5 Truly Terrible TurboGrafx-16 Games You Must Avoid

[@johnhancockretro]

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[@rioncitylife1917]

Hi John, " I've never played a Turbografx but looked like a cool console though", :)

[@rioncitylife1917]

@Arcade Kaos do you know where he got the name Immortal?

[@HiNRGboy]

@@rioncitylife1917 it is!! You should find a way to try it out 😁

[@badboybob1074]

By Darius do you mean Gradius?

[@jhoughjr1]

u don't like china warrior? u need to smoke more. then its kinda fun.

[@Larry]

Moto Roader's okay, but it's a poor man's knock off of Sega's Hot Rod. Also we were spoilt by Micro Machines too, so this never stood a chance.

[@MrRobertCortese]

I'm one of those Moto Roader fans. I can't play it like when I was younger, but here is my $0.02. Always use Steering B. Get good with the hopper, you can cut corners with it. The warp when you fall behind can be used to your advantage to avoid some obstacles. Memorize the maps (and especially use the preview before a race) Stay on the inside of curves. When you get really good there's nothing more fun than drifting through a track like it's nothing.

[@xeokym223]

So your suggestion is basically to _git gud._

[@kenwheeler3637]

That artwork for Ballistix was used for the front cover of the first Judas Priest album, Rocka Rolla, when RCA reprinted it in 1984.

[@monsieurdubitatif8567]

you can do her if you want if you can...

[@1996toyotacelica]

You sound just like JOhn C Reiley, love all the reviews!

[@Starscreamlive]

After all these years watching John Hancock, I never noticed, but now I can't unhear it. 😅 Brule's Rules FTW!

[@Wheres_the_money_lebowski]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that, what ever you do, don't put your testicles on his drum kit.

[@CrypticCocktails]

I scanned to look for this comment, first thing I thought. For your health!

[@samholdsworth3957]

Holyshit he does I love John Hancock lol

[@LetsGetDerpy]

For your health..

[@themailman3331]

Still have my original TurboGrafx-16 with the CD attachment. Years ago I bought the Turbo Duo and a SuperGrafx. Good thing I kept them because I could never afford to buy them now.

[@gameboypunk660]

Shop has a Turbo Graffx and Turbo CD for $1100 crazy money

[@MyBrothersKeeper101]

@@gameboypunk660 just yard saled both of these for $30

[@garage2track]

I also have my tg16 and cd attachment from when it was brand new

[@Chris-Courage]

MotoRoader is one of my favorite games on the console. You can fix the control by buying the B+2 handle in the upgrades section. My top 5 worst games for the Turbo would be Falcon, Gunboat, Drop Off, Jack Nicholas Golf, and King of Casino. I can actually somewhat enjoy the 5 games you mention.

[@cookieDaXapper]

Tell 'em Chris!!!!!!!! The Turbo was a party-gamers- system you NEED five players to get that fun out of it. Oh well 30+ years later makes any game seem bad. PEACE family of the ninja-thumb!

[@festerblatz82]

@@cookieDaXapper MotoRoader is a blast 5 player.

[@openskiesmedia]

I love Drop Off. I’m apparently the only one who does.

[@Chris-Courage]

@@openskiesmedia I'm the only guy who likes Deep Blue.

[@sinjinhawke]

@@openskiesmedia I finished it back in the day

[@JonquilAnderson]

Blessup...as a youngin & after getting Snes, for Xmas....I went another route & asked for a turbo G, got Neutopia with it....my cuz would laugh that it was his cup of tea...but I was all in lol!

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Neutopia is a solid Zelda clone 👍. Didn't care for the sequel though. Love the last boss song from the 1st game. Hudson was the shit.

[@TheMultiGunMan]

I absolutely LOVED the Turbo Grafx-16. Great memories!

[@shawntaylor7442]

I miss my TG-16. China warrior was kinda fun when I was a kid. Definitely doesn't hold up

[@bubbythebear6891]

China Warrior could actually be fun. The thing that holds it back is the terrible and clunky bosses.

