Originally Posted by
greedostick
Well, I think I have owned every turbo grafx usa game there is and I think it is my favorite system of all time next to the neo geo. I would advise you NOT to buy a turbo grafx system. First off if you get the usa system you have to find the cd attachment and even harder to find the super system 3.0 card. If I had to choose I would get a super grafx system and the cd attachment with a RAU30 adaptor. That way you can play all hu card and super cds and super grafx hu's. You would have to get it modded though to play usa hu cards. I could set you up with a guy who can sell you and mod any turbo system. When it comes to the super grafx cd attachment you would have to find that on yor own. A 2nd option would be to get a modded duo. I would suggest getting a modded pc engine though it will be cheaper. However with the duo or turbo grafx system you can not play super grafx games. There were only i think 5 games releases for the super grafx, and only a few of them are good. Ghouls and ghosts for example is a super grafx game and would be enough for me to to buy a super grafx seeing as how I am a huge fan of the series.
You must be extremely careful when buying a turbo duo though. I have been through 4 of them. They like to die on you. The cd system part will have a "sound issue" where the cd sound will go out or only work when it wants to. This is really a pain. As much as I hate to say it duo's are junk.
If you go through the guy i recommend he will sell you a working duo and will fix the sound issue if you have problems. He actually took over the repair jobs for the turbo website. He can also mod the system with a hard mod directly to the motherboard to play all region hu cards, also s video and can install a fan to keep the system cool. His name is D-Lite. You can hunt him down on the neo-geo.com forums. He is pretty much the man when it comes to modding turbo systems and fixing systems.
When it comes to games there are a whole lot. Some of my favorites are
Dynastic Hero (one of the best games ever), Dragons curse, magical chase, dungeon explorer 1 and 2, shock man or also called shubinbin man in japan. Parts 1,2,and 3 are all good. Sapphire, Double dragon 2, Circus lido, beyond shadowgate (have to give it time to grow on you), lords of thunder, gates of thunder (1 reason, bonks revenge is a awesome game and playing it in cd music is amazing), y's book 1 and 2 ( a must have), y's 3 and 4, blazing lazers, legendary axe, spaltterouse, popful mail ( way different then the sega cd version), downtown nekketsu (aka river city ranson), dracula x, valis 3 and 4, super star soldier, chew man fu, tiger road, I could go on all day.
Games i think suck or are overrated
Darius alpha, neutopia (is ok but not great), bonk 3, legendary axe 2,