THE PC ENGINE ROCKS! - Happy Console Gamer

[@MadPanicGaming]

When I first came to Japan one of the first things I did was buy a PC Engine Duo-R. Five years and hundreds of games later and I'm still hooked on it and always finding new and interesting titles floating around out there.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

+KidShoryuken Yeah it has soo many great games on it! it could take you a life time to explore them all!

[@MadPanicGaming]

HappyConsoleGamer Indeed, my collection may never be complete.

[@victormak3736]

Hi Jim, nice to see you here! :)

[@victormak3736]

PCE was my childhood memory, my 2nd console ever owned (My 1st was Famicom and its disk system). Like 2 years after I owned my PCE, I further bought the CD Rom2 "briefcase" and that amazing add on opened up my dream CD games library: YS 1&2, Fighting Street, Cobra, Wonder Boy, Far East of Eden etc. The CD quality music together with the vivid graphics made me hardly believed it's a 8-bit gaming console omg...it's totally comparable with its rival at that time - the SEGA Mega Drive! If NEC will ever remake this console I'll definitely buy it!

[@DalgoFight]

Oh man, what you've done...Since I watched this video the last year, I've dreamed every day with this console. And today, FINALLY, I decided to go with it. I'm SO happy right now...I'm from Spain and here PC Engine is like somekind of myth. I've picked up a Core Grafx and a couple of games and now I'm the most poor guy in the neighbourhood, and the most happy as well!!! I've picked up Ninja Spirit, GunHed, and Bonk 1 and man...oh man. You've discovered to me a new universe!!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

Hey that is awesome!!! have fun! classic system!

[@skykitchen867]

I have a Turbo Duo that I inherited from my dad, with a whole bunch of games. My favorite one is called Magical Chase it is such a fun side scrolling shooter. Love them. He was a avid fan of Hudson games and collected as many as he could. The games are so much fun! Recently purchased a Super Console Cube X3 that has like 110,000 games from sixty consoles. There are PC engine titles from Hudson that I didn't even know existed, and they are fantastic to play. The titles my dad bought are on it also. Great video, happy gaming!! :)

[@LynnFredricks]

During the early 90s, I worked on several of the PC Engine games to localize them into English - a couple of the Bonk games, two sports games and Dungeon Master III: Theron's Quest. Excellent machine in its day.

[@Superdimensional]

Such a satisfying click sound when the HuCard is inserted. Who else here in 2020 after the release of the Turbo/PCE minis?

[@mickeymickey9914]

Crazy how this thing flew under my radar for 30 years. Now I'm emulating tons of great stuff on it.

[@cameronlodor6985]

crazy how far we’ve come, now you can fit every first party switch game in your back pocket

[@下っ端2号]

Nice to meet you! I am very happy that Japanese games are highly evaluated.

[@radiantjet418]

I remember playing Samurai Showdown 1 & 2 for the Turbo graphics 16. I really love that fighting game! I also found Samurai Showdown for PC about 10 years ago under there used PC games. I have no idea they made it for PC also! The PC version had SS 1 & 2 on it!

[@ShamanNoodles]

I love how excited you sound when talking about the PCE. I feel the same way =) Most underrated system in history

[@lukemorse1]

Holy shit Johnny, I cant believe you still remembered getting the Interface unit from me years back, honored. kick ass job on the review as always, enjoyed a bit of a look at your good sized collection as well man!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

+lukemorse1 Hey thank you for that Interface unit! The gift that keeps on giving!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

haha of COURSE! that was such a big deal! that and Lesters back in the day...

[@BrotherWells]

+lukemorse1 I just wanted to say HOLY SHIT in regards to the amount of PC engine games

[@MrFoxrolls]

+lukemorse1 Luke, I just wanted to say I really admire you technical skills! I used to really enjoy watching you work on a system! Im a weirdo, I love learning about that kinda thing!

[@taylorbradford7853]

I fall asleep to your channel. Videos on loop. Something soothing about it

[@timothyledet9454]

It's so easy to just listen to you talk about something you're incredibly passionate about. Your content rocks.

