FYI: Keith courage isn't his actual name. It is Wataru in Japan and it was a pretty popular cartoon that had 2 long TV series. I have the original v1 series on DVD, a Hong Kong bootleg that has pretty good english subtitles. go to anidb(.)net and search for wataru and you'll see it.
thank you for such an informative video. You also answered my question already in the comments section. About whether or not Jap games could be played on a Turbo Grafx.. sadly they can't :( is there any type of converter that could achieve this?
@trailduster6bt, Atari rejected Nintendo, Nintendo came and buried Atari, SMS, and rejected both Nec and Sony's help, Atari comes shits on Nintendo with unlicensed Nes games then Sony comes back pist and destroys Nintendo with the same Cd unit it rejected..Nec then helps Sega's DreamCast take on Sony. Bill Gates sucker punched Sony behind the earlobe and Genesis, Nec and Nintendo now play chu chu train with each other.
this review is very sleepy. not just your voice, but talking about things ppl totally dont care about. how about talking more about it's capabilities and specific games? and p.s. compare it to the Genesis & SNES--it's competitors--not the NES. apples to oranges and all that!
@Gamergrrl1 The TG16 came out two years before the SNES and was practically already dead by the time the SNES came out. In Japan the PCE came out in 1987 and was competing with the Famicom above anything else. NEC themselves said it was competing with the FC so... yeah. Sorry you don't like the video but I can't please everyone. Still I see enough people liked it so I think some ppl do care.
@rkoguy This video was uploaded back when we had a 10 minute limit (10:59) and I had to speed this video up to get it under 11 minutes. That's why it sounds like I'm talking faster than usual.
@originalbrodyg420 Nope the TG16 won't play PCE games and the PCE won't play TG16 games without mods or converter cards. The converter cards are hard to find these days and I'm sure they're expensive.
@MN12BIRD dude that's ok XD...it's just my own opinion about the diferences between both sistems!
and since the PC Engine/Turbografx 16 claimed that they were a 16 bit sistem and clearly it wasn't just the same thing as the Atari jaguar claiming to be a 64 bit sistem and did not even compared with the genesis ans the SNES!!
@luisadrego84 Sure except that the Jaguar actually is 64-bit. If you think the Jag doesn't compare to the Genesis or the SNES than you haven't seen Doom or Alien Vs Predator on the Jaguar because the graphics on those games blow the SNES and 32X versions of Doom out of the water. Even Wolfenstien 3D is great and once again completely kills the SNES version with higher res, bigger screen and runs smoother. The Jag was fairly powerful for 1993 when it came out.
@luisadrego84 Also don't forget the SNES isn't running Doom in its own. It has a powerfull processor (Super FX2 chip) inside the cartridge that's doing most of the heavy scalling. There are no FPS games on the Genesis that come close to Wolf3D let alone Doom. Doom is for the 32X and has two 32bit processors in it. Like many say the design or "bits" of the main CPU actually has nothing to do with graphics. XBOX was only 32bit but had more graphical power than the 64-bit PS2 for example.
@MN12BIRD that may be true bro but as i always say it's not about what the system has under its hood but it's all about the games and yeah you have to agree that the Atari Jag didn't catch on cause it was lacking "that" hit game!!!you know just like what Mario did for the nes and what sonic did for the genesis..i do admit that the TG16 has cool shooter games but it didn't had THAT game!!you know that big hit that forces people to buy the console to play that game!!
@luisadrego84 Well you're right the TG16 didn't do so great in NA and didn't have the 3rd party support that Nintendo had in the late 80's but remember the PCE in Japan was a huge sucesss. Check out Splatterhouse and Bonks Adventure on the TG16. Splatterhouse was great for the time and the Bonk games were the best thing over here compared to Mario I suppose Bonk was like one of NEC's mascots for the TG16.
You're either delusional or a Nintendo fanboy or both. The TG16 had an 8-bit CPU but it DOES have 16-bit graphics. It has dual 16-bit GPU's, and had 481 colors on screen at one time out of a 512 color palette. The NES only had around 16 colors on screen at any one time out of a palette of 52. Even the Sega Master System had better graphic capabilities than the NES and faster CPU.
Also, bit's don't count for graphics quality, example: Atari 2600 was an 8-bit console.
@Chaniyth so please elucidate me and explain to me why does the TG16 games look just like downgrated versions of the nes titles!just look at the same titles from both sistems such as Super Mario bros and Ninja gaiden for example the nes versions of those games were a lot better..yeah i mean the colors were better but the fast paced gameplay wasn't there!!
i say that cause i happen to own both sistems and i just happen to own those same games!!and of course it's just opinions!!
There is no Super Mario Bros for the TG16. :P Also have you actually seen Ninja Gaiden for the TG16/PC-Engine? It looks amazing graphically compared to the NES version. I dunno what console you're thinking of, but the TG16, all games look (graphics wise) MUCH better than NES. On same games side by side you CAN tell the difference between Genesis vs TG16 due to the Genesis' color limitation of only 64 colors on screen at one time vs 481 colors on screen at one time for the TG16.
