PC Engine Hidden Gems You Should Definitely Play! Feat.

[@CappsOffGaming]

The first game's music is addictive, I could see that beat being stuck in my head ALL DAY lolz!

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yep! It's stuck in my head as we speak lol

[@GAMECLOSET]

I actually looked it up to see if I could find the music itself! Very addicting and fun sounding. (BTW... didn't find it. LOL)

[@SUPERKID515]

@@GAMECLOSET music.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnK3lYt_hc53pKc

[@BryanTrustyChannel]

I love videos like this since I don't kow much about PC Engine. So awesome looking games here! Sarumaru too 🤩??? What a great list and overall video!

[@Johnnygrafx]

Glad you enjoyed! 🙂

[@der1red507]

Anybody else get strong Gauntlet vibes from Gomola Speed? From the walls and mazes to the exit square… 🤔 that little detail aside, it does look like serious fun.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yeah I can see that lol. It is serious fun though you should definitely give it a go!

[@mscottjohnson3424]

I live in Taiwan, which is technically PC Engine territory. All the games and hardware you find in retro stores here are Japanese. I am an intermediate Japanese speaker, so while I'm not playing any RPGs (though I did slog through Tokimeki Memorial, which was on the PC Engine first!) Japanese menues and back story are no issue for me. I'm a long-time owner of the PC Engine, and enjoy most of the games in this video. But there were 2 or 3 I hadn't heard of (or hadn't considered) that I'll definitely be checking out. Thanks for covering these! I'm always down for PC Engine content.

[@sasquatchintime]

Definitely a wide variety of unique games that look fun to play. Saru Maru sent me and I am glad to see another quality channel here too! Quite a great video all around, Gents!

[@Johnnygrafx]

Glad you enjoyed! I'm sure we'll collab on other stuff down the road, too 🙂

[@retrobeliever]

Prob one of my favorite vids you’ve done in awhile! The cameo was excellent, I loved his effects and narration. Given my Turbo/PC engine library is emulation it’s nice to see titles selected for me with vids like this! And Super Skweek on the Lynx was also my first intro 🤷🏼‍♂️ Seriously enjoyed this and glad to see it’s doing quite well!

[@Johnnygrafx]

Glad you enjoyed bro! Always happy to suggest more PCE games 🙂

[@georged7627]

I always look for hidden gems vids just to play along with you from the games ive missed out on 🙏🏽that GTA game was fun 🤘🏽

[@TitoAdol]

Thanks for showing Coryoon, now I'm going to cry in a corner. 😭 I think it's more a holy grail than a hidden gem.

[@Gryzor88]

Very nice picks there and thanks for the video. Son Son II is hands down my favorite game of the awesome PC-Engine library =)

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yup Son Son 2 is great! Very tough but fair. Glad you enjoyed! 🙂

[@aaronko3480]

I appreciate changing the like and subscribe sound effects! Added two more games to my switch library after watching this, Rabio and FX Unit Yuki! Love the coverage of more obscure but still great PC Engine games, and the fun of hard core… game card insertions? 😅

[@Johnnygrafx]

Lol! Glad you enjoyed, friend 🙂

[@kbkimoseley]

Analogue Turbo Duo is a great way to play PC Engine games

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yup! It's my primary method now 🙂

[@kumrogames]

Great video with lots of great points the selected games!

[@shiningphantasy1393]

Nice finds; a couple of these I didn't really know about beforehand. Speaking of hidden gems, if only some wonderful localizer out there would make an English translation of Legend of Xanadu 1 and Legend of Xanadu 2 for the PC Engine CD; maybe someday.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Maybe the folks that recently did Ys IV could take a crack at those!

[@surplusvalues]

Just a side note but you have one of the best voices for media I've heard on here! I could totally picture you hosting an awesome radio show too!

[@Johnnygrafx]

Aw thanks for saying so! I used to do radio, actually, but it's kind of a dying medium so it doesn't pay well at all. I do voiceovers for audiobooks and stuff now, though so it's all good. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

[@CheetoPanda64]

Great video!!! 🎉🎉

[@RacerX-]

How the heck have I missed this channel? Fantastic video and looking forward to checking out more. The PCE/Duo is a great console that deserved more love then it got over here in the USA/North America. We missed out on a lot of great games that the failed to localize.