[@triplej26532]

China Warrior I find to be a decent game, yes it's a bit too simple but, I do find it decent. I do play Altered Beast more over China Warrior. Darkwing Duck: The version where you die by the piano for standing around too long, got to love that punishing moment. Ballistix is like an attempt to bring over Crossfire board game into a videogame that falls flat. Other two you mentioned I never played before and they do look bad looking at the gameplay. For one of my favorite TurboGrafx-16 games are Splatter House and Neutopia.

[@travistaylor3186]

When I saw the title I thought to myself, ugh China Warrior. And laughed out loud seeing it the first game shown here. Excellent video as always!

[@matthewlane518]

Lol first games that came to mind were China Warrior and Dark Wing Duck

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@Matthew Lane - 👍! China Warrior was a turd even at the system's launch. I always thought Kung-Fu Master & Vigilante were better options. Darkwing Duck was awful. I didn't care for the Tailspin show, but it had a much better TG16 game.

[@jagoomanra4443]

Loved china warrior .

[@mrdjr6544]

John Hancock... Complete collection of Sega Genesis cartridges. Complete collection of gaming baseball caps! Darkwing was a major disappointment.

[@andrewbaker4503]

Honestly Ballistix was fun with 2 human players. It's the Terrible CPU opponent that ruins that game.

[@TruthSword7]

You forgot to mention TaleSpin. One of the banes of my childhood.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I cant believe "Impossimole" didnt make an appearance

[@whoc4r3s117]

Always appreciate seeing turbo stuff. As a kid I grew up with NES and Genesis. So turbo is a unicorn in my mind. Great stuff John.

[@lovingthesauce]

This guy is jollier than Santa, even when he’s talkin bout ish games😂👍

[@EvaFull]

I don’t know how big a PC Engine collection you have, but would love to hear you do a worst games video on that console sometime. Another awesome video as usual. Keep up the kick *** work & I’ll keep watching & sharing.

[@richardtorres5940]

Great video, made me laugh cause I have 4 out of these 5. I want to put out JJ and Jeff also. Lost weeks of lawn mowing money on that turd.

[@jh5124]

We love you John! You're our boi! Hopefully we'll see you at the PRGE swap meet in March.

[@benrlego]

I wonder how many takes John has to do for these thumbnails they are funnier every time lol. Great video, I've been getting into TurboGrafx a bit more, what I'd really love is to get my hands on a Turbo Duo someday.

[@johnhancockretro]

First pic for this one haha

[@budsunny]

I remember playing Deep Blue when I got it along with my TurboGrafx. I was so disappointed when I played it that I sold it a few days later. Thankfully the other game I got with my system (Legendary Axe) was much much better.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Deep Blue should have been a cool psychedelic shooter but the game is just terrible. Ballistyx could have been good but the gameplay sucked compared to the graphics

[@masterquake7]

Man, seeing all these great retro videos makes me sad. I was never able to get a 16-bit or 32-bit console. I went from Atari 5200 to NES to N64. My neighbor had an SNES and my best friend had a Genesis and PlayStation so I didn't entirely miss out, but I had never heard of the TG16 when I was a kid and I didn't have one of these great consoles in my house until I was an adult (and I still don't have a TG16...just the mini).

[@vaprebluemike7520]

I knew deep blue would be on here when I saw the tittle of the video. It is an EXTREMELY hard game. I liked it and still play it once in a while. Very frustrating, but it is possible to beat. I liked the music in the game :-) Ty for the video

[@epicon6]

0:50 That was an awesome time in gaming history to most of the time choose a game looking at the little screenshots at the back of the box. It definately wouldn't work today and back then there were dissapointments too but overall i loved that part the most when i was at my local computer store scrolling through what seemed like an endless wall of Amiga, Master System and Mega Drive games and being able to choose one.

[@zenitpro]

This thing of choosing a game after looking at the screenshots on the back of the box got me playing (?) Rise of the Robots on the Genesis back in the day. Oh, boy... what a steaming pile of good looking excrement that is! LOL

[@Vulpas]

I look back on that with nostalgia too, it was definitely a real careful decision we had to make as kids lol. I remember damn near getting Lion King back in the day, but ultimately ended up with Primal Rage, a good decision. Still, that's objectively not something I miss from the 90's lol

[@HiNRGboy]

The Turbografx has bad games??? What?! I didn't even think China Warrior was that bad, haha.. 😁 Ok Ballistix is god-awful, I'll give you that!