@Chaniyth i hapen to own a TG16 and i do have a hucard that it's a 5 in 1 famicom games...yeah the collours in the ninja gaiden for the TG16 it is better but the gameplay just doesn't feel as fluent as the nes!!but bro i'm not saying that the nes is better or the TG16's better i'm just saying that everytime i thinkof 16bits all it comes in my mind are genesis and snes!!why doesn't the TG16 had games like streets of rage or the TMNT for the SNES had?like i always say it's all about the games XD
Just two different markets. The TG16 failed in the USA, but in Japan it lasted until 1999! Also, game magazines made a big deal about it being an 8-bit console and practically brainwashed the people into not liking the system by not focusing on the fact that the GPU's of the system were more than powerful enough to compete with the competition. There's something you need to understand, whatever company the industries of the world wants in, will remain popular amongst the people.
@luisadrego84 How do you have Famicom games on TG16 are they homebrew ports? If they're ports of course they aren't as good. Sega made Streets of Rage and Nintendo was a monopoly in the 80's they had contracts with 3rd party developers and if they made so many games for Nintendo they couldn't make them for other consoles. Konami had rights for TMNT and no way would they have been alowed to release those games on the TG16. Check out castlevania rondo of blood it was only in japan but good.
No one is saying the TG16 is a "true 16-bit" console, all i'm saying is it does have comparable 16-bit graphics. The CPU is 8-bit, but it's fast @ 7.16Mhz. Also, once again bit's of the main CPU don't equal graphics quality. That's why I used the perfect example of what I mean... the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Maganvox Odyssey 2 are all 8-bit CPU consoles. The Intellivision was a 16-bit console (many people don't know that!) so bit's of a main CPU don't count for graphics quality.
I rememer this system....i remember the cards tha the games were on i thought those were cool up untill it had read problems n yu had to start blowing he slot like the nes..
Wow...lol. I never knew anyone who had a Turbo Grafx 16 and most people don't even know what it is when I mention it. I like that the cards are made for the handheld as well...that's nice for the consumers.
@modewr Well not really I'm no expert on the low level hardware or anything but I would think the Genesis has a more powerful CPU while the TG16/PCE has a better video processor or at least one with more colors on screen. I did this review a long time ago check out my PC Engine review since it's newer and I show everything inc SFII running on the real system.
@MN12BIRD Yeah the SEGA was designed to take on some heavy motion Graphics, while the TG 16 was more in to the color level of the Graphics. As a Game designer I know that no matter the system's limitations, a good game will shine if designed well. However Later games like Alien Soldier for MEGA DRIVE, I could not imagine NEC's console pulling it off without some changes. NEC is an amazing system and Hudson clearly cared very much about it.
@signupsigma Turbo had a lot of talent but so many of the masses just went another way. I owned a Master System, so I understand the frustration of having a superior system while so many side with Nintendo. ALIEN SOLDIER for SEGA Mega Drive, looking at the graphics I scratch my head wondering why can't other SEGA games look that good, but when considering the Talent at TREASURE made it, it's no wonder.
The Genesis' GPU was a bit more powerful (80 hardware sprites, and 3 hardware background layers for parallax scrolling), but the TG16 allowed for more colors on the screen at one time, 64 colors on screen at one time for Genesis vs. 481 colors on screen at one time for TG16. The TG16 could do parallax scrolling without any noticable slowdown, but it required programming tricks since the GPU's didn't support it in hardware and the main reason why only some games had it.
I have an NEC TV set, it's only about 5 years old and it's made in China, but it's a very good TV set, it's far better than the 1996 Sony my parents still have, so much for those who say new stuff is shit compared to old stuff. If I bought one of these, it was match my TV set for obvious reasons. As far as I know the Turbografx never came out in Australia, but I can download its games onto the Wii.
So let me get this straight: the earliest of the 16 bit era, running off of a technically 8 bit CPU, had the most powerful sound card of them all? Holy crap.
I would argue that, at least in the USA, the expansion port was used much more for the addition of the TurboBooster and/or TurboBooster Plus (Allowed Stereo sound and game saving capability for supported games). The CD-ROM attachment came so late into the TG16's lifespan in the USA that it didn't really sell much.
man my grandma used to work at nec & i used to get boxes and boxes of games and systems for free, i really regret not takin care of my TG16 & games when i was a kid cause now i aint got shit . .
i played this when i was about 10 or 11 years old. bonk's adventure, street fighter (original), Y's, life force, great games i may have to buy this system.
god i loved my tg-16... not many games but the ones i could find at the local store were great. i loved the cadash version on tg-16 WAY more than the one on genesis... FAR better graphics and sound plus extra characters
The TurboBooster only did composite video, NOT s-video. The TG-16 was an epic failure in the U.S. I bought it when it launched and the support was dismal. It's a shame because it could have been a great system. IMO it was superior to the Genesis, but didn;t have the sales or 3rd party support needed to succeed.
I remember fighting with my brother because he wanted a Sega Genesis and i wanted a Turbo Grafx 16. God I'm only 29 and this video makes me feel like a freakin dinosaur!
