What year did you first start gaming on the PC Engine/Turbografx??

[Mathius]

thats awesome!!! story!  Its the only system I never got rid of but I worked all summer to get my tg/cd and ys copy but man was it worth it and it blew my mind as well!  Welcome to the forum!

Hey man, thanks! I'm glad I wasn't the only one to spend all that cash on the CD-ROM attachment back in the day.

I didn't get a CD attachment bitd but I remember that gigantic box sitting in stores. Now I have one, and I am one of the few forum members who plays exclusively on a Turbo-CD unit (I think). Most peeps here play on Duos.

[GAUGE]

I still have my Turbo-CD and original Turbo and will play them sometimes, but I usually play on a region-switching Core Grafx and "suitcase" CD-ROM, with an Arcade Card. I just prefer the look of that set up over the Duo - I know, weird.

And yeah, those boxes were HUGE. Wish I still had mine, but it would have taken up the majority of my closet when I was a kid. I'm still not sure why they were so big, was the size of a mini-fridge... I remember being so excited about bringing that huge box home.

[turbokon]

We got our turbografx back in 91 around Christmas time. Me and brothers been bugging dad for weeks for it and he finally took to Montgomery wards and we picked it up for 99.99. One of the most exciting day my life.

[esteban]

thats awesome!!! story!  Its the only system I never got rid of but I worked all summer to get my tg/cd and ys copy but man was it worth it and it blew my mind as well!  Welcome to the forum!

Hey man, thanks! I'm glad I wasn't the only one to spend all that cash on the CD-ROM attachment back in the day.

I didn't get a CD attachment bitd but I remember that gigantic box sitting in stores. Now I have one, and I am one of the few forum members who plays exclusively on a Turbo-CD unit (I think). Most peeps here play on Duos.

I still use my original TG-CD, but I also use a SuperCD and US/JP Duo's to evenly distribute the wear and tear.

[Mathius]

thats awesome!!! story!  Its the only system I never got rid of but I worked all summer to get my tg/cd and ys copy but man was it worth it and it blew my mind as well!  Welcome to the forum!

Hey man, thanks! I'm glad I wasn't the only one to spend all that cash on the CD-ROM attachment back in the day.

I didn't get a CD attachment bitd but I remember that gigantic box sitting in stores. Now I have one, and I am one of the few forum members who plays exclusively on a Turbo-CD unit (I think). Most peeps here play on Duos.

I still use my original TG-CD, but I also use a SuperCD and US/JP Duo's to evenly distribute the wear and tear.

That's my goal for the future. I want to get a Famicom Disc System replacement first before I throw any more money into the NEC console ring.

[GAUGE]

I still use my original TG-CD, but I also use a SuperCD and US/JP Duo's to evenly distribute the wear and tear.

I like this reasoning. Gives me an excuse to buy more than one system... 

[rodek]

First time I ever played the tg was emulated on the computer like 10 years ago.

I've always dreamed of having the tg system but they never sold it near the small town I grew up in. I remember having a magazine article with showing a keyboard (protype) and trying to convince my parents to drive to a big city to buy it for me. Hah. never worked..(yeah mom, it's like a computer, it's got a keyboard, haha) =)

about 5 years ago I traded my old 55" tv to a game collector for a collection of systems and games..  one being the tg16 unit and 2 games, turbo express, and a coregrafx(no games) .(and whole wack of other gaming non nec stuff). After that point I was so excited to have one I started trying to collect all the hu cards and etc.   Fast forward to current time and I have 6 us cards left , 4 tg16's, multiple controllers, A tgcd unit, and lots of other stuff (rental cases, etc).

[turbogirl]

I first played TurboGrafx 16 when I applied for a job at NEC Technologies in Wood Dale (IL).  A friend and I both applied for the job and both got the job for a new Customer Service Helpline that was going to offer customer service for its newly launched game system, called the TurboGrafx 16.  I had played Nintendo before, and had Customer Service background, so I thought, how cool is that? On the job interview they asked all sore of questions, but I will never forget hat one of he questions was "What is a boss?" in a video game.  I remember thinking what a weird question, but I guess I answered correctly because 5 minutes later they invited me to work there, and my training day was going to consist of playing the game that came with the system, Keith Courage.   Wouldn't you know I came to hate that game because I got stuck on one level and couldn't pass the level.  One of the Gamer Guys secretly put in a code they knew , probably taking pity on me, since I was new.  He opened up a whole new world to me because I didn't know about codes before that!I realized that our job was to play all the games!  I was like, how wild is this?  Best job ever! I will never forget playing my first game, even if it was Keith Courage because it was the start of the best 3 years of my life!  : )     

[turbogirl]

Oops year was 1989.

[turbogrfxfan]

I first played TurboGrafx 16 when I applied for a job at NEC Technologies in Wood Dale (IL).  A friend and I both applied for the job and both got the job for a new Customer Service Helpline that was going to offer customer service for its newly launched game system, called the TurboGrafx 16.  I had played Nintendo before, and had Customer Service background, so I thought, how cool is that? On the job interview they asked all sore of questions, but I will never forget hat one of he questions was "What is a boss?" in a video game.  I remember thinking what a weird question, but I guess I answered correctly because 5 minutes later they invited me to work there, and my training day was going to consist of playing the game that came with the system, Keith Courage.   Wouldn't you know I came to hate that game because I got stuck on one level and couldn't pass the level.  One of the Gamer Guys secretly put in a code they knew , probably taking pity on me, since I was new.  He opened up a whole new world to me because I didn't know about codes before that!I realized that our job was to play all the games!  I was like, how wild is this?  Best job ever! I will never forget playing my first game, even if it was Keith Courage because it was the start of the best 3 years of my life!  : )     

LOL wow I would of killed for that job as a kid.  good for you!

[nat]

Was it level 4? I got stuck on that level 4 boss for ages when I was a kid. Summer of '91 I wrote a letter to your customer service department (probably the same department you worked in) asking how to beat him. While I waited for a response, I actually figured it out on my own.

[henrycsc]

Welcome aboard turbogirl!  It's great to now have two former NEC employees as members here!

You and malicedoom should start a thread of insider stories.

Did you have any particularly funny or strange customer support issues?  Like somebody needing to know what a boss was?  LOL

[War Pig]

1990.  Got it for my 13th Birthday.  I put the system away when I went off to college, and sold it at a yard sale before I moved to NJ 6 years ago.  Damn....that was dumb.  Because now I'm back into it, and I've had to reacquire everything that I once had.

[PunkicCyborg]

The first time I ever played it was at a game store after I got my SNES in 1990. It was bonk and I remember thinking "man this sucks" compared to my snes.
Then a couple of years later, my friend's mom had a video game store and he could bring home any opened items. One day he brought home a Duo and we played Super Air Zonk, we played it for about 30 minutes. After agreeing on it sucking we went back to playing some Mad Dog Mcgree on the 3do for some reason or another.
I found my TG-16 at a thrift store for a couple of bucks about 5 years ago
Now I feel bad for my past mistakes cause I love this shit  :oops:

[madmansmith]

1990