THE PC ENGINE ROCKS! - Happy Console Gamer 

Oh man, what you've done...Since I watched this video the last year, I've dreamed every day with this console. And today, FINALLY, I decided to go with it. I'm SO happy right now...I'm from Spain and here PC Engine is like somekind of myth. I've picked up a Core Grafx and a couple of games and now I'm the most poor guy in the neighbourhood, and the most happy as well!!! I've picked up Ninja Spirit, GunHed, and Bonk 1 and man...oh man. You've discovered to me a new universe!!

When I first came to Japan one of the first things I did was buy a PC Engine Duo-R. Five years and hundreds of games later and I'm still hooked on it and always finding new and interesting titles floating around out there.

During the early 90s, I worked on several of the PC Engine games to localize them into English - a couple of the Bonk games, two sports games and Dungeon Master III: Theron's Quest. Excellent machine in its day.

I have a Turbo Duo that I inherited from my dad, with a whole bunch of games. My favorite one is called Magical Chase it is such a fun side scrolling shooter. Love them. He was a avid fan of Hudson games and collected as many as he could. The games are so much fun! Recently purchased a Super Console Cube X3 that has like 110,000 games from sixty consoles. There are PC engine titles from Hudson that I didn't even know existed, and they are fantastic to play. The titles my dad bought are on it also. Great video, happy gaming!! :)

Ninja Spirit got me really interested in the TurboGrafx 16. I was first introduced to Ninja Spirit in the arcade and loved it. I agree that the pc engine console design is really nice.

Such a satisfying click sound when the HuCard is inserted. Who else here in 2020 after the release of the Turbo/PCE minis?

Holy shit Johnny, I cant believe you still remembered getting the Interface unit from me years back, honored. kick ass job on the review as always, enjoyed a bit of a look at your good sized collection as well man!

I remember playing Samurai Showdown 1 & 2 for the Turbo graphics 16. I really love that fighting game! I also found Samurai Showdown for PC about 10 years ago under there used PC games. I have no idea they made it for PC also! The PC version had SS 1 & 2 on it!

Awww yeah I hear that Rondo of Blood music in the background there. Best Castlevania game ever made in my book, what a wonderful experience.

I loved the PC ENGINE; the design of the console and the games were awesome- I was at secondary/high school in the UK at the time and it was like having an arcade machine. We loved it. The side scrolling shooters like R-Type were awesome.

Crazy how this thing flew under my radar for 30 years. Now I'm emulating tons of great stuff on it.

You got it bang on,when you said it's so Japan. Absolutely right and that's why I love it too. It's a great console to own. I've not had one long and I have a modest 15 hucard complete games so far,but it's quickly becoming my favourite retro console. I love that I don't have any nostalgia for this system and it's like a journey of discovery for me. Any PCE content you upload will be thumbed up immediately :)

crazy how far we’ve come, now you can fit every first party switch game in your back pocket

Very cool episode, i wish you cover all your PC engine games!

I love how excited you sound when talking about the PCE. I feel the same way =) Most underrated system in history

Castlevania Ronda of blood is one of the big pc engine game out there!!!

Rondo of Blood music in the beggining! Fuck yeah! Thank you for this episode, it's been a long time coming ;) So happy to know that you will review lots of PC Engine games in the future

Awesome Johnny, I love my PC engines, especially my briefcase unit with the CD-ROM. Both of my machines are still working perfectly after all these years. The selection of games in Japan is massive. Like you said there are literally hundreds of games for just about any genre to collect for. Also for anyone looking for the games but not the system, the Wii still has quite a few on the virtual console and there are even a few available on psn for the PS3 and psp/vita.

that ninja warriors walk cycle never fails to give me a chuckle. Also that Armed F ship design on the box art is one of the coolest I've seen, to this day.

It's so easy to just listen to you talk about something you're incredibly passionate about. Your content rocks.

You not being a fan of the word Shmup makes you my hero.

wow thanks for this video. I had no idea about it. As a kid I never had this stuff growing up but I did know a few people who had games that I had a chance to enjoy on occasion and I was a videogame lover... hell I still am even more than ever. Didn't get my NES until 1990 and that was a surprise from my parents. I grew up on videogames and it's nice to see collectors like you showing me these amazing systems.

I used to want the PC Engine so hard it hurt, it was out of my reach...... until now. Thanks for the reminder, great video!

Your enthusiasm is infection, Johnny. Thank you for all of your awesome videos.

I had the same fascination with the TurboGrafx 16 and those credit card games! It was next level back then! Even more than the SNES and Genesis! Then to find out it could even get more powerful with a CD-ROM drive for more extremely detailed graphics! It just blew me away!!!!! I wish I lived in Japan at the time because it was so popular there!!!!!

Dude the pc engine hucard games are beyond of his time! A rare console that i know later in magazine like club nintendo or gamepro so in my opinion the most awesome console of all time!

