Hidden Gems? - PC Engine Games I've Never Played

Instead of me telling you about some hidden gems, we go on the journey together with some games I've never played before. Will they prove to be worth my time, or are they just internet hype and quickly forgotten? Let's take a look.
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Opening 3D Logo By:
Jan Neves
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Episode Notes:
1. Games covered:
Genji Tsuushin Agedama
Time Cruise II
Psycho Chaser
Tatsujin
Die Hard
Hana Taka DakaI?
Toilet Kids
Skweek
Cyber Cross
Coryoon
2. I used Magic Engine for this footage. My PC Engine is S-Video modded and I use that on my CRT. I tried that with the Framemeister but it looked pretty bad.
3. The music in the beginning and ending monologues are from Batman for the PC Engine.
4. All these games are on my PC Engine Everdrive and I still had yet to play them.
5. I give the edge for Tatsujin to the Mega Drive. It doesn't have the bold color of the PC Engine version, but I prefer the addition animations and detail.

[@NeloDiavolo]

Perfect timing! I was bored and needed some retro gaming videos to watch.

[@SegaLordX]

Watch away!

[@NeloDiavolo]

@@SegaLordX Just finished the video. Entertaining as usual and I always seem to learn about a new game that I never heard of before. Who knew that a poop game would make the list!

[@Coyoda]

PC engine CD would be pretty cool to see you cover. I'm always on the look out for some really cool games. it's actually thanks to you that I have a new found appreciation for Saturn games and am praying for more saturn stuff to come back. I ended up buying physicals of saturn games to play them on my pc and also to even just listen to them as soundtracks.

[@jcruz5050]

6:09 BRO, I can't believe they actually animated the kid's twig & berries in 'toilet kids'! What were they thinking??😂😂😂

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Sounds like they were making my dream game

[@grungyperry7530]

Can't wait for the release of the Turbo Grafx 16 mini!

[@kranibal]

Stephen Grunge Same here!

[@8dragonquest]

I have mine preordered!

[@shinmegamitalks]

Pre ordered mine as well, but I'm still trying to gauge if the multitap is worth it as an add-on.

[@Septer_Sever]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the PC Engine, even though I never even grew up with the console. i just find the graphics, music and its tiny size so charming. Glad you gave some of the less talked about games a little love. I hope you have more PCE content in the future!

[@MOLTEN0]

That's not nostalgia if you didn't grow up with the console.

[@wojiaobill]

PC Engine is such a great console. It's my favorite retro system, partially for nostalgic reasons

[@CaptainCaveman1170]

Absolutely love your channel. I personally think this is a GREAT format to provide material between the "flagship" retrospective videos. The Genesis has tons of titles (not even counting the MD ones) that I've simply never seen anyone analyze meaningfully but quickly! (because there's simply not enough time to watch a "let's play" or "play-through" about every title you're curious about). At a burn rate of 10 games at a time, you'd have years worth of great video material. Even just getting deeper-than-usual takes regarding the actual gameplay experience of some of the "established" Genesis titles (and franchises) would make for really fun episodes IMO. SNES and PS1 provide similarly deep wells to draw from.

[@wrena79]

Loved this video and what you said is so true - I've collected PCE stuff for years and yet still a couple of games in there that I hadn't heard of?? Didn't think this was possible - especially shooters on the platform. Always something to discover with this hobby!

[@retrozen]

Fantastic video, dude! I love my PC Engine and there are some nice titles I added to my wish list thanks to you! KZbin randomly recommended your channel to me and I'm very happy about it! I checked a few videos and I really like your style!! Keep it up man! I'll be watching!

[@lldjslim]

I own a Turbografx-16 with 5 games and its a very AWESOME system. 1. Neutopia 2. Keith Courage 3. Legendary Axe 2 4. Splatterhouse 5. Bonks Revenge But there is one problem, My god is this system very expensive to collect for, you will need to take out a second mortgage just to complete the collection That's why I can't wait for the Turbografx-16 mini and when it gets hacked, the whole library here I come Nice video BTW Sega Lord X

[@ramrodbldm9876]

Cornball

[@69pigliver]

I’m jet lagged and need to wake up at 5 am to drive two hours out of town for work. But first, I will watch this.

