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PC Engine/TG Appreciation and Collecting Thread, Because who needs a 2nd controller?
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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Of course, it's not easy to come up with such a list these days, as the TG-16 games catalog is a pretty well known quantity at this point, as is the PCE catalog, for that matter.
foobarry81
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PixyJunket
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I hope he had some trade credit, they were charging way too much for those, even compared to eBay.
I almost picked up Ys IV and Dungeon Explorer II there months ago but held back.
THAT SAID, I just scored Dungeon Explorer I and II for $27 shipped, so patience rewarded me (for once).
RoryDropkick
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PixyJunket
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Score. They had a pretty good stack of PC-Engine games, actually. Nothing else I was really drooling for, mind you, but I might strike if they ever do some kind of discount on them since I don't see them moving.
Indeed. I went and played to some bonk 3 and man the game is awesome.
MJR is pretty well known, but he's not exactly Mike Matei.
SeventhSon
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That's truly beautiful.
Huge meh for Bonk 3. It's easily the worst of the Bonks and might actually be just a plain ol' bad game.
IrishNinja
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Azzurri
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What's my best bet to play both regions at a decent price?
They have us duo but they're pushing 600. The Japanese ones are around 200.
Would it be smart to buy a Japanese duo and the converter for 150? Also is the converter only used in us systems or is it able to play us games on Japanese systems?
From what I've seen, most people tend to buy modded Japanese Duo Rs these days. That seems the best alternative with the added bonus of improved build quality over the US Duo's bad capacitor batch.
The region lock consists of two pin locations that are swapped on the cards, so you'd need either a specific US to J adapter or a J to US adapter, depending on the system you buy.
I don't know what's smart or not. I have my own set of weird rules for building a library that I don't stray from, and part of that includes buying US releases if they are available, which everyone will probably tell you is a bad idea if you're just getting into Turbo stuff.
IrishNinja
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i like Bonk 1, but man, 2 is like a world ahead of it
true story: year or two back, a kind gaffer gave me both! along with Alien Crush, Galaga & a few other TG16 games he had sitting in his garage. man, that guy was awesome.
true story: year or two back, a kind gaffer gave me both! along with Alien Crush, Galaga & a few other TG16 games he had sitting in his garage. man, that guy was awesome.
D.Lo
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Super Genjin 2
Bar81
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WOW. I'm surprised it even works on the shiny bits.
D.Lo
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Ha, the before shot is actually the ebay photo, and you've just made me realise the seller tinted and desaturated the photo to make it look less yellow than it actually was (hence the purple becoming blue). It was sooooo yellowed.
What a sneaky bastard.
I just adjusted it myself to match the purple on my 'after' photo, here's a proper comparison now.
RoryDropkick
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Went to my friend's place last night, got to see the PC Engine LT in action. Soooo beautiful
Bar81
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So did you just dunk it all in one piece into the peroxide?
sixteen-bit
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Went to my friend's place last night, got to see the PC Engine LT in action. Soooo beautiful
That price tag though
Depends on the price and if its been refurbished I guess?
Azzurri
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Well, I've only seen them for around $500-600 CiB, of course used but in excellent condition.
SO I think I'm going to buy a Japanese Duo and get it modded for RGB and Region unlock.
If I use a Framemeister for my HDTV what Scart cables would I need to use? I've checked but I'm not sure which ones will work.
D.Lo
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No I use hairdresser creme, paint it on and leave it in the sun for a few hours, then rinse. Brought many an item back from yellow-town.
It depends on how the RGB mod is done. The best one I've seen puts out to the same little round cable as the one used by the 2nd revision Genesis/32X.
That looks like it fits the original, massive Genesis/SMS/Turbo Duo cable.
These all have official names, I'm sure.
edit: you'd need something like this, the important part is that it's the J SCART standard and not the Euro one. Again, I'm eyeballing the plug here so don't trust me and ask the modder what it is to be sure.
These all have official names, I'm sure.
edit: you'd need something like this, the important part is that it's the J SCART standard and not the Euro one. Again, I'm eyeballing the plug here so don't trust me and ask the modder what it is to be sure.
That is the mod I did on my CoreGrafx. Super sturdy, stable. And very easy to de-solder the old connector. Like mentioned above it is a pretty standard cable after that. For example, my Sigma supergun and PCE cables are all interchangable. I think it is called mini-din or something.
RoryDropkick
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That price tag though
I know, $600 is way out of my range.
IrishNinja
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^it'll sell, too. watch.
bitches be crazy out here
bitches be crazy out here
Azzurri
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Man, finding the right system is hard. On one hand I really want the US Duo since it's more of a collectors item, but it's more expensive. And I need to get it RGB modded, recapped, and region switch which is like an extra 160ish.
Just got accepted into PCenginefx, and it's really cool.
Just got accepted into PCenginefx, and it's really cool.
sixteen-bit
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lol, spotted on IG
IrishNinja
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^bwahahaha
think i found the label i'd use for a future Turbo Everdrive:
think i found the label i'd use for a future Turbo Everdrive:
Azzurri
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^bwahahaha
think i found the label i'd use for a future Turbo Everdrive:
What is a everdrive?
Is a hucard with games on it?
D.Lo
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It's a series of flash carts for classic systems made by a ukrainian guy. And there's a PC Engine one. It's pretty awesome, it has a reset button built-in, and can be used as a system card as well, so never has to leave the system (except for Arcade CDs).
Azzurri
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Wow, that's awesome, will try and pick one up once I get my Turbo Duo
Given the capacitor issues, it's probably not a good idea. I love the design of the Duo, but the bad caps mean trouble down the road no matter what.
Plus a Turbo Duo is like twice as expensive as the superior PC Engine Duo R. I know all these things have been taken into account, but I'm just adding another voice to that consensus.
Azzurri
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Yea, I have found a bunch of people who replace the caps which fixes the problem, but it they're still really expensive, haha
The collector in me just wants the US Turbo Duo since it's a collectors piece, but the prices are high.
I'm still going to buy a JP one so I can play the games, just deciding if I want the US to add to my retro collection.
sixteen-bit
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Anyone familiar with these? http://www.seymoronion.com/
I was thinkin about getting some replacement Hu sleeves since the majority of mine look nasty and yellow.
I was thinkin about getting some replacement Hu sleeves since the majority of mine look nasty and yellow.