Rare Turbo Duo System Review - Gamester81

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The Turbo Duo was release by Turbo Technologies Inc, and was an attempt to keep the Turbo Grafx 16 system alive.
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@bobbylyle960 9 лет назад

You do not need the CD card to play the Super CD games on the Turbo Duo. All that was built into the system. That was the advatage of having the Duo over the TG 16 with the CD attachment.

@Sans_is_cool 2 года назад

I was going to comment this as well

@superpan218 2 месяца назад

The only system card that you can ever use to play CD games on the Turbo Duo would be the Arcade Card, at least with an adapter. Keep in mind that NEC made two versions of the Arcade Card. The Arcade Card Duo is for PC Engine systems that have the Super CD-ROM² System, and the Arcade Card Pro, which combines the functionality of the Super System Card and Arcade Card Duo. The Arcade Card Pro is specifically designed for PC Engine systems with a CD-ROM² System.

@wojiaobill 7 лет назад

Yup, I used to own a DUO and I can confirm like others have said: you DONT need a system card to play CD games. In fact, if you use that orange system CD card he shows you are actually downgrading your console, since the DUO has a Super System card built in, which is better than the basic system CD card

@tokrs420 13 лет назад

I like how you don't just show us the system. You give a little history lesson about it. Subscribed. Keep up the good work, your doing gamers a favor by keeping all these old consoles alive.

@drseussisdeaddd 10 лет назад

One of my all time favourite systems

@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords 10 лет назад

I Remember Being Only Person In My Hood With This,Way Expensive But I Loved It

@GiordanDiodato 5 лет назад

but for an all-in-one console, it was a pretty good deal.

@WARSfate 13 лет назад

Great video its awesome to see how much your videos have improved over time

@majesticlizard 12 лет назад

In Japan it continued to sell strong until 1995, which was around the time that SNES and Genesis sales also tapered off. NEC and TTI had no clue what they were doing in the US.

@starsoldier1 13 лет назад

It was so sad to see the system fade away after a year because I thought it was awesome. Cool vid!

@SweetBlu 11 лет назад

Just to let you know you do not need that card in the unit to play the CD games on the DUO. That was only needed for the Turbographx 16 when you had the add on. The whole point of the DUO was everything was built in. And the reason you needed the card on the other unit is it adds extra memory :)

@icemansquared 13 лет назад

Great review; very informative. You rock, keep it up!

@lvpepe38 13 лет назад

As always gamester81 a great review. This is definitely a system I want in my collection.

@Bylga 13 лет назад

Great review Gamester!

@TigerClawTV 6 лет назад

An oldie but a goodie. Nice video man.

@MrDrunkReviews 11 лет назад

Been toying with the idea of buying a tg16 and thought I would look into the duo. Great overview of the system and a couple games. Thanks for the video!

@Ichijoe2112 10 лет назад

05:26 -- I'm calling shenanigans! The PC-Engine Duo (Or the Turbo Duo FTM), both came with the Super CD² ROM, ROM v3.0 AS STANDARD! The only Guys that needed a System Card (as shown in TS 05:26, were for those that only had the TG-16, and the CD add on. The ONLY Add-on of this type that the Duo had AFAIK was the Arcade Card, which was only used in like what Two Games?! King of Fighters '93 being One of them.

@getitnow2010 9 лет назад

hey man great picture, rush rules. i just ordered a pc engine duo, wanted one since its release and only now getting it. i got scared when i heard him in the video say u need the cd card to use the drive, but it appears from your comment its not the case? could you clarify for me? thanks

@Ichijoe2112 9 лет назад

getitnow2010 You ONLY need the card IF you have the basic PC-Engine / Turbo Graphics System which uses the CD-Rom Add-on. (i.e. IIRC Its basically consists of Three Parts the PC-E / TG, The CD-ROM Drive and a Dock that holds it all together. For such Systems you WILL NEED a System3 Card. The PC-Engine Duo (All Versions!), and the TurboDuo however are All-in-One Systems, that already have the System Card built into them. So you won't need to worry about it. The only System Card that would be any use to Duo Owners may be the Arcade Card. But AFAIK this only came out in Japan, and only supports about less then Six Games. But, you again you DO NOT have to worry about the System3 Card if what you have is a Duo, and not the NEC Version of the Sega Tower. lol...