[@ikenosis8160]

Bless your heart ❤️

[@bjornh1527]

This was a good set of short review. It fels extra engaging since you hadn’t played these games before. I have avoided Sqweek thinking it was too shallow, but you got me interested in it again!

[@tsunamirider9895]

Great video! I'd love to see you continue this series on other consoles.

[@visionop8]

I would love more episodes like this. I really like discovering games I've never played. I bought a PC Engine and FM Towns II for those purposes specifically and I have nothing but crazy fun when playing those systems. I am really into examining and playing games that I may not have grown up with and are not part of my childhood. To me it's just like buying recent games.

[@DreamcastQ]

Great video, I was lucky to have a friend with a TurboGrafx when it was new, it was so cool and different. Never seen any of these imports, though! PC Engine stuff is interesting and has a distinctively different flavor to it. Would love to see some Super Famicom and PCE CD videos, those are both amazing libraries

[@hammerheadms]

The PC Engine version of Ninja Gaiden is gem, for sure. It's my favorite over Nintendo's, Sega Master System's, and most definitely over Atari's. The colors are nice, and the slightly different sound track always get stuck in my head.

[@AngryCalvin]

I was really happy to have it in the PC-Engine mini. I’m glad I collect Japanese minis because the Japanese Famicom version of Ninja Gaiden actually has more reasonable difficulty.

[@MrExnihlo]

I thought I subbed to you a long time ago, cause youtube always puts your videos in my feed. Well, I'm now 'officially' subbed. You have amassed quite a catalog of great Sega content.

[@psychodraculo]

Tried every game in your video! Nice work!

[@EKlicKKlacK3]

Yes! I've been waiting for you to do PCE video! I'll have to check out some of these games. Will you do a follow up video featuring some CD games?

[@johnfoster7823]

Atari Lynx... I never had that system and would love to see your no bs approach reviewing the system and some games for it. Love your videos and always put em on at the end of a long day to unwind and see some classic games on systems I grew up with.

[@KelpPardue]

SLX.. another great retro video! Thank you

[@matthewmcree1992]

I've been playing a bunch of emulated games on my retro handheld (there's no way I could afford to amass all these rare games in physical form), and the PC Engine is the console that has grown on me the most by far. There's just something charming about the unique graphical style and sound designs of PC Engine games. I will definitely collect PC Engine games one day when I have actual income.

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

The HuCard format is still a great collectible and the Japan box arts were / are still amazing!

[@Gryzor88]

Some interesting recommendations there, thanks! My favourite „hidden gem“ on the PC-Engine is Son Son II, basically a reskin of the arcade game Black Tiger.

[@russellapple45]

Great video, as always! Thanks much, SLX!!

[@TheGregva1]

Love the turbo 16...great channel

[@SegaLordX]

Thank you. :)

[@maniacsatwork]

I purchased a Core II about a week ago so this video is very timely. I've always desired a PC Engine but was just too busy with the Megadrive and SNES at the time.

[@SegaLordX]

Lots of good games on it. A shooter library from the gods.

[@maniacsatwork]

@@SegaLordX Definitely, looking forward to playing them. I'm going to get a Super SD System 3 from Terraonion very soon as the price of games is ridiculous.

[@SegaLordX]

Good choice. Playing is more important than collecting anyway.

[@jeffroberts9693]

Great as always! Looking forward to volume 2! Take a look at Metal Stoker and Macross 2036 if you haven't already.

[@RGF]

I have a PC engine.... Love the system...

[@travissmith8017]

Great video man! You should make more pc engine videos, it has so many great shoot em ups!

[@teddym2808]

That first cute em up is the most serious Pce parallax I have ever seen.. very very interesting and surprising.

[@dragonskulle7283]

That Toilet Kids is basically Xevious, maybe they should of called it Fecesious, so yeah the obvious, looks like $hit

[@joshualeonardus7673]

lol

[@djpee25]

Looks more like Twin Bee to me...

[@oaf-77]

I like xevious

[@matthewmcree1992]

I played Toilet Kids on my retro handheld emulator and God, it is absolutely bizarre. I didn't really like it. It's so gross that it isn't even cute. And it's not a very good shoot 'em up. Coryoon actually is good though, even though it's hard as hell.

