Author Topic: Why is the TG-16 way fatter than the PC-Engine? (Read 1414 times)

esteban · « **Reply #30 on:** February 03, 2006, 10:43:10 AM »

Quote from: "Seldane"

The Famicom is a toy.

Blasphemy!

Keranu · « **Reply #31 on:** February 03, 2006, 11:31:47 AM »

Correction: The Famicom is a way of life

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Black Tiger · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2006, 11:40:16 AM »

I've got another question.

Why the heck is the Supergrafx so freaking big? Other than to instill a feeling of power(and arcadety?).

Its barely an upgrade over the tiny PCE which was released years earlier.

If it had succeeded, I wonder if all of the accessories for it would've been freaking huge(like that periscope "controller").

Pcenginefx · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2006, 02:48:19 PM »

Quote from: "stevek666"

I know it isn't easy to devise an interesting compostion for a console, but I am a sucker for pictures that have one plane in sharp focus and everything else slightly out of focus. I don't know if this would look nice with a small console, though.

Unfortunatly, my camera isn't an SLR camera so I can't get the cool artsy shots that I'd like to make, however, I'm up to the challenge with my current camera

Another challenge with the USA Turbo systems is lighting as the consoles are black, thus not giving much contrast over the console.

Pcenginefx · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2006, 02:53:47 PM »

Quote from: "Keranu"

That's a pretty cool link as well. NSG rocks hardcore still.

COUGH....the lighting is better in my pixs........cough.....

Keranu · « **Reply #35 on:** February 03, 2006, 04:21:26 PM »

Quote from: "Black_Tiger"

I've got another question.

Why the heck is the Supergrafx so freaking big? Other than to instill a feeling of power(and arcadety?).

Its barely an upgrade over the tiny PCE which was released years earlier.

If it had succeeded, I wonder if all of the accessories for it would've been freaking huge(like that periscope "controller").

Man I'm a really surprised I never even thought about that. That really does make no sense why they made it so damn big. Maybe they purposely made it bigger to show consumers who didn't know about the technical stuff that this was an improvement over the PCE because it was bigger, therefore had lots of big, powerful hardware inside

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Quote from: "Pcenginefx"

COUGH....the lighting is better in my pixs........cough.....

No doubt.

Pcenginefx · « **Reply #36 on:** February 03, 2006, 06:22:00 PM »

Anyone have any gut shots of the SuperGrafx now?

I'm interested to see the inside..........hmm...might crack mine open.........

Pcenginefx · « **Reply #37 on:** February 03, 2006, 10:31:23 PM »

Ok I couldn't resist....enjoy the shots!

The view we all know and love.

This is a shot of the top section of the SuperGrafx. The mainboard is screwed into the top part of the mold..

The mainboard now detached from the casing. Notice the set of chips to the left and center with plenty empty space left...

Close-up of the set of chips to the left side of the board...

Close-up of the set of chips to the center of the board.

And for those who are wanting an artsy shot, here yah go...SuperGrafx "Darkness" wallpaper!

SuperGrafx "Darkness" wallpaper 1024x768

SuperGrafx "Darkness" wallpaper 1280x1024

SuperGrafx "Darkness" wallpaper 1600x1200

Keranu · « **Reply #38 on:** February 04, 2006, 04:12:51 PM »

Wow, those shots look really great! Also, I never noticed before, but a Super Grafx almost resembles a TG16 in shape. Almost.

TR0N · « **Reply #39 on:** February 04, 2006, 06:54:41 PM »

Quote from: "Keranu"

Correction: The Famicom is a way of life .

Nuff said a classic system in it's own right.

theoakwoody · « **Reply #40 on:** February 05, 2006, 05:10:09 PM »

Does the Super Grafx have the smallest library of all time. Yeah it can play pc engine games but geez, I can't believe there's only 6 games for it. That's incredible that they would develop a whole new system and not even support it with more than a handful of games. Some systems have more games than that at launch.

TR0N · « **Reply #41 on:** February 05, 2006, 05:13:58 PM »

Quote from: "theoakwoody"

Does the Super Grafx have the smallest library of all time. Yeah it can play pc engine games but geez, I can't believe there's only 6 games for it. That's incredible that they would develop a whole new system and not even support it with more than a handful of games. Some systems have more games than that at launch.

Pretty much the system was a knee jerk reaction to, Nintendo releaseing the snes.

It was supose to be a, 16-bit system nec just made it into a soup up pce insted.

As for why who knows

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Keranu · « **Reply #42 on:** February 05, 2006, 05:15:14 PM »

Yeah, a bit pathetic. I'm not sure if it's the smallest, but damn you think they would at least try to make more games for it, eh?

akamichi · « **Reply #43 on:** February 05, 2006, 10:29:45 PM »

Well, it does have the best version of Strider EVAR!

Keranu · « **Reply #44 on:** February 06, 2006, 10:36:19 AM »

OMG, Strider for Super Grafx is ARCADE PERFECT! Just look at those two screenshots released for it!