Top 10 Turbo Games

[geise]

^ Darkwing Duck?  Well I like Energy so I guess I can see that, but for a top 10?  I gotta ask what you like about it.  I do love me some Last Alert!

[DildoKKKobold]

^ Darkwing Duck?  Well I like Energy so I guess I can see that, but for a top 10?  I gotta ask what you like about it.  I do love me some Last Alert!

I have a fondness for bad games, especially platformers.  When you've played too many platformers, they all start to seem same-ish, unless their mechanics deviate wildly from the norm. A game that forces you to adapt to a new set of rules, especially due to funky gravity or strange jumping mechanics becomes way more interesting than a well-built, but otherwise bland platforming engine (Like Super Adventure Island on the SNES!). Its all about having to learn something new.

I actually created a speedrun of Darkwing Duck - managed to find a few time saving glitches, all on my own. Note, this is not a tool-assisted run, its done by my own hand.

These days, I'd rather play a really great or really bad platformer. A mediocre platformer is the bane of my existence.

[sirhcman]

TOTAL TAS! I think my best run of Darkwing Duck was 14m30s

[geise]

My best run is 5 minutes before I turned it off.

[NecroPhile]

I can't quite beat Darkwing Duck on normal, but it's not bad on easy.  The life meter is so generous you can afford to take a lot of cheap hits due to the shat hit detection and slippery controls.

[bob]

I keep torturing myself with attempts at Talespin.  Talk about unresponsive!
And the arc of the projectiles is a bitch.

[DildoKKKobold]

I can't quite beat Darkwing Duck on normal, but it's not bad on easy.  The life meter is so generous you can afford to take a lot of cheap hits due to the shat hit detection and slippery controls.

Its honestly not even worth playing on Normal. Its not fun, at all.

[esteban]

I can't quite beat Darkwing Duck on normal, but it's not bad on easy.  The life meter is so generous you can afford to take a lot of cheap hits due to the shat hit detection and slippery controls.

Its honestly not even worth playing on Normal. Its not fun, at all.

I have always been playing this on normal.

Should I be a pussy and try "easy"...cause I need to get at least *some* enjoyment from that game.

[DildoKKKobold]

I can't quite beat Darkwing Duck on normal, but it's not bad on easy.  The life meter is so generous you can afford to take a lot of cheap hits due to the shat hit detection and slippery controls.

Its honestly not even worth playing on Normal. Its not fun, at all.

I have always been playing this on normal.

Should I be a pussy and try "easy"...cause I need to get at least *some* enjoyment from that game.

Its not that, its that its actually playable on easy... and fun.

I keep torturing myself with attempts at Talespin.  Talk about unresponsive!
And the arc of the projectiles is a bitch.

I actually found Talespin fun as well. The cheap deaths are really annoying, and it isn't as fun as DW Duck, but its not as awful as people say.

[iretrogamer]

but right now the pinball game I've been playing the most is Lost Gladiators (SS).

Good choice, I love almost all the Saturn pinball games!

Ever played Kyuutenkai Fantastic Pinball?

I had actually not heard of this game until now. Looking into it. Thanks for posting.

Oh it's "fantastic" - quite literally! - I hope you were able to check it out. I still immensely enjoy it's wacky anime style meets medieval pinball aesthetic!

[Otaking]

Not Turbo Grafx but for PC Engine here's my top 10:

1. Strider (Super Grafx version)

2. Dracula X Special HuCard

3. RPC Genjin

4. Peter Pack Rat

5. Adventure of the Mummyhead

6. Blue Forest Monogatari

7. Hopper Cat

8. PC Cocoron

9.  Marble Madness

10. Dino Force

Honorable mentions to:
Geisha Warriors
Blunders
Silky Lip
Imperial Force
Danso Toshi Stray Road


Any PCEngine/Turbo Grafx N00bs I recommend to check out all these games on my list first before anything else, treat it as the definitive new to the system buyers guide.