[@diceman1978]

Such an elegant little machine. Those hucards are still beautiful.

[@lotsofgames]

Ninja Spirit got me really interested in the TurboGrafx 16. I was first introduced to Ninja Spirit in the arcade and loved it. I agree that the pc engine console design is really nice.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

+lotsofgames Amazing you played it in arcades!

[@OtisWhitaker]

You not being a fan of the word Shmup makes you my hero.

[@mr.dueezy]

+Otis Whitaker I call them space shooting games :P

[@kingmonkey25]

U read my mind! +Otis Whitaker that's all I came on the comments section for! :P

[@JesseDylanMusic]

+Otis Whitaker I can't stand it either. I'm not sure at what point the FPS become just "shooter," but we have decades of shooters prior, and "Shoot 'em Up" and "Shmup" just sounds ridiculous, like it's a Wild West game or something. Come on. They're shooters! Oh well.

[@Harp00nX]

My rant on the subject: I still call shoot em ups shoot em ups (shmups is a retarded phrase that just shouldn't not be said out loud), don't let the shitty fps genre steal the title shoot em up away from it's rightful owner. Make people call those games first person shooters or third person shooters or doom clones whatever but fps lovers can fuck off trying to steal shoot em ups from a game genre that has been called that since the 70s.

[@JesseDylanMusic]

+Barry's World I'd honestly never even heard them called "shoot 'em ups" until fairly recently. To me, they were always shooters, since Galaga or Space Invaders. Doom and the like were first-person shooters, and X-Wing and the like were space combat simulators or something along those lines. :)

[@drrrrzz9145]

that ninja warriors walk cycle never fails to give me a chuckle. Also that Armed F ship design on the box art is one of the coolest I've seen, to this day.

[@TatsuMakiSeppuKyaku]

Awww yeah I hear that Rondo of Blood music in the background there. Best Castlevania game ever made in my book, what a wonderful experience.

[@SuchetB]

I loved the PC ENGINE; the design of the console and the games were awesome- I was at secondary/high school in the UK at the time and it was like having an arcade machine. We loved it. The side scrolling shooters like R-Type were awesome.

[@barebarekun161]

Too bad some of PCE's SHMUP are really expensive,R-Type was one of them so to all the original owners of those game I envy you!

[@barebarekun161]

Not in Japan.

[@FinalBaton]

Rondo of Blood music in the beggining! Fuck yeah! Thank you for this episode, it's been a long time coming ;) So happy to know that you will review lots of PC Engine games in the future

[@gurerozdil3203]

Speaking of the PC Engine, it's such a pity we didn't get NEC's two shoot'em up PC titles ReVolte and PureVex for the West back in the day.

[@victormak3736]

Wow this is a very mighty PCE collection, they worth a ton! Nice collections!

[@Siegfried39ify]

Very cool episode, i wish you cover all your PC engine games!

[@randallkincaid-shatto5934]

Your enthusiasm is infection, Johnny. Thank you for all of your awesome videos.

[@MrJeffy45]

Castlevania Ronda of blood is one of the big pc engine game out there!!!

[@Bigdog302V8]

That one is my very first Import game right there. I bought it at Die Hard Game fan back in 1993 and I still have it today. that game Rocks!

[@drunkensailor112]

It's for turbo cd

[@Heathboy420]

That game is so good

[@9unslin9er]

That game alone is worth the price of the Turbo/PC mini.

[@diogenesismontalvo3589]

Dude the pc engine hucard games are beyond of his time! A rare console that i know later in magazine like club nintendo or gamepro so in my opinion the most awesome console of all time!

[@SuperLotus]

0:45 Kid Niki: Radical Ninja for NES. OMFG Such nostalgia!

[@bellycuda]

I used to want the PC Engine so hard it hurt, it was out of my reach...... until now. Thanks for the reminder, great video!