@getitnow2010 9 лет назад

cool. i just bought my first duo after all these years, japanese version. i thought it wouldn't need the cd card to work but this video made me question that. i'll surely buy the arcade card as well since the roms are easily available and burnable for all cd games, thanks for the clarification man!

@getitnow2010 9 лет назад

by the way i've seen rush live 18 times, greatest band ever

@IIIJFRIII 13 лет назад

Holy crap man, great video man love this video game history!

@Gamester81 13 лет назад

@TheMetroidMurderer Just trying to change things up a little bit. =)

@fmdof 13 лет назад

@Gamester81 i actually use your videos all the time as a reference to stuff, so job well done!

@mastax1234 12 лет назад

this guy rocks! thanks for the awesome reviews! i subbed

@VinnieBlackLodge 13 лет назад

one of my favorite systems ! hard to find in the wild !

@Doommaster1122 13 лет назад

MAN! I've been looking for this system. I want to start getting the TurboGrafx system and games. I learned about this and I haven't had luck getting my hands on one. Nice review man!

@Inboden69 4 года назад

do you have them now?

@Werxie 13 лет назад

Great video gamester81:)

@videogamedoc 11 лет назад

I definitely enjoy your reviews. Just picked one of these up! It would be worth adding a comment onto the video that the CD card is not needed (the TurboDuo has super system CD 3.0 built in) - this has been pointed out by numerous other watchers (ungibbed, Jeffrey Seymore, danzk, getitgetitgetit2, jferio, IAmEmphy, avenuePad, MrTechnoSqueek, pmrproductions, Ace9921, Sam Everline). I think that's one of the great things about the system - you don't need that expensive card! Thanks

@slacksmore 11 лет назад

On the Turbo Duo, the CD system card in this video was designed for the original TurboGrafx CD system. Using the system card on the Would not allow you the ability to play Super CD titles. Fire up the console without the card in the slot and the Super CD ROM 2 was baked into the Duo hardware.

@neohideo 13 лет назад

Thank You! I LOVE NEC!

@avenuePad 13 лет назад

@MrTechnoSqueek You're right. The Turbo Duo had the SuperCDROM2 card built in, so you don't need the CD System card or the SuperCD System Card. The only System Card you would need is the Arcade Card, which was only released in Japan. The Arcade Card was another upgrade in RAM that produced some nice games, including the best Neo Geo ports out there. Out of the box, the US Duo can play all US HuCards, CDROM2 games and SuperCDROM2 games, both Japanese and US. The CD games weren't region locked.

@majesticlizard 12 лет назад

@getitgetitgetit2: Yeah, I also caught that. The Turbo Duo has the system 3 card built in. It also isn't region locked for the CD games, only the Turbo Chips.

@gh0st1976 11 лет назад

First I got a Turbografx last month. I just love this system. Yesterday I ordered a Turbo Duo in Japan.

@RetroGamerK91 13 лет назад

I've been trying to get a Turbo Duo off my aunt for years! I loved playing it as a kid and now I'm collecting all the retro systems. Bonk's Adventure, BomberMan '93, and Camp California were some the ones I remember playing. A great underrated system.

@zebular 11 лет назад

From what I've been reading the TurboDuo has the system card 3.0 built into it and you don't need one in the slot.

@BitHead1000 13 лет назад

pound for pound, the greatest game system ever.

@TheAlphaOmegaX3 6 лет назад

BitHead1000 posted 7 years ago you made this comment and your right. Amazing console Bithead.

@Gamester81 13 лет назад

@dde12321 awesome, I haven't heard that yet.

@ChicoEdge 13 лет назад

Thanks for the memories. While I liked SNES best, I loved my TurboDuo. At the time the music was amazing. I played Ys, Bomberman and Bonk's Adventure to death and Gate of Thunder is one of my fave shooters to this day. In fact, GoT was the first game I bought from Wii's Virtual Console. I disagreed when AVGN commented that CD gaming just wasn't ready at that time. We TurboDuo owners were playing great games on CD! Its just that Sega chose to go with a ton of FMV games.

