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The TurboGrafx-16 is one of those consoles that people either love or love to hate. There is no middle ground. For NEC’s first, and only, foray into console gaming in North America it was quite a polarizing console. Technically going head to head with the Sega Genesis but falling in between Sega’s newest console and […]
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TurboGrafx-16 Gaming on the Cheap
August 18th, 2017 
Brandon Weicks The TurboGrafx-16 was the forgotten middle-child of the the 16-bit era. Nintendo was the older “do-no-wrong” sibling while Sega was the loudmouth “look-at-me” younger sibling. The TG16 quietly offered good graphics and sound, but it wasn’t enough to standout in the North American Market. Prices for games on the TG16 are on the rise, but […]
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Tags: Blazing Lazers, bloody wolf, Devil's Crush, jj & Jeff, nec, pc-engine, turbografx 16, Vigilante 
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Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders is Out on Kickstarter
January 9th, 2017 Neil Reive We have seen plenty of games appear on the popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter for various videogame projects over the years, but not many with various different platforms planned. Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders, a brand new 2D platform game from OrionSoft, is being developed for four different platforms: Mega Drive/Genesis, Dreamcast, Game Boy, and Windows.
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Sega Tags: dreamcast, Green Light, kickstarter, mega drive, nec, pc, pc-engine, platformer, sega, sega genesis, steam, windows 1 Comment »
Fan Translation – E.V.O.: The Theory of Evolution Released for PC-98
December 30th, 2016 Neil Reive In 1993, E.V.O.: Search for Eden was released for the Super Nintendo in North America. The action platform game is all about evolution and is a spiritual sequel to 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron, a more darker, more story-driven role-playing game from Enix. However, 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron (translated as 4.6 Billion […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: enix, fan translation, nec, PC-98, role playing game, rpg, turn based 1 Comment »
Review – Out Live for Turbo Grafx-16 English Translation
December 26th, 2016 Carl Williams We take a critical look at the newly released fan translation for Out Live on the Turbo Grafx-16 console. If you are looking for hand holding in your RPG’s then look elsewhere, this is old school as can be.
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Posted in NEC, News, Reviews Tags: 1989, fan translation, nec, Out Live, pc-engine, sunsoft, turbo grafx-16 No Comments »
Henshin Engine Hits Kickstarter Bringing PC Engine Turbo Grafx 16 Action Platformer Home
September 6th, 2016 Carl Williams New Turbo Grafx-16, also known as PC Engine in Japan, games are not all that regular today. Fans have become accustomed to maybe one new game for this console per year, if that. Compared to the Sega Genesis and Atari 2600 new game output by independent developers, this is rather sad. Someone didn’t tell Sarumaru […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony, Xbox Tags: action, genesis, Henshin Engine, kickstarter, nec, nintendo, pc-engine, platform, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sega cd, snes, super nintendo 1 Comment »
Turbo Grafx-16 Thank You for Trying – Today in Retro Gaming – August 19th, 1989
August 18th, 2016 Carl Williams When NEC announced the Turbo Grafx-16 the press was abuzz with anticipation. Up till this point in recent years it was clearly Nintendo holding the power of gaming in their hands. Sega was just a meddling second placer fighting it out with Atari and their 7800 console (it was not much of a fight at […]
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Double Dungeons Brings Two Player Dungeon Crawling to Turbo Grafx-16 – December 31st, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
December 31st, 2015 Carl Williams Double Dungeons is a unique role playing game for the Turbo Grafx-16 console. Very much worth your time to play.
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Posted in NEC, News Tags: Bloodwych, Double Dungeons, dungeon crawl, nec, role playing game, rpg, turbo grafx-16 No Comments »
Chojin Heiki Zeroigar for PC-FX Translated by Fans, Choshin What?
August 12th, 2015 Carl Williams Scrolling shooters are a staple of videogames. Don’t believe me, just go look at the catalog of games from the first days of videogames. Asteroids was a shooter, so was Raid on Bungling Bay. Defender- yep. On the NES there were countless titles such as Gradius, Guardian Legend and more. Scrolling shooters in general are […]
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Posted in Console, NEC, News Tags: Chojin, Choshin Heiki Zeroigar, japan, nec, PC-FX, retro, retrogaming, scrolling shooter, World War II, WWII 10 Comments »
CYBER Gadget to Release the Retro Freak Game Console, 11 Platforms Supported Out of the Box
March 11th, 2015 Carl Williams This is interesting news, especially considering that severe lack of information on the RETRO Video Game System. CYBER Gadget Corporation is working on a console named “Retro Freak” which will purportedly play 11 different 16-Bit era consoles worth of games. That is quite the backlog for many of us, and a chance to add to […]
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