The Best, Must Play, Hidden Gems on TurboGrafx-16 (marathon)

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The Best, Must Play, Hidden Gems on TurboGrafx-16 (marathon)

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If you're looking at getting into TurboGrafx-16 but want some recommendations, here are 30 US games and 15 Imports you should check out. Thanks!
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@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

Check out the Underrated games on Genesis, Master System and even the SG-1000 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6ihmdxk2tirYac.html

@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

I'm still super sick so I whipped up this marathon of great TG16 games in the meantime. I'll get back to my usual stuff hopefully as soon as this weekend.

@Owazrim Жыл бұрын

Rest up and feel better dude.

@bryanb7838 Жыл бұрын

Get well soon

@kenterminateddq5311 Жыл бұрын

Damn, Riggs, I hope you get better, man. I can't wait until you talk about AEW: Fight Forever since you and I are both fans of old-school wrestling games.

@DeathMetalDerf Жыл бұрын

Get well soon!!

@JohnRiggs Жыл бұрын

@@kenterminateddq5311 I'll have my video up as soon as I'm allowed to post it public ;)

@zachreddy Жыл бұрын

Bonk 3 was absolutely released as a HuCard in both North America and Japan. There was also a CD version, but it’s mostly the same other than the soundtrack and some extra multiplayer minigame modes.

@freakyfornash Жыл бұрын

Right, and can confirm this as I HAVE it too!

@miketate3445 Жыл бұрын

If Legendary Axe is a hidden gem, EVERY good game on TG16 is a hidden gem!

@sardonical453 Жыл бұрын

Order of the Griffin. One of my all time faves.

@chaospoet Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@NinjaRunningWild Жыл бұрын

I beat that. It's a hidden Goldbox game. Great fun! Had to hand map all the levels.

@leeartlee915 Жыл бұрын

I’ve got just one thing to say: I frickin’ love Bonk. Something about the whacky graphics, chill OST, and that head flutter move. It’s just dope.

@turbo8890 Жыл бұрын

This is great! I'm prepping for the Analogue Duo and I've been trying to slowly expand my collection. Plenty of titles here that are new to me, thanks!

@dwightdixon8508 Жыл бұрын

TurboGrafx-16 and me go way back to its release and frustrations two years later when new game releases barely trickled in. The Legendary Axe or R-Type should have been pack in for sure. Vasteel is my absolute favorite game mostly vs a friend. Also love Bomberman 93, Military Madness, Beyond Shadowgate, Gate of Thunder & Air Zonk

@kenterminateddq5311 Жыл бұрын

I still wanna get the Turbo-Grafx Mini. The OG Turbo-Grafx was such an underrated console of the 90s.

@dwightdixon8508 Жыл бұрын

@@kenterminateddq5311 Yeah I have them, the TurboDuo (CD games are region free!) & PC Engine. Too bad NEC didn’t know what they were doing in North America as hundreds of fantastic PC Engine games left stuck in Japan never to be ported to NA.

@Juncti Жыл бұрын

Can't remember the name after all these years, but there was some kind of rpg racing game i had as a kid that i loved. Never could beat the last boss but the game was really cool. You'd go in this dragon warrior style over world, find towns, race in the local track to unlock better parts. Really cool game

@dereka4570 Жыл бұрын

Final Lap Twin!

@chrwhit Жыл бұрын

There are both CD and HuCard versions of Bonk 3

@miketate3445 Жыл бұрын

Bonk 3 came out on both CD and Chip. The chip version has more animation.

@DarudeSandworm Жыл бұрын

TG16 was all about those Silent Debuggers and Military Madness.

@gregorys9629 Жыл бұрын

Discovering this system through the TurboGrafx Mini a few years back was such a joy. Great selection of games here.

@catchall4574 10 ай бұрын

I just got a turbo 16 and its amazing i cant believe i never played one before

@Stephen_Eee Жыл бұрын

TurboGrafx, Yes Sir!

@DrJ3RK8 Жыл бұрын

The Legendary Axe games WERE actually two completely different games in Japan. They only named the second one that here in the US. (maybe Europe too) I love both games, but they're not the same franchise.

@Marc_Araujo Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was released as Dark Legend in Japan...should've just kept that name here.

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

I was going to mention this of no one else had.

@metalhorizon Жыл бұрын

Keith courage and Air zonk were the 2 games i played as a kid. I have fond memories of both.