@RetroGamesDontStop 13 лет назад

Great review and system..

@Ace9921 13 лет назад

@thatguyontheright1 - It does come with the Super System Card built-in. All TurboDuos/PC Engine Duos come with built-in Super System Cards.

@benzo8686 13 лет назад

awesome review! It was VERY informative!!!! i gotta say i think that youtube is one of the main reasons why the demand is going up so much for the last few years for the turbo-Grafx 16, super grafx, duo ect ect. well NEC in general. keep up the good work gamster!!!

@ChicoEdge 13 лет назад

Oh, and the Super-CD and Arcade cards gave the TG-16 more memory for playing the more advanced game. Kind of like the memory expansion carts that SNK and Capcom made for the Japanese Sega Saturn.

@hooflung128 13 лет назад

Always wanted one. Now I am thinking hard about getting a Japanese model imported. Thanks for another great vid gamester!

@rippinkorpse 13 лет назад

new adventure island's soundtrack and gameplay is so damn memorable, i love that goddamn game! great review!

@qbertaddict1 13 лет назад

@jamstrat The CD's are region free and have no copyright protection but the cards are not region free. Where did you get your chip or did you buy it already moded?

@Gamester81 13 лет назад

@getitgetitgetit2 Yeah good point. For some reason my CDs still wont play on it without the CD HuCard. Might be just my system.

@PassportBrosBusinessClass 7 лет назад

AND IT IS BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE with TG16 games. Brilliant I have Dead Moin, Neutopia II, Soldier Blade and Keith Courage.

@googaagoogaa12345678 11 лет назад

great vid i got 1 and I LOVE IT!! and on a scale of 1 (rare but not hard to find to 10 (practilly was never made) what are the ranks of the laseractive cdx xeye and turboduo

@1HonestGamer 13 лет назад

@Gamester81, Turbo Booster is just composite video for the Turbo Grafx.

@SLIPKN0Tvids 13 лет назад

this came out a day after i came out!.. of the womb that is.

@fmdof 13 лет назад

another great video John. Even with the flub up about needing the cd system card to play the cd games. The price for sure is the only reason I have yet to obtain one of these, but it'd be nice to retire the bulky TG16CD. I also found out yesterday too, that there was an Adventure Island 4 for the famicom. You can get a repro cart for the nes, since the famicom version is expensive. Amazing the shit I learn on a daily basis. keep up the good work.

@Thevideogameprophet 13 лет назад

sweet new video.

@Devalis 12 лет назад

I love being able to see systems I'll most likely never see, let alone afford if I do see one.

@RustyX2010 12 лет назад

Toy R Us was the only retail outlet that I knew of that sold this system back in '92,but $299 was a lot of money back then for a game system that wasnt very popular as a Sega system.

@gabbogabbo 13 лет назад

dude, only if I could go back in time!

@PassportBrosBusinessClass 7 лет назад

Japanese video game systems usually included headphones because they live in much tighter quarters.

@TheNews1990 13 лет назад

cool stuff

@dave4shmups 13 лет назад

@Gamester81-how much should I pay online for a TG-16 that has the Turbo Booster for AV input?? I

@pickupplay5 13 лет назад

Something I alway thought was odd, is that I never once during my childhood...or ever really. Saw any new Turbo grafx product in a store. Maybe they weren't popular in our area but its really a shame. Awesome video btw John, I love the classic Y's titles and you really can't go wrong with Adventure Island.

@kanoamisawa9901 2 года назад

I remember Toys R Us had one running Ys adventure and it was next to the sega genesis with Rambo being demonstrated

@hksrb25s16 9 лет назад

hi Gamester81, I just Got a Japanese Turbo Duo, It comes with System, AV cable, and Power Supply. The thing is Can I just Plug in the Power Adapter in to US outlets? here is what it says on the Power adapter: Input: AC100v 50/60hz 19va Output: DC10v 1000ma any ideas? can I buy something from BestBuy or Radio Shack or even the Internet? Thanks

@3to5andglassy 11 лет назад

Bought this system day one when it was released. Still have it and will pull it out of the closet occasionally to play Lords of Thunder.

