Turbo2k

2010-02-07T19:14:00.004-07:00

Military Madness: Nectaris Coming to Japan WiiWare this week.

Nectaris (1000pts - Hudson) - The classic PC Engine turn-based strategy game gets a major graphical facelift and online multiplayer for up to four players. Hudson's past WiiWare games have had worldwide releases pretty close together so hopefully we'll see this come to Wii Shops outside of Japan soon."

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I'm pretty stoked about this, can't wait until it's released to the rest of the world.

OD

"The Calling" Hudson J-Horror wakes the Wii

2010-01-24T18:02:00.008-07:00

"BOO! Scared you didn’t I? Sorry about that, I was just using dramatic effect to make a point. Fear, anticipation and suspense, these three elements are crucial to any great horror video game. And frightening a user is one of the greatest feats that a video game can accomplish. Whenever a video game sends chills down your spine it’s a moment you don’t soon forget. Well we have just the game to send those shivers, so prepare your spine! Calling, the next step in the evolution of the Japanese horror genre is coming out for Wii™ in March 2010.

The horror genre has been an important part of Japanese culture for several centuries. Whether it’s through spoken stories, movies or video games. The tradition of telling folk tales about ghosts dates back to the late 700’s. Traditionally ghosts or as there called in Japan, yūrei, are females, dressed in white and have long, black hair. Now not every yūrei follows those guidelines, though most famous ones in Japanese horror do.

J-Horror as it’s been dubbed in America, didn’t become popular over seas until the early 2000’s. Re-makes of Japanese horror movies launched America into a Japanese horror fever! It became the big trend in Hollywood. Video games also became heavily influenced by the J-Horror phenomenon. Many titles that have been released in the past 10 years embodied the fundamentals of classic Japanese horror story lines. But none of those games ever took the user to the next level of fear.

Calling is the next step in the evolution of the Japanese horror genre. It embodies every classic trait of J-horror and more! It has suspense, vengeance, and a few intense surprises that will take gamers to the brink. Bringing a modern vibe to a classic genre is what makes Calling so special. It gives the user the ability to experience J-horror in a way they have like never before. It literally puts the phone in hands of the user. But who is on the line? Guess you’ll just have to wait until March 2010, when Calling hits the shelves!

When the phone rings, will you be the one to answer the call? "

Alma and the "F.E.A.R." series is one of my faves. "Resident Evil" is my all time best, and "Eternal Darkness:Sanity's Requiem" (for the GameCube) is another primo title, that NEEDS a sequel!!!! Come on Silicon Knights!!!!!

= )

I'll be interested in seeing this title do well. We'll see.

uPCE - 0.4 Luckyboy Preview for Dingoo A320 Dingux

2010-01-03T23:23:00.005-07:00

An update for uPCE, a TurboGrafx 16 / PC Engine emulator, for Dingux has been released by Uguru.

www.developia.info

uPCE new version, now 0.4 Luckyboy Preview

Changelog:

- Changed some issue related to sound, removed some slowdowns.
- Improved a little speed on emulation.
- Added a letter selector in filemanager.
- Added some items on System config in menu.
- Cleaned some code (but need a little more cleaning code).
- Zip files with one rom, runs without filezipmanager.
- Added and changed fit and scale video modes.

Release/discussion Thread Here: http://boards.dingoonity.org/dingoo-releases/upce-0-4-luckyboy-preview/msg7434

Download = http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O76AB96D

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Dracula X) On the Way to Wii

2010-01-03T17:47:00.004-07:00

That's right, looks like we're finally going to see Dracula X (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood) appear on the Wii Virtual Console in English speaking countries. We should see it in 2010!

A remake has been available for the PSP since 2007 as part of the Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles

A 19 year old Richter Belmont will take on Dracula in what is widely considered the best Castlevania game in the series.

Personally, I can't wait - I'm not sure if we will see English voice translations though, I'm betting on subtitles. Either way, woohoo I say!

OD

Totally STOKED for new Bonk:Brink of Extinction !!!!!