[@AntiKipKay]

wow thanks for this video. I had no idea about it. As a kid I never had this stuff growing up but I did know a few people who had games that I had a chance to enjoy on occasion and I was a videogame lover... hell I still am even more than ever. Didn't get my NES until 1990 and that was a surprise from my parents. I grew up on videogames and it's nice to see collectors like you showing me these amazing systems.

[@Dethark75]

I saw your collection there at the start of the video and I very nearly drooled.

[@MrBorington]

PC-Engine was my first ever home console ! First home console with cd-rom, Tengai Makyo 2 opening was stunning ! Still have the DUO in my basement.

[@cassettelord]

Its a great platform and was so ahead of its time! Great enthusiasm bro.. keep it up..!

[@Arcadiality]

You got it bang on,when you said it's so Japan. Absolutely right and that's why I love it too. It's a great console to own. I've not had one long and I have a modest 15 hucard complete games so far,but it's quickly becoming my favourite retro console. I love that I don't have any nostalgia for this system and it's like a journey of discovery for me. Any PCE content you upload will be thumbed up immediately :)

[@kodoyama]

PC Engine is my all time favourite console. It's the system that turned me from a casual gamer to a hardcore gamer back in 1989 and introduced me to the glorious Japanese import scene. I don't think any other system can come close to matching the unique charm and character of the venerable PCE.

[@joeybrewer1366]

Awesome Johnny, I love my PC engines, especially my briefcase unit with the CD-ROM. Both of my machines are still working perfectly after all these years. The selection of games in Japan is massive. Like you said there are literally hundreds of games for just about any genre to collect for. Also for anyone looking for the games but not the system, the Wii still has quite a few on the virtual console and there are even a few available on psn for the PS3 and psp/vita.

[@XyV0L]

It's amazing, everytime I see a new episode coming out.. it puts me in a good mood. Thank you @HappyConsoleGamer

[@ClockUnClock]

The SuperGrafx was not the successor console to the TurboGrafx/PC-Engine; its more like what the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X are. They play the same games, but have enhances abilities on some/most. The successor console was the PC-FX

[@raypadilla254]

I had the same fascination with the TurboGrafx 16 and those credit card games! It was next level back then! Even more than the SNES and Genesis! Then to find out it could even get more powerful with a CD-ROM drive for more extremely detailed graphics! It just blew me away!!!!! I wish I lived in Japan at the time because it was so popular there!!!!!

[@abcmaya]

my friend showed me his PC Engine a year before the turbografx even came out. i love how small it is. and it blew me away the moment he inserted GunHead (Blazing Lazer). I was like DAAAAAMNNNNN this is awesome!!!

[@Faxtron]

PC Engine now is $80 console only or $150 for the console plus accessories controller, video cable and power suply. With CD player is 300+ in all the versions core duo, etc. This console are getting higher prices very, very fast. If someone want to collect or play this console have to buy it as soon as posible, because in a few years will be inaccessible for the majority of gamers.

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

I noticed that the prices are really rising!

[@MRW2276]

What struck me as nuts was having all those Sega titles on the Engine. Outrun, Alterbeast, and Afterburner to name a few. Also some other solid arcade ports were Operation Wolf, Double Dragon 2 and Chase HQ. I've been wrestling with selling off my game collection and the hardest is going to be the PC/Turbo stuff. I'm probably one of the few people that have their original Turbo games complete and mint (outer cardboard boxes) still plus I have a ton of sealed PC Engine games.

[@Hellwyck]

+MRW2276 Altered Beast, not alterbeast

[@TriforceRich]

The PC Engine/TurboGrafx is one of those systems that I'll probably never collect for. I already import famicom, super famicom, mega drive, and saturn games. I barely have time to play games as is. Sometimes you just got to see the writing on the wall but I can really tell you love it.

[@TheRetroShed]

Seriously considering getting a PC Engine for our collection. Wanted one since 1987!

[@j.d.whitten5939]

Bought the pc engine from Japan looking forward for its arrival can't wait to play my racing game I bought for it.

