turbo grafx 16

[sixwayshot]

For the TG-16, I'd pick:

Bonk's Adventure
Space Harrier
Keith Courage In Alpha Zones
Blazing Lazers
Tiger Road

Getting a Turbo Tap and Bomberman isn't a bad option, either. I don't own one, myself, but I'd love to.

For the CD system, you're on your own.

I'd kill to get a PC Engine with a CD attachment, but they're expensive as hell...

[Dirkfunk]

I think if you own an TG16, Parasol Stars is a necessity.

It costs a bit more. To me, it's very well worth the thirty bucks or so you'll spend.

Some lesser heralded, decent games I would recommend.

World Court Tennis - It's a tennis RPG!
Power Golf - Most people don't like golf games. If you do, this is a good one.
Dragon's Curse - It's Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Alien Crush - Yeah, Devil's Crush is better. But this is still a great game.
Dungeon Explorer - Get a turbo tap for this one. Gauntlet, but better IMO.
Final Lap Twin - It's a Racing RPG!
Aero Blasters - Great shooter. Available as Air Buster on the Genesis.

Avoid:

Victory Run - I think it sucks.
Sonic Spike - An unplayable volleyball game.
Tiger Road - Fun for a minute or two. the controls get more frustrating the longer you play.
Gunboat - Unplayable.
Falcon - Unplayable.


Also, watch Chris Bucci's Turbo Views series. Great, professionally done Turbo Grafx reviews. I think he makes the best reviews on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/spida1a

[c0ldb33r]

As for an arcade card, I don't recall mine being that expensive. I bought mine from another DPer. It's totally worth having as all of the SNK fighting games require it, and they are pretty fantastic translations.

[Arkhan]

what "cheap sega/nes" games are we talking about here. The Turbo stuff i see in stores is comparable to the genesis stuff. 8$ for China Warrior, 8$ for sonic 3, both CIB.

*shrug*.


Arcade Cards are like 10-15$ most times....

all the import PCE/PCE CD games are pretty cheap except for the rarities. Not much more pricey than any other system if at all.

I spent 200$ at rising stuff and ended up with at least 20 games for hucard/cd/fx

[Press_Start]

The TG16 is a criminally overlooked system yet the reason prices are so jacked up are thanks to the price gougers and the people gullible to dish out the big bucks.

Saying that, Ebay is the last place looking for cheap TG16 stuff. Buy/sell forum, PCEngineFX, Craigslist, GameTZ, CAG, etc. are better places to start unless the OP is patient and willingly to search the auction sites every day for good deals.

If you got a Wii, you'll get the prime stuff for a tiny fraction of the price (Air Zonk, Super Air Zonk, Ys I&II, Lords of Thunder, Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Splatterhouse, Bloody Wolf, Dynastic Hero, etc.)

[ButtonMasher123]

Here is the my list of good games for the Turbografx-16 which I'll list by price range. These are prices for games with instuctions and jewel cases included. If you just want the game by itself than you can cut the price in half. The price ranges should hold up either way though.

$10 and under

Alien Crush
Blazing Lazers
Bonk's Adventure
Dungeon Explorer
Final Lap Twin
Galaga 90
Legendary Axe

$10 to $15

Aero Blasters
Bloody Wolf
Bonk's Revenge
Legendary Axe 2
Ninja Spirit
R-Type

$15 to $25

Bomberman
Devil's Crush
Dragon's Curse
Military Madness
Neutopia
Splatterhouse
Super Star Soldier

$25 and up

Air Zonk
Bomberman 93
Cadash
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
Neutopia 2
New Adventure Island
Parasol Stars
Soldier Blade

[ReTrO-pLaYeR]

TurboGrafx16 is a great system. Unfortunatley, you are going to have trouble finding turbochips outside of online auction sites. You should start out with some of the highlights of the system, such as "Bonk's Adventure" and "Blazing Lasers/ GunHED". If you like rarer games I suggest looking for "Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure" which was sold both as a TurboCD and Turbochip. "NEW Adventure Island" is also an excellent game to play and is the best of the franchise.

[BobaFettHotep]

i won an auction on ebay is this worth the $350 i payed



Turbo Grafx CD System
Hard System Carrying Case
2 TurboStick Controllers
2 TurboPad Controllers
TurboTap

games
CHINA WARRIOR
BRAVOMAN
NINJA SPIRIT
DRAGON SPIRIT
SPLATTERHOUSE
ALIEN CRUSH
BLOODY WOLF
KEITH COURAGE
KICK BOXING
BONK'S ADVENTURE
CADASH
VEIGUES
gate of thunder
BONKS REVENGE
Moto Roader
World Court Tennis
Double Dungeons
TV Sports Hockey
Final Lap Twin
Dungeon Explorer
World Class Baseball
It Came From the Desert
World Sports Competition
ys book 1 and 2
ys book 3

[Arkhan]

Yes. That's a good price for all that stuff.


