What Turbo game are you currently playing?

[reno5]

I'm playing Future boy Conan. Nice little platformer. Also watching the animated series on my lunch break at work. It's a very nice serie

[technozombie]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV. MotS was much shorter for me at around 10hrs and around 17hrs for DoYs. DoYs was much more dynamic, better boss fights and better use of magic. DoYs did a better job of making the world feel connected, where MotS felt like a warp-fest.

[NightWolve]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV.

Good, good techno... That's the right answer, well, if ya know what's good for ya 'round here... ;)

[technozombie]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV.

Good, good techno... That's the right answer, well, if ya know what's good for ya 'round here... ;)

Only one real problem, the translation.....it was kind of....... 


 

[NightWolve]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV.

Good, good techno... That's the right answer, well, if ya know what's good for ya 'round here... ;)

Only one real problem, the translation.....it was kind of....... 
 

It's alright, you can be honest with me. I know, it is kind of boring, dry, it lacks spirit, etc. Turns out that the criminal that I used to work with (AKA B.J.DeuceBag) never retranslated it and Shimarisu/Rachel's translation work remained (94%) for the script. The problem with her is she was a militant purist when it came to translating and would produce very literal translations, sometimes so bad that it was too hard to edit it into SVO English style like it's supposed to be.

In 2009 as DeuceBag was conspiring with Lipschultz and his programmer behind my back, to my face he was talking about finally redoing the Ys IV script, just like he redid the script with Gideon Zhi for Mask of the Sun (Shimarisu was also the first translator for that). Well, things having worked out the way they did, me learning what he was up to, cheating me when it came to the X.X.XSEED commercializing deals, we be won't be working with each other again to say the least... If I had the financial resources and will power, I already would've filed the lawsuits to bring the bastard to justice, so yeah, things are very far from any old plans that were talked about...

I offered the Ys IV script to SamIAm for retranslation, but he's not shown interest. After all, since it's already translated and competently enough, there's less motivation to work on something that's already done. I also offered esteban a shot at just rewriting the English to make it more fun, enjoyable, etc., but he never took me up on it... So nobody has come forward to either retranslate it from scratch or rewrite it Working Designs style...

When I started fan translation work I always hoped I could get Working Designs type results in the final product, but I never met anyone that could do that or was willing. DeuceBag actually has the same kind of hate for WD as did Shimarisu. It was personal for Shimarisu, she learned to translate Japanese because she was in Victor Ireland's chatroom when he snapped one day at the complainers and told them if they don't like his translation work to go learn Japanese and translate themselves. Well, Shimarisu says she was somebody that "rose to the challenge" and learned Japanese to "teach him a lesson." As you can imagine, she went in the complete opposite direction in translation style as Victor and in a petty fashion was cheering when WD shutdown!

I've talked about this before, you might've run into a post of mine here about it, but yeah... Anyway, so yeah, nobody has ever come to me to redo the script and I'm certainly willing!

[technozombie]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV.

Good, good techno... That's the right answer, well, if ya know what's good for ya 'round here... ;)

Only one real problem, the translation.....it was kind of....... 
 

It's alright, you can be honest with me. I know, it is kind of boring, dry, it lacks spirit, etc. Turns out that the criminal that I used to work with (AKA B.J.DeuceBag) never retranslated it and Shimarisu/Rachel's translation work remained (94%) for the script. The problem with her is she was a militant purist when it came to translating and would produce very literal translations, sometimes so bad that it was too hard to edit it into SVO English style like it's supposed to be.

In 2009 as DeuceBag was conspiring with Lipschultz and his programmer behind my back, to my face he was talking about finally redoing the Ys IV script, just like he redid the script with Gideon Zhi for Mask of the Sun (Shimarisu was also the first translator for that). Well, things having worked out the way they did, me learning what he was up to, cheating me when it came to the X.X.XSEED commercializing deals, we be won't be working with each other again to say the least... If I had the financial resources and will power, I already would've filed the lawsuits to bring the bastard to justice, so yeah, things are very far from any old plans that were talked about...

I offered the Ys IV script to SamIAm for retranslation, but he's not shown interest. After all, since it's already translated and competently enough, there's less motivation to work on something that's already done. I also offered esteban a shot at just rewriting the English to make it more fun, enjoyable, etc., but he never took me up on it... So nobody has come forward to either retranslate it from scratch or rewrite it Working Designs style...

