For me it's got to be Alien Crush...that game is completely Turbo all
the way...the glowing little pixels and the tiney music, it's great...

But I know what your saying about Aero Blasters, shooters were what
the Turbo did best and Blasters really delivered big time.






--- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, "thatdoguhate"
<g1giga@n...> wrote:
>
>
> --- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com,
>
> I know just what you mean. There's just this strange feeling of
> arcade nostalgia you get when you play TG16 games. It's really
weird
> but, cool too! SideArms is my fav as I used to play it at the
arcade
> every chance I got! Lately I've been playing the Altered Beast port
> and even though the game wasn't as good as it could have been -I
> think Sega had that done on purpose so that the Megadrive version
> would have less competition-, I still enjoy it greatly and I just
> can't seem to get enough of it!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> kabuki_danjiro <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> >
> > The first time I set up my Duo in my new house, after not playing
> for
> > a while, I threw in the same game I always play first.
> >
> > Aeroblasters.
> >
> > This time I had planned to just see if my Kabuki den save files
> were
> > still intact. But sure enough, I was soon pulling out my Hu Card
> > binders and loading up classic games.
> >
> > Anyways... the reason I always seem to play Aeroblasters first is
> its
> > one of the main games that really symbolizes the Turbografx for
> me.
> >
> > Particularly my early days with it during its original run. When
> each
> > new game I bought was a major event and I played it nonstop for
> weeks-
> > months, completely mastering it.
> >
> > Each time I fire up Aeroblasters its as impressive as the first
> time
> > I rented it shortly before receiving it as an X-Mas gift.
> >
> > To me, it has equally perfect graphics, sound and gameplay, and
> all
> > very Turbo.
> >
> > I've played Airbuster for Genesis/Megadrive several times and
have
> > the arcade original in my MAME cabinet. But The Turbo version is
> > still my favorite(even taking into consideration it's technical
> > deficiencies).
> >
> > There's just something about it.
> >
> > Its like how the sounds of Ghosts N Goblins, Side Arms, and
> Wonderboy
> > define the feel of an Arcade(the place where coinops are) to me.
> >
> > Once again I was just going to look at the first level for a bit.
> > Then I just wanted to see the beginning of the 2nd and here the
> music.
> >
> > In the end I wound up making it to the fourth stage boss.
> >
> > I'm proud to say that nearly all of my deaths were from off-
screen
> > ships flying straight through me and not just bullets.
> >
> > Anyone else have a special Turbo game that represents the system
> you
> > or you just find yourself coming back to time and time again?