[esteban]

My top game of all time:

Rift War Saga

[Psycho Punch]

Not Turbo Grafx but for PC Engine here's my top 10:

1. Strider (Super Grafx version)

2. Dracula X Special HuCard

3. RPC Genjin

4. Peter Pack Rat

5. Adventure of the Mummyhead

6. Blue Forest Monogatari

7. Hopper Cat

8. PC Cocoron

9.  Marble Madness

10. Dino Force

Honorable mentions to:
Geisha Warriors
Blunders
Silky Lip
Imperial Force
Danso Toshi Stray Road


Any PCEngine/Turbo Grafx N00bs I recommend to check out all these games on my list first before anything else, treat it as the definitive new to the system buyers guide.

Bitch where's TV Sports Baseball in your list?

[DragonmasterDan]

Bitch where's TV Sports Baseball in your list?

It wouldn't fit. It actually exists (someone found a proto card a couple years ago). I guess the same could be said of Marble Madness though.

[Serega81]

My top 10 are a bit different then most on this list, I never owned a tg16 and got a duo in 94, most of the games I played at first were imports and all CD based.  A lot of this list is biased by nostalgia.

1. Exile Wicked Phenomenon
2. Ys IV
3. Exile
4. Blood Gear
5. Neo Metal Fantasy
6. Babel
7. Cosmic Fantasy IV Part 1 *
8. Download
7. Tengai Makyo Fuun Kabuki Den
8. Ruin: Kami No Isan
9. Fiend Hunter
10. Dracula X

* - I'm one of the few on here, that actually really enjoyed Part 1, finding the game very colorful and entertaining, even if I did get stuck in the village, with no way of progressing. (those who have played it no doubt heard of this bug

[FraGMarE]

Bitch where's TV Sports Baseball in your list?

It wouldn't fit. It actually exists (someone found a proto card a couple years ago). I guess the same could be said of Marble Madness though.

I can confirm with 100% certainty that T.V. Sports Baseball exists.  It was on display at the 1993 Summer CES in Chicago, stuck inside a TurboExpress in the back row of the TTI booth.  ;)

[Keith Courage]

I keep torturing myself with attempts at Talespin.  Talk about unresponsive!
And the arc of the projectiles is a bitch.

I liked Tale spin as a kid. I'll have to revisit it soon to know if I still enjoy it. The controls never bothered me. I just got used to them.

[Psycho Punch]

I got talespin from Mr. Hailing and I still haven't done an attempt at actually beating it. Maybe I misjudged it but the game isn't very fun.

[pc_kwajalein]

In no particular order:

Legendary Axe- Still legendary

Bonk's Revenge- That's how a sequel is done
 
Air Zonk- Bonk + scrolling shooter = fun!

Lords of Thunder- 'Nuff said.

Bonk's Adventure- Start of something good

Bomberman- Fun with explosives

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu- 真棒!

Cadash- Priestess for the win

Gate of Thunder- That intro tho

King of Casino- I enjoy the payout

[geise]

Gate Of Thunder
Dungeon Explorer
Ys Book I & II
Lords of Thunder
Spriggan
Blazing Lazers / Gunhed
Air Zonk / PC Denjin
Tengai Makyo II
Super Star Soldier
Sapphire

EDIT:  Hmmm my list seems to have changed a bit over the last decade.

Yeah these lists are always hard to make, but fun in the process (for me anyways).  These go in no particular order.

1. Ys I&II
2. Ys III
3. Gate of Thunder
4. Lords of Thunder
5. Far East of Eden Tengai Makyo II
6. Dracula X
7. Air Zonk
8. Bomberman 1
9. Override
10. Dungeon Explorer II

[esteban]

^ Ha! I love comparing those two lists. I can understand some of the changes...

[OleGrafx]

1. Akumajo Dracula X – Chi No Rondo
2. Splatterhouse
3. Popful Mail
4. Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
5. Star Parodier
6. Ninja Ryukenden
7. Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu
8. Bonk`s Adventure
9. Blazing Lazers
10. Devil`s Crush