Where are you guys from and tell us a little bit about yourself?

[turbokon]

Hello, I just want to have an idea of where my fellow turbo or pc-engine fans are from.  I'm located in Wichita, KS.  My family immigrated from Cambodia when I was 5 and have been in Wichita ever since.  Graduated from Wichita State University with BS in Electrical Engineering and currently working as a SAP Configurator Analyst.  Growing up, we weren't rich so my parents didn't buy a lot of stuff for us.  During my sixth grade '90 or '91 Christmas season , my dad took us to Montgomery Ward and we picked up the turbo grafx 16 for $99.  That was our most expensive Christmas gift yet.  Ever since, I've been a turbo fan.  I started collecting the turbo again recently and all I been doing is talking about turbo with my coworkers.  Most of them even never heard of it and think I'm insane to be nuts about it.  Anyway, enough about me.  I want to know a little bit about you guys or gals if you don't mind sharing.

[guyjin]

Welcome! 

[Kitsunexus]

Welcome to the forums!


This needs to be moved to the Chit-Chat section, btw...

[nat]

Welcome to the forums!


This needs to be moved to the Chit-Chat section, btw...

Why don't we just slap a badge on you and call you moderator!?!

I want to know a little bit about you guys or gals if you don't mind sharing.

Welcome.

My story is similar to yours-- got a Turbo as a Christmas gift back in '90 or '91 and never looked back.

I live currently in the outlying areas of the metropolis known as Seattle, WA.

[Kitsunexus]

Why don't we just slap a badge on you and call you moderator!?!

Well sorry.


Anywhoo, I'm from Texas, land of Dr. Pepper and id Software. I currently have no Turbo, BUT NEXT PAYCHECK I WILL, DAMNIT!

[Necromancer]

Nice story.  Nothing much to tell here - born and raised a bit to the north of you, in wild Nebraska.

Check this thread for a few other members locales.

[Beld VanGuard]

From SanJose CA, but don't let that fool ya, I'm a nice guy I promise.

Currently residing in Mesa AZ since I can afford to live here and not in CA =p

I grew up playing TG-16 and CD in the demo kiosk at Toys R Us for hours until my mom physically had to pull me off of it. Asked for a TG-16 every birthday and Christmas since it came out, never got it. Hell I didn't get my NES till 1990 I think, my mom was not supportive of my 1 true love heh.

Anyways, right when TG-16 started to get rushed out of stores in the US, my aunt who totally forgot to get me something on my birthday was "forced' to get me something nice. I asked for a TG-16. She picked it up for $30 bucks, and I was happy as could be. Spent the next 2 years checking Game Hunters and Toys R Us-es for backstock, usually found in a small dust covered shoe box behind the game counter, for TG games and ordering from TZD with all of my allowance until I moved here. Then TZD died, now the great ebay hunt begins, sigh heh.

Nice to meet ya =p

[rag-time4]

I'm from Vallejo, CA, but I'm currently living in Davis, CA and studying at UC Davis with the goal of becoming a history teacher.

I was born in 1980, and instantly became a huge fan of the original Street Fighter when it came out in '87.

When I got my first job in 1999, I was finally able to fulfill my shallow childhood fantasy of tracking down the original Street Fighter, and my first major purchase after I started working was a Street Fighter 1 arcade machine. The first one I bought was a converted cabinet, and it arrived in terrible condition and with a burnt out PCB....

So I bought another one... this time a dedicated cabinet. The one I bought had been converted to a 6-button setup, but I've since bought the 2 button controls for both the first and second player...

Anyway when the Turbografx CD came out and had Fighting Street (Street FIghter 1) on it, I had to get one... so sometime around 2000 or 2001 I finally bought a duo, and of course Fighting Street was the first game I got for it. For about 5-6 years I only had 4 games, and my duo sat in storage for a good 4 years, but in 06 I decided to sell my SNES and Genesis stuff and put the money into the Turbo (and the Famicom Disk hehe)

Why don't we just slap a badge on you and call you moderator!?!

Well sorry.


Anywhoo, I'm from Texas, land of Dr. Pepper and id Software. I currently have no Turbo, BUT NEXT PAYCHECK I WILL, DAMNIT!

Kitsune, looking forward to seeing you join the big leagues!! 

