Posts tagged TurboDuo

The VC Advantage: Embarrassing Ads of Thunder

by JC Fletcher (Jun 11th 2008 10:00PM)

By the time the Turbografx-16/CD combo system, the Turbo Duo launched, NEC's American branch had bailed on the Turbo platform and the new Turbo Technologies Inc. was desperate. Their advertising got increasingly ridiculous and antagonistic, as evidenced by the "Johnny Turbo" series of comic ...

VC Friday: Time for a quest

by Alisha Karabinus (Oct 19th 2007 12:45PM)

We're going to have to take a break for this week's European Virtual Console update for a little media bias. Look, it's Castlevania. Some things are just sacred, or near enough to it to require a call to action. Go forth, gamers, and take up Simon's Quest. Vanquish evil. It'll make you feel good ...

VC Monday Madness: Gate of Thunder heralds a new system

by JC Fletcher (Oct 15th 2007 10:30AM)

Not only do we get our first originally-CD-based game on the Virtual Console, but Hudson skipped ahead and went straight to the more powerful version of their Turbografx-16 CD platform, the TurboDuo (for which Gate of Thunder was a pack-in). And by all accounts, Gate of Thunder is among the best ...

Console evolution in pictures

by James Ransom-Wiley (Jan 4th 2007 11:25PM)

By Knuttz's count, it's taken 70 steps, including many retreads, to get from Odyssey to Wii. You can view each of these steps -- all 71 consoles -- in this scrolling gallery. (Note: handhelds have been omitted.) ...