Nice to meet you! I am very happy that Japanese games are highly evaluated.

Wow this is a very mighty PCE collection, they worth a ton! Nice collections!

Such an elegant little machine. Those hucards are still beautiful.

I fall asleep to your channel. Videos on loop. Something soothing about it

It's amazing, everytime I see a new episode coming out.. it puts me in a good mood. Thank you @HappyConsoleGamer

0:45 Kid Niki: Radical Ninja for NES. OMFG Such nostalgia!

I saw your collection there at the start of the video and I very nearly drooled.

Speaking of the PC Engine, it's such a pity we didn't get NEC's two shoot'em up PC titles ReVolte and PureVex for the West back in the day.

PC-Engine was my first ever home console ! First home console with cd-rom, Tengai Makyo 2 opening was stunning ! Still have the DUO in my basement.

What struck me as nuts was having all those Sega titles on the Engine. Outrun, Alterbeast, and Afterburner to name a few. Also some other solid arcade ports were Operation Wolf, Double Dragon 2 and Chase HQ. I've been wrestling with selling off my game collection and the hardest is going to be the PC/Turbo stuff. I'm probably one of the few people that have their original Turbo games complete and mint (outer cardboard boxes) still plus I have a ton of sealed PC Engine games.

Well I only have 3 reasons to play PC-Engine 1) Super Star Soldier 2) Salamander 3) Rondo of Blood The best games out there and I can only play them thanks to the emulation, if someone never played Rondo of Blood, try the English patched version on an Emulator... or the PSP port, is a hell of a game :D

I love seeing the differences in the Japanese releases compared to the ones the made it over here like Bonk turning into a chick in PCkid 2.

my friend showed me his PC Engine a year before the turbografx even came out. i love how small it is. and it blew me away the moment he inserted GunHead (Blazing Lazer). I was like DAAAAAMNNNNN this is awesome!!!

You're the best collector on RU-vid. I really like how you talk about the games you have and love, rather than your piles of new purchases. The games you already own and love are far more impressive than the lot of new crap you'll stick in a box somewhere. Thanks for being rad, dude!

13:13 Ninja Warriors does have a EPIC soundtrack, just the first level music is awesome. Great episode, this was one of my favorites!

I just bought my first pc engine duo r, it’s coming in already with a full recap, region mod and rgb, and I’m binging every video you have on it, so excited to have one

If ever there was an icon among SHMUP villain icons, it would have to be Dobkeratops from the R-Type series, hands down.

Faved. Seriously love this channel, because it further expands upon things I knew about from back in the day, but really really and truly informs me about them beyond what I though I already knew. Gaming Gold, this channel ^~^ OH and PS, I used to play R Type, which were a fantastic series of games. Good times.

The SuperGrafx was not the successor console to the TurboGrafx/PC-Engine; its more like what the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X are. They play the same games, but have enhances abilities on some/most. The successor console was the PC-FX

Back in around 1989-1990, there was a shop on Kingsway that sold PC Engine. I got my base ystem there together with The King Fu. This shop then moved into Aberdeen Centre when the mall was first opened in 1990(or 1991?).

Its a great platform and was so ahead of its time! Great enthusiasm bro.. keep it up..!

i have them all on copy cd's i dont care if its original as long as i can play it

Bought the pc engine from Japan looking forward for its arrival can't wait to play my racing game I bought for it.

when I got my TB16, I found out about it in a comic book back in 89 90, and I couldn't ignore it. When I finally got one I loved it a lot, those HU cards were so small, and it blew my mind. If you think about it, it's still far ahead of its time.

well done video, I heard some y's music in the background if I recall correctly 😃 thx 4 bringing up those fine memories again.

PC Engine is my all time favourite console. It's the system that turned me from a casual gamer to a hardcore gamer back in 1989 and introduced me to the glorious Japanese import scene. I don't think any other system can come close to matching the unique charm and character of the venerable PCE.

Ninja Spirits has a bad ass sound track. I remember playing that at my cousins house when it first came out and just being blown away.

PC Engine now is $80 console only or $150 for the console plus accessories controller, video cable and power suply. With CD player is 300+ in all the versions core duo, etc. This console are getting higher prices very, very fast. If someone want to collect or play this console have to buy it as soon as posible, because in a few years will be inaccessible for the majority of gamers.

Man you're great, so good to see named some of my favorites pc engine classics such as mr. heli and splatterhouse

Awesome look at an awesome family of consoles! It seems I'm always learning something new about it--I hadn't seen or heard about the "briefcase" attachment for the CD attachment! I got a PCE Duo-R just about a year ago and have been enjoying every minute I spend with it. Fantastic, just fantastic, piece of hardware! I hope I can build up my collection to rival yours someday. ;) I'm not sure if you'll see this comment, Johnny, but if so, could you tell me how you captured your gameplay footage? It's really sharp and crisp. I use the composite out, which is OK, but have been thinking about going for an RGB mod...

