TurboGrafx - Doomed to Inflation?

[Marll]

I dont care if the PCE shoots rainbows out its white f@cking huey slot, it is not my black TG16, the system i wanted way back when i was a kid, so now i have and have spent very little cash on it.

Let up a bit would ya zeta on tg16 hate.... geeeeez

I agree with this. I have a few PCE games and I like them, but there is something to be said for collecting the US stuff. I've got 72 US games now and 9 Japanese games. There are still a few more PCE only games that I'd love to get, but of course those always seem to be the pricey ones.

I've been collecting and playing the TG16 since 1989, so I've been patient with my collection and am generally willing to wait out prices until I find a good one. I may never complete my collection because of Magical Chase (unless somehow I find it out in the wild), and I'm unwilling to pay $200+ for some of the other titles that are over priced right now, but eventually I'm sure I'll get pretty close.


Also as a side note, I know that my parents got me both my TG16 and the CDROM the next year from Fred Meyer in WA.

[blueraven]

Final Answer: No.

[nat]

I dont care if the PCE shoots rainbows out its white f@cking huey slot, it is not my black TG16, the system i wanted way back when i was a kid, so now i have and have spent very little cash on it.

Let up a bit would ya zeta on tg16 hate.... geeeeez

I agree with this. I have a few PCE games and I like them, but there is something to be said for collecting the US stuff. I've got 72 US games now and 9 Japanese games. There are still a few more PCE only games that I'd love to get, but of course those always seem to be the pricey ones.

I've been collecting and playing the TG16 since 1989, so I've been patient with my collection and am generally willing to wait out prices until I find a good one. I may never complete my collection because of Magical Chase (unless somehow I find it out in the wild), and I'm unwilling to pay $200+ for some of the other titles that are over priced right now, but eventually I'm sure I'll get pretty close.


Also as a side note, I know that my parents got me both my TG16 and the CDROM the next year from Fred Meyer in WA.

Where in WA? Maybe you lived in my neighborhood.

[Marll]

I lived up in Marysville, north of Everett at the time...and oddly, after being in the military, living in Germany and then Arizona, I'm back in Marysville LOL.

[nat]

I'm in Lake Stevens. You're probably no more than 15 minutes from me.

[Mathius]

I'm in Lake Stevens. You're probably no more than 15 minutes from me.

It's a small PCE World.

[esteban]

Anyone remember TGG (The Good Guys)? They also carried turbo stuff. I got some games on clearance there when the system was end of life. There and Toys R Us are the only places I found Turbo Games new in the bay area.

Was that a later incarnation of "Sam Goody"? Probably not, but I do remember The Good Guys.

Regardless, I never saw TG-16 stuff at Sam Goody or The Good Guys

[DragonmasterDan]

Anyone remember TGG (The Good Guys)? They also carried turbo stuff. I got some games on clearance there when the system was end of life. There and Toys R Us are the only places I found Turbo Games new in the bay area.

Was that a later incarnation of "Sam Goody"? Probably not, but I do remember The Good Guys.

Regardless, I never saw TG-16 stuff at Sam Goody or The Good Guys

Sam goody eventually turned into FYE. It, MusicLand, Suncoast, all became one chain.

There was also Tower Records which was another competitor of there's who sold overpriced movies, music and games.

[rag-time4]

I'm in Lake Stevens. You're probably no more than 15 minutes from me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds an awful lot like an invitation for a jj and jeff score challenge get together!!!

[csgx1]

Anyone remember TGG (The Good Guys)? They also carried turbo stuff. I got some games on clearance there when the system was end of life. There and Toys R Us are the only places I found Turbo Games new in the bay area.

Yeah, me too, I bought a few Turbo items at The Good Guys when they had Turbo stuff on clearance...Bought a Turbo Booster Plus for $9.99 and Bonks Adventure, TV sport football for $2.99 each.  I remember they didn't even have the Turbo stuff on display.  They were just thrown in a box behind the counter and I had to ask about the stuff. 

[Duo_R]

I remember that too maybe that is why no one knew they had Turbo stuff but we scored on some clearance deals.

Anyone remember TGG (The Good Guys)? They also carried turbo stuff. I got some games on clearance there when the system was end of life. There and Toys R Us are the only places I found Turbo Games new in the bay area.

Yeah, me too, I bought a few Turbo items at The Good Guys when they had Turbo stuff on clearance...Bought a Turbo Booster Plus for $9.99 and Bonks Adventure, TV sport football for $2.99 each.  I remember they didn't even have the Turbo stuff on display.  They were just thrown in a box behind the counter and I had to ask about the stuff. 

[Dusk85Z28]

Hi, all first time poster...

I am from rochester NY, i don't believe many stores around here carried turbo stuff other than toys r us, my first turbo system was bought 5 yrs ago by an x toys r us manager, it is relatively hard to find any turbo grafx stuff out here in the wild...

[TheClash603]

Hi, all first time poster...

I am from rochester NY, i don't believe many stores around here carried turbo stuff other than toys r us, my first turbo system was bought 5 yrs ago by an x toys r us manager, it is relatively hard to find any turbo grafx stuff out here in the wild...

Welcome Dusk, I'm an hour away from you in Buffalo, NY.

If you are a Sabres fan, I hope you stay a while, and we'll get along just fine.   If not...

[ddd1234]

I wanna get this system....but i can't afford it. 

So i am stuck with roms and isos. 

[RR1980]

I wanna get this system....but i can't afford it. 

So i am stuck with roms and isos. 

check back on the for sale threads here sometimes members here offer good deals on spare systems they might have. Bluebmw even does free giveaways every so often!