[@GAMECLOSET]

I loved this so much! There are a ton of new games I have to play now! (Maybe I will fail largely during a stream paying them too! HAHA!)

[@Johnnygrafx]

Dude I'd love to see a stream of you playing random pc engine games haha

[@GAMECLOSET]

Challenge accepted!

[@donaldsmith5667]

some good recommendations that i’m going to pick up thanks

[@Chris-Courage]

Override is awesome! One of my favorites for sure. There are so many great PCE hucard games that never made it to North America. Eternal City, Download, Bonze Adventure, Dragon Egg, 1943, Outlive, Valkyrie no Densetsu, Terra Cresta II, etc...I could go on and on.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yup! I almost included valkyrie in this one but I ran out of time. That's a big favorite of mine!

[@maofamily2706]

THIS CHANNEL IS A HIDDEN GEM! Thank you for the video :)

[@Johnnygrafx]

YOU ARE A GEM glad you enjoyed!

[@chaospoet]

I'm still a bit new to your channel so I don't know if you've talked about these before or not, so apologies if you have, but the two Alice In Wonderland games are worth a mention. 1. Fushigi no Yume no Alice which translates into The Fairytale Dreams of Alice. It's a 2D side scroller that does have an fan made English translation patch. 2. Marchen Maze which I believe translates into Fairytale Maze (Marchen is a German word not Japanese). It's a really weird, but really cool, vertical shooter where you play as Alice.

[@Johnnygrafx]

I've heard of those but never played them! Thanks for the suggestions 🙂

[@goatbone]

Haven't come across Gomola Speed before. Will definitely give it a go.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Override looks CRAZY

[@kbkimoseley]

Excellent video and a few I want to try out.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Thanks! Definitely give them a shot

[@dixongalvez-searle8035]

Hany on the Road and Hany in the Sky are a trip

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yup! Love those games

[@volo870]

Very nice picks! I only played two of these. I'll have my PC Engine in one piece for a month or so - I have to look at these, before I take it back apart.

[@Johnnygrafx]

ah, why are you taking it apart? Doing repairs?

[@volo870]

@@Johnnygrafx My PC Engine isn’t quite right, but despite my best efforts, the thing just refuses to die! I imported my IFU-30 CD-ROM-ROM setup early this year to my PAL neck of the woods. After sorting out the power brick, I was delighted to find out that CDs span fine, without a need to source the dreaded “cog of death”. The console worked, but since I am in the land of PAL, the image was monochrome. I burned a couple of CDs to find out if the thing was worth investing time into, and it seemed OK (foreshadowing!). I designed a custom no-drill RGB mod for the IFU-30, ordered a PCB from China, and modeled a 3D-printed plastic part to replace the original RCA port insert. The mod looks as it was factory-made. Image colors are fine, albeit well-known oversaturation, quality is bearable. However, you may imagine my joy, when I found out that those couple of CD games I tested were the ONLY two that worked! It turned out that IFU-30 RAM had a faulty module. Bought a bunch of RAM chips. Tried testing those with the piggyback method - did not work. Had to resort to tearing out a random chip and replacing it with a new one. When doing the first chip I found that the RAM PCB is of poor quality and I lifted the traces. Content with finally killing the dreaded thing, with having nothing to lose, I ratsnested the module with wires, and to my horror the thing sprung back to live! I now have a working RAM, but during my poking around, the save memory demised - it only holds for only 5-10 minutes after shutdown. I might have shorted out something, or the savegame capacitor is pushing up the daisies. I ordered parts for a FRAM mod. When I’m in it, perhaps I’ll recap the whole thing - perhaps that’s what finally kills it?

[@volo870]