Did you get System Card 3.0? Kinda gonna need one of them.

[jperryss]

Looks like you got a very good deal! Are the games mostly complete or loose? Got a link to the auction?

And yes, if there's no 3.0 card, you'll want to consider either:
a) picking one up (the US ones are pricey)
or
b) eventually having the system region-modded and picking up either a JP 3.0 card or a JP Arcade Card Pro.

Option B will probably cost about what you'll pay for option A (maybe a bit more) but will also give you full access to the JP PCE library.

[Robocop2]

I'm sure alot of people have already seen this but I still enjoy this comic

[Arkhan]

Looks like you got a very good deal! Are the games mostly complete or loose? Got a link to the auction?

And yes, if there's no 3.0 card, you'll want to consider either:
a) picking one up (the US ones are pricey)
or
b) eventually having the system region-modded and picking up either a JP 3.0 card or a JP Arcade Card Pro.

Option B will probably cost about what you'll pay for option A (maybe a bit more) but will also give you full access to the JP PCE library.

if you're good at it yourself the region mods super cheap!

and lets not rule out getting a converter, provided its a good one (kisado). .jp system cards are cheap. pennies compared to the converter!

...... but the US card 3.0 is always overpriced!

[starsoldier1]

If you are getting the CD or Duo upgrades there are cheap games for that too like:

Cosmic Fantasy 2
Implode
Meteor Blaster DX
Monster Lair
Sherlock Holmes
Splashlake

[Arkhan]

If you are getting the CD or Duo upgrades there are cheap games for that too like:

Cosmic Fantasy 2
Implode
Meteor Blaster DX
Monster Lair
Sherlock Holmes
Splashlake

and this new game called Insanity.

I hear its pretty neat.

[YoshiM]

....no. You're starting to sound like my husband

My wife won't let me get a Turbo because apparently, as I don't recall saying it, I said I'd never buy one again. She's holding me to it too.

[PC-ENGINE HELL]

Why no one has bothered to post this completed auctions link is beyond me....
http://completed.shop.ebay.com/Video...&_udlo=&_pgn=1

Most all the end auction amounts are within very reasonable limits/common going prices for the titles for sale. Some of the stuff didn't even get low bids that were priced well. Seriously, you want decent games for the US system, you are going to have to be willing to shell out 10-30 on average depending on the title, and more for the fewer rarer TTI ones released near the end. Thats pretty fair considering you're buying quality titles on average, and stuff that doesn't tend to decrease in value over time. People who have collected and had to sell TG/PCE stuff tend to never take a loss on average. They usually always break even in the end, or turn a profit unless they don't know what they are doing.

Yea, its not like collecting for Nes/Genesis/Snes, but the fact is more carts were manufactured per title on average for those systems then with the Turbografx. It simply makes the stuff alot less common for you locally, so places like ebay and forums are key to getting what you want. Supply and demand, ect. This high priced spin stuff was very much the same that little bitch Nintega liked to champion around the PCEFX forums and on youtube.

YS III is sooooo expensive guys...

Seriously, hed start threads about this every other week that would carry on to no end. He failed to grasp this, or how people on PCEFX were getting good deals, because all he did was search BIN and hit the first thing he saw, instead of putting in actual research and landing good deals. Less patient and investing no research= blowing more cash. Its that simple.

You simply have to shop smart and price compare if you want to save some cash. Collecting PCE instead of TG also helps save alot of cash in the long run. In regards to crazy seller prices, honestly most of the BIN prices tend to be within reason, and the end bid amounts, well, that has more to do with the bidder/buyer then the seller. Its the bidders who are deciding how much they want to pay per auction more then anything. Cant blame the seller for that, let alone blame someone for not pricing stuff within your budget/mindset. If they know the actual going rate or value of the game, you can't expect them to undercut themselves just to please the guy whos trying to save money.

There has only been a few really bad US sellers purposely trying to manipulate the USA TG market really with extremely overpriced stuff. Bullseye Videogames was the main one. They were a massive reseller trying to dominate a nich gaming market. I out bid them on alot of auctions back when I collected US stuff. Im not sure if they resell anymore. They tended to change ids every now and then.

[BobaFettHotep]

all the games were complete and no it didnt come with the 3.o card does anyone know where i can get one that doesnt cost 200 dollars

[Tron 2.0]

all the games were complete and no it didnt come with the 3.o card does anyone know where i can get one that doesnt cost 200 dollars

I'd say get a converter or have the console region modded and,buy a jpn 3.0 system card instead there usely $10.00+

[pseudonym]

What Tron said. Most convertors aren't too good, I would go with the region-mode personally.

[starsoldier1]

and this new game called Insanity.

I hear its pretty neat.

Heh heh OK, Insanity is pretty cool and affordable as well.