@Animated__Freak 13 лет назад

awesome! the nintendo 3ds is getting turbo grafix games on it cant wait for that!

@jeff97ish 8 лет назад

I have the PC Engine Core Grafx and I have the Japanese New Adventure Island and John you are right!It is an awesome game and the graphics are amazing! Gameplay is awesome too!

@Gamester81 13 лет назад

@manikmista665plus1 Thanks dude. I'm not trying to show off, just trying to educate and inform people...nothing more.

@flracing84 12 лет назад

@gamester81 do you know if this will play supergrafx games??

@ValentinesEve1996 4 года назад

This is cool!!!

@lothrazar 13 лет назад

Just got YS books 1 and 2 on Wiiware, great buy!

@brpadington 11 лет назад

i remember reading about these in EGM back in the day. I wanted one but my parents refused to buy it. The games are pretty good but most stores did not carry them.

@Marc_Araujo Год назад

I know I'm really late to this party but I hope you've replaced the capicitors to the system if you bought this used.

@getitgetitgetit2 13 лет назад

CORRECTION: you don't need any card at all to play CD or Super CD games on the Turbo Duo (or the PC Engine Duo). Those system cards were only made to enhance the original TurboGrafx + CD add-on. Once the Turbo Duo came out, all that stuff was built right into it. BTW, Chris Bucci told you this on the All Gen Gamers podcast about the TurboGrafx, and you laughed about "Oh, that's what I was doing wrong" or something. Someone's getting senile! heheh

@GhostOfSide3 11 лет назад

I want one of these so bad.

@dave4shmups 12 лет назад

@majesticlizard Thanks so much, I didn't know that!

@Caridani23 11 лет назад

The PC engine is one of the best unique systems of the 16 bit era and im diying to get one!

@TuxEarth 13 лет назад

I can understand why there was a lock button. What if you accidently pressed the open button while the game was loading?

@Menace1979 13 лет назад

So fucking awesome, I want one!

@TheMetroidMurderer 13 лет назад

What's with the "watermark" in the corner, I think that's what's called. I'm just curious.

@jamstrat 13 лет назад

Nice, I have a PC Engine Duo RX modded to play American Turbo Chips aswell.

@barryclark6119 9 лет назад

Hey, John, how does this handle game saves? Thanks!

@fmdof 13 лет назад

@dave4shmups on ebay you'll prolly pay 100ish. the turbo booster's (as of late it seems) are harder to come by, and the turbo booster plus (which allows you to save) is even harder. prolly about 40-50 for the tg16, and an additional 40-50 for the booster. Then add in shipping. if the auction comes with games other than Keith Courage, that'll effect price too. You're better off either getting the turbo duo or the turbo grafx with cd, as they have the av output.

@RRW359 10 лет назад

Can it play Video CD's? I don't have any, I'm just curious about this stuff.

@soapdishbandit 10 лет назад

No, just CD's and CD+Gs. I believe Video CD's used Mpeg 1 and that is something that the Turbo Duo couldn't do.

@IAmEmphy 13 лет назад

System Cards are not necessary for playing CD games on any Duo system. (Unless we're talking about Arcade CDs, but there are very few of those) I have heard there's a couple of games that needs it, but I'm not too sure about that claim. The Turbo Duo is the same as the PC-E Duo, while the grey Duo-R and Duo-RX systems are just different variations. Only the Hue card part is region locked, CDs are region free on the Duo systems. Great video though as usual. :)

@kanoamisawa9901 2 года назад

The Duo made a lot of sense if you didn’t own the tg16 console. If you did own the console the CD attachment coupled with the console looked cooler than the duo in my opinion. I loved the tg16 console

@MrTechnoSqueek 13 лет назад

wait I didn't think the Turbo duo needed any of the cd hu cards because it came with it already built in....