@Mrpantymelt I traded a crappy $100 car for mine. I got the TG16 and a stack of about 13 games & I also got a GoPed too.
The car was dead, so it was a great deal for me...and it worked out the my friend too, because his dad was a mechanic, so it didn't cost him too much to get it roadworthy.
Just to clear up what NEC does these days, they do sell monitors (re-badged). And semi conductors, servers, mass storage devices, they have a hand in lots of tech stuff.. Big company.
Watching your videos are very interesting 2 me cause back n the day I wasn't in to all the information about the systems it was all about having fun but now I find all this stuff very interesting finding them old systems is cool.I wounder what the rarest system is to find prole the PlayStation and Nintendo in one they said they made only 200 but I never seen one they also said in 94 they made a PlayStationX but I only seen the one that came out in 03 I don't no if that is just what they call PS1
PlaystationX was only released in japan they wanted to bring it to North America but they developed it to late and they didnt have enough time to ship here so they just introduced the playstation 2 cuz the playstationX was released in japan in 2000 he was going for about 900 Us Dollars because it was like a PVR or Tivo thats y anyways it was just a stand alone playstation for games tho
maybe if these 3 video game conglomerates would still build systems w/o moving parts, they would last longer. I have (like many people) a snes from 1992ish and still works perfectly. however, my ps2 is a real B**** to get to work sometimes.
How is Street Fighter II played with only two buttons? I know that for the Genesis if you didnt buy the 6-button pad you just had to press start to switch the buttons from punch to kick. Is that the same case with this one?
ya dude i totaly agree funny story: my neighbor had an old tv in his garage for like a couple years and i live in chicago so its cold then he took it out of his garage pluged it in AND IT WORKED do that with a modern tv it wouldnt last a day
I remember I traded my NES with 10 games for a TG16 with 5 games because I loved Military Madness so much. That was one of the great underrated games on this or any other systems. Too bad that game didn't come with the system stock. Keith Courage killed the consol as that game was only barely as playable as Altered Beast for the Sega Genesis (which killed TG16), except that Altered Beast was a familiar arcade port and nobody knew anything about Keith Courage!
i remember this at the time. i wanted one really bad. they did a good job on their marketing. i thought it was awesome to be able to play the same game in the console and the handheld. that was unheard of before
I just found one of these at a yard sale yesterday got it with 4 games to are rare ones and a turbo-tap for $10 and the thing still works good, also cool that it will work with a sega gen 1 adapter, all of your systems look so mint'y my TG16 is not to bad
thing has some marks on it like a tatertot eatin tard used a hot iron on it not to many marks but I will probably sand them off and do a custom paint to renew all it's heavenly glory lol
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The hilarious thing about the cartridges was, most of it was plastic. All the nuts and bolts was under that narrow vinyl strip. In other words, that black rectangle at the top of the face of the card, where the metal cartridge contacts were.
i'm wonder snes and sega needed those huge cartridge's but how did they fit all that data into those tiny cartridge's then again look at the DS there even smaller.
I have PC Engine and I love it. But good gawd, TG16 is so FUGLY! Why is there a need to uglify and enlarge everything that comes here? The designer behind it needs to be shot along w/ the inane marketing team that sealed doom from the very beginning for this great system. Big success in Japan but hardly a blip here. Also they should've retained Jpnse game covers instead of using bland and and horrible art. I don't know how NEC could've done everything wrong but they did. That feat is amazing.
I'm pissed; when I was young, a good 5 years ago, I could have bought one of these for 20 bucks at a garage sale. I thought it looked kinda cool, but knew it was old and didn't have $20 on me. "Whatever" I said. Laaaame!
open it and find out why its so big.
superflashXXX 2 weeks ago
FYI: Keith courage isn't his actual name. It is Wataru in Japan and it was a pretty popular cartoon that had 2 long TV series. I have the original v1 series on DVD, a Hong Kong bootleg that has pretty good english subtitles. go to anidb(.)net and search for wataru and you'll see it.
Makell 1 month ago in playlist Turbografx-16 reviews
@Makell Yeah I've seen that since when I did a review of Keith Courage the game itself. Thanks again man.
MN12BIRD 1 month ago
thank you for such an informative video. You also answered my question already in the comments section. About whether or not Jap games could be played on a Turbo Grafx.. sadly they can't :( is there any type of converter that could achieve this?
Makell 1 month ago in playlist Turbografx-16 reviews
@Makell Thanks. There is a converter but it's hard to find and usually expensive. I think they were like $100 last time I checked for one.