When I started fan translation work I always hoped I could get Working Designs type results in the final product, but I never met anyone that could do that or was willing. DeuceBag actually has the same kind of hate for WD as did Shimarisu. It was personal for Shimarisu, she learned to translate Japanese because she was in Victor Ireland's chatroom when he snapped one day at the complainers and told them if they don't like his translation work to go learn Japanese and translate themselves. Well, Shimarisu says she was somebody that "rose to the challenge" and learned Japanese to "teach him a lesson." As you can imagine, she went in the complete opposite direction in translation style as Victor and in a petty fashion was cheering when WD shutdown!

I've talked about this before, you might've run into a post of mine here about it, but yeah... Anyway, so yeah, nobody has ever come to me to redo the script and I'm certainly willing!

The translation was fine I was just trying to mess with you. I like WD's translations in Lunar 1&2 for PSX, my only experience with their translations. I think translators should have some leeway in what they do, what would be the point in a joke that a non-japanese person wouldn't understand.


Maybe I should have said the formatting was awful, text was flowing everywhere, the font was atrocious.

[escarioth]

I should give Ys IV a try when i get some time

[Nando]

Cross Wiber. A great looking game, like seriously nice looking, definitely try it if you haven't. I wish the play mechanics were a bit more polished in some areas. Overall a must try IMO.

[Galder]

Hi everyone! I got a turbo express recently and I am playing Dead Moon and Legendary Axe. Love them both! The music is amazing in both games. 

[seieienbu]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV. MotS was much shorter for me at around 10hrs and around 17hrs for DoYs. DoYs was much more dynamic, better boss fights and better use of magic. DoYs did a better job of making the world feel connected, where MotS felt like a warp-fest.

Not that it's an unpopular opinion around here, but yeah I liked the PC Engine version more than the SNES version.  Also more than the PS2 version; still want to play the Vita port.

I offered the Ys IV script to SamIAm for retranslation, but he's not shown interest. After all, since it's already translated and competently enough, there's less motivation to work on something that's already done. I also offered esteban a shot at just rewriting the English to make it more fun, enjoyable, etc., but he never took me up on it... So nobody has come forward to either retranslate it from scratch or rewrite it Working Designs style...

The non sequitur in Xak about being a Republican always kinda reminded me of a line from Lunar on PS1 that went "You think I'm the president?  Then I guess that makes me Bill Clinton." or something like that.  I don't recall the Dawn of Ys translation being bad by any means though...

[johnnymad]

ALL OF THEM!!!!!1!!!! (just got my Everdrive)

[KGD]

Cadash... Getting pretty far! Good memories related to that game, too, which makes for a great playing experience.

[elderbroom]

Doing a play through of Bonk's Adventure as I just introduced my 7 year old daughter to it.  She's totally loving it .. so suspect Revenge will be next.

At an EB Games the other day with my daughter.  Some employee sees my her looking at the Skylanders figures and asks her if she's waiting for the new game to come out.  She replies "Yeah, but right now we're playing Bonk's on the Turbo Grafx !"  The guy looks over at me, smiles and gives me a thumbs up !  Gotta teach these kids right !

[elderbroom]

ALL OF THEM!!!!!1!!!! (just got my Everdrive)

Completely love mine .. works flawlessly. Thinking I now need one for a number of other consoles also.

[johnnymad]

ALL OF THEM!!!!!1!!!! (just got my Everdrive)

Completely love mine .. works flawlessly. Thinking I now need one for a number of other consoles also.

I've been thinking the same thing. I can sell off a bunch of carts and just get Everdrives. Will be cheaper in the long run.

[vexcollects]

Wanted to test out my turbo booster plus since I never have..(for some reason) , so I popped in Neutopia. Turns out the save feature works and since the game is so awesome I could not stop playing. That's the mistake I make every time I go to test a game, I don't stop playing.

[technozombie]

Finally beat Dawn of Ys today. Having now played Mask of the Sun and Dawn of Ys I can say that the PCE has the best iteration of Ys IV. MotS was much shorter for me at around 10hrs and around 17hrs for DoYs. DoYs was much more dynamic, better boss fights and better use of magic. DoYs did a better job of making the world feel connected, where MotS felt like a warp-fest.

Not that it's an unpopular opinion around here, but yeah I liked the PC Engine version more than the SNES version.  Also more than the PS2 version; still want to play the Vita port.