@danzk 11 лет назад

I thought the system card was built into the turbo duo?

@TwinFamiProductionsOLD 13 лет назад

@dave4shmups Usually the system goes for $50-60 loose now with the Booster going for about the same. But, do yourself a favor: if you can, and that's a big IF because they are hard to find, get the Turbo Booster Plus. It's the same as the Turbo Booster, but includes RAM so you can save data for TurboChips/HUcards that need it, like Dungeon Explorer.

@cpufightclub 11 лет назад

I have a Turbo Duo machine and a few games including Castlevania Rondo of Blood.

@neotheonly01 13 лет назад

this AC adaptor is huge.

@Lachlant1984 13 лет назад

I'm shit at Adventure Island/Wonderboy, I've played both, but not i a long time. TurboGrafx wasn't available in Australia as far as I know, I think that's a shame, it didn't do well in Europe either, though it was released there in very small quantities I believe. NEC products are sold here otherwise, I have an NEC TV set from 2004.

@Gamester81 13 лет назад

@dave4shmups hmm...not sure to be honest. Ask my friend Chris aka Spida1a...he'll know.

@Wildcatbeer 13 лет назад

lol "he looks totally pissed"

@DvdXploitr 13 лет назад

spida1a has some awesome TurboGrafx videos if you want to see more TurboGrafx games….he's really good at explaining pretty much all aspects of the games and gives a good bit of game play videos…I watch his videos a good bit and end up getting some of those games

@Ace9921 13 лет назад

By the way, John, I hope your TurboDuo has had its capacitors replaced. These things as well as the black PC Engine Duo, the TurboExpress and PC Engine GT are notorious for a variety of different failures due to crap quality capacitors.

@shkeni 11 лет назад

Because there's hardly any competition anymore and they are confident you will buy their stuff anyway because that's all there is.

@dudesk099 13 лет назад

@MrMAHBOI1 I don't have a problem with it. I find it hilarious how many people get mad at them though...

@DynasticHero 13 лет назад

@Soukyugurentai yea there are definitely some who could benefit from an anger management class but I wouldn't throw everyone in that category.

@T3c4x3r0 12 лет назад

I WOULD show off if I had your collection ^^

@FullMoonStudio 13 лет назад

Guy! I thought the Super System card was built into this one?? You only have to plug one into the TurboGrafx 16 to get the cd to work. But not the Duo.

@MrTechnoSqueek 13 лет назад

Yo John you should put a annotation where you said you needed one of those cd hu cards to play cd games because of as you know now you don't need it for the duos

@avenuePad 13 лет назад

@Callia123 You can try pcenginesales. Seller and refurbisher based out of the UK. She used to be a lot more active, but not really sure. She has a store by that name on eBay. But you can go to pcenginefxdotcom and there are a lot of people there from around the world that could help you out. If you do end up picking one up, make sure that the sound capacitors have been replaced. It's a VERY common problem with the US Duo. The Japanese Duos used different caps and are more reliable.

@Thanos700 11 лет назад

EGM's the best game magazine.

@futura8888 12 лет назад

love watching these vids, grew up on the nes and snes but i never play them anymore. the new modern games that come out now a days just blow away the oldschool stuff. i actually bought a genesis and a few good games for it during the summer but i honestly never play it. waste of money

@jferio 13 лет назад

That's weird on the CD card, my friend Mike has TurboDuo that's his primary TG16 system, and I don't think he has to use the CD card for standard TurboCD games. I've got the regular TG16. And the TurboTap requirement is really odd and occasionally frustrating. Especially given the TurboDuo's use of the PCEngine port over the TG16 port.

@Mega1mpact 13 лет назад

yay for SUPER CD rom!

@IdentityCrisis1581 11 лет назад

These days japanese games are just so wierd that no one outside of japan would even take them seriously. But I never considered the games in japan better. There were only a few that I wish hit the USA. Especially now that you can play them on emulator and see that they really weren't really any better. As far as Turbo Duo goes, yeah it does seem like they got all the games that best used the system's capabilities. But in general with other systems they were about the same as US games.