[@Chris-Courage]

Ballistix is like Cross Fire in video game form.

[@ratix98]

China warrior was the pc engine launch title in Japan. The game is a masterpiece

[@miketate3445]

China Warrior is a great game. I'll never understand why so many people hate it.

[@rwxstudio7173]

Yeah, nobody talks about how it's more than just punch, kick, duck and jump. If you hold down the left d-pad and block a few punches you can counter attack with either your fist getting larger or a flurry of punches. Also, you can do the flying kick like it shows on the intro screen.

[@jasonwells1719]

Thanks for another great walk through gaming history. Although, I can't say that I agree with you about China Warrior. I still play it today. I did go into it as a better version of Kung Fu when I first played it back when it was first released. I loved it when I would get a super punch in on a boss with the big fist. (I totally agree with you about the other games on the list. As a veteran of the original Console Wars, I used to argue that my TG-16 was King above the Genesis . China Warrior, Blazing Lazers, and Legendary Axe were my "go to's" for that. :) Keep on doin what you are doin!

[@FIXTREME]

Idk man, I still say Black Belt is the best Kung Fu Master style game ever made

[@hepwo91222]

I was a TG-16 fanboy myself also, I would unfairly count PC Engine releases towards my argument why it was better than the Sega Genesis which made it more formidable, but the western releases overall, I have to admit, the Genesis had the far more robust library of quality official releases. But I had the CD player which was NOT region locked and I even had a PC Engine hucard converter for Street Fighter 2

[@HiNRGboy]

@@FIXTREME what about Vigilante, the actual sequal to Kungfu Master 😁

[@FIXTREME]

@@HiNRGboy No, I still think Black Belt did it best. Vigilante was a solid game, however. So was Trojan, for that matter.

[@HiNRGboy]

@@FIXTREME Arcade Trojan is a great game!

[@Steffs]

One of my friends in elementary school had Ballistix on the PC and we thought it was a cool vide9 game version of that board game Crossfire. We had a lot of fun playing it versus against each other so I have fond memories of it. Though I never played the TG-16 version, so I don’t know if they messed something up in the conversion or if it’s only fun in one on one with a friend.

[@Pesthauch666]

7:42: btw. the original Ballistix game for the Amiga was the first game (not counting their first games under a different name for the Spectrum) from Reflections of Driver fame. But I'm not sure who did the port for the TG16.

[@kjhoskins]

Great video, John. I miss my TG16; bad games and all.

[@johnhancockretro]

Mostly good games on it.

[@sags1]

Great content. Thanks for doing your thing!!

[@johnhancockretro]

You are most welcome.

[@rwxstudio7173]

In Motoroader, there are 2 different steering control styles. The one where you press where you want your car to go and another that works more like actual steering using just the left and right d-pad buttons. You need to upgrade to a steering wheel that gives the control style you prefer.

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Moto Roader; the unintentional innovator of rubber-band AI.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

First thought when seeing this video; China Warrior better be on this video. China Warrior is first game mentioned; pause video, comment, and like.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

I do like Darkwing Duck though.

[@MVLGAMING]

The TurboGrafx was very uncommon in the UK, I have the UK version and unfortunately its just the American versions, which plays the American games but forces them to run at 50hz (without adjustments, so slow) and it can't use the CD attachment! But at least some of the games I did have were great!

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Y'all's CoreGrafx is nice 👍. Superior SuperGrafx color scheme + non-bulked up form factor makes it my favorite. I had a TG16 growing up & I really like that CoreGrafx/SuperGrafx paintjob & styling. I'd still love to own an actual SuperGrafx.

[@MVLGAMING]

@@TexasHollowEarth Although we did get the CoreGrafx mini in the UK. I don't think the original console didn't come out here. France I believe. (Same for SuperGrafx) We got the TurboGrafx changed to 50hz as I mentioned. Which was pretty bad.

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Still rocking my pc engine duo and collection

[@kevinroberts1888]

Good choices. I have Victory Run for the PC Engine and remember being really disapointed with it. Really thought it looked like a great game, but the difficulty was through the roof.