I offered the Ys IV script to SamIAm for retranslation, but he's not shown interest. After all, since it's already translated and competently enough, there's less motivation to work on something that's already done. I also offered esteban a shot at just rewriting the English to make it more fun, enjoyable, etc., but he never took me up on it... So nobody has come forward to either retranslate it from scratch or rewrite it Working Designs style...

The non sequitur in Xak about being a Republican always kinda reminded me of a line from Lunar on PS1 that went "You think I'm the president?  Then I guess that makes me Bill Clinton." or something like that.  I don't recall the Dawn of Ys translation being bad by any means though...

I don't remember that line from Lunar but one particular line stuck out to ~16 yr old me. Funnily enough I found it on tvtropes.org

" Getting Crap Past the Radar: In Silver Star Story, examine the chicken in Alex's house. An irritated Nall will comment on how they wake him up in the morning and how he wants to "choke them."

    The game is riff with so many subtle and not so subtle references, it's amazing the censors never picked it up."

[esteban]

I'm playing The Addams Family on Turbografx-CD.  I know most of you probably don't care for that game; but it's actually pretty fun.  Plus, it's the only Turbo CD game I have.  lol.  The game is really hard though.  So far, I could only go past the first part of the mansion.  I got to the part where you go down into the basement.  The game really throws annoying enemies at you, and you barely ever get hearts to refill your health.  Nothing like some old school difficulty.

+9.2 PTS. because Addams Family = your ONLY TG-CD (awesome)

I have yet to really give this game a chance. It just looked mediocre to me back in the day (before it was released). I know it has 100% more potential enjoyment than Ballistix, so I am not worried.

Your post, though, is going to inspire me to dig it out and play it. 

[neutopia6]

Finally playing Y's book I and II for the first time, loving it!
Got a Turbo Duo two months back, audio was gimping on Gates Of Thunder, so didn't bother with Y's but miraculously tried Valis II last night and audio works, so excited!!!

[johnnymad]

Been playing Air Zonk lately. It's weird, but I find it much more difficult than Blazing Lazers or any other vertical shooter. Haven't put enough time into I guess...or I'm just bad.

[esteban]

Been playing Air Zonk lately. It's weird, but I find it much more difficult than Blazing Lazers or any other vertical shooter. Haven't put enough time into I guess...or I'm just bad.

Sometimes, for no logical reason at all, I just struggle with some games.

DOCTOR HuCARD's PROGNOSIS: It's easy to lose track of bullets in Air Zonk, for example. So, until you become attuned to them, you'll be shrugging your shoulders and wondering why you suck. Unless, of course, you are Swiss...then you just suck.



CURRENTLY PLAYING: Nothing, sadly.

Finally playing Ys book I and II for the first time, loving it!
Got a Turbo Duo two months back, audio was gimping on Gates Of Thunder, so didn't bother with Ys but miraculously tried Valis II last night and audio works, so excited!!!

I'm actually envious. I've replayed the game so many times, I'd love to be able to be a Virgin Again (Virginian).

[neutopia6]

Definitely feels like one of those games, couple hours in, level 24 and in Darm Tower, magnificent game, gonna beat ValiS II later.

[johnnymad]

Sometimes, for no logical reason at all, I just struggle with some games.

DOCTOR HuCARD's PROGNOSIS: It's easy to lose track of bullets in Air Zonk, for example. So, until you become attuned to them, you'll be shrugging your shoulders and wondering why you suck. Unless, of course, you are Swiss...then you just suck.

Haha. Do you have a camera in my room or something? Definitely shrugged my shoulders every time I got hit.

[bob]

I'm playing The Addams Family on Turbografx-CD.  I know most of you probably don't care for that game; but it's actually pretty fun.  Plus, it's the only Turbo CD game I have.  lol.  The game is really hard though.  So far, I could only go past the first part of the mansion.  I got to the part where you go down into the basement.  The game really throws annoying enemies at you, and you barely ever get hearts to refill your health.  Nothing like some old school difficulty.

+9.2 PTS. because Addams Family = your ONLY TG-CD (awesome)

I have yet to really give this game a chance. It just looked mediocre to me back in the day (before it was released). I know it has 100% more potential enjoyment than Ballistix, so I am not worried.

Your post, though, is going to inspire me to dig it out and play it. 

