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theclaw Red Cheep-cheep Level: 24  Posts: 170/202 EXP: 69367 For next: 8758 Since: 03-28-04 From: USA Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 7 min. |
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| Is anybody here familiar with it? I got one with a Pac Land game card, but no accessories. No AC adaptor, RF box, joystick, etc. Kinda like the Radio Shack Color Computer 2 I found earlier, except that does boot properly since the power cord is built in. It's only good for playing with basic right now. BTW, these systems were just 99 cents each. Also got Act of War Direct Action @ $9.99, Prince of Persia Sands of Time @ $5 recently. Edit: Who turned my name pink? (edited by theclaw on 08-28-05 02:44 PM) |
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Simon Koopa Level: 19  Posts: 105/115 EXP: 30045 For next: 5732 Since: 03-18-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 7 hours |
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Originally posted by theclaw Originally posted by Xkeeper 2 Go here and change your gender setting back to male to get the pleasant blue color back |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 2146/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Hmm, no accessories huh? That's kind of bad. I've played the system before, but I'm not really familiar with the accessories. I'm going to guess that any RF switch and/or AC adapter will work, but I'd go get a more official source on that before trying it. As to the lack of a joystick/controller problem, try here, though I'd check EBay or something first, as $20 seems like a ripoff. |
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theclaw Red Cheep-cheep Level: 24 Posts: 171/202 EXP: 69367 For next: 8758 Since: 03-28-04 From: USA Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 7 min. |
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| The Turbo Grafx 16 works! I used a Sega CD power supply and an NES RF box. Still, it's not much use until it has a joystick. Would it be possible to mod say, a Genesis or NES pad? There's a Radio Shack store within 5 minutes from here, so I'd be able to get parts. I'm short 2 RF boxes for all these systems as well. This TG16 even has excellent video output. I'm very serious about such things, as my earlier thread showed. | |||
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 2148/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Well, off the top of my head, the controller ports for the TG-16 are different from both the Genesis and NES ones. That said, if you look at the basic TG controller design, it's almost identical to the NES controller except for the turbo switches (Buttons "II and I" correspond directly to B and A on the NES controller). So if you were going to mod a controller to play on the TG, an NES one would probably be your best bet. Note that I absolutely DO NOT know about the insides of either controller, and am thus not qualified at all to know how difficult modding one to play in the other system would actually be; I'm merely going on external design and functionality. |
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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 503/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Wow! Where the hell did you find a Turbo Grafx 16? My dad has always been a fanatic with buying technology, although he usually has no clue how to use it. So, before I was born, Dad ran out and bough the Turbo Grafx 16 and the portable version for it (which had a TV attachment! Lets see a PSP play TV! Hah!). The portable one was bigger than an original GameBoy, and it played all games that the Turbo Grafx 16 played. The graphics were great! Waaay ahead of its time. It was doing almost SNES-type graphics at the time of the NES! I loved that thing to death when my dad showed to to me... Someday I'll find it again and hook 'er up to the television. Good luck finding stuff for it, theclaw. Check eBay. They have everything. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10175/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Sign that a system is dying or dead: Looking in the Radio Shack flier in late 93/early 94 and seeing the TG-16 being sold for the low low price of $19.99.  And I didn't even pick one up then.  But yeah. TG-16 = pretty decent system with some good games and shooters. |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 3517/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| It does have Kolibri, the finest hummingbird shooter known to man. (edited by NSNick on 08-29-05 02:20 PM) |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 7521/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| It has Valis. Fucking Valis. I mean if you like your CV games...this should pretty much give you incentive to play this console. Super Valis IV for the SNES, however is, arguably, one of the worst ports from this console. The amount of content that was lost from the port is just...well...sad. A basic 2 meg game on the SNES vs. a CD-long one on the TG-16 CD. Hell, Valis III in general is probably one of the best games I've seen emulated. WTF ANIME CUTSCENES YOU SHITTIN'? But don't believe me, read Valis IV yourself... (edited by Prier on 08-29-05 06:31 AM) (edited by Prier on 08-29-05 06:33 AM) |
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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 2153/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| If I understand correctly, he only has the base unit, and not rhe CD attachment/necessary system card to play CD games. But yeah, if you can track one of those down, you MUST play Ys Book I & II. |
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Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119 Posts: 7524/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| See, that I wasn't sure on. I didn't know if he had the extension for that or not. But having that and VAing in a VG in the early 90s (or even earlier, late 80s) on that system was pretty damn awesome for its time. | |||
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Snika Boo Level: 44 Posts: 511/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Wait... They had a CD attachment for the Turbo Grafx 16? Thats weird. (edited by Snika on 08-29-05 07:22 PM) |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10202/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| VALIS. Geez how I wanted to play games in that series. Must do so this week before school... no excuses. (Wasn't El Hazard for the Genesis a Valis game?) Emptyeye: I have Ys I/II on my PC. Trying to figure out how to burn it. :\ |
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