Pictures of your turbo/pc engine collection

[esteban]

http://bt.mindrec.com/pcegames_home.jpg

The PCE Games in the upper left are all the weird stuff, things like:
Prototype of Tatsujin, All the Caravan HuCards that I have, In-Store
Demo CDs for both system, a few developer prototypes [Mad
Stalker, Gulliver Boy] an original copy of Space Fantasy Zone,
a few of the Mook-CDs (unsorted) and my HuVideo sampler SCD,
among other oddities

-bt

Good lord, that photo amazing

I'd love to hear about the in-store Demo CD's and the HuVideo sampler SCD. I've never heard about these items, let alone own one of them. Are they documented at pcecp?

When TG-CD was released, the only store near me that was demo -ing it was a small mom-n-pop place (in Belleville, NJ!). They didn't have a special demo cd -- they simply used Monster Lair (and other games, as they were released). They eventually stopped getting new CD games, and they got lazy, and simply left Final Zone II play non-stop. All of their loyal customers had the intro cinema (and song!) memorized shortly thereafter...

[FM-77]

You mean that Adol guy from france who used to sell on Ebay?  I remember buying some stuff from him ages ago, he used to sell the most obscure, rarest stuff I'd ever seen.

Still does. He sold Final Fantasy for MSX2 recently. It went for $250 I believe. He also sold Fray in Magical Adventure and SD Snatcher. Went for $150 each.

His name is adol-something. Must be an Ys fan. I'd love to see his Ys collection... If he has one.  

[malducci]

http://bt.mindrec.com/pcegames_home.jpg

Holy crap! That is the mother stack of all mother stacks.

[Ninja Spirit]

For living in Europe where gamers get shitted on more than we Americans, Adol is a beast!

He was known to complete ENTIRE LIBRARIES of Japanese systems. I know he's done Super Famicom, PC Engine, Mega CD, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Neo Geo CD and Wonderswan. I wonder if he's done 8-bit Famicom, PS1 or Neo Geo AES.

[GUTS]

Yeah he used to get slammed on different forums all the time for his prices, but I never had any problems with him.  In fact he's the guy I originally bought Blood Gear from and it turned out to be one of the best games I've ever played.

[bt]

stevek666 says:
Good lord, that photo amazing

And that does not even include the PS, Saturn or Dreamcast collections (thoguh you can see a few errent N64 titles in the custom made CD rack on the top right, just a *few*, however).  =)

adding further:
I\'d love to hear about the in-store Demo CD\\\'s and the HuVideo sampler SCD. I\'ve never heard about these items, let alone own one of them. Are they documented at pcecp?

The Instore demo CDs were something that started late in the PCE life cycle, you have probably been to a store where a PS or XBox demo kiosk is setup, it has an attract mode, and perhaps a playable demo -- they did the same thing for some PCE titles. Laplace no Ma and Faceball both had very nice demo releases like this, although I do not think that their market was in store kiosks since they had full packaging art.  The later ones are simply a disk that have an attract mode, some are playable, some are not.  They generally have release info (\\\"Buy this fabulous game!  out on 5 June!\\\") and in some cases custom cinemas that are a combination for several of the real in-game cinemas.  I have maybe 5 PCE ones, and 7 or 8 PC-FX ones.

The HuVideo sampler CD is a bit different.  It is a CD-R that was made by a (then) Hudson employee.  I have no idea how many copies were made, but it is not many.  The CD loads up and gives you a menu of approximately 10 HuVideo demos that you can view, and several options as well (display the CD buffer fill level is one, I forget what the other one is).  There is also an unreleased game on the CD -- a Dr. Mario clone which is playable, but not 100% complete.  No one knows about it since it was never released, and stayed inside the tight PCE development circle.  Until I got it, that is.  =)

They are not documented at PCECP.com -- the instore demo CDs *should* be added to the database there, the HuVideo sample should probably not be added since it was just a CD-R demo and never really made or sold.