It's amazing that the PC Engine came out in 1987. I suddenly realized I had never once played a PC Engine game which is something I fixed in early 2014. Bonk's Adventure surprised me with how fun and well designed it was. Shortly after, I decided to pick up a few of the base units, as the original white system and the two Core Grafx models are so beautifully designed. I had a Master System growing up, so the cards didn't surprise me, but the HuCards are fun to collect. You put it so well pointing out how very Japanese the system is, and it's fun to take chances on obscure, inexpensive HuCards and seeing how the games are. It's funny you put this video up now as I was just planning to investigate some strange games I haven't played much yet as well as seeing what other games are available from the sellers I like. Great video, HCG. I definitely agree that the PC Engine rocks.

Great retro review..I heard of this system at the time but I was a hard core Amiga fan here in the U.K in the late 80s and early 90s

I didn't learn about the system until a Homestar Runner cartoon mentioned it about ten years ago. The TG16 was sort of before my time. I'm old enough to remember when the SNES and Genesis were still current, but I was just a little kid. My only exposure to video games was what I got to play and see firsthand, and what I saw in commercials. I didn't start learning to read until 1994, so I wouldn't have been able to read about it in gaming magazines even if I knew those magazines existed. I didn't have any older brothers or cousins or anything like that around who could have mentioned it, either. Relatively obscure stuff like this, the Jaguar, AES, Lynx, etc were a complete unknown until I got into high school and was able to both use the internet more often and read the stash of old game magazines that my art teacher had lying around.

I have about 12 PC engine games, only one of them is in hue card and 4 are on a turbo duo compilation disc, all the others are from other consoles/portables who had pc engine games released for them

Great video! I recently picked up a PC-Engine Duo-R and it's great... although it might need some fresh capacitors.

The only time I saw the turbografx was at toysrus back in the day. I played Bonk briefly.

Great video. I share your enthusiasm. Thanks for posting. You can collect all of the games, it just takes a great deal of effort and money. It became something of an obsession of mine. What started off as a relative cheap hobby, ended up costing me a fortune.

Johnny Dude! I picked up a Pc Engine and CD rom unit becuase of your videos! That was almost a year ago now! Its pretty hard for me to find Hucards and CD games for it In the UK, but I have amassed a pretty good collection of both! I have yet to get any of the RPG's and thats the genre I love most! they are so god damn expensive in this Country! and they are worse on e-bay! But what I have I thoroughly enjoy! thank you man!. I had to do a bit of work on the CD unit, it needed a gear replaced on it and the laser pickup replaced, but google was my friend! and it works like a champ now! Look forward to seeing more about such a cool little system! Cheers mate!

TurboGrafx-16 I had it when I was younger. Definitely one of the better retro consoles ever made and has some of the best shmups around too.

I remember when I was 11 going to one of those stores where you can pay by the hour to play video game systems. I saw TurboGrafx 16 and thought it was the coolest thing I have ever seen especially the hu cards! so colorful and beautiful. I recently got the pc engine and cd combo and it's everything I remembered.

great vid Johnny. hope you do more on the different genres of games. especially the shmups.

The PC Engine/TurboGrafx is one of those systems that I'll probably never collect for. I already import famicom, super famicom, mega drive, and saturn games. I barely have time to play games as is. Sometimes you just got to see the writing on the wall but I can really tell you love it.

Great point, for many systems, the region you want is based on where it was popular. Definitely buy a PC Engine or a Japanese Saturn if collecting for those consoles. But for Genesis, N64, or XBox, western is the way to go. Fortunately, there are many cheap adapters and plug-and-play devices that make any system region free.

Wow, for an 8 bit machine these graphics are impressive and beautiful. :o and that's quite a selection. I want one!

Nice, very nice video!!!. I admit that ive "discovered" PC-Engine few years ago and i didnt got mine till few months but, as otaku and gamer i am, i felt in love with!!. Ive bought the first white console along with CD-Rom and interface devices but hasnt been till i got my Core2 and it CD-Rom2 when i started to enjoy It. Axe, R-Type, Fighting Streets... Owwwww mannnn!!, what a pleasure!!!!.

One thing I have seen missing though are those classic games from the good old Commodore 64. For people who do love classic games, if you can pick one up and check it out or just go out and pick up the phone they released

That was a great video my friend, very informative, I remember buying EGM and reading about the PC ENGINE I remember during the 32 bit era I really wanted a PC fx which if I'm not mistaken was the answer to the SEGA SATURN and N64 in Japan

You introduced me to ys. im currently waiting to play it! I got the pc engine w cd and dockingbay.

