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Turbografx-16 exclusives
- Thread starter Brass Body Dave
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Legendary Axe is a game I played at a sleep over as a youth. I fell in love with it yet I never ever had a chance to play it again to this day. I remember drooling over pics of the sequel in magazines
I vaguely remember that the hero and villain were brothers with cool ass names and the game had a Mayan or Aztec look to it. I think we need a re up of this franchise
Similar here. Born in '79 and I only knew it from the pages of EGM and Video Games & Computer Entertainment. Their ad game was STRONG. I never knew anyone who owned one, though. I wish someone would make a micro-console.
Congrats man! You need Legendary Axe. It's only playable on a Turbografx as it never made it's way to VC.
Other great Turbo games...
R*Type
Bloody Wolf
Ninja Spirit - (A must own)
Bonk games
Devil's Crush - (Way better than Alien Crush)
Vigilante
Ordyne
Psychosis
Military Madness (Literally Advance Wars)
Enjoy it!
This is actually literally true! The Military Madness team would end up working on some of the actual entries in the Nintendo Wars series, including Gameboy Wars Turbo, Gameboy Wars 2 and Gameboy Wars 3! (Outside of the Batallion Wars games, these are the only Wars games not developed by Intelligent Systems).
And yes, it's a real shame that Legendary Axe never made its way to the Virtual Console, I always wanted to play it :(
I'd hope and pray that Nintendo would revive the VC and bring back the TG16 library but... sigh... :(
Guess I'm gonna have to go out and get the original hardware at some point...
Also, I suggest you watch Pat the NES Punk's TG-16 Holiday Specials. They're great in a dumb way, and really highlight the system. It makes me nostalgic for a system I've never even seen IRL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Q2spNUuSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGhiwRboYc&t=329s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Q2spNUuSA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGhiwRboYc&t=329s
I meant the first one I owned 2 before one and always get those backwards. 1 looked much better than 2
Lol that's cool. Still want a reboot of the franchise though. If we can get monster boy, why not this game too
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I appreciate all the responses. My shopping list got bigger. I wonder which of these is going to hurt my wallet most.
you don't get into pc-engine collecting if you aren't expecting to spend some cash. an everdrive may be the best bet.
My favorite game on the system. The sequel is excellent as well.
How could you guys forget the greatest exclusive ever? I was so hyped when I saw this game in a magazine as a kid. I loved Darkwing Duck and seeing the graphics compared to the NES game was amazing. It looks just like the cartoon. But I never owned a Turbografx 16 so I never got to play it until emulators became a thing. Boooooooooooooooooooooy was I disappointed. It made me appreciate my NES game so much more.
Now I wanna play some Legendary Axe!Sorry, DP.
Remember contest in EGM?
Everyone should have to spend the weekend at a friend's house who only has fucking China Warrior.
Yeah Aldynes was one of 5 games made exclusively for the Japan-only SuperGrafx.
http://shmups.com/reviews/aldynes/index.html
................lol^
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jj and jeff - amazingly weird
keith courage
Psychosis
blazing lazers
BLOODY WOLF
Bonk 1-3
alien crush - pinball game
Victory Run - racing game that was one continuous race
keith courage
Psychosis
blazing lazers
BLOODY WOLF
Bonk 1-3
alien crush - pinball game
Victory Run - racing game that was one continuous race
Promotional VHS tape from 1989. I remember watching this at Toys 'R Us on a TV where all the consoles were displayed in the cabinet they'd have back in those days.
And my all-time favorite TurboGrafx-16 TV commercial was the one for Legendary Axe.
And my all-time favorite TurboGrafx-16 TV commercial was the one for Legendary Axe.
Time Cruise is one of my favorite pinball games, even though it gets overshadowed by the Crush games. Catchy music and some fun minigames and a multi screen playing field that stretches horizontally as well as vertically.
Mesopotamia/ Somer Assault stars a slinky like creature that maneuvers mazes and fights against the 12 signs of the Zodiac. It's an Atlus title and unlike anything else I've ever played.
The Super Star Soldier / Soldier Blade / Final Soldier games are excellent vertical shmups that look really good for hu card titles.
Air Zonk has some of the best music on hu card, and is a fun horizontal shmup. Not sure about the CD version.
Mesopotamia/ Somer Assault stars a slinky like creature that maneuvers mazes and fights against the 12 signs of the Zodiac. It's an Atlus title and unlike anything else I've ever played.
The Super Star Soldier / Soldier Blade / Final Soldier games are excellent vertical shmups that look really good for hu card titles.
Air Zonk has some of the best music on hu card, and is a fun horizontal shmup. Not sure about the CD version.
I have nothing to add, but just wanted to say how badly I wanted one of these back in the day. I eventually got one in the mid/late-90s, but the screenshots from all those first-year TG16 games I looked at in EGM are burned in my brain. Will never forget seeing what the TG16 version of R-Type looked like compared to the SMS version I had, etc. Blazing Lazers looked like something out of the future, and when Ninja Spirit and Ys CD were getting 10s, the thirst was real. LOL Good memories.
This seems a fitting place to re-ask this question, anyone remember Compucentre's Devil's Crush competition? I would love to see some photos of it again.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/anyone-remember-compucentres-devils-crush-competition.24564/
https://www.resetera.com/threads/anyone-remember-compucentres-devils-crush-competition.24564/
The sequel to Nectaris / Military Madness, Neo Nectaris (Military Madness 2) was really good.
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Recently tried a few TG-16 games through virtual console. I can recommend Bomberman '94 (not an exclusive, it was known as Mega Bomberman in most places), it's got a fun single player campaign with several worlds. Great art style and decent music, and multiplayer option of course. Presumably Bomberman '93, which was exclusive, is of similar quality?
Gunhed/Blazing Lazers is a quality shooter that was unique to the system for a long time. There were console bundles sold with this as pack-in too, so I think it should be relatively affordable.
If you're going the PC-Engine route, Image Fight is another cool shmup, not exclusive though - I think it originated in arcades and had ports on NES and X68000. The music isn't great in it though and you should be warned it's VERY difficult; might be better suited for virtual console with save states if I'm honest.
Same goes for its sequel, Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker. Quality game, and this time with better music because it was a PC-Engine CD game. Still very difficult though, I think save states on virtual console are the way to go here as well.
Perhaps worth mentioningthat most of these were later released on the Wii (U) virtual consoles, except for Military Madness and Final Lap Twin. I'm assuming they'd be cheaper there. Since the Wii shop goes down soon though, that would require OP to have a Wii U haha.
Gunhed/Blazing Lazers is a quality shooter that was unique to the system for a long time. There were console bundles sold with this as pack-in too, so I think it should be relatively affordable.
If you're going the PC-Engine route, Image Fight is another cool shmup, not exclusive though - I think it originated in arcades and had ports on NES and X68000. The music isn't great in it though and you should be warned it's VERY difficult; might be better suited for virtual console with save states if I'm honest.
Same goes for its sequel, Image Fight II: Operation Deepstriker. Quality game, and this time with better music because it was a PC-Engine CD game. Still very difficult though, I think save states on virtual console are the way to go here as well.
Perhaps worth mentioningthat most of these were later released on the Wii (U) virtual consoles, except for Military Madness and Final Lap Twin. I'm assuming they'd be cheaper there. Since the Wii shop goes down soon though, that would require OP to have a Wii U haha.