Ahhh yes... I too remember the first time I saw GOT. At a kiosk just
the same, and I blew past the 1st level like nobody's business and
couldn't want it more... The music was such a HUGE jump for even the
PC-Engine world....

I agree with your comment on emulation. It is indeed obvious to many,
especially those I still newly introduce to the PC-Engine, just how
far advanced both the hardware and developers were back then. Just 5
months ago a guy here at my work had Hyperdyne-Sidearms up on MAME. He
made an odd comment about how there was never a home-port of it and
how it would suck royale even if there was. I brought in my
Turboexpress the next day and showed him.. (Boy was he amazed...)
People running emulators now, comment all the time how the quality of
games actually varied a great deal back then, and how things they
thought were so great now suck, whilst things they never knew, made
fun of, or wouldn't other wise even look at, now are percieved to
actually be "better" overall. Too bad people's judgement of the TG-16
was clouded...

Ah Well, time to boot up Gate of Thunder!!! You've inspired me once
again!!





--- In turbografxnetwork@yahoogroups.com, kabuki_danjiro
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
>
> 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.