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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3]

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3]

Cool.  I'm glad you're not encountering the issue!

The team has acknowledged that it's a problem and have a firmware update that they hope will take care of it.  It's in beta now.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3]

Anyone have audio issues with theirs? Just watched this review and the audio problems sounds pretty bad. Turns me off from the idea of buying one of these.

(Skip ahead to time 7.00 for audio issues)

Yes.  The audio during SD access sounds a loud buzz through the speakers, but you didn't seem too concerned with that.  There is high-end clipping and distortion (also check out the MLiG video for examples).  Additionally, there is a consistent level of hum that doesn't appear if you play the audio straight from the console's AV port.  But you have to use the SSDS3 port if you want CD audio.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bloody Wolf goes for more on PC Engine.... Why?]

Right; Wing Commander III in '94 pushed barriers at $4 million, and budgets went exponential from there.  Game prices stayed the same.  Install base and dev team size required to meet the status quo kept growing, making it harder to take risks.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bloody Wolf goes for more on PC Engine.... Why?]

Game prices also haven't increased much in 30 years, still hovering around the $50-$60 in the US.  At 100K units, that's $6 million bucks, of which a developer might walk away with a million, which should be enough to pay off debts from the current game and afford the start of the next game.  Those numbers haven't changed significantly, but salaries and team sizes sure have...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Flash Hiders TGXCD1039 and Variable Geo TGXCD1049]

Who the FUCK is this Jesus guy and why won't people stop talking about him

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3]

Would those sound issues include not having a buzz increase when it accesses the SD card?  That's pretty awful.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Joystick Compatibility w/Supergrafx]

Faulty joystick port, but one that only evidenced itself with the 6-button or joystick with a multi-tap.  The standard joypad worked fine.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3]

It plays CD games, plays HuCard games, emulates System cards, and has RGB out.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Son Son II - in western magazines]

I had never put the connection together between Son Son and Black Tiger.  That's an interesting thought.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Joystick Compatibility w/Supergrafx]

I guess what I'm trying to narrow down here is:

Is this due to the Everdrive, the console, or the stick?

Is it unique to me, or is this something that affects everyone with this combo?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Joystick Compatibility w/Supergrafx]

Avenue 6 pad wigs out in 6-button mode but works fine in 2 button mode.

Using Chris Covell's Pad Test (I'm running on an Everdrive v2), I see that *any* non-DPad input results in all of the buttons getting pressed.  That is, if you press Select, it lights up Select, Run, I, and II.

This is not how it behaves when running on the Duo.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Joystick Compatibility w/Supergrafx]

Are there any known incompatibilities with joysticks and the SuperGrafx?  My XE-1 HE Pro does not respond correctly on my SGX, but works fine on my Duo.  I thought it might be due to the built-in multi tap on the joystick but confirmed that a multi tap and two pads work fine on the SGX.

Button mappings appear off:  joystick commands are interpreted as Pause, all button inputs act like button 1, etc.  Same deal if I switch off the SGX switch.

Hori Fight Stick Multi works fine, but *only* in 2–button mode.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Wonderboy Series]

I don't think that any Genesis-to-SMS ports were made in Japan.

Well, games like Dragon Crystal (a semi-port from Genesis' Fatal Labyrinth), Shadow Dancer, and Moonwalker were done by JP teams.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Wonderboy Series]

There aren't any credits in the ridiculously long septi-lingual manual.

Not to overly necro, but @CrackTiger:  Omar Cornut reached out to Nishizawa, who has no idea who did the SMS version of Monster World III.  Do you have any idea where you heard that the port was done by a Western dev?

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Anearth Fantasy Stories - Translation Development Blog]

Bleh the full lower-case looks like a 1991 DOS reject.  I like the small caps.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: I SEL: turbographx; DUO; DUO R; DUO RX; PC ENGINE GT TURBO]

What a way to treat our GUEST.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Thoughts on good "quick pick up" games?]

Aero Blasters is good to fill you with a short bout of rage.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Sinistron CD / Hucard]

hello i hear shoot-them-ups can be flipped but only on rare media xyzzyzzzy

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Gekisha Boy]

And it was re-released for PS1 and a sequel made for PS2.

Oh right!  How do they play?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Gekisha Boy]

There's a very...familiar clone on the GBA with Spongebob Squarepants that was released in the US.  Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy:

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Gekisha Boy]

I believe it's one that lives up to the hype, despite a punishing difficulty spike right around the underwater level.  It's also an excellent intro to an "outsider" to the PC Engine because it is accessible with easy-to-grasp mechanics and a lot of discoverability.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What Turbo game are you currently playing?]

R-Type.  With a new joystick.  I WILL PREVAIL.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Best Family System?]