[@openskiesmedia]

It looks like an arcade racer but it is a highly technical driving game. Very rewarding if you stick with it.

[@kevinroberts1888]

@@openskiesmedia I'll have to give it another try sometime.

[@bl3ivids]

Pong but you shoot the ball? Wow, interesting concept!

[@wordman3624]

China Warrior looked so amazing to me as a kid back in the day. But then I was a kid, and I didn't know any better.

[@martinmayhemsretrorundown]

There are few terrible games for pc engine/turbografx but you found them dude, congrats 🥳. Cheers for the video and keep on gaming 👍

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Toilet Kid was bad but interesting but I remember a maze RPG that was literally almost featureless. You pushed a button, the monsters died and you moved on.

[@jeffdavis6657]

You are talking about Double Dungeons

[@3rdFloorArcade]

I agree with all those! I actually owned Ballistix and Moto Roader. The game Yo Bro! also really sucked.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Owned a TG16 back in it's day. This list is spot-on. Very entertaining video. What a waste of good Psygnosis art, Ballistix is.

[@johnhancockretro]

Couldn't agree more

[@Aegelis]

I couldn't afford a TurboGrafx-16 then, I can't really afford one now, but did enjoy this review. The Atari 2600 game Indy 500 is actually fun and seems way better with the game play than the MotoRoader.

[@Marc_Araujo]

I don't know which you'd remove but JJ & Jeff needs to be on this list.

[@dr.rotwang]

While I do acknowledge that China Warrior is a terrible game and it was certainly the worst of the launch titles and is in the running for worst game on the system. I do hold a certain nostalgia for it from my youth. I have many fond memories of going over to my buddies' house and playing China Warrior with the sound off, making our own Bruce Lee kung-fu sound effects while Carl Douglas' Kung Fu Fighting was blasting on the stereo at a soothing billion and a half decibels. Ah good times.

[@segagamerguy]

Great video! This was a great review! Thanks again John!

[@alfulton5946]

Deep blue looks like it should have been on the 2600

[@matthewbarry4464]

More like the Colecovision, but you're close. Kinda reminded me of a bumped up Cosmic Adventure from Colecovision.

[@alfulton5946]

@@matthewbarry4464 yeah that's about right. I was making it sound worse but it's about colecovision graphics maybe Sega 1000 graphics

[@hyrulesurfer1]

China Warrior is actually a favorite of mine because my grandma gave it to me for my Birthday back in the day.. I learned to like it I guess.

[@jeffdavis6657]

As for the some of the Worst, I agree with you on Ballistix. You can't expect Darkwing to be the same as the NES version. Moto Roader is a LOT of fun with 5 Human players, buy the max steering at the beginning, and you get RC Proam like steering. My Worst are Fighting Street, Vasteel, Deep Blue, Andre Panza Kickboxing, my #1 hate: JJ and Jeff

[@xeokym223]

I really enjoyed Side Arms but when you would die they would put you back on screen right in the middle of an impossible enemy swarm, many times (read: almost all the time) making it just not possible to survive long enough even with temporarily invincibility to continue on without dying immediately because you can't get your bearings to make it out of the swarm before invincibility ran out. It simply made an otherwise fun to play shmup unplayable.

[@EsotericArcade]

Some real stinkers you found here John! Loved it great stuff

[@jameschapman6484]

Always look forward to a new Immortal video !! Please consider doing a worst of the Dreamcast video!!!

[@tech_jims]

Third🙄 never had a turbo graffix they pretty hard to find in the UK would you recommend the turbo graffix mini John 😉

[@charliehustle2591]

I have the Coregrafx Mini (European model of the Turbografx), I’d definitely recommend it. Doesn’t have ALL the best games, but a lot of the really good ones. If you can get one at a reasonable price I’d say go for it.

[@mattw8332]

I don't think that I ever heard of this console. Was it sold only in North America?

[@animejoe4041]

I just started playing DEEP BLUE 2 days ago and my Gawd please make the pain stop! Thank goodness for Save States!

[@jaylucien669]

China Warrior's graphics blew me and my friends away back in '89. But, yeah, horrible game. A year or so later we had a similar experience with Veigues Tactical Gladiator. Though better than China Warrior, it had nearly identical game play. And like many games from that era, both had limited continues. That was usually the deal breaker for us.