[@rhodesy761uk]

i have them all on copy cd's i dont care if its original as long as i can play it

[@xldkxnewyorker8914]

All my old consoles are soft/hard modded or have flash carts... I feel you lol

[@sandbakk77]

+Paul Rhodes If I just wanted to play the games, I'd get an emulator on PC and download the ROMs. And to be honest, I do that sometimes. Mostly to check out an expensive retro-game before I buy it, but also because I can't afford a fraction of the games I want. But as for collecting games, I want the original ones only. I don't see the point in collecting unoriginal games. :-)

[@RetrOrigin]

+Paul Rhodes Collecting has become way too unreasonable these days, prices are just plain stupid for some games and systems.

[@xldkxnewyorker8914]

SNKega Some people can't play on emulators, like me... Idgaf if its the original game though. Repros, flashcarts, and HDD's ftw.

[@rellik187redrum]

waste of plastic that way just emulate it if you are not into collecting the real discs.

[@TheMeanArena]

TurboGrafx-16 I had it when I was younger. Definitely one of the better retro consoles ever made and has some of the best shmups around too.

[@babejunky]

Great video. I share your enthusiasm. Thanks for posting. You can collect all of the games, it just takes a great deal of effort and money. It became something of an obsession of mine. What started off as a relative cheap hobby, ended up costing me a fortune.

[@ravagingwolverine]

It's amazing that the PC Engine came out in 1987. I suddenly realized I had never once played a PC Engine game which is something I fixed in early 2014. Bonk's Adventure surprised me with how fun and well designed it was. Shortly after, I decided to pick up a few of the base units, as the original white system and the two Core Grafx models are so beautifully designed. I had a Master System growing up, so the cards didn't surprise me, but the HuCards are fun to collect. You put it so well pointing out how very Japanese the system is, and it's fun to take chances on obscure, inexpensive HuCards and seeing how the games are. It's funny you put this video up now as I was just planning to investigate some strange games I haven't played much yet as well as seeing what other games are available from the sellers I like. Great video, HCG. I definitely agree that the PC Engine rocks.

[@RedRanger2001]

...and the last thing to buy for the PC Engine is the Turbo Everdrive (for the American games) and the Analogue Duo (for the CD games)...

[@TBustah]

I'll bet you're wondering why the cover of "Double Dungeons" has a big "W" on it. In Japan, "W" is often used instead of "double". A burger with an extra patty on it might be called a "W burger" on the menu, but it'd be pronounced "double burger", for example.

[@chebert0815]

well done video, I heard some y's music in the background if I recall correctly 😃 thx 4 bringing up those fine memories again.

[@batmanx306]

Man you're great, so good to see named some of my favorites pc engine classics such as mr. heli and splatterhouse

[@brandoboyer731]

I can't stop watching ur vids man great content!

[@digioverlord]

Cheers :D I just grabbed myself a PC engine on ebay and needed a header for some games so great timing xD

[@luisalves1706]

Im a megafan too i spent so much money.

[@synthoelectro]

when I got my TB16, I found out about it in a comic book back in 89 90, and I couldn't ignore it. When I finally got one I loved it a lot, those HU cards were so small, and it blew my mind. If you think about it, it's still far ahead of its time.

[@screwthenet]

Faved. Seriously love this channel, because it further expands upon things I knew about from back in the day, but really really and truly informs me about them beyond what I though I already knew. Gaming Gold, this channel ^~^ OH and PS, I used to play R Type, which were a fantastic series of games. Good times.

[@darthv72]

great vid Johnny. hope you do more on the different genres of games. especially the shmups.

[@cesiumbob7278]

I want to go back in time to 80’s/90s and buy all the systems I couldn’t get as a kid!

[@diplocephalus]

I like a lot how much you love your games it makes your videos very appealing

[@RetroGamePlayers]

13:13 Ninja Warriors does have a EPIC soundtrack, just the first level music is awesome. Great episode, this was one of my favorites!

[@chuckBauer2k23]

I just bought my first pc engine duo r, it’s coming in already with a full recap, region mod and rgb, and I’m binging every video you have on it, so excited to have one

[@ShiitakeWarrior]

If ever there was an icon among SHMUP villain icons, it would have to be Dobkeratops from the R-Type series, hands down.

