  <- do actually enjoy those games too though)

Note: For games like Ys or Dac X OR download/tiger/heli (WHICH ARE FRIGGIN AWESOME AS HELL) you can always emulate/CDR or try em fist before you buy them.  Which I would suggest, nothing worse than spending 100-500 USD on a game to find out you don't like it very much.

Road Spirits is alright, I just had to point that out. :p

Star Parodier is awesome, so I'm glad it keeps getting mentioned. Another easy game, but it's really cool visually and you have options for your "ship" which adds replay-ability. The PC Engine is the most OP, iirc.

Taking note of all the suggestions.

I had planned to get Lords of Thunder. I also want Castlevania, but the prices are high, despite the game not seeming rare as there are tenths of listings on ebay for example...

There is no rhyme or reason to game prices.

[cireza]

I started looking at the games you recommended, and also at all games available on CD and Super CD. Of course I have not been through the entire list yet...

Dynastic Hero
Cotton
Rondo of Blood
Ys I & II
Ys III
Ys IV
Xak III
Gotzendiener (really liked what I saw on this one)
Gate of Thunder
Winds of Thunder
Valis Phantasm Soldier
Crest of Wolf
Spriggan
Spriggan Mark 2

I am also building a list of games I need to check some more.

[turboswimbz]

I started looking at the games you recommended, and also at all games available on CD and Super CD. Of course I have not been through the entire list yet...
Gotzendiener (really liked what I saw on this one)
I am also building a list of games I need to check some more.

Gotzendiener is really cool, but i should mention that it A) is somewhat short B) feels unfinished as several things in the game don't have a know use but it also has a cool metroid lonely feeling also C) I still enjoy it a ton, and find it a really neat bit of gaming.

[Necromancer]

+1 on ze Gotz being clunky, unfinished, and buggy but I still love it.  It's cheap and there's nothing else like it on PCE, so it's at least worth a look.

[lukester]

Don't forget Tenchi Wo Kurau, River City Ransom and Rainbow Islands!

There's also an unofficial release of a caravan shooter by Konami, called Force Gear

[Winniez]

I don't know about the CD library but considering hucards.
Most of the really good games are atleast moderately expensive and I'm sure you are already familiar with most of them. The best Hucard game in my opinnion is Soldier Blade.

Here are some cheap hucards that may fly under the radar but are still enjoyable. Or more like the cheapest games worth playing without knowing japanese. I haven't checked the prices in a while though. And as someone said before, always worth testing the games via emulation before buying.

Be Ball
Bikkuriman World
Blodia
Bomberman
Columns
Cyber Core
Doaremon games
Dragon Spirit
Dungeon Explorers
Galaga '88 (this has the best price to quality ratio out of all the hucards in my opinnion)
Kato Chan & Ken Chan
Klax
Kung Fu (this one is debatable but I like it)
Majin Eiyuuden Wataru (aka Keith Courage, worth the price of admission)
Momotarou Katsugeki
Ordyne
Side Arms
Victory Run
Volfied
Yokai Dochuki
+various sport games (I especially like Final Match Tennis and Power Eleven)

All 4 Konami Hucards (Gradius, Salamander, Parodius and Twinbee) are solid aswell and I think they still are relatively affordable.

[Gypsy]

I don't know about the CD library but considering hucards.
Most of the really good games are atleast moderately expensive and I'm sure you are already familiar with most of them. The best Hucard game in my opinnion is Soldier Blade.

Here are some cheap hucards that may fly under the radar but are still enjoyable. Or more like the cheapest games worth playing without knowing japanese. I haven't checked the prices in a while though. And as someone said before, always worth testing the games via emulation before buying.

Be Ball
Bikkuriman World
Blodia
Bomberman
Columns
Cyber Core
Doaremon games
Dragon Spirit
Dungeon Explorers
Galaga '88 (this has the best price to quality ratio out of all the hucards in my opinnion)
Kato Chan & Ken Chan
Klax
Kung Fu (this one is debatable but I like it)
Majin Eiyuuden Wataru (aka Keith Courage, worth the price of admission)
Momotarou Katsugeki
Ordyne
Side Arms
Victory Run
Volfied
Yokai Dochuki
+various sport games (I especially like Final Match Tennis and Power Eleven)

All 4 Konami Hucards (Gradius, Salamander, Parodius and Twinbee) are solid aswell and I think they still are relatively affordable.

Oh man, you should check out the cd library at some point. It's really nice.

I think you covered most of the solid cheaper hucards here, as well as a few I didn't care for such as Blodia, Kung Fu and Volfied. I'd throw Final Lap Twin in there, that game is pretty fun. The Neutopias are reasonable if you get the PCE hu and not the US/Turbob hu. Ordyne I'd be on the fence about. I thought it was below average to okay. An interesting purchase when it was like $8 loose/$15 complete, but I think it's about doubled since then.

You are right about most of the better games being pretty pricey. It's not a super friendly system to get into in terms of price (you can always everdrive of course). I started picking up Japanese PS1 games recently by comparison (*waves at Arkhan*) and I've already got some REALLY cool games for damn fine prices not on eBay. Part of it of course is just the PS1 has soooo many games that just by volume there are lots of cool games well out of the youtube/instagram/facebook collectard eye.

[Winniez]

I really like the CD-library, PC Engine CD has to be one of the best console addons of all time in terms of quality unique titles. In general I'm not fan of the arranged music though, out of all the older consoles PC-Engine has my favourit soundchip.
I just meant I don't know CDs collecting wise. I only collect Hucards and don't have any means to play the CD-games. So its emulation for me unfortunally.

[Gypsy]

I really like the CD-library, PC Engine CD has to be one of the best console addons of all time in terms of quality unique titles. In general I'm not fan of the arranged music though, out of all the older consoles PC-Engine has my favourit soundchip.
I just meant I don't know CDs collecting wise. I only collect Hucards and don't have any means to play the CD-games. So its emulation for me unfortunally.

Ah okay, I misunderstood. Emulation is pretty good, I was playing Neutopia in English that way recently since I don't have an ED.

[cireza]

I am still looking at the games. For Hucard games, I will be getting an Everdrive. I am here for the fun.

Concerning CD games, the ones that seem interesting and are probably among the best on the system do look expensive. I am not too sure about what I am going to do about it, maybe I will buy a game once in a while, but I am definitely not going to buy 10 games at 100$ like this.

Anyway, I have seen two JRPGs that look really awesome : Seiya Monogatari and Xanadu II. Did not check the prices yet.

Also discovered a pretty good website called PC Engine Bible I think. Very useful place.

The very first CD games I would like to buy are Ys I & II in English and Spprigan. Both are already very expensive. I already picked Gotzendeiner, it was cheap and I will use it to test my console once I receive it 

I have also seen a number of "PCE WORKS" games. I don't understand why they are so expensive being repros. Retro video game market and prices are really becoming insane.

Glad I built my Sega Saturn collection when I was younger...

[tbone3969]

Just burn the CD games.  Problem solved.