[@LowCountryMatt]

Now that pun is some funny $hit

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I have a decent chunk of the Turbo and PCE libraries. If you want a handful of others that may be fun to try, here goes: Kickball- it's literally kickball, but with characters from the Schbibinman games, seals, muscle men, etc. for teams. Download- awesome horizontal shooter with funny game over screens. Momotaro Kagetsuki- peach boy platformer from Hudson with a Wonder Boy feel. Bikkuriman World- a licensed remake of Wonder Boy in Monster Land Somer Assault/Mesopotamia-neat puzzle platformer about a battle slinky fighting the zodiac creatures. If you enjoy those, there's a lot more fun to be had.

[@BOBSMITH-YouTubeStoleMyHandle]

These are great suggestions, and would love a bunch in this series for the PCE as well as the Dreamcast. I have complete US sets of those, and would love to see good imports that we didn't get here. Keep up the awesome work.

[@natas-6747]

Great videos! There was a PC Engine game I played as a kid where I fought a boss that looked like a coffee maker. I can't remember for the life of me. What that game was.

[@reagandow850]

Great episode man. Please, make some more videos of this type. Imports are always welcomed as well.

[@PhyA52]

Your writing is on point. Great video.

[@hepwo91222]

Some of my personal favorite PCE/TG-16 games Soldier Blade, Bloody Wolf, Ninja Spirit, Dracula X, Ys Book 1 and 2, Gate of Thunder, Lords of Thunder, Alien Crush, Air Zonk, Bonk's Revenge, Exile.

[@dennisneo1608]

I love the old games. Look at those bright colours, and paralax scrolling. :) Modern games have NO charm.

[@Nestalgba92023]

Oh heck yeah! Buddy!

[@Rountree1985]

Plenty of modern games have charm, you just have to look in the right places.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I disagree that modern games have no charm. Like someone else said, you’re looking in the wrong places. You won’t see charm from Ubisoft, EA or Activision.

[@215Days]

6:02 this looks like a game that James Rofle would love...To take a dump on it!

[@Rationalific]

1:14 - You pronounced it quite well. Coryuun. (From "Koryuu(n)"...baby dragon (子竜). I think the "n" at the end makes it "cuter".)

[@aarongaspar]

Can’t wait to try some of these! You should cover Bloody Wolf for the TG16. Such a great game that deserves a full playthrough. Thanks for all the great content!

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Hidden Gem.... Bloody Wolf is hardly an unknown PCE title... Lol

[@Pythoner]

Great format man! Please do it for other systems too :)

[@jeremycline9542]

Nice...can't wait to watch this one!

[@matthewpordes3224]

This was great! Please add more. You did Game Boy the other day, so maybe more handhelds?

[@stilnoxVisions]

We all knew you'd run out of SEGA things to cover :-( so the new content is appreciated. A cohesive list of arcade brawlers would be pretty cool to see next besides some of the 2 hour compilations I've almost watched, lol.

[@khristkannon1172]

Yes, please make more episodes like this!

[@happythedog2013]

someone's been busy. Keep up the good work!

[@jefferysousa5261]

Rondo of Blood on PCE is a masterpiece!

[@rafaelgadret]

Awesome video! Please do more hidden gems videos!

[@nofinglimit]

Love it, nice job bro.

[@bobbyo5807]

This is good to refer to because I have every game made for it and the Turbo Grafx 16 also on retro pie emulation station(mini SNES edition/model).Not to mention many many more on many different retro consoles👍Love it

[@AirZonkWorldChamp]

I also liked a lot of the Sega ports on the PC Engine i.e. Outrun and After Burner II.

[@matrixguardian4539]

You should do PC Engine CD and other systems’ hidden gems.

[@DouglasTitchmarsh]

Some great looking games in that list. 👍

[@adultmoshifan87]

The PC Engine didn’t have much of a presence in Europe, so when the Wii came out with its Virtual Console, despite my decision to still only play old Nintendo and Sega games on their original hardware, I did decide to buy PC Engine games on Virtual Console and I had a blast! I did make an exception to my stance on Nintendo games when Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels came out on Virtual Console, and I did buy a few Neo Geo and Commodore 64 games on the same service too!

[@mikebenke123]

Great selection! Do all the consoles!

[@joshualeonardus7673]

idk why u sound really decent and convicing.great review lord!

