Earlier this year, I moved into a new house. Afterwards I was
horrified to find that I'd lost my 3 in 1 Super CD disc(I found the
caee with manuals).

After giving up on finding it, I looked around on eBay and some other
sites for either the 3 in 1 or at least the import GOT.

I could barely find either, just the odd over priced import.

However, I recently recovered the lost disc while unpacking and love
the game now more than ever.

The coolest thing about emulation, particularly MAME, is now we can
get an accurate depiction of how all those lofty arcade games really
looked.

And boy do the PC Engine games stand up beautifully. Gate and Lords
Of Thunder look, sound and play as good as any arcade shooter.

Back in the day I was equally impressed, but arcade games always
looked more detailed and shaded in a cabinet.

I still remember the first time I saw Gate Of Thunder in action.

It was at one of those independant Radio Shack's that carry all kinds
of consoles. It was within a week or two of the Turbo Duo's launch(so
I didn't own it yet).

There were a few systems set up playing demos and walking by I saw
Gate's intro cinema and first level and thought, "Wow, that game
looks really good, even for a Neo Geo game".

When I finally noticed that it wasn't a Neo Geo in the glass case, I
actually looked around the cabinet to make sure it was a Turbo Duo
playing on the monitor.

The only other time I can remember off hand having a similar reaction
was the first time I say Daytona USA(up to that point thinking that
Virtua Racing was state of the art) or maybe visiting the first kid
in the neighborhood to get an NES).

The first time playing GOT again, I'm pleased to say that I made it
to a couple screens before the last boss before hitting Game Over.