Addams Family is fun.  Once you get used to the pacing, and a bit of a knack for the controls, the mansion is fun to try and figure out the order of the rooms.  Everybody dismisses it because for some reason, they made you the family lawyer, Tully.  (Maybe securing the license to Dan Hedaya was all they could afford?)
Anyway, I really do love this game, one of my guilty pleasures.  As for the trek to Gomez, you are correct, it's hard as fuck as you get deeper into the basement.  And wait until you get to the chains you have to pull at the end.  Unless you get lucky...

Back to what I'm playing...I just spent an hour with Tiger Road.

[esteban]

I'm playing The Addams Family on Turbografx-CD.  I know most of you probably don't care for that game; but it's actually pretty fun.  Plus, it's the only Turbo CD game I have.  lol.  The game is really hard though.  So far, I could only go past the first part of the mansion.  I got to the part where you go down into the basement.  The game really throws annoying enemies at you, and you barely ever get hearts to refill your health.  Nothing like some old school difficulty.

+9.2 PTS. because Addams Family = your ONLY TG-CD (awesome)

I have yet to really give this game a chance. It just looked mediocre to me back in the day (before it was released). I know it has 100% more potential enjoyment than Ballistix, so I am not worried.

Your post, though, is going to inspire me to dig it out and play it. 

Addams Family is fun.  Once you get used to the pacing, and a bit of a knack for the controls, the mansion is fun to try and figure out the order of the rooms.  Everybody dismisses it because for some reason, they made you the family lawyer, Tully.  (Maybe securing the license to Dan Hedaya was all they could afford?)
Anyway, I really do love this game, one of my guilty pleasures.  As for the trek to Gomez, you are correct, it's hard as fuck as you get deeper into the basement.  And wait until you get to the chains you have to pull at the end.  Unless you get lucky...

Back to what I'm playing...I just spent an hour with Tiger Road.

Tiger Road, along with Bravoman, are some of the few games I never beat.

But galam, your endorsement of Addams Family has convinced me to play it when I get back home. 

[neutopia6]

Today's been a blast, beat Valis II, beat Y's book I, onto part II, can't believe I've never played this before aha. 

[bob]

Today's been a blast, beat Valis II, beat Ys book I, onto part II, can't believe I've never played this before aha. 

I completed Valis 2 myself a few weeks ago. I never played it all the way through and i have a new appreciation for it.

[esteban]

Today's been a blast, beat Valis II, beat Ys book I, onto part II, can't believe I've never played this before aha. 

I completed Valis 2 myself a few weeks ago. I never played it all the way through and i have a new appreciation for it.

It's an enjoyable, easy platformer that could have been SO MUCH MORE. I still like it.

[neutopia6]

Yeah, Valis II was pretty easy, was my first time playing it, beat the game with four lives left lol.
I got number three as well, do you guys have a preference for which ones more enjoyable or challenging??

[esteban]

Yeah, Valis II was pretty easy, was my first time playing it, beat the game with four lives left lol.
I got number three as well, do you guys have a preference for which ones more enjoyable or challenging??

III and IV are probably the best, but some crazy folks say Valis I PCE (which, ha!, was the last released) is better...but I don't think it is.

III = my fave
IV = has some neat moments! very polished overall! but not as "special" as III, to me, anyway.

[neutopia6]

Okay cool, so Valis I is PC Engine seclusive?
What about IV??
Good to know aha, I look forward to number III.

[HailingTheThings]

Okay cool, so Valis I is PC Engine seclusive?
What about IV??
Good to know aha, I look forward to number III.

Should put that in your intro, I'd read it, I'd read the shit out of it. :3

[bob]

Okay cool, so Valis I is PC Engine seclusive?
What about IV??
Good to know aha, I look forward to number III.

I remember III having some pain in the ass jumps. Frustrating.

[neutopia6]

Lol, I look forward to getting frustrated aha, been playing Y's book II for like six hours straight. XD

[CrackTiger]

Okay cool, so Valis I is PC Engine seclusive?
What about IV??
Good to know aha, I look forward to number III.

Valis "1" started out on Japanese computers. It was only the last entry released for PC Engine. There is also a version of it for Genesis.

Valis II has a super deformed version on Genesis as well.

Valis III is also on Genesis and very good.

Valis IV got a neutered port on SNES, but they at least gave it some original backgrounds.

[DragonmasterDan]

Valis "1" started out on Japanese computers. It was only the last entry released for PC Engine. There is also a version of it for Genesis.

