Pop cultural references to TG-16

[Gogan]

I remember I read somewhere that back in the 90s, the band Green Jelly talked about playing bonk on th TE on their tourbus while on tour. 

But then again I think it was a turbo play where I read it, so maybe not so pop culture, but whatever.....huffin, and puffin, and blow yer house in!  Great song!

[esteban]

I remember I read somewhere that back in the 90s, the band Green Jelly talked about playing bonk on th TE on their tourbus while on tour. 

But then again I think it was a turbo play where I read it, so maybe not so pop culture, but whatever.....huffin, and puffin, and blow yer house in!  Great song!

Yup, Mathew Sweet and Green Jelly both were fans of TG-16, allegedly.   I suspect that they received TurboExpresses + games for free, as part of a marketing/promotion campaign, but, who knows?

Green Jelly splats the TurboExpress. Apparently, they enjoyed Bonk's Adventure whilst on tour.

TurboExpress: On the road with Mathew Sweet.

Check out the games he likes to play. Shoot-em-up fan, no? He bought a PCE console. Not bad .


So, a few years ago I tried to find more info on what Sweet's TG-16 /video game interests were. This is all I found:

Mathew Sweet + Genesis + TurboGrafx-16

I haven't changed: I still would love to see what Sweet's library of games were back in his PCE-lovin', TurboExpress-lovin', Genesis-lovin' days.

I'm actually really looking forward to that Scott Pilgrim movie- not only is it directed by Edgar Wright- but it's starring who is imo the cutest actress of ever- Mary Elizabth Winstead 

Yeah, I never heard of her before, or seen any of her films, but... is she cute?

YES.


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NOTE: Some of you guys didn't read the mission statement clearly. You're supposed to find NEW references, not rehash the old stuff!  sunteam_paul captured the spirit with his noble attempt . I don't think I had not seen the Sol Bianca still before (but the Oh my Goddess! stuff was mentioned on magicengine forums back in the day).

For example (and I wish I had taken a picture): Red Devil Fireworks (?) stole Air Zonk, make him red, and used him as a mascot for an unknown period of time. When I lived in Southern California, there were large signs/placards promoting fireworks sales (fundraisers for schools and non-profits) and I couldn't believe it! I wish I had taken pictures. Damn! I don't know if it was a one-off (for the school only), or if the company actually provided them to many organizations.
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Go, you lazy bastards, and dig up some new stuff.

Or not.

[esteban]

SOURCE: Grandma, what a big sword you have (click to read cartoonist's commentary)



Keith Courage. Yup. Wait. It gets better...





Canadians.



SOURCE: Love Stung: My Affair With Hudson Soft (click to read article)




Gotta love that artwork.

[esteban]

SOURCE: pcenginefx.com forums



By all accounts, this photo is from the electronics section of a Sears catalog.

Awesome. 

[esteban]

SOURCE: Adol stars in Y's: Box I & II *



This is pretty neat. Print it out, cut and fold.

If you read the post, you'll see that TG-CD was the inspiration for the Adol "Boxpunk", but the site offers many, many other characters from various games.

*Yes, he spells it with an apostrophe. We can forgive him.

[Necromancer]

*Yes, he spells it with an apostrophe. We can forgive him.

Maybe you can..... not that I'll let my seething bitterness stop me from printing this slice of awesome. 

[esteban]

SOURCE: TurboExpress in NYC



Thanks to jboypacman for this find: a promo for Engadget featuring a TurboExpress in NYC. Apparently, technology sites can't get enough TG-16!




SOURCE: Random. Totally.



Thanks to MotherGunner for this totally random find. Of course, someone left the following comment:

[BlackandBlue]

Apparently there is some weird Japanese movie that is coming out that is referred to as an "odd film that mixes the claustrophobia of Cube, the asylum-like paranoia of Jim Henson’s The Cube, and the random, colorful Japanese itemization of a Turbo Grafx 16 game import."
 

[BlackandBlue]

Found another today by the Geekologie Writer:

Thanks Maicon, now do one exclusively with games and characters for the Turbografx-16. Damn yeah B for Bonk's Adventure!

It excited me.

[henrycsc]

Adol's pretty awesome!  I came Across these (somebody's probably already posted them somewhere):

http://www.harlancore.com/blog/?p=693

http://www.cubeecraft.com/cubee/turbografx16

SOURCE: Adol stars in Y's: Box I & II *



This is pretty neat. Print it out, cut and fold.

If you read the post, you'll see that TG-CD was the inspiration for the Adol "Boxpunk", but the site offers many, many other characters from various games.

*Yes, he spells it with an apostrophe. We can forgive him.

[MotherGunner]

Unless it doesn't qualify, don't forget the Vigilante rip-off I posted a long time ago too.

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2649.0

Kung Fu 72

[nodtveidt]

Although I don't have a picture of it, there was this mail-in competition in a magazine many years ago in which they were giving away a whole slew of consoles, one of which was the TG16. To compete, you had to send $5 along with a completed puzzle from the magazine. What was interesting was that there was only one game shot in the photos for the compo, and the shot was of Sinistron's second stage. Since this was during the TG16's heyday, and I don't think the game has ever been ported (especially not back then), there is no way it was from another console. Also, I know it was Sinistron and not Violent Soldier, since Violent Soldier has lightning bolts in the background of stage 2 and Sinistron does not.

The same company did a similar competition (not sure if it was before or after the video game one) where they gave away a guitar and some amp equipment. Those were the only two compos I saw from them... apparently they had others too.

[Gogan]

Ha! I remember that one, I remember thinking "what is that the sweet ass game on that big screen?! I hope its for TG, then I found out, much to my surprise it was. 

Mustve  entered that contest in every mag I saw it in.

[Firebomber7]

I think it was called Pandemonium, or something like that.  You had to complete a series of about 4-5 puzzles.  They offered extra prizes each round if you paid some more money.  Probably a bit of a scam, but the prizes sure looked awesome.

I think when I tried it out, it was for an SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 3DO and Jaguar.  There was also an entertainment system in there.  Maybe a PC, too.  That would've been from 1993, I guess.  I don't remember there being a Duo, although I'm sure there was in the 1992 edition (or at least a TG-16 w/CD-ROM).

edit:

Google images came through!

Here's the one I entered (no Turbo...  it was either 1993 or 1994, considering the consoles in the picture.)


Here's the one Old Rover was probably referring to.  Interesting how they're including a Super Famicom.  Maybe they should've had a PC Engine as well!!!  Must have been a 1990 or 1991 contest.

[Tatsujin]

Nice one, from all the devices they had choosed the PCE/TG16. They had taste.