[guyjin]

I'm from south-west Iowa. My love affair with the turbo began sometime in 1989, or 1990. I didn't actually own one, but I read about it a lot in the gaming mags of the time (mostly EGM, and a little gamepro... ick.) Despite those magazines obvious bias against it, I was smitten. My parents ended up getting me a SNES, but I continued to keep up with the turbo, despite the fact that nobody I knew had one.

in the summer of 1994, I threatened to get a job to pay for a Duo. Unfortunately, that never came to pass.

the years went on, and I got a PC, and hooked up to the internet... and started looking for turbo info.
I got into collecting turbo stuff around 1998 or so, from ebay. I collected other consoles too, but the turbo remains my primary obsession.

[termis]

Welcome Turbokon 

As for me:
Born in Korea, and grew up going back & forth California and Korea.  Spent most of my teenage years in Los Angeles, where I eventually ended up going to USC (Beat the Bruins!  ).  After graduating, I went back to Asia and made my living in Korea and Japan.  That's where I met the future wife, a Canadian, so here I am now in Canada.  But it seems that I'll be jumping across the big pond once again this year as I'll be hopping over to go down under to study for an MBA at the University of Melbourne.

I've been a late adopter to most game systems -- with the exception of the NES & the Genesis.  Hence, I spent most of my 16-bit gaming on the Genny, but I hopped on the Turbo when they were clearing out the CD-ROM system back in 91~92 or so for $99.  I eventually traded that in for a Duo, and got a load of cheap 2nd hand games at Gamedude up in North Hollywood. 

I put video games away for awhile, but when I was in Japan, I was able to grab tons of shit for cheap, so it kinda got me back into it, and that's where I really got into the whole "import" gaming scene.  And the guys here know more about the whole PCE import gaming scene better than anyone outside of Japanese PCE otakus.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Hello, I am from Crete.

Όχι η Κρήτη στην Ελλάδα

[Keranu]

I am just going to repost my E! True Hollywood Story here from this post.

As I reached the peak of my stardom of fame in the 80's, I started hanging around the wrong crowds. Instead of looking for new hot flicks to star in, I slipped my way into the night life of hanging out in clubs with the hottest celebrities and sniffing lines of coke off any woman I wanted to. My drug addiction got so bad that I couldn't even land a role in Munchie and before I could realize it, I was diagnosed with HIV. Time went on and AIDS was taking over my body and my cure for it was to inhale as much coke as I possibly could while playing rounds of Insector X over and over. After beating Insector X for the 956th time, AIDS had won and I laid dead on top of my Genesis (first model of course) with the "Jackin'" song of Insector X looping. But then one dark night, lightning struck my grave and I raised from it! Now in the new millenium, Keranu is BACK and this time as a CYBORGNETIC ZOMBIE and posting on PCEFX once more! THE END!

[rainbow_bright]

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[natethegreat82]

I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and currently reside in the southeast quadrant of the city. I'm an anime fan and possess a large collection of video games and systems. Regarding NEC hardware, I first bought a TurboExpress at a nearby Cash Converters in late 2004. In September 2006 I got a TurboGrafx 16/CD system off eBay. I would then go on to buy a PC-FX in November 2007 and am now awaiting the delivery of a SuperGrafx. Anyway, Welcome to the forum, one n00b to another!

[Sinistron]

I was born in December 1975 and I'm from Queens, New York- have lived here all my life.  Received my first TurboGrafx in Winter 89 and fell in love with the system- had a decent collection back then- CD player as well.  As I've shamelessly said a few times on this board- I ludicrously traded my system and games for a gigantic box of porno- kids, eh.  I never "upgraded" to a newer system- but I bought another turbografx- don't know around when.  About a year and a half ago I went back to my mom's and dug out the system- missing it heavily.  I had about five games.  Now I have 180 games, CD player again, ACD card and diving board controller.  I am also a huge movie buff (big Lynch fan), a musician with quite a few ongoing projects, in a relationship (live with my girlfriend), and work in a lawfirm in Manhattan.  I am currently obssessing over my new iMac, which I bought for the purpose of eventually making my own films (it'll take me a long time to figure all of this shit out).  I read often- though not lately- I love true crime books, Philip K. Dick, and I used to be a big Steven King fan (who wasn't?).  Living in NY I eat anything- Mexican, Italian, Thai, Indian, whatever.  I drink- though I'm known to get a little hairy when out at bars; I smoke cigarettes- though starting only when I get home from work.  I indulge in that other smoke as well.  I listen mostly to King Crimson, Erykah Badu, Medeski Martin & Wood and Bob Dylan.  Blah blah blah. 

I joined this fine forum not long ago- and everyone here has been "swell".  I feel a kinship with some of these fine folk- even the ones I've had disagreements with are unforgettable characters.

Welcome to your other home!