[@joesshows6793]

China warrior kicks ass

[@elijahvincent985]

I love my TurboGrafix16. I got one 3 years ago with an everdrive cartridge and downloaded every game ever made into a single SD card in separate, alphabetically-categorized folders. The only games I did not include were the adult-oriented titles with sexual content.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

China Warrior looked interesting graphic-wise, but it looked like very stiff with the way he's kicking those Druids, I guess, in the nuts, lol. I could imagine if I played that game for real, it WOULD feel like the controls are stiff. I also had a feeling DW would be on the list: I still sometimes flash back to when AVGN reviewed it and him saying "GET THE F*** UP THERE!" when he was trying to get on to a platform, or "I don't know what kind of f***** up duck can't f****** duck." when he was trying to crouch down. Lol, just freaking hilarious.

[@johnnyroche138]

China Warrior and Moto Racer were the only two games on the TG16 mini that I thought “why the hell are these on here?”

[@popixel]

The reason why China Warrior reminds you of Kung-Fu is because it is Kung-Fu... more specifically the Japanese version is called The Kung-Fu. I felt that you beat this game up a little too much. I still enjoy this game. Gunboat could most certainly take the place of that game on the list. All the other games, I completely agree with. And you don't know how happy I am to see you didn't put Keith Courage on your list.

[@johnhancockretro]

I like Keith Courage and played it a TON back in the day because I did not have that many games. An average game for me but back then is was amazing.

[@popixel]

@@johnhancockretro so many people rag on it. I still enjoy playing it, but it may be because the same reason you like it. It was one of the only TG16 games that I had for a while. If I was to play the game for the first time today... it might not be so fun.

[@TheDorianTube]

Can't even find a Turbografx lol. The only one I found asked $600 eff dat

[@DragonGrafx-16]

Just get a PC Engine instead. I got my Duo-RX for $350 from a Japanese seller on Ebay. Now it's not region modded so I can't play NA HuCards (I can play TG-16 CDs just fine) games but since I got it to pretty much just play shoot 'em ups (so many more on PC Engine that never made it to the TG-16) that I don't really care. My favorite system of all time!

[@apr2499]

@@DragonGrafx-16, there are some great mod kits out there for the TG 16/PC Engine, but honestly it’s super easy to region mod these things. If I recall, there is literally 2 pins that are swapped from the pc engine to the tg-16. Back in the day I put in a toggle switch to change regions. It’s ugly but works!

[@DragonGrafx-16]

@@apr2499 I'm not too concerned about region-free modding mine. I would get a Turbo Everdrive instead if I wanted to play NA games, But I'm happy with my Japan only HuCards.

[@hyrulesurfer1]

JJ and Jeff is my favorite game on the TG.. Ninja Spirit is close.

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

Ninja Spirit is one of my faves 😀

[@Ubersnuber]

For those wondering if Psygnosis published or developed this title, here’s the answer. 07:56. They loved that font. Also I had big problems following what was going on. Way too busy.

[@dwightdixon8508]

These are definitely in my worst TG16 list. You’re helping first time TG16 collectors cuz these are definitely the worst games for sure. NECs poor decisions in the 90’s continues to this day as I was so disappointed to see Moto Roader make the TG16 mini list.

[@cabbitkisser2620]

i picked up a turbo grafx - 16 year's ago & a friend gave he's turbo grafx cd & he's turbo express. then i went to some junk shop and picked up a turbo duo for $2 no hook ups or ac adaptor just the unit.

[@adultmoshifan87]

As bad as Motoroader is, I still bought it when it arrived on Wii Virtual Console back in the day and had fun with it! While its flaws cannot be ignored, I do give it points for being a weapons based racer, predating Super Mario Kart by a few years, even having up to 5 player multiplayer compared to Super Mario Kart's 2 player! It wasn't until another 2 years (or a year and a bit in the PAL regions) that Street Racer would come along with up to 4 player multiplayer! I actually beat the first 2 tournaments in Motoroader, but even after trying the 3rd one again upon getting my PC Engine CoreGrafx last year, I just can't do it, no matter what weapons and upgrades I buy.

