THE FINAL TURBO SHOWDOWN

[guyjin]

Composed of the winners/tied for first of the previous 7 polls. Which of these is the best of the best?

interesting stats:

4 out of 10 are shmups; 3 of 10 are platformers; the remaining 3 could be described as RPGs.

All 10 were Developed, produced, or published, by Hudson Soft in Japan, according to PCEDaisakusen.
(this was not the only option: for example, Namco(t) games are listed as NEC / Namco.)
5 involved RED.

2 were ports from other systems.

According to this (imho, bizzaro) price guide:
http://www.jerseygames.com/downloads/index.htm
buying all these games today (in original case, with instructions) would set you back roughly $330.
(note that Gate of Thunder and Dungeon Explorer 2 are not listed, and therefore not included in that figure.)
the cheapest is Neutopia, at $23; the most expensive is Air Zonk, at $130.

[Sinistron]

Best Turbo Grafx game ever poll- with no Soldier Blade???

 

[Joe Redifer]

I was going to vote for Dragon's Curse, but that's not really a Turbo game... it's a Sega Master System game.

[Sinistron]

Yeah!    Let's see how many of us can cram up this poll without voting!!!

Protest!     No Soldier Blade, no forking vote!  Mutherforkers!   :-"



no Soldier Blade, no vote! no Soldier Blade, no vote! no Soldier Blade, no vote! etc., etc., etc., etc...

[guyjin]

Sorry, Soldier blade wasn't even the best game of '92, much less ever. Whining will get you nowhere. 

[Sinistron]

Horse apples!  Surely the hucards should be represented by the TG-16 titles on the top ten hucard survey?  (the results of which were

1- BLAZING LAZERS
2- DUNGEON EXPLORER
3- NINJA SPIRIT
4- MILITARY MADNESS
5- SOLDIER BLADE
6- PARASOL STARS
7- STREET FIGHTER II
8- BONK'S ADVENTURE
9- LEGENDARY AXE
10- BONK'S REVENGE

...and oh lookee there SOLDIER BLADE coming in at #5!!!)

                                                                                  

BUT yeah I get it...  NOT MY SURVEY!! Harumph I tell ya.  Harumph!

[nat]

Picking the "best game evar" is too hard, so I went with the lil' guy that started it all-- Bonk's Adventure.

[nodtveidt]

Soldier Blade is a decent game but doesn't hold a candle to Blazing Lazers, Gate Of Thunder, Lords Of Thunder, or Air Zonk. However, I'm not sure why Dragon's Curse is even on this list...the rest of the games on this list bury it about fifty feet under solid rock in just about every way.

nat's right though...this one's not easy. For me though, I have to look at each game from a technical point of view and decide based on that. Having said that, I have to cast my vote for Lords Of Thunder. In terms of playability, appearance, audio experience, and overall presentation, it's the highest quality game on this list, with Gate Of Thunder taking a very close second.

[Sinistron]

Soldier Blade burns Lazers!  Doesn't burn the CD titles though- but for a chip- gawwdamn!!!  that there's a hot dawwg!! 

Anywho- the problem with making a poll out of the "Best of so and so year" winners is that some years are stronger than others- so a number two or even a three from one year can be stronger than the number 1 from another year.

That said- I'll stop my crying and vote.

Ys I & II for introducing me to the wonderful world of CD gaming. 

[Black Tiger]

I was going to vote for Dragon's Curse, but that's not really a Turbo game... it's a Sega Master System game.

I was going to say that I was going to vote for Ys I & II, but that's not really a Turbo game... it's a Sega Master System game... that's really a computer game.

But I couldn't vote DEII over it. So yes I did vote for Ys.

[guyjin]

Dragon's curse/Wonder boy III should be on every console. Ever. Even the 2600 and channel F.

[Turbo D]

I think that its a decent list. The choice was easy for me because the greatest game of all time was on it.

[Sinistron]

yeah guyjin- magnavox odyssey would've had a kicking dragon's curse! 

[Joe Redifer]

Picking the "best game evar" is too hard, so I went with the lil' guy that started it all-- Bonk's Adventure.

Correct, Bonk started it all.  It was the very first game for the PCE!   

[Mobius]

I don't understand how Neutopia can be on the list instead of Neutopia 2.  2 is better in every way.

Anyway, voted Gate of Thunder before I thought too hard and confused myself.  Too many good games on the list.