My favorite retro system changes like the weather, but yeah, I can go along with the "best retro console ever" claim for today at least.

The card games are pretty cool and compared to the cartridge games of the era, they're very distinctive: bright colors, very tight controls, noticeably fast gameplay (when required).

If you're only playing the US HuCards, you're getting about 15% of the fun. There are TONS of great games on the PC Engine which sadly for NEC didn't get over here, but luckily for us today are pretty easy to track down and play on a PC Engine, Duo, emulator, what have you. Seriously, take a look at our online guide. Select "Non-US Games" and TurboGrafx and just look at the difference!

And of course, if you're only playing HuCards, even the imports, you're only getting about 45% of the fun. To get the real gusto of the Duo you have to witness the audio from many of the CD games. Some of the greatest soundtracks ever came from this system's games. I'll leave you to discover Castlevania, Shadow of the Beast, Y's, and others, you'll see (well, HEAR) what I mean.

A 3-hour session with my Duo sounds like the perfect Friday night date! Thanks for the idea, Anthony.