MN12BIRD 1 month ago
@trailduster6bt, Atari rejected Nintendo, Nintendo came and buried Atari, SMS, and rejected both Nec and Sony's help, Atari comes shits on Nintendo with unlicensed Nes games then Sony comes back pist and destroys Nintendo with the same Cd unit it rejected..Nec then helps Sega's DreamCast take on Sony. Bill Gates sucker punched Sony behind the earlobe and Genesis, Nec and Nintendo now play chu chu train with each other.
gamecollect101 3 months ago
@gamecollect101
I like this interpretation of how the vidya began.
lightlittlebrownboy 3 weeks ago
Nec screwed the dreamcast to avenge the late pc engine!
trailduster6bt 3 months ago
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTT!!!!! lol!
justsupersteve 4 months ago
this review is very sleepy. not just your voice, but talking about things ppl totally dont care about. how about talking more about it's capabilities and specific games? and p.s. compare it to the Genesis & SNES--it's competitors--not the NES. apples to oranges and all that!
Gamergrrl1 7 months ago
@Gamergrrl1 The TG16 came out two years before the SNES and was practically already dead by the time the SNES came out. In Japan the PCE came out in 1987 and was competing with the Famicom above anything else. NEC themselves said it was competing with the FC so... yeah. Sorry you don't like the video but I can't please everyone. Still I see enough people liked it so I think some ppl do care.
MN12BIRD 7 months ago
me so sorny
TheWorldAtlus 7 months ago
Great review!!
boxerjoey39 8 months ago
whats all about that sorny frame around the video?
HerrGubba 8 months ago
Why do you sound so hyper and stereoish?lol
rkoguy 8 months ago
@rkoguy This video was uploaded back when we had a 10 minute limit (10:59) and I had to speed this video up to get it under 11 minutes. That's why it sounds like I'm talking faster than usual.
MN12BIRD 8 months ago
@MN12BIRD Oh but why do you sound stereoish?
rkoguy 8 months ago
lol @ "Sorny"
Craptron2000 9 months ago
@MN12BIRD Is this system hard to find?
MysticArksRevenge 10 months ago
6:32 I see your cat.
MotherBound1 11 months ago
Once the pins broke on the controller cord you were fucked...
Hooklineansinker 11 months ago
so theres no region codeing on it, right?
FuyuAkiWorld 1 year ago
@FuyuAkiWorld No there is. You can't play PCE games on a TG16 or vice versa.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD Dang it.
FuyuAkiWorld 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD But, IIRC, there's no region-coding on the CD-ROM attachment, right?
gshowguy 11 months ago
@gshowguy No there isn't, now have fun with dem Japanese games! :)
hypersonic64 10 months ago
What is that theme song from in the intro? backup memory
nickolasroyjimenez 1 year ago
@nickolasroyjimenez It's from the model 2 Sega CD BIOS
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@jowrab Yes it was the worlds first CD-ROM based video game console.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
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Syckezt 1 year ago
fapps schmapps! use snagit.
great review anyhooo
ghostface2006 1 year ago
My dad bought this at a yard sale for like $15 with like 10 games, when i was 7 years old.
that was in like 1995.
Alot of the games for it scared me lol, the pinball game was awesome.
JayGB87 1 year ago
Dude you sound like JigSaw a little, very scary!, great review
pBATMANq 1 year ago
does it play tubro graphics and pc engine games??
originalbrodyg420 1 year ago
@originalbrodyg420 Nope the TG16 won't play PCE games and the PCE won't play TG16 games without mods or converter cards. The converter cards are hard to find these days and I'm sure they're expensive.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
that's crap!!!
the Turbografx 16 was NOT a 16bit sistem...the graphics look even worse than the nes !!!the NES kicks ass!!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 Right I suppose Street Fighter II looks like crap compared to the NES right? Please man give me a break.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD dude that's ok XD...it's just my own opinion about the diferences between both sistems!
and since the PC Engine/Turbografx 16 claimed that they were a 16 bit sistem and clearly it wasn't just the same thing as the Atari jaguar claiming to be a 64 bit sistem and did not even compared with the genesis ans the SNES!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 Sure except that the Jaguar actually is 64-bit. If you think the Jag doesn't compare to the Genesis or the SNES than you haven't seen Doom or Alien Vs Predator on the Jaguar because the graphics on those games blow the SNES and 32X versions of Doom out of the water. Even Wolfenstien 3D is great and once again completely kills the SNES version with higher res, bigger screen and runs smoother. The Jag was fairly powerful for 1993 when it came out.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD it's all about the games not about the console itself just look at the bunch of powerfull systems that came and failed!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 Also don't forget the SNES isn't running Doom in its own. It has a powerfull processor (Super FX2 chip) inside the cartridge that's doing most of the heavy scalling. There are no FPS games on the Genesis that come close to Wolf3D let alone Doom. Doom is for the 32X and has two 32bit processors in it. Like many say the design or "bits" of the main CPU actually has nothing to do with graphics. XBOX was only 32bit but had more graphical power than the 64-bit PS2 for example.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD that may be true bro but as i always say it's not about what the system has under its hood but it's all about the games and yeah you have to agree that the Atari Jag didn't catch on cause it was lacking "that" hit game!!!you know just like what Mario did for the nes and what sonic did for the genesis..i do admit that the TG16 has cool shooter games but it didn't had THAT game!!you know that big hit that forces people to buy the console to play that game!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 Well you're right the TG16 didn't do so great in NA and didn't have the 3rd party support that Nintendo had in the late 80's but remember the PCE in Japan was a huge sucesss. Check out Splatterhouse and Bonks Adventure on the TG16. Splatterhouse was great for the time and the Bonk games were the best thing over here compared to Mario I suppose Bonk was like one of NEC's mascots for the TG16.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@luisadrego84
You're either delusional or a Nintendo fanboy or both. The TG16 had an 8-bit CPU but it DOES have 16-bit graphics. It has dual 16-bit GPU's, and had 481 colors on screen at one time out of a 512 color palette. The NES only had around 16 colors on screen at any one time out of a palette of 52. Even the Sega Master System had better graphic capabilities than the NES and faster CPU.
