Who owns a Turbografx 16 and has these games?

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Order of the Griffin
Dungeon Explorer
Impossamole


If you've heard of all three, you are truly worthy of a smiley. If you've played all three, you are worth 2 smileys. If you OWN them, you get all 16 smiley expressions.

(Why these games? Order of the Griffin was the first video game RPG I've ever played, Dungeon Explorer was the first multiplayer (more than 2 players) game I've ever played, and Impossamole is the worst TF16 game I own.)

[Andy Mancini]

Unfortunately, no. I want a Turbo Duo (the TG-16/CD hybrid) badly though... :D

[Joe Wagner]

Someone here actually knows about the greatness of Turbo Grafix 16?!

I lived in LA for a while and was able to pick up the system and a game for like $8. Unfortunately I got rid of the system before I moved but I do remember being thouroughly shocked by a 16 bit system and the game cards that came with it. That's one system that could have been huge if they had been able to work out a licensing agreement with some of the major game developers.

-Joe!

[Christopher N. Denner]

I've got a Turbo Grafx, and a dozen or so games. Unfortunately, the TV connector is broken so I can't play it.

[Psycho Fox]

Originally posted by jjwspider
Someone here actually knows about the greatness of Turbo Grafix 16?!

I lived in LA for a while and was able to pick up the system and a game for like $8. Unfortunately I got rid of the system before I moved but I do remember being thouroughly shocked by a 16 bit system and the game cards that came with it. That's one system that could have been huge if they had been able to work out a licensing agreement with some of the major game developers.

-Joe! I also remeber it. It was the Second 16-bit gaming system in the world, the first being the Intellivision but it only had 8-bit color (the TG-16 is not really 16-bit it has a 8-bit main processor with 16-bit color)

It was really a amazing system unfortunetly it failed misrably everywhere but Japan even there it didn't do any better then the SMS

[Mattashell]

Originally posted by Psycho Fox
I also remeber it. It was the Second 16-bit gaming system in the world, the first being the Intellivision but it only had 8-bit color (the TG-16 is not really 16-bit it has a 8-bit main processor with 16-bit color)

It was really a amazing system unfortunetly it failed misrably everywhere but Japan even there it didn't do any better then the SMS

I'm surprised that the Intellivision was 16 bit. Are you sure about that? It was a primitive system and both it's peers, the 2600 and Colicovision had better graphics.

Anyway when I was about twelve me and my (then) best freind both fell in love with the TurbografX 16 system. I still think that initially it had better games then Genesis, before th TG lost all support. An awesome system, though I don't have it today, and I don't know the three games that this thread was started about, I do have an emulator with all the old games I once owned and I play it often.

Keith Courage
Bonk's Adventure
Blazing Lazers
Dragon Spirit
Dragon's Curse
Legendary Axe
Ordyne
Splatterhouse

These games and others ruled the school, but everyone else went out and bought Genesis with its weakass Altered Beast instead. It would be years before Genesis really got good, and the Turbo Express, and the CD-ROM drive were way ahead of their time. Too bad it was not to last.

[Christopher N. Denner]

Originally posted by Mattashell

Keith Courage
Bonk's Adventure
Blazing Lazers
Dragon Spirit
Dragon's Curse
Legendary Axe
Ordyne
Splatterhouse
Wow... my brother and I have all of those, except Ordyne and Legendary Axe (which I have the second of).

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by Mattashell



Keith Courage
Bonk's Adventure
Blazing Lazers
Dragon Spirit
Dragon's Curse
Legendary Axe
Ordyne
Splatterhouse



I have all of those (and Bonk's Revenge, the sequel) except Ordyne and Dragon's Curse.

I never managed to nab the Zelda rip-off "Neutopia", though. I really wanted that.

I also had an adaptor and the import/Japanese version of Street Fighter II:Tournament Edition. It's actually pretty faithful, and the graphics are almost as good as the SNES versions.

[Christopher N. Denner]

My brother's got Nuetopia and I've got Nuetopia 2. :D

[Psycho Fox]

Originally posted by Mattashell


I'm surprised that the Intellivision was 16 bit. Are you sure about that? It was a primitive system and both it's peers, the 2600 and Colicovision had better graphics.
Yup it had a 16-bit main processor the problem was it had a 8-bit bus and no graphical processor so the CPU had to do more work then the 2600 had to do. Thus the Intellivision could crunch numbers faster then the 5200, Colecovision, ect but didn't have the graphical capabilities.

[The Mad Hatter]

To this day, I'd kill to play the PC Engine (Japanese Turbografix CD-ROM) version of Dracula X. Must have my Belmont Anime!

[Dane Martin]

Originally posted by The Mad Hatter
To this day, I'd kill to play the PC Engine (Japanese Turbografix CD-ROM) version of Dracula X. Must have my Belmont Anime!

So would I. I like the Famicon version, but it just seems so incomplete. Probably because, essentially, it is.

[Parallax]

How so?

[Dane Martin]

Well, because I thought the Turbografix was more powerful than the SNES. I always thought Dracula X for the SNES was a toned down version of it...

But I guess I always took that for granted.

[Christopher N. Denner]

Originally posted by Dane Martin
Well, because I thought the Turbografix was more powerful than the SNES. I always thought Dracula X for the SNES was a toned down version of it...

But I guess I always took that for granted.

Actually... I believe they are too different games that just happen to share similar stages.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by Christopher N. Denner


Actually... I believe they are too different games that just happen to share similar stages.

I think they are supposed to the same game. The PC Engine version was superior because it was a CD, which holds much more information than a piddly cartridge.

[Dane Martin]

Originally posted by Christopher N. Denner


Actually... I believe they are too different games that just happen to share similar stages.

Really?! Ha!

I never knew that. Pretty odd concept; seems to resemble what's been done with console/pocket "callaborations."

[Christopher N. Denner]

Originally posted by Dane Martin


Really?! Ha!

I never knew that. Pretty odd concept; seems to resemble what's been done with console/pocket "callaborations."

That's what I recall reading over at Classicgaming.com. :D

[Dane Martin]

I probably should start visiting that site again on a regular basis. It was THE classic gaming source, particularly for the E word.

Uh... embers.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

D'oh! You guys were being facetious with that comment. Must have more coffee...