I alwasy wanted one, those schmups are simply brilliant! It was never released in Europe and the SNES ruled my hear and mind ever since it was released. Minf you, it was the best bonus out on the Wii VC, because the PC Engine games where the only ones that I never played or own out of the currente available lot.

Still remember all the fuss when Street Fighter II came out. It was the first time ever we could lpay a portable version of SF2 on both TV and portable system with the same cart!

There were soem brilliant ideas on that hardware, and other that werent so good (The Supergrafx...), but it truly pioneered int he correct way the use of the CD Rom.

I missed this one while I was a kid because of being born in Europe. Im taking my revenge now on Wii VC. :)

Shiryu

Also, that picture reminds me of my Pocket Station. I think I still have it laying around somewhere, it was my "gameboy" at the time, I still remember leveling up my SFZ3 characters :)

Might have to grab a new one off Ebay, to add to my pile of collectible crap.

everybest

I've got no idea what the TurboGrafx-16 is. The only console I had access to when I was little was my cousin's house. We'd go into the dimly lit basement with the flickering fluorescent lights and huddle around the 20" TV hooked up to the NES.

God, I sound old.

everybest

I've had my TurboGrafx-16 since the early 90's when it was new. I still have the box it came in and all the styrofoam inserts. I've bought several accessories even (extra controller, controller cord extension, TurboTap adapter, TurboStick joystick...) I remember looking in magazines and wanting more games and accessories. I remember seeing lots of stuff I wanted but couldn't afford such as the TurboBooster and TurboBoosterPlus, the CD player attachment, the TurboExpress, the TurboDuo, the SuperGrafx, the PC-FX console... all NEC and PC-Engine related stuff. I would love to see a new NEC console. I would want one.

BTW, to everybest, and anyone else who didn't know. The picture is of the PC-EngineGT (TurboExpress in NA) handheld. It uses the same games as the PC-Engine (or TurboGrafx) with no modification. It's like the Sega Nomad except this came out about five years earlier in 1990. Backlit LCD screen, "16 bit" games, optional TV tuner, terrible battery life, and too expensive. I wanted one pretty bad.

And my avatar pic is of Johnny Turbo. NEC's terrible mascot (actually TTI's) in the waning years of the TurboGrafx's life.

Eltigro

Some new hardware would be pretty neat. I discovered the TG16 over the summer and it's a great console.
The TurboExpress was way ahead of its time. I was very impressed by it even in this day and age. Of course, maybe it's because mine seems to actually have an acceptable battery life...

MrKsoft

@everybest: "God, I sound old. "

You think THAT'S bad? Pfff. I remember going to my friend's house who had this amazing contraption called a home PC. Can you believe it! A computer in his basement! We'd huddle around it and play rounds of JOUST & Oregon Trail.

On that point it is really bizarre to remember and have lived in a time before computers and cell phones; we can't go a day without them now.

But yeah, the TG-16 was my favorite console. I got it after the NES. Ys Book I and II, Splatterhouse, Dungeon Explorer, Exile, Bonk, Cadash.... so many fun games. I'm pretty sure too it was the first console to use CD ROM games.

ExistentialEgg

the turboExpress and neogeo were what dreams were made of back in the day...I remember gazing lovingly at them at the local videogame shop, knowing they could never be mine, and loving them all the more for it.

arexsvn

don't know what happened to my old turbo grafx. i loved that console. splatterhouse, bonk, jj and jeff, dragon spirit, KEITH COURAGE! that game had excellent music. getting a little weepy. at least my atari jaguar keeps me warm at night.

heddtrauma

Actually the TurboGrafx 16 was also made by NEC (Nippon Electric Company). It was a collaborative effort my Hudson Soft and NEC to enter the then lucrative gaming market.

I actually have a working TurboDuo with copies of the Y's book 1 and 2 CD, and the SuperCD of Bonk 1 & 2, and Gates of Thunder.

Great system that was underappreciated in the U.S.

animeman59

I still have my TurboExpress and TG16
I lent my TurboDuo to a friend and he lost it.
I want to kill him now.
Lost all my fuckin CD games too.

Chapel

Oh man! Turboxpress! The only major handheld missing from my major handheld collection. My Lynx's have a cold spot on one side where the TE should be.

trigger2

I still have my Turbo Grafx 16 plus the CD attachment (and the super system card). I have to find my Turbo Express... Surprisingly, all of the stuff still works.

vfxraven19

loved the interview. also further proof that Brandon Sheffield is totally hardcore, not that any more was needed to determine that.

e_tank

@arexsvn: same here, used to stare at the machines behind the glass cases, neo geo, turbo duo/express, and sega cdx. back then i wanted a turbo express most of all but could never afford it either, though that didn't stop me from going to toys r us every week to play it. finally did get one brand new along with a copy of blazing lazers back around 2002 or 2004 from videogamedepot.com (out of business now i think). at the time there were a bunch of brand new ones that started circulating the market again.

e_tank

I miss my Turbo Express. it is the portable Turbographx 16 that is shown above, it actually played the console games on the handheld.

but I sold my Turbo Grafx 16 the CD attachment 4 controllers the controller multi-port, about 40 games and the Turbo Express for about $850 American.

While I'm not sure I should have because I miss it, I hope they come out with an iPhone Turbo Grafx app.

I thought I would be able to sell it and get a new PS2 after mine broke but I got a lot more from the sale.

Assassin_Kensei

@Assassin_Kensei: my poor PS2 got pulled off my shelf and smashed, it must have wanted to know what Humpty Dumpty felt like.

Assassin_Kensei