I may as well tell my story.
My first experience with a Turbo(sounds sexual), was at a new friends house, no one else seemed to have on, or atleast none of my close friends. He had several games, including Bonk which I dug. I'm not sure I was convinced yet if it was for me.
I still had my NES, & our Sears multi game machine(seemed like they were all the same game) was long toast. Now, I had another friend that eventually got a TG, but, I can't remember if it was before me or not. Either way, I eventually decided to get into the next generation, & something about the TG, rather then the Genesis, attracted me. So, I saved up my money, & bought a used one with some games from my friend Scott, around the middle of February 1991. I got Keith Courage, Vigilante, Ninja Spirit, Splatterhouse, & Tiger Road, I think for about $100+(can't remember the exact figure). I was loving the Turbo.
Later that year, when the Genesis dropped to $150, both my friend Daniel & I picked one up. I remember my mom buying me Sonic 1 for passing whatever grade I was in. I wasn't really impressed with it, or the Genesis. I had several games, but, it just didn't do enough for me. So, I sold it to my older brother not that long after buying it.
Then, when the Turbo CD dropped in price to $150, I knew it was on, I had money saved, & I remember that morning, right before buying it, eating at Arby's, all excited, as we were about to head to Babbage's! So, we got there, & I had enough money for the CD Rom, & one $30. There were 2 to choose from, Last Alert & Valis 2. I decided to go with Valis 2. And I remember being so excited, seeing the cinemas, hearing the sounds & music. I would bring it over to my friends house to show it off, & it did wow them!
Frankly, in a short time, I became a Turbo nut. I looked forward to every EGM 's CES reports, with loads of games shown by TTI. Not to mention my Turbo Plays & Duo World's. And I saved up my money to get the full Super CD package, boy was I happy when that came.
I even became known at TTI, because I'd call up & ask questions alot, & became friends with their secretary, who sent me a bunch of her free games(some of which hadn't been released yet, most notably, Bonk 3 CD). She even came up north to visit me, though, now that I look back at it, I do wonder if she was looking for company outside of her marriage. Back then, I said, there's no way, but, now, it all feels a little fishy, & supposedly her husband divorced her for cheating on him. I remember one time calling her at home, & her husband picked up, & he was all protective wondering who I was. And later I found out from her that I got her in trouble. I sometimes wonder if I was the guy that she was supposedly cheating with
Anyways, so, obviously TTI closed their doors, but, that didn't stop me, I next continued to the Arcade card. So I saved up for that, & bought some deal of it, with a converter, & Strider from TZD. That converter sucked, as it made Strider act wierd. Plus, when I was able to get Strider working, I didn't think it was all that great(though I enjoy it now), so I tried to return both, though, they would only let me trade in my converter for a better one. Anyways, I proceeded to get various games from some shops, like Die Hard out in Woodland Hills until they closed down. And some here & there from TZD as well. Things pretty much kept escalating.
Ebay came my way around 99, & then I really started to get games that I had been drooling over for years. My first ebay transation, was for a brand new Psychic Storm for $26. That was a happy time! I eventually pretty much got every game I ever wanted for the Turbo, I'm missing a couple though.
At some point, I became a member of the Turbo Grafx Network on Yahoo, along with Kabuki aka Black_Tiger. I can't remember who started that club, but I think he eventually gave power over to Kabuki. There were some other guys there, one which I eventually met in person, when I was trying to figure out how to burn games, it turned out that he volunteered to help me, & ended up living in Burbank, about 30 minutes away. But, I was known as Projectblowed_mc over there, for anybody here who might remember me. I know there was another guy over there, who I used to trade burns with, named Geoff Bucholz. I haven't heard from him in several years.
When Implode came out, I was really excited, even though I'm not a puzzle nut. So I started talking to BT via email, keeping track of his next project, which I ended up beta testing for(& have a special mention in the thanks at the end
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Eventually I noticed Nodtveidt's thread about him porting Mysterious Song to the Turbo. I downloaded the original game, & offered to spruce up the soundtrack a bit. After doing that, I decided to fix up my studio. I had a keyboard, but, it was trashed, so I threw it away, got a new one & some extra sound module's, & now I do music for Turbo games! Not to mention helping in planning various aspects of the games. Plus, I have my own projects I've worked on, along with the help of Lord_cack. And, someday, my own personal idea's for games, will be made! Weeeeeeeeeeee!