My cat turns her snout up at Blue Blink and only seems to appreciate Splinter Cell

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: ISO TG Games]

No worries, It takes more than dick waffles to ruffle my feathers

I understand the drill, I have a decent collection so far actually, funny enough Eastern Canada seems to have a decent amount of sellers, just looking for some key pieces. I'd like to get as much CIB stuff as possible, not box, just Jewel Case and Card. I'll settle for just cards on the stuff I don't have.

Speaking of which PM me how much you want for your Stabby Spatterhouse.

Dude, you should still engage in more activity here than BUY BUY BUY.  That is 100% of your posts so far.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Soft Resetting the PC Engine Duo?]

Some of us know how to handle our weapons without having them accidentally discharge 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: ISO TG Games]

So I need to attest to my undying love to the Turbo gods before I can be ushered into this elite circle?

I don't mind be razzed but out right making fun of someone because of lack of following some invisible guideline is silly and childish.

For the record I've been an avid collector since I was 14, had a substantial library until one day it magically disappeared from my parents place during a party. Anything else you'd like to know please feel free to make fun of me at your own expense.

Welp...Too Bad?

You need to show up and talk about these games if you want to be part of the community.  Otherwise you're just part of a marketplace.  There are better places to just BUY BUY BUY.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: ISO TG Games]

Some amazingly mature and intelligent replies here.... Thank you all who contributed. Really some amazing stuff... really have a way of making a new guy feel welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

The forum doesn't take kindly (in fact rather the opposite) to new folks showing up and immediately going into buy, buy, buy mode.  They've been burned by a number of groups.  Stick around and talk about what you like about these games and participate.  Talk about Why Turbo's Better?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Soft Resetting the PC Engine Duo?]

Is the soft reset built into the machine (like the SMS Pause button directly wired into an NMI), or were all games just required to implement it?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: ISO TG Games]

Worried.   

Tired.   

Demoralized.   

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Anyone have a complete FIGHTING STREET ?]

I am holding Fighting Street in my left hand as I type this with my right.

...but I thought I was holding your right hand, does that mean...????????   

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Ys Map Pack]

Just wanted to chime in on the quality of these.  My loose US copy of Ys I + II now has a home.  And a family.  And...kids?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbob Xpress: Bringing affordable "gamer's" games to the community! Nearly Gone]

Okay I need to correct my earlier statement...there are a few more pressed boots available through Bernie on the Turbo Xpress FB group. As for more in the future I'll post here if anything should arise.

Hello I am dumb can you tell me the exact name of the FB group?  I keep finding things about turbochargers, and I sold my SVO many years ago.

EDIUTTTT:  IT IS "TURBOB XPRESS"

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

Are they round and obviously crystal orbs, or are they the little wing/quill shaped things that I thought were just for points?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

I saw in the Taito Legends ver that you can press both buttons to fire off some sort of crystal orb.  How and when do you acquire that?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

With such a niche (in 2016) game, I was surprised that anybody was watching.

At first I thought streaming games was silly, but now I see how "skyping" and live-streaming games can be a good thing, especially when our PCE kinky is so small.

I have a couple of thoughts on the matter:

1.  If you're not there for ego, then you're just enjoying something and making an awareness blip in the universe, which is fun!
2.  A lot of longplays fall into one of two categories:  inscrutable choices or perfect min/maxing that doesn't get to explore gameplay systems.  A livestream allows the player to explore and explain the decisions that they are making, which sets context for the viewer.  The viewer can ask questions, get clarity, and interact with the game.  Now pro-plays are awesome, but only if everyone understands what's going on.  So I think a good livestream affords deeper investigation into games, especially ones that are lesser-known but definitely worthwhile.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

There was only one chatter (johnnycolorado, IIRC?), who was familiar with the PC and SNES versions, but not the TG16 one.  There were a couple silent lurkers.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

Well shit. I was thinking 7 PM for some reason. Ah well. Glad to hear it was a success!

Hey, you were one of the move valuable characters in the party!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

Well that was intense!  7 hours, 2 towns cleared, and only one real mishap.  Can't wait to do more of these!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

Provided nothing else explodes at the last minute like they continue to do, we'll be going live at 8:00am PST.

https://www.twitch.tv/savagepencil

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

The arcade version (or at least the version included with Taito Legends 2 on Xbox) is 2 player alternating.  I have a loose HuCard of it, lemme see if I can dig it out and see how that works.

I can now confirm that the PC Engine version is:

1.  Single player only
2.  A really, really good port of the arcade

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

erf..i didnt play the game yet ...
and ill have have erase the whole memory to play a single game 

ill definetly will have to repair that tenoki bank someday.. 

In an effort to preserve some other saves, I remembered that I had a Tennoke bank, but I found I didn't know WTF I was doing with it.  It appears you have to hit select to confirm a transfer direction, but then it never let me actually move shit over?  Are there instructions anywhere?