@MickAshMetalMan Жыл бұрын

I don't know how to say this without sounding like I'm "bashing" you, this is a great video, John, and I wish it had timecodes :)

@DeathMetalDerf Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: They didn't really want to do a mascot character for the TurboGrafx 16 like Nintendo did with Mario and Sega with Sonic the Hedgehog. He kinda became the mascot in America by default because at the time the American consumer was used to a console having a mascot, and was more or less expecting there to be one.

@Cyanice 6 ай бұрын

8:02 adding this phrase to my daily vocabulary

@mjdf122 Жыл бұрын

I’m happy you are showing love for the turbo Grafx not many played that the Neo geo or the 3DO during the 80s and 90s since the world was all about Nintendo Sega and Sony I was blessed to have them and see all of gaming from 1980 to Now thank you John Riggs for all you do

@matthewbarrios1028 Жыл бұрын

Growing up Neutopia, keith Courage, and World Court Tennis were my favorite games for TG16 games. Just to focus on one, World Court Tennis was an RPG Final Fantasy type game where the battles were Tennis matches. Fantastic system. I still have my original and the mini console.

@georged7627 Жыл бұрын

Great video mate 👍🏾

@hectormontalvo5565 Жыл бұрын

Man I wish I had the money back in the day to buy the Turbo Duo but I was already buying games for NES, SNES, Master System and Genesis. And I was studying and working. Good reviews and cool video John!👉😃👈

@kenwheeler3637 Жыл бұрын

TG16 / PCE is an awesome system. So many great games for it. A lot of them never came out in the US but all of them are easily playable today. Hope you feel better soon, John.

@TimBitten Жыл бұрын

Tiger Road arcade is indeed the game of games man. It’s so good!

@puzzud Жыл бұрын

I don't have very much experience with this platform; so this video is good for that. One game a roommate and I played on another roommate's system was Moto Roader. It is surprisingly addictive.

@matthewbarrios1028 Жыл бұрын

Oh! And Tricky Kick. Fantastic puzzle game.

@ImWithTeamTrinity Жыл бұрын

I loved the turbographx-16, had it when I was 9. Had Blazing lasers, Keith Courage (half the game wasnt so bad) Chu man fu, R-type, Victory run. I wish I had taken better care of it.

@PixelzNcreatureZ Жыл бұрын

I picked up Bloody Wolf a few years ago at a game shop next to a Tattoo place called "Bloody Wolf"

@jpaleologos1 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprise you didn't mention Ninja Spirit. That game was incredible!

@user-uo6cq1cp3u Жыл бұрын

I discovered some of these when I got my Coregrafx Mini two Christmases ago, and that device might be the best gaming purchase I’ve made over the last few years. It legit made me wish I had taken the TG16 plunge back in the day. Neutopia, Dungeon Explorer, Blazing Lazers, Alien Crush, Chew Man Fu…Lords of Thunder is now my favorite shmup ever, and I had never even heard of it a few years back.

@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499 Жыл бұрын

You're the one who introduced me to Chew Man Fu. Such an awesome game, one of my favorites on the system. Love the TG16. Stoked out of my mind waiting for Analogue's new Duo console to ship!

@trevagraham1605 11 ай бұрын

The quest mode in Final Lap Twin is my favorite TG16 game of all time. Its a cross between Zelda and Pole Position.

@jasone3962 Жыл бұрын

You play as a slinky? It looks like the little green and purple Slinky things on Marble Madness

@Michael-ui4qj Жыл бұрын

Well I wish I could play these Turbo graphic 16 games without emulation

@RadiCalRaCer Жыл бұрын

Why... Emulation is awesome

@travissmith8017 Жыл бұрын

There's almost no difference unless you use a crt. With emulation you can even have less input lag!

@Michael-ui4qj Жыл бұрын

My favourite emulation is Powkiddy x39 pro so I get ya it is awesome but you can't really play Turbographic 16 games

@NinjaRunningWild Жыл бұрын

MiSTer FPGA. 🕹️

@jack-of-all-trades1234 Жыл бұрын

When I had this system everyone wanted to play Splatterhouse.

@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын

Devil's Crush - In Japan, the symbol on the top screen WAS a pentagram. They changed it for the international releases to avoid offending sensitive westerners. This also came out for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. And there was a Genesis-only sequel called Dragon's Revenge. Personally, I don't think it's as good though. Blazing Lasers - Ironically, I think there are TOO MANY powerups. Not the variety of them, but how many come up on the screen. Once you get the powerups you want, it actually becomes a chore trying to keep them, because it's so hard to avoid hitting another powerup by accident.