[@goldengames8792]

has it arrived?

[@NefariousDreary]

Wow, for an 8 bit machine these graphics are impressive and beautiful. :o and that's quite a selection. I want one!

[@alkaiserred5841]

It was the smallest console till the Vita TV and others came along.

[@grumblekin]

I remember how Johnny Turbo had to fight against the evil goons of Feka.....I love the PC Engine/TG16!

[@MrFoxrolls]

Johnny Dude! I picked up a Pc Engine and CD rom unit becuase of your videos! That was almost a year ago now! Its pretty hard for me to find Hucards and CD games for it In the UK, but I have amassed a pretty good collection of both! I have yet to get any of the RPG's and thats the genre I love most! they are so god damn expensive in this Country! and they are worse on e-bay! But what I have I thoroughly enjoy! thank you man!. I had to do a bit of work on the CD unit, it needed a gear replaced on it and the laser pickup replaced, but google was my friend! and it works like a champ now! Look forward to seeing more about such a cool little system! Cheers mate!

[@BrotherWells]

One thing I have seen missing though are those classic games from the good old Commodore 64. For people who do love classic games, if you can pick one up and check it out or just go out and pick up the phone they released

[@Ragdorable]

Back in around 1989-1990, there was a shop on Kingsway that sold PC Engine. I got my base ystem there together with The King Fu. This shop then moved into Aberdeen Centre when the mall was first opened in 1990(or 1991?).

[@sonomama82]

Ninja Spirits has a bad ass sound track. I remember playing that at my cousins house when it first came out and just being blown away.

[@rellik187redrum]

now this is an episode!!! not short and nostalgic, perfect,thanks john

[@れれれチャン]

I am also a fan of the PC engine! You are great !! Thank you for the movie! from Japan.

[@RunplaysinHD]

Hey, folks. Retro streams every day. Quest for completing every good game on every console existing. Now i'm playing PC Engine. Comments are in Russian, but I also understand English, French and Italian.

[@Miketage]

Awesome video! New to your channel, need more PC Engine reviews!!! haha

[@zharziss]

If the PC Engine has one big flaw it's the super short cables the controllers have. But you can actually use old 8-pin mini Din cables (male/female) as extensions.

[@AirZonkWorldChamp]

I love seeing the differences in the Japanese releases compared to the ones the made it over here like Bonk turning into a chick in PCkid 2.

[@mr.dueezy]

I have about 12 PC engine games, only one of them is in hue card and 4 are on a turbo duo compilation disc, all the others are from other consoles/portables who had pc engine games released for them

[@skabcat242]

The only time I saw the turbografx was at toysrus back in the day. I played Bonk briefly.

[@TBustah]

I didn't learn about the system until a Homestar Runner cartoon mentioned it about ten years ago. The TG16 was sort of before my time. I'm old enough to remember when the SNES and Genesis were still current, but I was just a little kid. My only exposure to video games was what I got to play and see firsthand, and what I saw in commercials. I didn't start learning to read until 1994, so I wouldn't have been able to read about it in gaming magazines even if I knew those magazines existed. I didn't have any older brothers or cousins or anything like that around who could have mentioned it, either. Relatively obscure stuff like this, the Jaguar, AES, Lynx, etc were a complete unknown until I got into high school and was able to both use the internet more often and read the stash of old game magazines that my art teacher had lying around.

[@JesseDylanMusic]

I always felt so sad as a kid not to have the PC Engine and CD. But then I never bought the Turbo or it's CD attachment either! I tried to once, but the store employee told me I should just save my money and buy more SNES/Genesis games instead. That totally killed the sales pitch I had given my mom, and that was that.

[@jeremiahkenworthy4003]

=(

[@hovermotion]

Great retro review..I heard of this system at the time but I was a hard core Amiga fan here in the U.K in the late 80s and early 90s

[@ednardom.toledo9947]

looking forward for those reviews, Johnny!

