The Konami Turbografx Mini Review
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Published 2020-05-24
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Opening 3D Logo By:
Jan Neves
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Opening 2D Animation By:
Kevin Bhall
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Episode Notes:
1. Bonk's Adventure has the worst of the input lag.
2. The full game list:
TURBOGRAFX:
Air Zonk
Alien Crush
Blazing Lazers
Bomberman ‘93
Bonk’s Revenge
Cadash
Chew-Man-Fu
Dungeon Explorer
J.J. & Jeff
Lords Of Thunder
Military Madness
Moto Roader
Neutopia
Neutopia II
New Adventure Island
Ninja Spirit
Parasol Stars
Power Golf
Psychosis
R-Type
Soldier Blade
Space Harrier
Splatterhouse
Victory Run
Ys Book I&II
PC ENGINE:
Akumajō Dracula X Chi No Rondo
Aldynes
Appare! Gateball
Bomberman ’94
Bomberman Panic Bomber
Chō Aniki
Daimakaimura
Dragon Spirit
Dungeon Explorer
Fantasy Zone
Galaga ’88
Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
Gradius
Gradius II – Gofer No Yabō –
Jaseiken Necromancer
Nectaris
Neutopia
Neutopia II
Ninja Ryūkenden
PC Genjin
Salamander
Seirei Senshi Spriggan
Snatcher
Spriggan Mark 2
Star Parodier
Super Darius
Super Momotarō Dentetsu II
Super Star Soldier
The Genji and the Heike Clans
The Kung Fu
The Legend of Valkyrie
Ys I・II
3. I felt my Sega Genesis Mini review was far too long so I really tried to streamline this one.
4. The Japanese PC Engine version of this has a couple of different games. You may want to investigate if you want one.
5. There is a TurboExpress display option that is utterly ruined by a ludicrous LCD screen filter. It looks terrible.
All Comments (21)
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Man you are killing it with content and frequency of uploads. Fantastic job dude!
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SNES mini, génesis mini and TG16 MINI, the 16 bits 90s are back.
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I absolutely adore these little mini systems, and this one has me especially excited, since of the 16 bit platforms, I have the least experience with the Turbo, and the vast majority of these games are new to me. I just... uh... REALLY wish they had just slapped the SEGA CD version of Snatcher's English script on there... c'mon guys...
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It's a real shame that the turbografx didn't really catch on. At the time it had the only way to play castle vania rondo of blood or castle vania dracula X This is probably one of the best mini consoles I've ever seen.
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I absolutely love this thing. So glad they made it 😍
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I'm definitely getting one: I can't wait to play Bonk on it instead of on my Wii U.
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Great quality channel, good luck man.
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I want to thank you for the very measured and proper explanation of how these games play on the mini vs original hardware. There are too many big channels nitpicking the input lag and calling some games near unplayable that is somewhat shameful... to the point where I had to create my own set of videos and do thorough lag test comparisons to set the record straight. Of course my channel is new and small so few will see it, but I wanted to drop a line and thank you for a proper measured explanation. Mine wasn't quite as kind lol, but the gist was there. A friend linked me here and you've earned my Subscribe!
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Out of all the Mini Consoles I have so far, this is my 2nd favorite.
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I really wish this wasn't an Amazon exclusive, sigh
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I still have my original but totally want this one even if it's just to finally play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Supergrafx's Ghouls'n Ghosts. Still shocked the amazing Legendary Axe was left out, it's one of the main games i think of when I think TG-16. Glad to see you covering this!
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I’ve been binge watching your videos for days. You’re content is amazing! 🤜🏼💯👍🏼
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*UPDATE ON 25TH MAY 2020: I just bought this thing on amazon, it was $108 and now i have to handle international shipping, so that will be around $20 shipping and maybe $10 customs , the item will ship from amazon on sunday and needs like a week to reach my house. for almost $110 with taxes and free shipping, i rather wait for a price drop, i guess maybe when it is around $85 then i would pick it up, i find it hard to go pick up a $100 amazon gift card and still a bit short, so will wait a bit for anything under the $100 mark and i will be good, but at this price ? if it was $100 net price, then yeah, but we all know amazon and taxes, will wait a month or so and see.
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several of the games include alternate versions as easter eggs, accessible by hilighting them on the menu and hitting sellect. they are: gradius, detana twinbee, Salamander, fantasy zone, and souldger blade. in the case of salamander, gradius, and fantasy zone, this takes the form of a "near arcade version" which is an arrangement version that tries to better mimmic it's arcade source material (the gradius one even goes so far as recreating the bubble system's bootup sequence, complete with morning music, before the title screen appears). in the case of detana twinbee, it takes the form of a port of the original twinbee arcade, using detana twinbee's assets. in the case of souldger blade, the alternate version is the "caravan version", which was a time attack mode that was created for a series of esports competitions set up by hudson in the late 1980s. also within the system is a fully fleshed out version of the force gear arcade minigame from tokimeki memorial, marking that franchise's western debut.
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Got mine last night, havent watched the video yet but let me just say its awesome and I love the fact the controller works on the pie perfectly..why havent more people meantioned this fact? It was the first thing I did was test it on my pi
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Mine should finally be here on the 26th....I cannot wait!
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The lack of translation for Japanese text heavy games like Snatcher boggles my mind. Why even include them on the NA release?
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Mine comes in Tuesday, I can't wait to play it
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Your content is some of the best I have watched on youtube recently. Prove you don't have to yell and make silly jokes to be entertaining. Thank you!
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Great video. Thank you. Mine should be coming shortly.