Also, bit's don't count for graphics quality, example: Atari 2600 was an 8-bit console.
Chaniyth 1 year ago
@Chaniyth so please elucidate me and explain to me why does the TG16 games look just like downgrated versions of the nes titles!just look at the same titles from both sistems such as Super Mario bros and Ninja gaiden for example the nes versions of those games were a lot better..yeah i mean the colors were better but the fast paced gameplay wasn't there!!
i say that cause i happen to own both sistems and i just happen to own those same games!!and of course it's just opinions!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84
There is no Super Mario Bros for the TG16. :P Also have you actually seen Ninja Gaiden for the TG16/PC-Engine? It looks amazing graphically compared to the NES version. I dunno what console you're thinking of, but the TG16, all games look (graphics wise) MUCH better than NES. On same games side by side you CAN tell the difference between Genesis vs TG16 due to the Genesis' color limitation of only 64 colors on screen at one time vs 481 colors on screen at one time for the TG16.
Chaniyth 1 year ago
@Chaniyth i hapen to own a TG16 and i do have a hucard that it's a 5 in 1 famicom games...yeah the collours in the ninja gaiden for the TG16 it is better but the gameplay just doesn't feel as fluent as the nes!!but bro i'm not saying that the nes is better or the TG16's better i'm just saying that everytime i thinkof 16bits all it comes in my mind are genesis and snes!!why doesn't the TG16 had games like streets of rage or the TMNT for the SNES had?like i always say it's all about the games XD
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84
Just two different markets. The TG16 failed in the USA, but in Japan it lasted until 1999! Also, game magazines made a big deal about it being an 8-bit console and practically brainwashed the people into not liking the system by not focusing on the fact that the GPU's of the system were more than powerful enough to compete with the competition. There's something you need to understand, whatever company the industries of the world wants in, will remain popular amongst the people.
Chaniyth 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 How do you have Famicom games on TG16 are they homebrew ports? If they're ports of course they aren't as good. Sega made Streets of Rage and Nintendo was a monopoly in the 80's they had contracts with 3rd party developers and if they made so many games for Nintendo they couldn't make them for other consoles. Konami had rights for TMNT and no way would they have been alowed to release those games on the TG16. Check out castlevania rondo of blood it was only in japan but good.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD yeah you're right Rondo of Blood was a great game!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@Chaniyth oh and if the tg16 is in fact a true 16 bit sistem why does its games look nothing like the 16 bit consoles like Sega Genesis and the SNES?
i mean yeah it came earlier and that may have been the reason why it kinda sucked when compared both the Genesis and the super Nintendo!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84
No one is saying the TG16 is a "true 16-bit" console, all i'm saying is it does have comparable 16-bit graphics. The CPU is 8-bit, but it's fast @ 7.16Mhz. Also, once again bit's of the main CPU don't equal graphics quality. That's why I used the perfect example of what I mean... the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Maganvox Odyssey 2 are all 8-bit CPU consoles. The Intellivision was a 16-bit console (many people don't know that!) so bit's of a main CPU don't count for graphics quality.
Chaniyth 1 year ago
I rememer this system....i remember the cards tha the games were on i thought those were cool up untill it had read problems n yu had to start blowing he slot like the nes..
newton3010 1 year ago
To this day the PC Engine still blows my mind. I need to get a real one.
WrathOscuro 1 year ago
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signupsigma 1 year ago
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signupsigma 1 year ago
Wow...lol. I never knew anyone who had a Turbo Grafx 16 and most people don't even know what it is when I mention it. I like that the cards are made for the handheld as well...that's nice for the consumers.
spouspube 1 year ago
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signupsigma 1 year ago
dude cool opening sequence you should do it again but infront of a green screen and add some killer background
Gameplay34 1 year ago
I thought that Amiga CD32 was the first system to use CD as a storage medium for games?
kad3t 1 year ago
@kad3t Nope the CD32 claims to be the first 32-bit CD-ROM based system but not the first video game system to have CD-ROM.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD
Fair enough. ^_^
What about Amiga CDTV? It's hard to call it a console but was not a regular Amiga either, so... ^_^
kad3t 1 year ago
@kad3t FM Towns Marty was the first 32-bit CD-ROM system.
gshowguy 1 year ago
@gshowguy
Boy, after confronting all that it sure was a busy period in gaming history. ^_^
kad3t 1 year ago
sega cd music!!!!
redbook233 1 year ago
FYI, the Turbografx had to be substantially bigger than the PC Engine to accomodate the additional RF shielding required in North America.
