>The Turbo Duo is still and I beleive always will be the system with
>the best pack-in software.

Since they no longer pack in full software out of the chute
(pathetic...although there are some decent system/game package deals sometimes
later on for
late adopters), it will always be. Speaking of, I love these system and
software
"deals" nowadays, with two or so worthless games packaged with a system to
lure wouldbe buyers. For some reason, it works in this country. Go figure.
Back on the Duo, I remember how reactive Sega was after the Gates pack-in,
packaging Sol-Feace with the Sega CD. That was a goofball move, as Sol-Feace
(or,
alternatively, Sol-Deace) wasn't even a tenth of the game that Gates was, with
shoddy graphics, a distinct lack of color (even for the Genesis), and major
flicker (of NEC Avenue stature). I think, at that point, that Bari-Arm was
already out for Mega CD...and that certainly would have made a better
giveaway...and something that at least approached the quality of Gates. Then
again,
we're talking shooters...so it doesn't matter anyway, as the things sometimes
seem
to often generate a lot of buzz, but don't sell worth crap. Some morons have
stated in the past, for instance, that the Saturn would've been saved if
Radiant Silvergun would have been released here. B.S. In the big picture, next
to nobody in the mass gaming public would've bought it...just like every other
shooter release, no matter the pedigree. However, for some reason, select
developers in Japan keep making the blasted things for abnormal gamers like me
(certainly it's what drew me to the PC Engine in the first place)...so I can
look forward to scattered releases of varying quality throughout the year. This
year, for me, that ended up being Gradius V for PS2 on the high end of
things...and the indescribably bad Chaos Field for DC on the low end of things.
Still, though, I'd rather have a system packed in with Chaos Field than a system
packed in with Halo 2. Strange but true.


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