[@marie-lisecouillard7263]

I love this series and I bought a Turbografx a month ago, so very useful info!

[@jimmystancliff2843]

I just subscribed to your Channel I think you're awesome bro I'm born 1980 I know about some games I got some old game systems Neo Geo Neo Geo CD Nintendo's a lot of the Sega Genesis all those that one call television and television

[@kyleolson8977]

China Warrior resembles what people making movies and TV shows thought a video game looked like at the time. Large characters with no concern of field of view, poorly designed and artificial animations, a very limited number of elements on the screen. I don't know that it is a great tech demo. Sprite size is interesting, but these large sprites animate so clunkily they're more like cardboard cutouts. Darkwing Duck: You know there's a problem when a game says "Tries Left" It's very easy to create a bland, ugly, Deeply Blue shooter. I'm not big on Top Down or Iso Racers that aren't single screen. I feel like they often require either memorization, using the mini-map instead of looking at the interesting graphics most of the time, or running into things helplessly. Ballistix - There are pretty mediocre reviews on this one, at best some lukewarm love on all platforms, but it's worth nothing that it's the first game for Reflections Interactive who still exist as a part of Ubisoft today working on AAA titles.

[@ararattempest-lingua]

when you said "the power-ups have to match what you're able to avoid in a level", I immediately thought about "Starship Hector" on NES hahaha. that game's only power up is, health refill...... yeah, you can only trust your main shot and there are enemies and bullets everywhere, which I consider this game the hardest shmup on the console. it's even harder than Recca in my opinion.

[@lailanitaganap6314]

Tv Sports Football is worst game and Power Golf lol

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

Darkwing Duck was awful on the Turbografx-16 and was justifiably forgotten as a result. Whereas the good version of Darkwing Duck on NES has been archived in The Disney Afternoon Collection, along with other NES Disney Capcom games. Though why they never released that collection on Switch is unknown and it's still upsetting fans to this day.

[@eternylbliss2151]

Still waiting on hitting a garage sale to find more games for my system (like that will ever happen ha) I sold the one I bought at sale many years ago and regretted it. Later i bought the Turbo Duo with stack of games on eBay for $300 many years ago to get it back in my collection. I don't remember playing any terrible games but my fave was Devil's Crush

[@TheMicWillExperiment]

Love the TG-16. Great video!

[@johnhancockretro]

Thanks!

[@TheWorstThingEver]

As a TG-16 collector, I'm making these predictions before even starting the video: Darkwing Duck Deep Blue Drop Off Impossimole and, um... China Warrior? Again, I just made that comment not having watched the video yet. I'm curious how close I am.

[@sinjinhawke]

I actually liked Drop-Off. My wife and I played it a lot and made it to the end. When I go back now and play it I suck, it seems impossible but back in the day we rocked it.

[@jexthegamer]

Does ballistic have a 2 player mode, and if so, is it more fun? I can imagine that being fun if not playing against the cpu.

[@dixongalvez-searle8035]

When I had a TG-16 as a kid, I basically had to make the most out of the games I had...including Ballistix and Darkwing Duck (and a lot of really great games too). So I played Darkwing Duck over and over until I kinda sorta even liked it. Would definitely play that and China Warrior today over Fighting Street, that's for sure!

[@xeokym223]

Well back then, no matter what console you owned, you had to make the most of the games you got. Unless your parents were rich & spoiled you, that's how it was all around.

[@lovemadeinjapan]

More important: you should forget about the Turbo Grafx 16. It is ugly, it has a rather limited game library, the HuCards for it are ugly, the cases are ugly and it is usually twice as expensive as the thing you DO want: a PC Engine. Both the white one and the Coregrafx are fine and do everything in asthonishing RGB (you need a special EXT-bus cable, but thats no big deal), including CD-ROM games.