Great video!
c0ldb33r 1 year ago
Are you saying that this console is just as powerful as the Genesis(that came a year later)?
modewr 1 year ago
@modewr Well not really I'm no expert on the low level hardware or anything but I would think the Genesis has a more powerful CPU while the TG16/PCE has a better video processor or at least one with more colors on screen. I did this review a long time ago check out my PC Engine review since it's newer and I show everything inc SFII running on the real system.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD Yeah the SEGA was designed to take on some heavy motion Graphics, while the TG 16 was more in to the color level of the Graphics. As a Game designer I know that no matter the system's limitations, a good game will shine if designed well. However Later games like Alien Soldier for MEGA DRIVE, I could not imagine NEC's console pulling it off without some changes. NEC is an amazing system and Hudson clearly cared very much about it.
stringanime 1 year ago
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signupsigma 1 year ago
@signupsigma Turbo had a lot of talent but so many of the masses just went another way. I owned a Master System, so I understand the frustration of having a superior system while so many side with Nintendo. ALIEN SOLDIER for SEGA Mega Drive, looking at the graphics I scratch my head wondering why can't other SEGA games look that good, but when considering the Talent at TREASURE made it, it's no wonder.
stringanime 1 year ago
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signupsigma 1 year ago
@modewr
The Genesis' GPU was a bit more powerful (80 hardware sprites, and 3 hardware background layers for parallax scrolling), but the TG16 allowed for more colors on the screen at one time, 64 colors on screen at one time for Genesis vs. 481 colors on screen at one time for TG16. The TG16 could do parallax scrolling without any noticable slowdown, but it required programming tricks since the GPU's didn't support it in hardware and the main reason why only some games had it.
Chaniyth 1 year ago
my first game system was the fat ass white gameboy
WCGwkf 1 year ago
Do you have the CD add on for the TG16? If you don't have it are you planning on getting it at some stage?
Lachlant1984 1 year ago
in ur review u chosen vegas but the game had him as barlog
TheNastyman77 1 year ago
@TheNastyman77 Those are the original Japanese names they switched them around when they brought the game over here.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
Your opening is almost a minute long dude.
VoltageEntertainment 1 year ago
@VoltageEntertainment Yes I know it's been way shortened in my newer vids.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
I have an NEC TV set, it's only about 5 years old and it's made in China, but it's a very good TV set, it's far better than the 1996 Sony my parents still have, so much for those who say new stuff is shit compared to old stuff. If I bought one of these, it was match my TV set for obvious reasons. As far as I know the Turbografx never came out in Australia, but I can download its games onto the Wii.
Lachlant1984 1 year ago
So let me get this straight: the earliest of the 16 bit era, running off of a technically 8 bit CPU, had the most powerful sound card of them all? Holy crap.
sabombardonist 1 year ago
It was the 80's bigger was better, that's why they made it bigger.
Heck it's still the same today, when it comes to packaging. You buy small consumer products in an oversized box.
janX9 1 year ago
great console collection wish i had half of what u have
jmanideth 1 year ago
Thanks for the upload! I never knew that much about this system...
dnelson420 1 year ago
I remember when it came out.. aww the good old days.
Ishouldsk8more 1 year ago
I would argue that, at least in the USA, the expansion port was used much more for the addition of the TurboBooster and/or TurboBooster Plus (Allowed Stereo sound and game saving capability for supported games). The CD-ROM attachment came so late into the TG16's lifespan in the USA that it didn't really sell much.
NoxTekDotCom 1 year ago
man my grandma used to work at nec & i used to get boxes and boxes of games and systems for free, i really regret not takin care of my TG16 & games when i was a kid cause now i aint got shit . .
SpKing85 1 year ago
dude why do you sound so nervous? :)
SpiritMolecule1 1 year ago
I had to speed the video up cause it was longer than 11 minutes originally and now my voice sounds sped up too.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
i played this when i was about 10 or 11 years old. bonk's adventure, street fighter (original), Y's, life force, great games i may have to buy this system.
awwfulwaafffle 1 year ago
The Sound at the beginning is the startup music of Sega CD.
LobosPictures 1 year ago
@LobosPictures there is a genesis game that the music is a remix of... I used to know it though.... can't remember right now.
BillyCauseyjr 1 year ago
genesis has worse sound? Streets of rage 2 nigga. Or even Sonic
tompointzero 1 year ago
Nice review.I have a question from wich game is the music at the beginning?
sergiovictoir 1 year ago
the cartridge is kick ass
ST0PM0SS 2 years ago
does anyone know if t16 has av out instead of rf?????
12B4Uthekid 2 years ago
@12B4Uthekid yea but u have to buy a accesory called the turbo tap i think they can be pretty expensive and they plug into the cd expansion slot
mattnintendonerd 2 years ago
o that sucks! :(
12B4Uthekid 2 years ago
you have to buy the booster thing sold separately.
snkjack 2 years ago
o is it hard to find?