I have been adding to my PC Engine collection lately since I went to Japan last month. I bought a new in box unused SuperGrafx while I was there because it was my holy grail console. It’s an extremely expensive console to collect for.

Seriously considering getting a PC Engine for our collection. Wanted one since 1987!

R-Type, Soldier series, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and Gate/Lords of Thunder, that were where it was, man. I had PC Engine CD from France (because only France had "proper" PAL release with SCART conversion) and for a long time only 2 games, Soldier Blade and Rondo of Blood. I am sucker for arcade conversions, that is why I have Sega Saturn and love Mega Drive, and PC Engine was arcade conversion heaven, best version of Street Fighter 2, best version of Double Dragon, best version of R-Type and so on. Ys series started on PC Engine!

Im a megafan too i spent so much money.

That big as console attachment just seems amazing to me... Like the Gameboy Player for GameCube... or the Switch with the little Joy Cons sliding out.

Thumbs up! Yeah, don't care at all for the term shmups... I call 'em SEU's. Shoot 'Em Ups. Another great video, thank you very much. Oh, I think your funny voice is very good. Great fun. Maybe you could do some prank callings in your show... :)

I remember how Johnny Turbo had to fight against the evil goons of Feka.....I love the PC Engine/TG16!

Cool video, I always had a love for 'TG16' as well, I scored my first one when I was about 18, I traded a paintball gun/marker for the Turbo Graphx 16 with Bonk, Galaga '90 & Keith Corurage. Later I scored a Turbo Duo & I still have one with about a dozen games. I liked your Shinobi game, I need to score one now! I have a PC Engine converter for TG16 (they cost about $100 now!?!) I glad you showed much love to Ninja Spirit, awesome & hard game! BTW if you ever get back to Waikiki, I owe you a beer! If we dont meet up, try going to Kona Brewing company & get a variety sampler.

"Hello, do you have the Core Grafx?" Excellent Alan Rickman impression!

Cheers :D I just grabbed myself a PC engine on ebay and needed a header for some games so great timing xD

+HappyConsoleGamer in the minute 16:23 there's an amazing game, it's a Jacky Chan game :D. It's also available in NES, but it looks awesome in PC-Engine :)

I loved Dungeon Explorer,Twin Cobra ,Bloody Wolf,Tales of the Monster Path (YŌKAI DŌCHŪKI) ,Shinobi and Galaga 88.All were great .

I owned the Turbo-Graphx 16 at the time, but I always wanted the imported PC Engine because it was so much cooler looking.

Had my coregrafx for about a month now, having loads of fun with a whole new library of games to explore. Wish this awesome system was brought to the UK in vast quantities when I was a kid back in the day. Only person I knew who had one back then was an American lad I was at school with who lived at the local airbase lol.

Soldier blade and Lords of Thunder!!! -- epic pulls, John. I've always stuck to the US TG games as I'm actually going for a complete collection -- insane, I know but I'm getting close. But since the CD is region free, after seeing this video, maybe I'll look into picking up some of the imports. Thanks for this video.

Wow! I definitely hope I can find one for a good price at the Portland Retro Game Expo. Hope to see you there again!

I played Air Buster, which is the Genesis version of Aero Blasters. Cool game!

...and the last thing to buy for the PC Engine is the Turbo Everdrive (for the American games) and the Analogue Duo (for the CD games)...

I commented on this video 2 years ago. Guess what? We’ve got 3 of the things now and love them. I’ve wanted one since 1987 but you just couldn’t buy them easily in the UK. Easily one of the best consoles of its time. Even today it’s a very playable machine.

The number of RPGs on this thing are INSANE!!!!!! Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru all the way.

Awesome video! New to your channel, need more PC Engine reviews!!! haha

Ninja Spirit is amazing! Really dark atmosphere, great music, awesome powerups and some crazy bosses! I think I prefer the PC Engine version over the arcade original?!

I usually play RPGs for that system(on my emulator of course) such as Momotaro Densetsu Turbo/2/Gaiden.What's so special about MomoDen Turbo is that the game itself is a PCE adaptation of the game for the FamiCom(Japanese NES) and it had changed dramatically adding new contents(including new events, dungeons, enemies, even bosses) while other contents have been removed(headgear- and accessory-type equipments, some enemies and some events),some rewards and puzzles switch places and the final boss being made much harder(like 4000 HP).If you're up for a challenge, i recomend the PCE version.

My Duo Rx turned out to be chipped to play TurboGrfax when I received it. Was well chuffed.

i only have 3 games for my jamma-pc engine, but the one i enjoy the most is galaga 88. it is such a simple and limited shooter compared to the others, but it is just so much fun.

I'll bet you're wondering why the cover of "Double Dungeons" has a big "W" on it. In Japan, "W" is often used instead of "double". A burger with an extra patty on it might be called a "W burger" on the menu, but it'd be pronounced "double burger", for example.