@jeremygreen2883 Жыл бұрын

Tiger Road is a great game, I have it on the Switch. It's part of the second Capcom Arcade collection. I thoroughly enjoyed playing through it.

@justinandrews520 2 ай бұрын

I would play the heck out of a Unicorn Crush pinball game

@mikelucash1881 Жыл бұрын

Bonk 3 was on Hu Card too not just Turbo CD

@nathanhansen1250 Жыл бұрын

A lot of these games had good graphics for the 80s.

@banzaiboy Жыл бұрын

I loved Bravoman! "Bravo"

@ianbraun271 Жыл бұрын

The "Monsters" in Alien Crush look like the aliens from Contra.

@timpize8733 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool. An underrated console.

@randomizzer2389 Жыл бұрын

That pinball game looks like a cross between Contra, Life Force, and pinball.

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly Bonk was supposed to be the very distant ancestor of Zonk.

@barrybubbles4639 Жыл бұрын

Hidden gems > Keith Courage, Bonk....looking forward to the master system hidden gems like Alex Kidd in miracle world, or that lesser known Game boy hidden gem Tetris 😂

@chaospoet Жыл бұрын

And that Zelda game they remade to be a hidden gem on Switch too. Can't forget that one.

@chrishensley5384 Жыл бұрын

Crater Maze is a great chill game.

@ianhowe338 Жыл бұрын

Man. I played a lot of Alien crush on my turboExpress. I had my TurboGrafx mini hooked up for a while, specifically to play alien crush. I recently discovered that A) you can still buy games on the ps3 store and B) that Alien Crush was available. So that’s where I play my turbo Grafx pinball, now. Meanwhile, what kind of a tg-16 list doesn’t have the criminally underrated TaleSpin? The TG version is by far the best. Strangely, the TG version of Darkwing… Ehh…

@kapmahn Жыл бұрын

I had and played almost all of these amazing games. Only a couple I missed while we had our system.

@marcrisa6352 Жыл бұрын

Sad to not see Splatterhouse on the list iknow its not a HIDDEN gem but feel it belongs on any TurboGrafx list

@TimBitten Жыл бұрын

Definitely my favorite game on the system!!

@marcrisa6352 Жыл бұрын

@@TimBitten Same! 😁

@nubatman Жыл бұрын

Ninja Spirit, Bonk 3, Chew-Man-Fu, Pac-Land and Paradol Stars were my favorites released on the system. I honestly never heard of Cratermaze until last year. Probably an unofficial sequel to Heiankyo Alien.

@jamesstaggs4160 Жыл бұрын

You can jump with the motorcycle in Bloody Wolf, that alone makes it awesome.

@dwaynemenzies8824 Жыл бұрын

My cousin was going to give me his Sega Master System and TurboGrax 16 , like 30 years ago, but I didn't feel right about it. I can't say I regret it even though the TurboGrax 16 is super expensive now, but I just enjoyed hanging out with my cousin. I never get to see him anymore because he has kids now.

@treedeblue Жыл бұрын

He can still invite u over a BBQ and some beers?

@TBoneTony Жыл бұрын

Almost every PC Engine game is worth a gem, even duckwing duck that was on the AVGN.

@Thelodis Жыл бұрын

The best thing about Download is the profane Engrish. The worst thing about Download is how difficult it is to find info about it on the Internet, because of the name.

@pekeciel Жыл бұрын

john, love your videos, greetings from argentina, do you play on Original hardware?

@Ubernewb111 16 күн бұрын

lol I like how half the games were shoot em ups

@tursilion Жыл бұрын

This is crazy.. I've never even heard of most of these games :)

@SuperDuperGamimg Жыл бұрын

I've never played a TurboGrafx console, i feel i have missed out on so many great games. Gonna price up one or purchase the mini me thinks. Great content as always John.👍🏻

@edgexl8327 Жыл бұрын

I was a SNES fan boy but I loved my TurboDuo. I sank way too much time in Ninja Spirit, Ys, Gate of Thunder and Lords of Thunder. Also an impressive port of Street Fighter II if you were willing to go through the hassles of importing.

@luismedeiros8005 Жыл бұрын

This console deserved a controller with more buttons. That was a major flaw... Also, its cpu can put on screen 482 different colors simultaniacely... more than the snes and much more than genesis... but you can't notice that on the games 🤔

@ianbraun271 Жыл бұрын

Keith Courage reminds me of NES Xanax.

