Formal Introduction and Hello to Everyone! :)

[ddoubledee]

I finally took the plunge and created an account on this forum. I've lurked around Aaron Nanto's website here waaaay back when... Waaaay back when Ys Eternal was still new in Japan (2000, 2001?)... But for some reason, I never really explored the forums. I guess I still had 'Turbo-friends' in real life back then... (Lol!) So better late than ever... Here is my personal history with the Turbo...

My experience with the Turbo began in 1990, when I received a TurboGrafx-16 for my birthday. I only owned a handful of games for the system in my youth, but I played the $#*@ out of them... Keith Courage, Military Madness, Dungeon Explorer, Final Lap Twin, Dragon's Curse and Cadash were my original 6... A couple of years later I got a TurboExpress... Which I loved! I took those games with me everywhere...

But I still lusted for the CD-ROM system... Luckily, a local video store had a lot of TurboGrafx stuff available to rent-- Including the CD-Attachment! They got a TurboDuo later on, too. I would rent that CD-Attachment every weekend I could. So often that the owner started letting me rent the thing for $6 for the whole weekend. Hands down, the game I played the most was Ys Book 1&2. It was the first game I ever saw with animated cutscenes and real voice acting. I'll never forget playing it for the first time and having that holy $#*@ moment-- "OH MY GOD IT'S ACTUALLY TALKING!!!!" (Haha!) Eventually, I discovered other great games through trial and error with renting... Cosmic Fantasy 2, Dragon Slayer, Dungeon Explorer II, Loom, Lords of Thunder, Cotton... I played them all when they were fresh and new...!! 

Eventually, of course, that store closed down... All the games and systems were sold off behind closed doors... Once again, as luck would have it, the TurboGrafx-CD system and all the games ended up in the hands of a family friend. So for many more years, I would borrow and play with it... Until one day, the family moved away... You'd think that would be the end of the story... But no, not quite...

Years later, I finally got my hands on my own CD system-- A TurboDuo!! I bought it used for $120 at the time (What a steal, eh? Haha!)... But I had no CD games for it, so I just played CD-Rs in it...

More years passed... Adult responsibilities came along... And at one point, I was badly in need of cash... I sold nearly my entire video game collection... Not just the Turbo systems-- also my NES, Genesis/SegaCD, SNES, Playstation... Everything!! I'm still sick with regret over it... and I'm fighting hard to rebuild what I had...

The good news is, I'm doing pretty well with the Turbo consoles again... I might not have a Duo or an Express anymore... But I do have two fully functional TurboGrafx-CD systems, which is still pretty damn sweet. I also don't have a ton of games compared to some of you, but the ones I do have are pure gold! I'll post a picture of my stuff one of these days.

My Current HuCard Collection (May 1st, 2015)

• Dungeon Explorer
• Military Madness
• Final Lap Twin
• Dragon's Curse
• Cadash
• Bomberman '93
• Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
• Arcade Card Pro (JP)
• System Card 2.0
• Tennokoe Bank (JP)

My CD-ROM Collection (May 1st, 2015)

• Dungeon Explorer II
• Ys Book 1 & 2
• Ys III
• Gate of Thunder 3-in-1
• Cosmic Fantasy 2
• Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes

All games are USA region unless specified as Japan region with (JP).

Well, that's my whole story... As you can see, I really need a Keith Courage and some shoot-em-ups (Hehe!).

[cjameslv]

Welcome to the forums and you got some good titles there!

[NecroPhile]

Welcome aboard!  'Tis cool that you got to sample all the goodies via rental back in the day.

[esteban]

Welcome, comrade!

[jelloslug]

Welcome! Don't let Nulltard get his goo on you.

[MotherGunner]

Hi D-DD (3D?), Welcome! :-)

[wildfruit]

Welcome friend. I love double ds

[Warbucks]

Welcome

[synbiosfan]

Welcome

[SuperPlay]

Welcome :-)

[Bardoly]

Welcome to Pcenginefx!

[blueraven]

Greetings!

Many of us here, including myself, share the shame and regret of having sold off the turbobs for petty insignificant things like paying the mortgage.  I'm glad to see you've gotten your priorities straight once again and have returned to gaming nirvana!

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