[@openskiesmedia]

I like Moto Roader. I also like Ballistix, probably because I spent tons of time playing the board game Crossfire which it seems to be inspired by. (The computer is really cheap, though, no denying that.). My bottom 5 HuCARDs are: Darkwing Duck Talespin Impossamole Timeball and yes Deep Blue

[@IanSane]

Both China Warrior and Moto Roader were included on the TurboGrafx-16 Mini. Why?! It's not like Nintendo put Super Play Action Football on the SNES Classic. I was very surprised when I found out there was Darkwing Duck game on the TG16. By the time that show debuted that system had clearly flopped in America so I would never assume it would get a game based on a Disney show, particularly over the SNES or Genesis. Heck, back at that time period I didn't realize this "Turbo Duo" thing that got the occasional review in Gamepro was the same console that had those Bonk games a few years back. It felt like the TG16 got TV commercials for a few years but I stopped seeing them so I assumed it had been discontinued. I only knew one kid at my school that had one and he never had the CD attachment and had switched to the SNES once it came out.

[@knightshifter2201]

Too bad the TurboGrafx 16 didn’t have all the other great games in a 16 bit Era that’s what killed it for me.

[@jsttv]

Riot Zone should be added to the list. As a side scroller beat em up fan, I was disappointed. I had high expectations, because it was marketed as a SUPER CD. The graphics are a complete cheap rip off of Final Fight. For a super CD, I found the sound to be below average w/very little voice overs, and the music mediocre. The lack of a two player, hurt the gameplay. Moreover, there are no weapons to use, and I find the levels repetitive. Not to mention the challenge was almost non existent. I beat the game in one sitting. I own both Final Fight CD and Streets of Rage 2, and they are better in terms of graphics, music, gameplay, replay value, and challenge. If, this was in turbo chip format I would be more forgiving. Riot Zone had so much potential, if only the developers had put more time and effort.

[@dqwno4900]

such a shame that many great turbografx-16 games were not released outside of japan. :(

[@jasongillson6563]

Bad TG-16 games I think are Bravoman, GunBoat and Impossamole (though Impossamole gets a bit of a save with the high score music, which I use as a ringtone on my phone)

[@sethtravis34]

One of my biggest regrets in gaming. Was selling this console. Bought it with Christmas money the year it came out. Would love to have it again. But so expensive online 😭

[@halwakka504]

IMO the only redeeming feature for Deep Blue was the "Fin" message instead of "Game Over".

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

I agree on 4 out of the 5 games mentioned. Especially Ballistix, ugh that game was hot garbage. The one exception would be China Warrior. Yeah it's cumbersome and boring but at least it's playable, which is more than I can say about the other 4 games. Darkwing Duck was disappointing, Moto Roader was a mess, Deep Blue was not enjoyable and Ballistix is...yeah the worst ever. Good video overall.

[@MarginalSC]

I always held China Warrior in the same low esteem that I did Keith Courage. Just kinda dull relatively pointless games. Billistix looks like Crossfire turned into a video game. Strip Fighter was awful. Never especially liked JJ and Jeff.

[@GellyVelly]

Lol hey 7:49, its the same art used for Judas Priest's Rocka-Rolla

[@blacksunshine7485]

I always look forward to the expressions in the thumbnail.

[@spman2099]

I'm not going to say that China Warrior is a hidden gem or anything, but I do think it is a touch overhated. It is simple, but it can be pretty fun in its simplicity.

[@TheAlienwarewolf]

TG16 is the most neglected old school powerhouse for the time. The only more neglected console I can think of by the company that released it is the Dreamcast. I owned almost every game for both. Bonk's Adventure was the Sonic for them and they paid no attention to their 2nd and 3rd party developers. Quality was on the back shelf for the SNK developers over quantity.

[@horsecorpse]

China Warrior is like a Tiger electronics game in a weird way (not scrolling to see if someone else said this)

[@NESADDICT]

I will avoid those like the plague! 🤣 honestly I only have Keith courage and bonk. The rest of my fix come from my mini. For me the TG16 was a novelty so I only wanted a game or two to play anyway.

[@GardevoirBoy]

I'm going to enjoy sneering at the bad games for each console!

[@TheTrueBro]

Some of these games were included in the TG Mini for some reason. I can play China Warrior and have fun with it, but that top view racing game... ewww... I'd change CW and place that platform game with the dudes in suits instead (forgot its name, it's THAT boring)

[@LunaVeau]

I remember samurai ghost was another stinker but man, I love the turbografx 🥰