[@Seraphil1]

Oh hey Time Cruise, one of the few TG-16 games I owned as a kid. It wasn't amazing to me since I didn't like pinball all that much but it was worth a play every once in a while between all the Bonk, Air Zonk, Fantasy Zone and Dead Moon I played religiously.

[@geraldsanders8655]

Hyper Duel is so badass! My favorite Saturn game. I bought a reproduction of it on etsy. I love Guardian force too!

[@dunnono00]

12:12 "Here's the 411 folks. Say some 'gangsta' is dissin' your fly girl. Just give 'em one of these... "

[@tylersmith8045]

I live in japan right now and ive noticed there is a wide acceptance of poop games for kids. Aside from Oshiri tantei (butt detective) ive also seen a touchscreen game at the arcade where a little kid sits on the toilet shooting toilet paper at colorful turds. People love this stuff!

[@shibbyguy101]

Great video! There are lots of cool gems on PC Engine. It would be great if you followed this with a look at the PC Engine CD.

[@themrnails]

Moar PCE/CD coverage! PCE Lord X!!! Thanks for the coverage video!

[@pal-of-pals]

I'd love to see more videos on this subject, especially on the PC Engine CD games, there's some highly underrated games there.

[@contrabandresearch8409]

The frog boss at 4:04 is pretty cool.

[@kumrogames]

Great Video sir!

[@nidoqueenadvance6798]

What do you think about the turbografx 16 mini coming out in march? I'm really interested in it and with m2 handling the emulation, i think its gonna be pretty good if not great.

[@SegaLordX]

I've got mine on preorder. Fingers crossed it turns out great.

[@duffman18]

I'm definitely getting one because the turbografx or pc engine never came out in my country, so it's completely foreign to me (or was, anyway, I've emulated a ton of games for it now, but yeah). It's just such a cool little console. I was blown away by some of the games, like I'd heard the raving over Rondo of Blood for years so I thought it'd probably be a bit overrated, but it actually lived up to its reputation. And the Bonk games on it are better than the SNES ones, things like that. I was even surprised how much I enjoyed the pinball games like Alien Crush, I never saw the point of video pinball games before

[@leirdua1733]

one of my favorite youtube channels! so much interesting content! specialy since im a SEGA nut myself :-)

[@smashmyheadagainst]

Never had a PC Engine, I could only see screenshots in magazines back in the days. But what always striked me and still does to this day, is the number of on screen colours this machine could display at once! Hundreds ? Arcade graphics !

[@secretsofthemeatsack]

Enjoyed this new “hidden gems” approach, more educational than nostalgic for me as I have no experience of the PC Engine. Definitely would watch more :)

[@AlwaysAmelie]

Please do another one of these!

[@Albert8044]

For part 2 video of PC Engine games, add in some 2D fighting games and there were tons that never saw daylight in North America. Include games like: -Street Fighter II Champion Edition -Fatal Fury Special -Art Of Fighting This is not a bluff, PC Engine did get some SNK Neo Geo games in their library via Super CD and add-on

[@amerigocosta7452]

Skweek is a port of Super Skweek, a french game that originated on the Atari ST (or maybe the Amiga) and was part of the line-up for the hyped European release of the PC Engine. And then they pretty much did not release it (only limited release in UK and grey import in France).

[@thegardner80]

A TG16 game I really like that no one seems to mention is Chew Man Fu. It’s a top down puzzle game a bit like Pengo. Try it out

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I have Die Hard on order right now from Japan, Reminds me of a tamer Bloody Wolf

[@Denathorn]

I love your vids, but the thing I like this more is that you disclose how much the going rate is for a title on the retro market. I picked up Pacman World in a carboot sale here in the UK for £1, buried in a box, proper mint condition too... Its going for £20-£25 on eBay. Few more boot sales later... Well, a lot more bootsales later... Castlevania Chronicles cropped up... Tenner... I looked on eBay... Well over £100 last I checked! I've never had any others, but bought some great "If less worth valuable" titles on the way, but, you never know! ;) Hence why I like the inclusion of the going rate... You just never know when you might stumble on a bit of a rarity! :)

[@absoluteclownworld]

Love the PC engine. I have a s-video modded Duo R with a 6 button controller. I use a everdrive for all the Hucard games but I have a pretty decent sized disc collection. I also buy games from pceworks as they are pretty much 1to1 clones of the real games but at much cheaper prices. Ok now I'm going to fire it up and play some :) yes do more pc engine related videos !!

