tbone3969 | 304 Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Deadeye said: Someone posted this on twitter, in relation to TG-16 vs Genesis discussion above, sales fact cards Very cool. Love random stuff like this. Keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprincipe | 142 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 4:29 AM, Air Gio said: Adventure Awaits . New Adventure Island is the best Adventure Island game! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,932 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Look I'm going to fall into the camp of it being more or less a 16bit system, it deserves the branding despite enough of that CPU being 8bit. The rest just wasn't, it was better. And WOW I've never seen of or knew that fact card ever existed, that's a keeper, shame it's not bigger/cleaner. It does lay it out pretty well against the Genesis/MD too. Yes CPU isn't as big bit wise, bfd, and it can ever so slightly do less sprites, yet it can do larger ones, kind of brings balance in my mind at least. But look at all the other variables there with audio, color, etc. Now think on this, the NEC system was developed not giving a damn about Sega, but about competing against the Famicom as it's target AND that it came out (1987) a year before (exactly to the month and a day apart) the MegaDrive (1988) did too. They showed up Sega hard when they weren't even in the crosshairs, and ultimately the system embarrassed both Nintendo and Sega in the home land. It topped the Famicom in sales, crushed Sega into a piddly laughable third spot there too though SMB3 coming out there domestically didn't do Sega favors either. NEC created a fantastic machine that went on to show just because it wasn't 16bit across the board, you wouldn't know it, given what they pulled off. They put Sega in their place pretty well there, sadly they let buffoons ruin the US launch and any form of recovery as it could have happened here too as Sega stumbled for awhile. I don't have much time for it anymore, but I do cling to what I kept because it's that solid, can't say that for the Genesis as the mini is it. Oh and nice job there using Magic Engine, only emulator I ever paid for, still have my active key for it since I don't have an optical device anymore so it works for me when I want to do Dracula X, Ys 1+2, and Gradius II which I held onto. Bonus (big one) it loads the games so much smoother/faster than that old like half of single speed drive NEC used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,947 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Tanooki said: went on to show just because it wasn't 16bit across the board, you wouldn't know it, given what they pulled off I'll say it just once more, just hoping that it'll stick with someone somewhere A console being "8-bit" or "16-bit" is entirely a marketing buzzword and has absolutely no impact on the type, fidelity, or quality of the games it will be able to run. I know it's kind of the same point you're getting to as well, but I really want to hammer down the fact here, that the PC Engine isn't able to do impressive things "despite" being 8-bit - the things you see on screen simply has absolutely no relation that arbitrary count. You could put an 8-bit CPU in the SNES and get exactly the same graphics, or you could put a 64-bit CPU in an NES, and it wouldn't get you any more sprites on screen. And before anyone comes in to tell me that the graphics chip is "16-bit", whatever that means - while that may actually play a piece in the puzzle regarding its graphical abilities, it's really not the stat you want to look at. It's like saying my car is faster because it has larger wheels. In many ways, the PC Engine is actually like an NES with a much more sensible hardware design. Edited April 20, 2021 by Sumez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Turbografx Rules . Then ,Now ,Forever .TTi Was, is , Still tha Best in Gaming ❤ 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Any body has One for Sale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone3969 | 304 Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 I wonder what this will go for: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254953781832?nrd=true&pb=0&_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4626.c10&autorefresh=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Anybody else back Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra's Curse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Plexiglass Turbografx 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, Deadeye said: Plexiglass Turbografx 16 That was amazing to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacowles | 48 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) As a kid, I was literally the only person I knew that had a TG16 (mid-90s). I had a pretty sweet collection, including an absolutely mint TurboExpress CIB that I bought new via some random mail-order company. Unfortunately, I sold it all about 15 years ago for a few hundred dollars. Of all the stuff I’ve sold off over the years, that has been my biggest regret. I recently started collecting again, and I’m bummed to see how the prices of hardware and games have skyrocketed. I’ve dropped waaaaaaay too much cash trying to replace my childhood collection over the past couple of months. Fortunately, I’ve managed to find some decent deals here and there, but it’s rough trying to find anything that’s not ridiculously overpriced. I’m trying to grab most of what I want now, as I have a feeling that the release of the Analogue Pocket and Duo will create a significant uptick in interest (and prices) for TG16/PCE stuff. Hopefully I’m overestimating the impact of those products, but prices are bad enough as it is, so I’m trying to fast-track my collection to safe. Edited April 25, 2021 by pacowles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gex | 120 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Here's a Turbografx 16 "Lucite display" retailers in the 90's had a chance at buying to display the system. Was also used at CES shows Edited April 30, 2021 by Gex 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 7:19 PM, tbone3969 said: Very cool. Love random stuff like this. Keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 ❤ TTi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) Edited May 3, 2021 by Air Gio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Gio | 50 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Gameboy Was $89.99 Turbo Express Was $299.99 . Sad Day it Was ..At Toys R US back In tha days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toothbrushes | 10 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Here is my small TG16/PCE collection 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectrex28 | 366 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I wish I could take a pic of all my collection, most of it is on the other side of the planet as I speak. I prolly have about 200 HuCards by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 5 hours ago, toothbrushes said: Here is my small TG16/PCE collection Is that smoke case shell a special edition or can you buy those separately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,707 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 6 hours ago, toothbrushes said: Here is my small TG16/PCE collection With that TerraOnion, the CD games will become lonely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,596 Homebrew Team · Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 42 minutes ago, CMR said: Is that smoke case shell a special edition or can you buy those separately? http://retrogamerestore.com/pce_case_smk/ Or clear http://retrogamerestore.com/pce_case/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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