As you may have guessed, we're big Turbografx-16 fans here, so Brandon Sheffield's interview with Hudson USA president John Greiner, who was with the company through that system's lifetime, was an especially good read for us. The interview is long and detailed, and covers a lot of Hudson's lesser-known franchises like Tengai Makyou, as well as the fantastic Kato-chan and Ken-chan, which we got as JJ & Jeff. It also talks about how Hudson got into the Virtual Console biz.Here's the quote of the freaking millennium for us: "We're looking at...you know, eventually all Turbo Grafx games will be on the Virtual Console, because they're going to be emulations." Oh, no, wait, that's awesome, but here's the quote of the millennium: "We're going to work on the Turbo Grafx titles, but there were 600 some-odd PC Engine titles, and there were only 150 or so Turbo Grafx titles, so I think that if people tell us they want these games, absolutely."
We cannot control our dancing. It is difficult to type at the moment.
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4-04-2007 @ 6:26PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Every single game of a system is truly awesome. Nintendo and Sega and NeoGeo better get cracking.
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4-04-2007 @ 6:31PM
Mr Khan said...
I demand both the SNES and genesis port of Shaq-Fu!
It shall be delivered!!
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4-04-2007 @ 6:59PM
Marcelo said...
Hm. I had no experience with the TG16 back when it was around. I'd love to play the games that rock on it, but I have no idea which ones they are. Are there any websites that would list the ten or so must have TG16 games on the Virtual Console? Does anyone have favorites?
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4-04-2007 @ 7:59PM
reef said...
Blazing Lasers, where are you?
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4-04-2007 @ 8:28PM
JC Fletcher said...
I ask the same question every single day. Blazing Lazers, where are you?
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4-04-2007 @ 9:18PM
zenprism said...
I really wanted a TG16 back in the day but I was but a wee boy and couldn't afford one. So I'm loving the TG16 releases on the Virtual Console.
As a resource, I go to this site to check up on the games I'm not familiar with:
http://www.pcengine.co.uk
I'm addicted to Dragon's Curse at the moment. I also recommend Bomberman 93 (w/friends to play with).
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4-04-2007 @ 9:40PM
BPM said...
Hmm... I really don't think every single game of any system is necessary (who wants to play Bebe's Kids again?), but just the good ones.
But, if that includes bringing over titles not formerly released titles, I'm all for it.
I'd really love to see Konami take advantage of Virtual Console and translate all of the old Ganbare Goemon! (aka Mystical Ninja) games.
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4-04-2007 @ 9:43PM
JC Fletcher said...
Well, that may very well happen. Konami's been supporting the VC pretty well themselves, and they happen to own Hudson.
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4-05-2007 @ 12:24AM
BPM said...
It's possible, but unlikely, given the amount of text in the games (I own a couple of Japanese Goemon games myself).
It's odd, though, that Konami's acquisition of Hudson was never reported on Joystiq... I knew of it for some time myself, but Joystiq never reported it. How odd.
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4-05-2007 @ 1:19AM
John H. said...
Yes, yes, we want them you bastard.
He KNOWS we want them. He's just toying with us.
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4-05-2007 @ 12:36PM
ConstyXIV said...
rondo of blood for vc
rondo of blood for vc
rondo of blood for vc
That is all
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