12B4Uthekid 2 years ago
I'm not really sure. I just recently started getting into the TG16.
snkjack 2 years ago
o ok
12B4Uthekid 2 years ago
ooohhh
schieese 2 years ago
good times with this thing
Fruna123 2 years ago
TurboGrafx 16 I think has better sound over the snes and the gensis. am I right?
atari94 2 years ago
@atari94 better or equal to the genesis- not as good as snes (snes custom built there card)
sayastra 2 years ago
genesis has the worst sound period. but yea i agree
MrMoneyclips 2 years ago
@atari94 no,snes best gen 2nd pce 3rd
skunkkey666 2 years ago
god i loved my tg-16... not many games but the ones i could find at the local store were great. i loved the cadash version on tg-16 WAY more than the one on genesis... FAR better graphics and sound plus extra characters
deadline27 2 years ago
The TurboBooster only did composite video, NOT s-video. The TG-16 was an epic failure in the U.S. I bought it when it launched and the support was dismal. It's a shame because it could have been a great system. IMO it was superior to the Genesis, but didn;t have the sales or 3rd party support needed to succeed.
codecougar 2 years ago
I remember fighting with my brother because he wanted a Sega Genesis and i wanted a Turbo Grafx 16. God I'm only 29 and this video makes me feel like a freakin dinosaur!
kuntgames616 2 years ago
man i should have got this while i had the chance
bong264 2 years ago
Turbo grafx was good, I dont regret the 300 bucks I payed when it was new.
Mrpantymelt 2 years ago 6
@Mrpantymelt I traded a crappy $100 car for mine. I got the TG16 and a stack of about 13 games & I also got a GoPed too.
The car was dead, so it was a great deal for me...and it worked out the my friend too, because his dad was a mechanic, so it didn't cost him too much to get it roadworthy.
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Mini40Kgamer 2 years ago
hey thats a genuine SORNY!
i just have a magnetbox! =(
SofaKingWeTodEd666 2 years ago 14
HahaI have a gray market Panasoanic lol
Mrpantymelt 2 years ago
can you use PC Engine games on a TG16 and vice versa
aznjohn15 2 years ago
No not without an adapter or mods
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
this was a good sytem
regionfree1 2 years ago
They made tge tg16 bigger the same reason the NES was made bigger compared to the famicom.
STEFANROCKER23 2 years ago
sorny, haha.
TheSchoolWorld 2 years ago
When i started watching, I knowticed that the music was familiar, then i rea;ized it was the sega genesis cd music. Great video
papowyproductions 2 years ago
Hey are you going the eview the Neo Geo AES?
Jegudiel29ZX 2 years ago
nice review i just picked 1 of these up for 25 at a flea market and i really want to get some games for it
orbitmint4 2 years ago
Just to clear up what NEC does these days, they do sell monitors (re-badged). And semi conductors, servers, mass storage devices, they have a hand in lots of tech stuff.. Big company.
mogul1265 2 years ago
Wow. Imagine if this got popular like the NES.
MrGoomba909 2 years ago 2
i love your console reviews dude
igotyou62 2 years ago
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cool video bro
NewbtasticGaming 2 years ago 3
America = bigger is better :P That's really the only reason it was so big.
zenbyo 2 years ago
just like the NES, they had to comply with some USA stupid regulations unlike the slim systems in japan.
NewbtasticGaming 2 years ago
Yeah I know RF shielding was one of them.
zenbyo 2 years ago
Explains the Xbox
scarmulletpart2 2 years ago
i actually miss this intro
because you made most of you video's using it sorta like your theme now
sin1987runescape 2 years ago
Watching your videos are very interesting 2 me cause back n the day I wasn't in to all the information about the systems it was all about having fun but now I find all this stuff very interesting finding them old systems is cool.I wounder what the rarest system is to find prole the PlayStation and Nintendo in one they said they made only 200 but I never seen one they also said in 94 they made a PlayStationX but I only seen the one that came out in 03 I don't no if that is just what they call PS1
Trickdd 2 years ago
PlaystationX was only released in japan they wanted to bring it to North America but they developed it to late and they didnt have enough time to ship here so they just introduced the playstation 2 cuz the playstationX was released in japan in 2000 he was going for about 900 Us Dollars because it was like a PVR or Tivo thats y anyways it was just a stand alone playstation for games tho
QutaHunter 2 years ago
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Your voice makes my throat hurt.
krazygreen 2 years ago
great vid I love how youre detailed in your review of the console
jugghead82 2 years ago
dude you want to sell any of your game systems
trudle420 2 years ago
maybe if these 3 video game conglomerates would still build systems w/o moving parts, they would last longer. I have (like many people) a snes from 1992ish and still works perfectly. however, my ps2 is a real B**** to get to work sometimes.
Norway2011 2 years ago
My 30 year old Atari works like a gem : )
jvswerbo 2 years ago
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whitleybaynufc96 2 years ago
How is Street Fighter II played with only two buttons? I know that for the Genesis if you didnt buy the 6-button pad you just had to press start to switch the buttons from punch to kick. Is that the same case with this one?