[@glenhayman8722]

Please do more videos of this type

[@jastiksk8crw]

I enjoyed it. Take another console journey!

[@darrenthegreat2164]

Great video

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

I was scratching my head thinking, "Where's Space Harrier? After Burner? Altered Beast? Thunder Blade? Power Drift?" But then I realized these are games you never played. So you must have already played those hidden gems lol! :)

[@teyanzi]

Don't know if my favorite game for the system wasn't here because it's considered as one of the best... but Gekibo (Gekisha boy) is an amazing original and fun game that normally doesn't get the credit it deserves.

[@neogenesis7706]

Want it. Unique premise.

[@hotdoggington6962]

I say this as an American who grew up with NES -> SNES/MD -> etc: I would *love* to see you take on the older PC systems that were more popular in Europe - Commodore 64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, etc. I don't have any nostalgia for them, but as someone who kept up with EVERYthing on the systems I owned and have watched "hidden gems" videos to death, learning about systems that weren't popular over here is like entering a whole other world. I love videos from people like Kim Justice, but would really appreciate hearing the thoughts of someone else who has a similar gaming background to myself. Because who gives a shit what any specific KZbinr personally has nostalgia for? It's like reading the preambles to food recipes where they talk about their Italian grandmas. I care about what tastes good or plays good, not self-absorbed meandering. Really, who sits there and says "Oh, you played such and such when you were a kid? That's sooo interesting."

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Unfortunately as a veteran UK gamer, lots of those early home computers had an abundance of totally rubbish games, but variety is the spice of life I guess lol

[@BlockbusterPlotMaster]

10:44 I knew this game would be on there!

[@godzilla12332]

Would love a orignal xbox hidden gems. I'm sure there a million of those on there

[@taliny4502]

Make more episodes like this I think the next one should be about pc engine cd

[@ConfuserUsed]

Have you tried Final Match? Probably the most underrated tennis game ever.

[@mathewlang9851]

PC engine yes my man coryoon is amazing shooter. SLX keep up the great vids ya be on fire as of late

[@martinerms537]

I was chuckling on the Toilet Kids review haha

[@davidvfx]

Macross: 2036 (Shooter)& Macross: love song (military)

[@ShadowArtist]

all the best PC engine and Turbographix games tend to be sooo expensive now that it's cheaper to get a retropie and load up a PC engine emulator on it and load onto it the roms of the Turbografx/PC-Engine games you want to play...

[@bdunk914]

Was that Bloody Wolf footage there at the end of the video??

[@mayamanign]

I got the TG16 at launch and still have it, its a wonderful system. Military Madness marathons with my friends was awesome. Pizza, beer, and almost coming to blows because my friend Mike wouldn’t move his fucking Bisons! LOL

[@megagrey]

Heh loved the use of PCE Batman tunes.

[@CasperEgas]

Only bought a pc engine about three or four years ago. I like it. Bought a PAL Turbografx too last year. Had to import games from the States. Fun system though. Very weird that it has only one port though.

[@aljongreat1900]

Soldier blade was my favorite game on the system .. the pc engine was the gold mine of shmups

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Lots of great shooters on PCE, and the HuCard format has some of the best games on the system.

[@MorbidThrasher666]

Time for me to play these gems i have in my files. Thanx

[@Soulintent95]

I think ive only ever played 2 pce/turbo games. Ive always wanted to play the turbo though... games look so unique and fun. Im kind of excited for the mini, even though i never had a turbo. Finally i can try it out.

[@Soulintent95]

Oh, and *joe from gamesack impersonating metal jesus rocks intensifies* HiDdEn GeMs?

[@raysegura5428]

Check out Kraze Ninja Action,or something to the degree,it's one awesome pc engine game or PC engine CD game,which one I forget...

[@thebocop]

Coryoon is the same developer as Air zonk! You can literally see some of the assets are the same! I cant wait to load all more roms on the TG16 Mini! I just hope they can hack it like the Genesis Mini where it can also play the CD games.