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Howdy RFGen,

Finally found a PC Engine Complete in Box for a price I could accept. I couldn't be happier! I am having a tough time deciding which games to get. What are some of your personal faves?

Kato-chan & Ken-chan.  It's a great Hudson platformer that's still easy to find at a good price.

THE EXPENSIVE ONES! Wait, PC-Engine, not TG-16... ;)

Most of the ones that I know of are shmups, Bomberman, and Tower of Druaga.

I don't have many yet, but Rondo of Blood and Ninja Gaiden are good. I want to get more of the shooters at some point, especially the Konami releases.

Thanks for the insight!

Definitely looking at the shumps, I'm really starting to appreciate those more now that I'm older and don't have the reflexes for them >< 
Rondo of Blood and Ninja Gaiden sound great. Know of a good place to find pics of the cases? (My Japanese is pretty rusty).

GameFAQs?

Congrats!

The TG16/PCE CDS are region free.

Recommended games:

KiKi KaiKai - forerunner to Pocky & Rocky port of the arcade game

Toilet Kids -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx0A4B-ceqo

Wonder Momo -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Momo

Star Parodia - Hudson version of Parodius

Also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRYOslXTCs

Beyond jealous of your Duo-R score, but congrats!  I'll second Star Parodia - I have it via the Star  Soldier Collection PSP release (Japan-only), and it's a fun game, especially if you're into the Konami cute-em-up games like Parodius, TwinBee, etc.  Solid title, lots of fun.

Ninja Gaiden, Rondo of Bllod, Splatterhouse

Looks like I'm going to have a great time hunting for these crazy shooters. Only in Japan...
I'll get some photos up as soon as I get in the studio.
The US controller isn't compatible with the Japanese console right?

Adaptor required. The US plug is huge, the PC Engine's is smaller.

Ys Books I & II. My fave game of all time for my fave series of all time. Take Zelda mix it with an action RPG give it a rock OST and on speed and you got Ys. (eace)

I'll definitely keep an eye out!

I was born in 1989 and I had never even heard of the PC Engine until the mid 2000's. To this day, I haven't seen one. I was almost going to take the plunge and buy one on eBay a few weeks ago but it was just more than what I wanted to spend at the moment.

It seems to me like a console that was meant to replicate the arcade experience at the time, similar to the Neo Geo. From the videos and pictures I've seen, it looks simply beautiful. The system is known for its shmups as I'm sure others have mentioned, and I'm not sure what else the system has to offer in terms of genres that I like- racing, action, fighting, beat em ups, but it's definately one of the "holy grails" of video game systems for collectors- at least for me.

unless you were really good at doing your research, most people wouldn't have heard of it back when it was new...it was only available overseas, with us getting just the Turbo Grafx-16

sorry I get those mixed up. I had never heard of the TG16 til 2005 or 2006 I think

oh ok, ya even the TG16 was pretty obscure, out at a time when all people cared about was sega or nintendo.

I had never heard of the Neo Geo, CD-I, or 3DO until the internet became big. I vaguely remember seeing an Atari Jaguar at the Mall of America and I remember seeing Game.com games at Best Buy. outside of that it was just Sega, Nintendo, and PlayStation as you said.

Love my TurboDuo and all of the glorious shmups for it, but my favorite game for the Duo, has to be
 Ys I & II