-bt

[akamichi]

I honestly do not remember where I ordered that rack from -- I bought
it at least 6 years ago, so it may not even be available anymore.

Here is one that if not the same though, looks remarkably similar:
http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/100606_cd-rack-1000-veneer.htm

Thanks for the info bt!  I've got that page bookmarked just in case I can't find anything locally.  Maybe someday I'll have a shelf like that full of PCE games.

[Digi.k]

those are some nice shelves XD and thats also a lot of PCE games O_o

I keep my PCE and Saturn stuff in makeshift cardboard boxes I buy from a chain store here in the UK called MUJI

[Keranu]

BT, would you ever be interested in ripping those special CDs you have or at least record a video of them ? Those sound awesome.

[bt]

BT, would you ever be interested in ripping those special CDs you have or at least record a video of them ? Those sound awesome.

For obvious reasons, I will not rip them, I keep saying to myself, one of these days I will get my "PCE Rarities Page" done so that I can include all this stuff and have pics, vids, whatever I can scrape together and have it all displayed.

Here is the full list of the stuff that I have up there:

PCE "Sample" CDs (pressed):
  Startling Odyssey
  Emerald Dragon
  World Heroes 2
  Mad Stalker
  PCE Store Demo (Dragon Slayer II, Nadia, Winds of Thunder, Crest of Wolf)
  Psychic Detective Series Vol 3 AYA
  Patlabor
  Mamono Hunter Youko Tooki Yobikoe (*1)
  Laplace No Ma (*2)
  Faceball (*2)

Duo Sample CDs (pressed):
  Duo Demo 01 (Gate of Thunder,  Bonk 1,   Bonk 2) (*3)

PC-FX Sample CDs:
  Ojousama Sousamou
  Angelique Tenkun no Requim
  Angelique Special
  Power Dolls FX
  Cutey Honey FX
  Anime Freak FX Volume 2
  Der Langrisser FX
(most of these have only the "COMPACT disc" logo and the word "SAMPLE" on them)

Developers/Prototype CD-Rs:
   Gulliver Boy (marked: "3/6 version")
   Anearth Fantasy Stories (marked "SAMPLE", appears to be entire game though)
   Kijindousi Zenki FX (marked "H7.10.24 ver")
   Blood Gear ("93.8.26" ?)
   HuVideo Sampler ("11-22-93")
Many of these are also marked "XXX Only" -- I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out what "XXX" is (hint, it's not hard)

Special Version HuCards:
  Bomberman Users Battle
  Bomberman '93 Special Version
  Final Soldier Special Version
  Gunhed Special Version
  Soldier Blade Special Version

Notes:
(*1) appears to just be the real game but has the word "SAMPLE"
   stamped across the CD.
(*2) appear to be pre-release demos and not "in store demos'
(*3) this is the demo CD that was used in stores in the US, it is almost
  the same as the US Duo packin, but only has level 1 of each game, and  
  rotates between them when not being played

-bt

[Keranu]

Rad-i-cal !!

[Keranu]

Here's my collection:



All of those games are organized in a very specific way. To see how, click here for a guide image .



It's a bit messy at the moment, but as you can see there is a Turbo Duo towards the top (it's inbetween a DVD player and a 3DO) and the PCE+CDROM2 set up is towards the left. Also if you notice towards your right is an unhooked PC-FX, along with various controllers scattered all over the place.



And lastly here is a pic of various hardware boxes, which includes the PCE Interface Unit, Turbo Duo, PC-FX, Duo Tap, Duo Controller, and PC-FX controller boxes.

Now it's time to record videos of me playing PCE games to go in Ninja Spirit's thread .

[esteban]

bt, thanks for all the info! I have a few follow-up questions

stevek666 says:I\'d love to hear about the in-store Demo CD\\\'s and the HuVideo sampler SCD. I\'ve never heard about these items, let alone own one of them. Are they documented at pcecp?