2009-11-26T19:45:00.005-07:00

Hudson never ceases to keep us NEC devotees wanting more. Although i would love to see more awesome shooters that once plagued the little Japanese white box of the 80's/90's, this is a dose of decent nostalgia to remedy our whiny woes.

Here is a teaser trailer for the game slated for early 2010 on the XBOXLive/PSN;

Keep the spirit alive there HUDSON!

Dingux-HUGO: PC Engine Emulator for Dingux v1.1.1

2009-11-09T01:55:00.003-07:00

Hi All,

For those who haven't seen previous release, Hu-Go is a famous emulator of NEC PC Engine console, running on many system such as Linux and Windows. (see http://www.zeograd.com/ for details)

Dingux-Hugo is a port on Dingoo/Dingux of my latest PSP version of Hu-Go.

What's new then in this version ? Here is a copy of the change log :

- Fix screen issue (with game using non standard screen geometry such as R-Type)
- Small speed improvements
- Add auto-fire button selection
- Add ISO/HCD support (but audio tracks are not supported)

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence v2, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

Work still remain to support audio tracks on cd, fix sound issue and to improve speed.

UPDATE: here is a new version v1.1.2 (with bug fix for few games)

Here is a full working binary version :
dingux-hugo-v1.1.2-bin.zip

And the source code :
dingux-hugo-v1.1.2-src.zip

Enjoy,

Zx.

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OD

PCE 0.83a5 for PSP Released

2009-11-09T01:48:00.002-07:00

PCE for PSP 0.83a5 for Sony's PSP is now available at PSP Hacks.

Updates:
-Improved support of multiplayer game via Ad-Hoc.

OD

Ootake 2.20 PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16 Emulator

2009-11-09T01:25:00.005-07:00

Ootake 2.20 PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 emulator for Windows is aviailable for download.

- Improved sound emulation
- Fixed volume balance
- More accurate emulation speed
- In “Psychic Storm”, screen freeze when using a fast CD-ROM is fixed
- Various corrections and optimizations

Click here for the translated Ootake site

Ootake (Japanese)

Click here for Direct Download

OD

Fighting Street Available for US and EU Wii Virtual Console

2009-11-09T01:00:00.002-07:00

That's right! One of the crappiest games available for the TG16 CD-ROM is available for download on the US and EU Wii Virtual Console. While Japan gets Street Fighter II CE, a superb game, the rest of us get crappy old Fighting Street.

Fighting Street is the name NEC Avenue used for their port of the Street Fighter arcade game.

Yes, it really is that bad. Read the Fighting Street review here.

Read the review for Street Fighter II CE here.

OD

Street Fighter II CE Available for Japanese Wii Virtual Console

2009-11-09T00:51:00.003-07:00

That's right, download it now on your Wii Virtual Console- only if you're in Japan, otherwise you'll have to wait. How long? Hopefully not very!

Read the Street Fighter II CE review here.

OD

Dingux-HUGO: PC Engine Emulator for Dingux v1.1.0

2009-10-23T09:04:00.004-06:00

From the forums of zx81.zx81.free.fr

Hi All,

Hu-Go is a famous emulator of NEC PC Engine console, running on many system such as Linux and Windows. (see http://www.zeograd.com/ for details)

Dingux-Hugo is a port on Dingoo/Dingux of my latest PSP version of Hu-Go.

How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence v2, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

Many new features have been added compared to original Hu-Go version, have a look to the README for details.

Here is a full working binary version :
dingux-hugo-v1.1.0-bin.zip

And the source code :
dingux-hugo-v1.1.0-src.zip

Enjoy,

Zx.

If you want to discuss on this homebrew, you can do it here :
My forum on dcemu network or http://www.gp32x.com/.

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OD

Interview With Arkhan, Insanity Creator

2009-10-15T15:05:00.003-06:00

There was an interview with Insanity Creator Arkhan posted at PC Engine Fan back in May. Click the link to check it out:

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OD

FINALLY!!! NEW RELEASE TO TG-16 SCD!!!!