Airjet2582 2 years ago
Yeah but you can get a 6 button controller for the PCE too.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
In 15 years or less in 2025 this will be xbox360 and PS3
flex78er 2 years ago 5
I doubt that any 360's or PS3's (well. possibly the PS3) will still be working in 15 years!
Consoles like the PCE were built like brick shit houses and most work perfectly nowadays. Also little or no moving parts.
hotdaddyhuggy 2 years ago 3
ya dude i totaly agree funny story: my neighbor had an old tv in his garage for like a couple years and i live in chicago so its cold then he took it out of his garage pluged it in AND IT WORKED do that with a modern tv it wouldnt last a day
Slushyyy639 2 years ago
check out my new vid I found out how to back lite the top logo and it looks sweet was easy to
WARPUDDY666 2 years ago
Everyone knows a genuine Panaphonics when they see one! And look, here's Magnetbox, and Sorny!
mrbughorn 2 years ago
I remember I traded my NES with 10 games for a TG16 with 5 games because I loved Military Madness so much. That was one of the great underrated games on this or any other systems. Too bad that game didn't come with the system stock. Keith Courage killed the consol as that game was only barely as playable as Altered Beast for the Sega Genesis (which killed TG16), except that Altered Beast was a familiar arcade port and nobody knew anything about Keith Courage!
salgod 2 years ago
hey chek out qballcc7 for good Walkthroughs.
commanderoates 2 years ago
i remember this at the time. i wanted one really bad. they did a good job on their marketing. i thought it was awesome to be able to play the same game in the console and the handheld. that was unheard of before
daviddang82 2 years ago
I just found one of these at a yard sale yesterday got it with 4 games to are rare ones and a turbo-tap for $10 and the thing still works good, also cool that it will work with a sega gen 1 adapter, all of your systems look so mint'y my TG16 is not to bad
thing has some marks on it like a tatertot eatin tard used a hot iron on it not to many marks but I will probably sand them off and do a custom paint to renew all it's heavenly glory lol
you got a verry nice collection
check out my vids
WARPUDDY666 2 years ago
Damn killer deal on that stuff! The Turbo Tap alone is worth more than that I bet!
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
Got mine for $1.
Firebomber7 2 years ago
on the pal format this system is just called the turbo grafix
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DerRudymeister 2 years ago
What did he say that made everyone thumbs-down him?
zedrein18 2 years ago
Love the Sega CD music...I use the Mega CD theme song on my videos.
kibjohn 2 years ago
I almost bought one but it was too much.
Doommaster1994 2 years ago
i use to have oen back in 1989
leslielove 2 years ago
the PC engine is the smallest home console ever
misterintellivision 2 years ago
That is until you hook up the CD add-on. lol
Davedude1230 2 years ago 2
It kick ass
coolninjatvprod 2 years ago
The hilarious thing about the cartridges was, most of it was plastic. All the nuts and bolts was under that narrow vinyl strip. In other words, that black rectangle at the top of the face of the card, where the metal cartridge contacts were.
organs 2 years ago
i'm wonder snes and sega needed those huge cartridge's but how did they fit all that data into those tiny cartridge's then again look at the DS there even smaller.
thorgrim103 2 years ago
the carts are actually pretty much empty, they just have a big plstic case.
captainclayman 2 years ago
lol it says Sorny at the bottom.
ThatRunescaper 2 years ago
unfortunetly TG16 never made it to Europe. so not much people were aware of it
TG16 just couldnt compete with Sega and Nintendo's marketing and reputation/following despite some very good games....
lightdark28 2 years ago
Actually SODIPENG imported them to France and the Benelux Countries.
We got systems straight from Japan.
MegaDrive32x 2 years ago
I never knew that
im not from France, here in the UK I doubt anyone had a TG 16 (unless it was an import)
lightdark28 2 years ago
Tg16 was released in the UK as TurboGrafx though with no marketing whatsoever pretty much noone knew about it.
MegaDrive32x 2 years ago
that might explain it
lightdark28 2 years ago
I got one of those TurboGrafx, unopened with 9 games for £80 on EBay.
DeanoTheLegend87 2 years ago
I have PC Engine and I love it. But good gawd, TG16 is so FUGLY! Why is there a need to uglify and enlarge everything that comes here? The designer behind it needs to be shot along w/ the inane marketing team that sealed doom from the very beginning for this great system. Big success in Japan but hardly a blip here. Also they should've retained Jpnse game covers instead of using bland and and horrible art. I don't know how NEC could've done everything wrong but they did. That feat is amazing.
kiman2 2 years ago
When you said NEC and they made monitors, I looked at mine, and sure enough...
IT'S NEC =D
XlunareonX 2 years ago
I'm pissed; when I was young, a good 5 years ago, I could have bought one of these for 20 bucks at a garage sale. I thought it looked kinda cool, but knew it was old and didn't have $20 on me. "Whatever" I said. Laaaame!
alecjahn 2 years ago