The Instore demo CDs were something that started late in the PCE life cycle, you have probably been to a store where a PS or XBox demo kiosk is setup, it has an attract mode, and perhaps a playable demo -- they did the same thing for some PCE titles. Laplace no Ma and Faceball both had very nice demo releases like this, although I do not think that their market was in store kiosks since they had full packaging art.  The later ones are simply a disk that have an attract mode, some are playable, some are not.  They generally have release info (\\\"Buy this fabulous game!  out on 5 June!\\\") and in some cases custom cinemas that are a combination for several of the real in-game cinemas.  I have maybe 5 PCE ones, and 7 or 8 PC-FX ones.

Intriguing -- especially the demo CD's with custom cinemas! I wonder if PCE was the first console to use demos (either the in-store or magazine/mook variety)? I'm not familiar with MegaCD / SegaCD demos, but I wonder if PCE was the first console to utilize this marketing technique?  

The HuVideo sampler CD is a bit different.  It is a CD-R that was made by a (then) Hudson employee.  I have no idea how many copies were made, but it is not many.  The CD loads up and gives you a menu of approximately 10 HuVideo demos that you can view, and several options as well (display the CD buffer fill level is one, I forget what the other one is).  There is also an unreleased game on the CD -- a Dr. Mario clone which is playable, but not 100% complete.  No one knows about it since it was never released, and stayed inside the tight PCE development circle.  Until I got it, that is.  =)

Wow! Does the Dr. Mario Clone have a Hudson theme (i.e. Bomberman)? What a nice bonus, though. Reminds me of the mini-games that you find in some of the UltraBox releases... but a puzzle game has greater potential for replay.

They are not documented at PCECP.com -- the instore demo CDs *should* be added to the database there, the HuVideo sample should probably not be added since it was just a CD-R demo and never really made or sold.

It would be really kool if you added entries for the instore demos.

Oh yes! New Question: A few years ago I was bidding on an auction for a PC-Engine LaserDisc. I never knew what it was, but I always assumed it was an in-store demo (although now, in light of what you shared with us, I'm not so sure). Have you ever heard of these PCE LD's? After I lost the auction, I tried getting info from the seller, but he didn't know English too well, unfortunately. I can't recall if the LD was produced by NEC / Hudson (I don't think the auction provided the info).

[bt]

Does the Dr. Mario Clone have a Hudson theme (i.e. Bomberman)? What a nice bonus, though. Reminds me of the mini-games that you find in some of the UltraBox releases... but a puzzle game has greater potential for replay.

No, there is not really a theme at all, other than that the coder put his own picture in the game, and used his name (well, a derrivitive of it) for the game's name

Oh yes! New Question: A few years ago I was bidding on an auction for a PC-Engine LaserDisc. I never knew what it was, but I always assumed it was an in-store demo (although now, in light of what you shared with us, I'm not so sure). Have you ever heard of these PCE LD's?

It was most likely one of the PCE LaserActive discs.  I have a few of these (and a few of the Sega ones too), but in general their play value is very poor... the "action" based games are really nothing other than sprite based games with the LaserActive part streaming a moving "background."  It's more distracting than neat.

-bt

[esteban]

Oh yes! New Question: A few years ago I was bidding on an auction for a PC-Engine LaserDisc. I never knew what it was, but I always assumed it was an in-store demo (although now, in light of what you shared with us, I'm not so sure). Have you ever heard of these PCE LD's?

It was most likely one of the PCE LaserActive discs.  I have a few of these (and a few of the Sega ones too), but in general their play value is very poor... the "action" based games are really nothing other than sprite based games with the LaserActive part streaming a moving "background."  It's more distracting than neat.

-bt

I am pretty certain it wasn't a LaserActive disc, because I scoured the photos for the LA logo, plus there was no mention of a LaserActive title I was familiar with on the package art... which leads me to believe that it wasn't a demo for LaserActive titles either. I confirmed with the seller that the LD would play on a standard LD player. Also, I emailed the winning bidder several times, but, unfortunately, the bastard never responded! I simply asked him if he could share some basic info on the LD and its contents, to no avail. One of these days the mystery will be solved...