2009-10-02T08:25:00.004-06:00

Taken from great gaming news site , N4G, come this article;

"New game coming out for the Turbo Grafx 16 / PC Engine!

Independent game developer "Aetherbyte Studios" is making a brand new game for the Turbo Grafx 16 / PC Engine using the SUPER CDROM2 format. Yes you heard right, the Turbo Grafx 16. The game is called "Insanity" and is based off the arcade classic "Berzerk". Insanity is slated to come out on or before October 24th, 2009 and can be pre-ordered now. Pre-orders will be signed and numbered and comes with a bonus soundtrack. "

Now we need some of those MINDREC Titles to come out. I can't wait for those either!

uPCE 9Day Preview (09/09/09) - TurboGrafx Emulator for Dingux on Dingoo A320

2009-09-09T16:07:00.008-06:00

New PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 Emulator for Dingux (Linux for the Dingoo A320)

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Postby Juarrox on Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:20 pm
I´m proudly presenting you a Turbografx / PC Engine port based in Hu-Go! emulator for Dingux created by Uguru.

Features:
- Speed emulation: 40-45 fps @ 333 mhz (default) / 50-60 @ 400 mhz (aprox)
- uGUI, a menu with a lot of options:
* Load/Save savestates (w/ screenshots)
* Input, video & sound options
* Load roms .pce & .iso (and compressed ZIP files)
* Frameskip selector & overcloacking

More info & download in developia.info (in spanish) :)

P.D.: Apologies for my english :(

Direct Download Here

OD

DOOEngine V0.9c PC Engine/Turbografx Emulator for Dingoo A320

2009-09-01T23:16:00.001-06:00

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DOOEngine V0.9c

Post by alekmaul on Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:08 pm
Ok, new version available, please test again games and give me the name, if US or JP, and CRC to help me too improve compatibility.

What's new :

V0.9c : 01/09/2009
# fix timer int : more games are working
# update sound each time psg is updated (more accurate)
+ add sound threading model to speed (a little) emulation
# fix tv-out pb (thanks Harteex for your help ;) )

Download here : DOOEngine V0.9c

DOOEngine v0.9b - PC Engine Emulator for Dingo A320

2009-08-30T19:41:00.004-06:00

Alright, an updated PC Engine Emulator DOOEngine version 0.9b is out for the Dingoo (Gamei) A320. Click the link to get to Alekmaul's original post and for reports on games that work/don't work.

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Hi all, here is a new emulator DOOEngine :P, my native dingoo PC Engine emulator.
Put DOOEngine.SIM in your GAME directory. Put your .PCE games where you want.
Use "Interesting game" from Dingoo menu and choose your .PCE file, the emu will launch with the game ;)

Warning, it's only a beta release (i will be very busy so i don't know when i will improve it) and some games hangs the Dingoo,
To help me to improve it, just tell me which games are not ok (name and CRC, you have the CRC in menu).

V0.9b : 30/08/2009
Initiale beta release

You can see my webpage about it here : DOOEngine For Dingoo. Also, the website is in French 8-)

Technically Inaccurate, But Decent TG16 Retrospective

2009-08-25T18:36:00.002-06:00

TheGameReviews.com has posted a nice, although some a little technically inaccurate, TurboGrafx-16 Retrospective.

Check it out:
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With its 20th anniversary upcoming this month, David Taylor reflects on the highs and lows of a forgotten console that maybe deserved better - the Turbo Grafx-16

This year marks a number of noteworthy anniversaries, among them some of the most inspiring (the Apollo 11 moon landing) and), and tragic (Tiananmen Square) episodes in modern history. On a more esoteric level, this year represents the 20th anniversary of a largely forgotten but significant event in the annals of video game industry. On August 29, 1989 the Japanese computer manufacturer NEC released its video game console, the Turbo Grafx-16, in the United States.

OD

PSPHUGO v1.3.1 for PSP

2009-08-25T17:41:00.001-06:00

PSPHUGO v1.3.1 is now available for PSP. Click the title of the post for the Google translated page, or the original here:

http://mobiles.gx-mod.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=39&lid=7616

New in this version:

- