For us, this video lies somewhere between "love story" and "pornography," though we wouldn't dare suggest it's indecent to watch. We've never been so thrilled to see five seconds of Keith Courage in Alpha Zones.
For us, this video lies somewhere between "love story" and "pornography," though we wouldn't dare suggest it's indecent to watch. We've never been so thrilled to see five seconds of Keith Courage in Alpha Zones.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 12:43PM RunnyRiver said
"What are you watching?!" says wife;
"uh, just some gadget thing.." I say, turning the volume down.
deja vu
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"uh, just some gadget thing.." I say, turning the volume down.
deja vu
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 3:33PM McBrick said
"I agree with Senator Heflin. Yeah, that's right! The women like something with more stories and costumes, that'll transport 'em to another place and time. That's right! Women don't like close-ups of oversized genitalia! That's just never gonna turn 'em on!"
--Strom Thurmund*, during the Clarence Thomas hearings
("SNL" is the same thing as C-SPAN, right?)
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--Strom Thurmund*, during the Clarence Thomas hearings
("SNL" is the same thing as C-SPAN, right?)
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 12:35PM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Wasn't this thing made in 1990?
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 1:04PM (Unverified) said
"A momento"? Pretentious and illiterate. Fantastic! ;)
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 2:13PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said
Just wanted to post that. How can you spell memento wrong in both the Youtube video title AND the actual video. Jeez.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 4:28PM Vidikron said
—Usage note
Memento is sometimes spelled momento, perhaps by association with moment. The word is actually related to remember. One of its earliest meanings was “something that serves to warn.” The meaning “souvenir” is a recent development: The stone animal carvings are mementos of our trip to Victoria. Momento is considered by many to be a misspelling, but it occurs so frequently in edited writing that some regard it as a variant spelling rather than an error.
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Memento is sometimes spelled momento, perhaps by association with moment. The word is actually related to remember. One of its earliest meanings was “something that serves to warn.” The meaning “souvenir” is a recent development: The stone animal carvings are mementos of our trip to Victoria. Momento is considered by many to be a misspelling, but it occurs so frequently in edited writing that some regard it as a variant spelling rather than an error.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 1:06PM Dextro said
Well it's rather good but they overdid the depth of field a lot and the constant close-up starts to tire after a while. Also the music should have ramped up when they turn it on but that's just my opinion and I am usually overly critic.
TLDR: I couldn't do anything even remotely close to that and it has some awesome style: 8/10 :P
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TLDR: I couldn't do anything even remotely close to that and it has some awesome style: 8/10 :P
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 1:31PM WonderSlugCD said
PURE GENIUS
What a refreshing take on something usually so boring and unnecessary.
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What a refreshing take on something usually so boring and unnecessary.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 1:38PM ShadowLordAriel said
Awww man I feel really old watching this now. I used to own one of those. It was awesome! It's too bad that hand held gaming devices now don't seem to feel as fun or innovative. I own both a psp and a ds and neither ever really gets much use if at all. I had high hopes for the Atari Lynx when that came out years ago. i owned both models and the games on it were awesome! Gates of Zendocon was my favorite shooter!! and it had pretty awesome graphics for a handheld game back in the day! Oh and yes the Nomad was awesome too! I miss my Nomad. it was such a cool little machine...
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 3:04PM (Unverified) said
The Turbografx-16 was an amazing console. Very, very underrated system.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 3:42PM Hafk said
Especially with the Turbo Duo CD add-on.
Aside from a few games, EVERY CD-based game for the console had a heavy metal soundtrack. Lords of Thunder is #1 on my list of "Most Air-Shredable Video Game OSTs of All Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_pNnEymLY
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Aside from a few games, EVERY CD-based game for the console had a heavy metal soundtrack. Lords of Thunder is #1 on my list of "Most Air-Shredable Video Game OSTs of All Time"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu_pNnEymLY
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 3:24PM Psykechan said
I actually own a TurboExpress as well as the (now completely useless due to Digital TV transition) TV Tuner.
I can say that the video probably would have been longer except that the 6 new AA batteries ran dead shortly after playing the attract mode of Bonk's Revenge seen in the last clip.
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I can say that the video probably would have been longer except that the 6 new AA batteries ran dead shortly after playing the attract mode of Bonk's Revenge seen in the last clip.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 6:10PM Panic Blitz said
I've had one for 5 years (thank you, internet) and I love it. Does anyone know if the TV tuner has any direct inputs, since analog TV signals are gone now?
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 6:38PM treeofmana said
I don't know why everyone is talking about new age music. It's just soft piano music.
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:12PM asymptotic said
Keith Courage in the Alpha Zones was my favorite game on the TurboGrafx with Parasol Stars a close second.
Lovely music in the video.
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Lovely music in the video.
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:39PM MichaelofBenetton said
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 8:59PM Pcenginefx said
Glad everyone enjoyed the unboxing film - I used the variant spelling of Memento on purpose for the film in case anyone thought that was a mistake ;)
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 9:01PM Pcenginefx said
The music is from "The Holiday" OST called "Iris and Jasper".
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 9:27PM Ironhide Delta said
I still have mine. I've been using it on and off on the odd business trip. The looks I get from people these days are just plain funny!
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 9:50PM (Unverified) said
Aaron, great job. Now, can you do this with a PC Engine LT?
BTW, I've got a kit coming out to fix those bad caps in the Turbo Express....
Yeah, I'm still alive....you all should have come to see me at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Brookfield WI. I had the most photographed table there...almost all PC Engine stuff.
TG/PCE rules!
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BTW, I've got a kit coming out to fix those bad caps in the Turbo Express....
Yeah, I'm still alive....you all should have come to see me at the Midwest Gaming Classic in Brookfield WI. I had the most photographed table there...almost all PC Engine stuff.
TG/PCE rules!
Posted: Apr 6th 2010 10:36PM Pcenginefx said
Hi Keith! If you can get me a LT to shoot, by all means I will do it justice. Ping me and we'll talk :)
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Posted: Apr 6th 2010 10:40PM Pcenginefx said
The only other NEC console I have that is in-box is the PC Engine CD-ROM2 unit so that will probably be my next one. All of the rest of my NEC consoles you can see in my earlier film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThjERUXeBeI
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Posted: Apr 7th 2010 3:07PM Misfit Toy said
I still have my TurboGraphix Express. I got it instead of the 16. Never got Keith Courage though. Loved that game.
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