[@tsohgallik]

That big as console attachment just seems amazing to me... Like the Gameboy Player for GameCube... or the Switch with the little Joy Cons sliding out.

[@maxkaplan]

Great video! I recently picked up a PC-Engine Duo-R and it's great... although it might need some fresh capacitors.

[@Daduelist1977]

Nice, very nice video!!!. I admit that ive "discovered" PC-Engine few years ago and i didnt got mine till few months but, as otaku and gamer i am, i felt in love with!!. Ive bought the first white console along with CD-Rom and interface devices but hasnt been till i got my Core2 and it CD-Rom2 when i started to enjoy It. Axe, R-Type, Fighting Streets... Owwwww mannnn!!, what a pleasure!!!!.

[@jojosmodernlifes]

HANDS UP FOR A ' JOHNNY MILLENIUM ROCKS' EPISODE......long overdue

[@ScottMurphy76]

I'd love to see your whole PC Engine collection Johnny

[@retroalliancegaming9210]

I remember when I was 11 going to one of those stores where you can pay by the hour to play video game systems. I saw TurboGrafx 16 and thought it was the coolest thing I have ever seen especially the hu cards! so colorful and beautiful. I recently got the pc engine and cd combo and it's everything I remembered.

[@rodneyabrett]

I owned the Turbo-Graphx 16 at the time, but I always wanted the imported PC Engine because it was so much cooler looking.

[@pennypeach7616]

You're the best collector on KZbin. I really like how you talk about the games you have and love, rather than your piles of new purchases. The games you already own and love are far more impressive than the lot of new crap you'll stick in a box somewhere. Thanks for being rad, dude!

[@mscottjohnson3424]

Great point, for many systems, the region you want is based on where it was popular. Definitely buy a PC Engine or a Japanese Saturn if collecting for those consoles. But for Genesis, N64, or XBox, western is the way to go. Fortunately, there are many cheap adapters and plug-and-play devices that make any system region free.

[@TheCompletionist]

The pc engine has one of the most unique gaming libraries that I've ever seen and your absolutely right; its just saddening to know the amount of quality games that north america missed out on. I'm currently in the middle of playing aero blasters and that game is super hard.

[@OrionsAngel]

Neo Geo was the king of Fighting games. I think 75% of the library is fighting games. PC Engine on the other hand is the king of shooter games. If you love old school shooters. It's the system for you.

[@TheButzsan]

+HappyConsoleGamer in the minute 16:23 there's an amazing game, it's a Jacky Chan game :D. It's also available in NES, but it looks awesome in PC-Engine :)

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

I have been adding to my PC Engine collection lately since I went to Japan last month. I bought a new in box unused SuperGrafx while I was there because it was my holy grail console. It’s an extremely expensive console to collect for.

[@mikegreen561]

Had my coregrafx for about a month now, having loads of fun with a whole new library of games to explore. Wish this awesome system was brought to the UK in vast quantities when I was a kid back in the day. Only person I knew who had one back then was an American lad I was at school with who lived at the local airbase lol.

[@ImportGamingFTW]

Awesome look at an awesome family of consoles! It seems I'm always learning something new about it--I hadn't seen or heard about the "briefcase" attachment for the CD attachment! I got a PCE Duo-R just about a year ago and have been enjoying every minute I spend with it. Fantastic, just fantastic, piece of hardware! I hope I can build up my collection to rival yours someday. ;) I'm not sure if you'll see this comment, Johnny, but if so, could you tell me how you captured your gameplay footage? It's really sharp and crisp. I use the composite out, which is OK, but have been thinking about going for an RGB mod...

[@anyoldusername81]

Jimmy you have to have your Duo R Rgb modded :) It's the only way forward!

[@chrisludwig5441]

The PC-Engine is an amazing system and I think you did it justice with this video...awesome episode!

[@Hellwyck]

"Hello, do you have the Core Grafx?" Excellent Alan Rickman impression!

[@TheeMichaelB]

Wow! I definitely hope I can find one for a good price at the Portland Retro Game Expo. Hope to see you there again!

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

+TheeMichaelB Hope you do too! :)