@@Johnnygrafx My PC Engine isn’t quite right, but despite my best efforts, the thing just refuses to meet its maker! I imported my full IFU-30 CD-ROM-ROM setup early this year to my PAL neck of the woods. After sorting out the power brick, I was delighted to find out that CDs span fine without any need to source the dreaded “cog of death”. The console worked, but since I am in the land of PAL, the image was monochrome. I burned a couple of CDs to find out thing the thing was investing time into it, and it seemed OK (foreshadowing!). I designed a custom no-drill RGB mod for the IFU-30, ordered a PCB from China, and modeled a 3D-printed plastic part to replace the original RCA port insert. The mod looks like it was factory-made. Image colors are fine, albeit with a well-known oversaturation, quality is bearable. However, you may imagine my joy when I found out that those couple of CD games I tested were the ONLY two that worked! It turned out that IFU-30 RAM had a faulty module. Bought a bunch of RAM chips. I tried testing those with the piggyback method, but it did not work. Had to resort to tearing out a random chip and replacing it with a new one. When doing the first chip, I found that the RAM PCB was of poor quality, and I lifted the traces. Content with finally extinguishing the dreaded thing, with having nothing to lose, I ratsnested the module with wires, and to my horror, the thing sprung back to life! I now have a working RAM, but during my poking around, the save memory demised for some reason - holds for only 5-10 minutes after shutdown. I might have shorted out something or the save capacitor is pushing up the daisies. I ordered parts for a FRAM mod. When I’m in it, I might recap the whole thing - perhaps that’s what finally finishes it?

[@volo870]

​@@Johnnygrafx Well, I have a mortal struggle with the thing. I made a long post describing the full history of our feud, but KZbin keeps deleting it.

[@Johnnygrafx]

@@volo870 Hm that's weird. Well I hope it isn't too serious, but if it is, the analogue duo is well worth the investment if you decide to replace it.

[@jd213_]

not PCE exclusive, but Veigues Tactical Gladiator was one of the few TG16 games I had as a kid and one of my favorites. Really good graphics, music is pretty good. Controls take some getting used to (playing with an arcade stick helps), but like a lot of mecha games, they're fun once you do get used to them

[@Johnnygrafx]

Veigues is an acquired taste for sure. Took me a long time to "get it" but you're right!

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

In rabio lepus to deal with those power ups that fall below the floor. Punch them instead of shooting them. That will bounce the item out in front of you instead of it dropping down like they do when you shoot them canister. In fact because of that it's usually a good idea to punch all of those power up cans when it's possible. You loose half your power ups by shooting them.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Thanks for the tip! That never occurred to me 🤯

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

@@Johnnygrafx I think I figured it out by accident. Because it automatically punches when you're close to something. Like how you swing your sword when you get close to an enemy in lords of thunder. And I probably punched one by accident. But I'm pretty sure that's how it works. I will have to go back and play it again to see if I'm remembering right

[@PatrickMoore-yw6lu]

I'm more surprised someone remembers Dan Vs, as I liked that show and it is so underrated. I like the PC Engine/TG-16 given that it's a better retro game system than NES and Genisis.

[@Johnnygrafx]

It's a close one between the TG and the Genesis for me, but the TG is definitely better than most people realize!

[@zwallop]

Love your videos, Johnny. Next time you talk with Saru, tell him Roflmeow says "Hi."

[@zwallop]

Is VolfieD too common to recommend as a hidden gem? I thought about Mr. Heli first, but think you already talked about that one.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yeah, that's not a bad pick! Id say volfied fits the bill 👍

[@richpope7218]

Not meant to be a diss against Son Son 2, but I'm daydreaming about Black Tiger being the pack-in for the TG-16 instead of Keith Courage.

[@Robert_Shmigelsky]

I find Skweek very relaxing. The only "thing" that gets me is passing the spawn points. They seem to close on you at random. Gomola Speed is also pretty good. Next I play it, I should try it with my arcade stick.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Yeah GS is definitely an arcade stick game if you got one

[@mattalan6618]

is it more relaxing than taking a poo?

[@neodeckard5158]

Rabio Lepus was released in the Arcades worldwide, but because Turbografx-16 was a flop outside of Japan, i bet this is why they never released it. It's a similar logic to many Sega Saturn ports such as Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night to never see outside of Japan.

[@TheReviewRevolution]

Wait a minute... Was Rabio Lepus how we got Jumping Flash?

[@Johnnygrafx]

They do look rather similar... 🤔

[@calebprenger3928]

where did you find the converter? i can't for the life of me find one.

[@Johnnygrafx]

Ebay! There's a bunch on there.

[@Djwunmoshen]

Game list please

[@TheYouTubeAlgorithmIsAJoke]

This is like collaborating with ReviewTechUSA or Chris Chan. Does any if you know how much of a lolcow Sarumaru is? Hes a furry and he once filmed himself making out with his Steam Deck. Not making this up.