@johngavalas74 6 ай бұрын

My favorite Turbografx 16 game goes to Soldier Blade greatest game released on the system

@retrogamer8085 Жыл бұрын

i heard that legendary axe 1 and 2 were not included with the TG16 mini konami put out because the dev, victor musical industries, wanted nothing to do with their own game. how crazy is that?! it won awards in EGM magazine back then, it was GOTY! it was sorely missed on the tg16 mini. while legendary axe 2 is.. weird.. it has excellent music for sure. the supergrafx had some awesome arcade ports. a few are actually on the tg16 mini. the tg16 was a very capable system back then, too bad it didnt last. it didnt have much 3rd party support in the way of major devs like capcom and konami for example.

@orlandoturbo6431 Жыл бұрын

Wish they had western style games maybe somebody will start making them. Like to see Robocop, Batman and Big Bang Pro Wrestling playing on the TurboGrafx16.

@AnthonyRiddle Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe Legendary Axe wasn’t added to the PC-Engine mini

@NinjaRunningWild Жыл бұрын

Probably a rights issue.

@tommyt22597 Жыл бұрын

Hope you are feeling better.

@chadfugate564 Жыл бұрын

Shockman just came to Nintendo switch. they need to put some more tg-16 games on there!

@far2d28 Жыл бұрын

Solid s stuff John thanks displaying some games that are on the mini that aren’t… and emulation now a days is probably the way to go and add these roms to those minis is so easy nowadays… keep it up

@aarongaspar Жыл бұрын

Nobody talks about the big twist in the middle of Bloody Wolf. Whatsupwitdat?

@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 Жыл бұрын

Crater Maze is like Lode Runner & Bomberman mixed

@lovemadeinjapan 2 ай бұрын

No, it is amputated Doraemon. They killed the cat in the US release!

@darklordyianni4463 Жыл бұрын

Best video!

@aruanmoura6217 9 ай бұрын

Nice list.

@licentiousdreams Жыл бұрын

In another time-line we're playing slinky eternal as slinky guy getting to erase off brand toys nobody wanted as gifts and decided to take out their pain from rejection on all the kids who tossed them to the side and never played with all because they didn't have movable limbs nor any projectiles for guns. All this takes place in a world made from mega blocks since the Legos weren't lying in the junk bin.

@jonathanlisowski5618 Жыл бұрын

I haven't played Download yet but Soldier Blade is my pick for best shooter on TG-16.

@jimmystancliff2843 Жыл бұрын

I own Splatterhouse

@BM-wh5qk Жыл бұрын

Somer Assault should have been called Slinky Assault.

@robertootero8535 8 ай бұрын

Hello, I've been watching your show for quite a long time and enjoy all your episodes. And are you trips that you go to the game store? My question is is there any way to port PC engine games on to the sega Genesis?

@samamir8765 Жыл бұрын

I own this console but I’m not going to play on it ever again nothing was a big deal the graphics were 16 bits it’s time to move on enjoy the PS5 Xbox series X Nintendo Switch PC

@tekkensentai Жыл бұрын

No love for Veigues Tactical Gladiator, Psychosis or Samurai Ghost?

@nolancampbell4451 Жыл бұрын

Pc engine and turbo grafx was the coolest console of its time

@angeluzerrare8170 Жыл бұрын

There is a Gekibo 2 for the PlayStation 2 :D

@danielrhodes7594 6 ай бұрын

In your opinion is Bonk's Adventure better on Turbo-Grafx16 or NES? It seems that Bonk's Revenge and Air Zonk are only on Turbo Gafx16. So to play those games it seems like the Turbo system is a system to get.

@Papasplayhouse451 Жыл бұрын

Really wish Nintendo would strike a deal with Konami and put these games on the Switch Online!

@treedeblue Жыл бұрын

Wonder if Riggs preordered a analog duo??

@ianswift3521 Жыл бұрын

everyone knows devil crush bro.

@lovemadeinjapan 2 ай бұрын

Cratermaze alone is reason enough not to get that fugly chunk of black plastic called Turbo Grafx 16. Get the white PC Engine, nothing else. It is cheaper, looks cooler, and has nice looking HuCards instead of lame text-only designs. Cratermaze on the PC Engine is Doraemon! Yes, you see that right, it is a ROBOT-CAT! The music is much cooler too. Second reason YOU MUST get a PC Engine, is Final Soldier, the best of the Soldier series that never came out on TG16.