I already formatted the memory so that I could do M&M III but I'd like to know moving forward.  I was using the Tennoke bank (HuCard) on a US Duo, with the region switch flipped to JP.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

The arcade version (or at least the version included with Taito Legends 2 on Xbox) is 2 player alternating.  I have a loose HuCard of it, lemme see if I can dig it out and see how that works.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: pc engine duo-r system instruction manual in english ?]

All CD systems can save and there are maybe more HuCARDs with the ability to save than you might think. Japanese releases have a logo for it, I don't know if US games do.

Oh good distinction:  all CD systems have built-in save memory, but not all consoles have it.  I wasn't aware of how many Hueys had the capability built-in.  I probably own several and didn't realize it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: pc engine duo-r system instruction manual in english ?]

Game: Doraemon - Nobita's Dorabian Night. Got pretty far in and than got curious about how saving would work ? haha probably lost all the saves oh well. perhaps it autosaved ?

Also what is the suspend function intended for ? while hold select than press run while in a game it will return to the start bios menu ?


Still very new to the pc engine duo-r it was bought on yahoo japan. So learning, Oh ok figured out that menu part now. seems like games have been auto-saving into there! how cool!


Is there a program we can run on it to test the integrity of all it's functions to confirm it doesn't have any faulty parts such as laser etc. we recently took some %99 alcohol to clean the lens and put white silicon grease on the cd rails and plastic gears. It seems to have a loose controller port. have to make sure the controller is plugged in really snug or it will easily glitch out on the controls at times not recognizing certain buttons when pressed .

There's no internal diagnostic routine, although providing a full memory format (I think it holds a whopping 2k of RAM) might be a good idea.

In general it was the wild west of game saves.  This might be the first system with an integrated save capacity?  At any rate, RPGs will usually try to take up their space when you first boot and warn you if there's no room.  This can be confusing if you don't read Japanese.  Only a handful of cart games will save to the memory, as only the Duo had the built-in save capacity and other models didn't have it.  Cart games that offer this feature (Neutopia, Dragon's Curse, etc.) will also offer a password.  CD games will usually auto-reserve the space when booted (or on first save attempt), but no one established a policy for how to do it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: pc engine duo-r system instruction manual in english ?]

searching for a english translated version for the system operation manual  / guide for the duo-r, we don't speak japanese and we are having a tough time understanding how to save a game while playing it, whether it is a cd or hucard.

What are the problems you're encountering?  Which games, specifically?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

There's also an SFC sequel to Pocky & Rocky, but I've never played it.  Any good?

Pssst, did anyone try out the SNES sequel to P&R?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

As for Monkey King and Saint, while they are from Star Fish, the same studio as Heavenly Guardian (and also a few other remakes such as Devilish for the DS and also, I believe, Steel Empire for 3DS), yeah, those two games are pretty bad, unfortunately.  Monkey King is terrible, incredibly easy, and very short.  It's an awful game I would give a failing grade. As for Saint, it's definitely not good, but I do think it improves on Monkey King a bit, so I'd probably reverse those scores you gave them there.  Why do you think Saint is the worse of the two?  It's not quite as absurdly easy as Monkey King, and has more content and better gameplay too.  That's not saying a lot here, but it's something.

It's been a while since I played them both, but I seem to remember Saint somehow having even less sprite animation, and its attempt to do a Space Harrier-style behind-the-back-shooter experience was laughably bad.

I would also like to throw out there that Taito Legends 2 is also available for Xbox, and has some slightly different games on it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Might & Magic III Live Stream]

Its been a while since I last played it but here it goes:
1&2. Create food I guess. Walk on water and levitate are completely different. Levitate is like more for avoiding traps.
3. I wouldn't say give up the Paladin all together. Its nice to have a backup healer. I'm all about well rounded parties. I played enough of Might and Magic and Wizardry games to know a balanced party is the way to go.

This is a good guide if you need one:
http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/pc/mm3/

Thanks for the link!  It confirmed for me that Create Food is also a cleric spell.  How critical is Walk on Water?  I seem to remember it was requisite at some point during the game, but can't remember if there were items that would do it for you.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Fans of kiki kai kai?]

I have been on the fence about picking that up for years, is it any good? Better than that cloud master sequel I hope (the monkey king...)

I wonder if the ps2 version is better or worse than the wii.

It's DEFINITELY better than the two Cloud Master spiritual successors (Monkey King:  D+, Saint:  F-).  I found Heavenly Guardian very uneven in terms of difficulty.  Either a switch flipped and I suddenly went from scrub to pro, or the RNG woke up and started giving me a fair game.  The dual sticks on PS2 probably change the game, but I haven't played to verify.

There's also an SFC sequel to Pocky & Rocky, but I've never played it.  Any good?