It's on Famicom as well.

[esteban]

Valis "1" started out on Japanese computers. It was only the last entry released for PC Engine. There is also a version of it for Genesis.

It's on Famicom as well.

God, I tried some Valis 1 on Famicom...god awful.

[DragonmasterDan]

God, I tried some Valis 1 on Famicom...god awful.

Valis is one of those series that I have various versions of 1-4 of. And the only one I really like is Syd of Valis. Yet, I have a lot of them. To me it's a more aggravating less fun Castlevania,

I wish I could justify why I own so many games in the series. In any event I have Valis 1 on famicom and it is indeed awful.

[geise]

Valis Phantasm Soldier and Valis IV are awesome on pc-engine.

[DragonmasterDan]

Valis Phantasm Soldier and Valis IV are awesome on pc-engine. 

I beat Valis II and got a good ways into Valis III. They were both really aggravating. I didn't like Super Valis IV on SNES either.

[esteban]

Valis Phantasm Soldier and Valis IV are awesome on pc-engine. 

I beat Valis II and got a good ways into Valis III. They were both really aggravating. I didn't like Super Valis IV on SNES either.

You SCROUNDREL!

Valis II TG-CD is easy and short. I wish it was either (1) much longer...more stages of the same (linear, not particularly creative) ***** or ****** (2) same length, but with more creative stage design (encouraging at least some exploration, at least onitially).

Valis III is great with a bit of challenging moments, not perfect, far from it, but a great little game that sadly, doesn't have many peers on PCE.

Valis IV on SNES is missing some of the magic...I haven't spent as  much time with it (I beat it, years ago, but I have not gone back for more...). I hate to condemn it without playing it again with fresh eyes...

[neutopia6]

Well, beat Bonks Adventure today, decided to play Valis III, died at least thirty times in a row, on some mountains near the beginning of the game, two big leaps in a row, second one I kept smashing my head off of, on top of my audio being incredibly quiet except for my sound effects which make me want to rip my hair out after an hour I can't do it anymore lol.

[bob]

Well, beat Bonks Adventure today, decided to play Valis III, died at least thirty times in a row, on some mountains near the beginning of the game, two big leaps in a row, second one I kept smashing my head off of, on top of my audio being incredibly quiet except for my sound effects which make me want to rip my hair out after an hour I can't do it anymore lol.

Told you...   

[esteban]

Well, beat Bonks Adventure today, decided to play Valis III, died at least thirty times in a row, on some mountains near the beginning of the game, two big leaps in a row, second one I kept smashing my head off of, on top of my audio being incredibly quiet except for my sound effects which make me want to rip my hair out after an hour I can't do it anymore lol.

Did you select different characters and experiment? Not sure what point you are at, but maybe the slide would help?

[neutopia6]

Got confused for a few minutes on level one lol, kept trying to jump over the big barrel looking things on the roof until I read the manual and learned I could slide lol.
Then beat the boss, heard a lot of static instead of voices for the cutscene, cried a little bit, continued on level II, there are two pits in a row, hell of a jump, but the second one I kept hitting my head on the rock ceiling, tried medium jumps, nothing was working, I'll try the slide for shits and giggles, if that was it I'm going to be mind blown lol.

[esteban]

Got confused for a few minutes on level one lol, kept trying to jump over the big barrel looking things on the roof until I read the manual and learned I could slide lol.
Then beat the boss, heard a lot of static instead of voices for the cutscene, cried a little bit, continued on level II, there are two pits in a row, hell of a jump, but the second one I kept hitting my head on the rock ceiling, tried medium jumps, nothing was working, I'll try the slide for shits and giggles, if that was it I'm going to be mind blown lol.

There might be a solution that involves freezing an enemy.

[neutopia6]

It was the slide, holy shit lol, didn't think that would work, who needs physics lol, thank you ahaha.

[bob]

so obtuse.

[PunkCryborg]

Had some friends over last night for some bomberman 94 and battle lode runner. My wife played the Space Invaders remix (hu card), Download and Magical Chase

[esteban]

Had some friends over last night for some bomberman 94 and battle lode runner. My wife played the Space Invaders remix (hu card), Download and Magical Chase

I really dig the Space Invaders HuCARD. FUN. 

I haven't had multi-player Bomberman or Dungeon Explorer or MotoRoader in far too long.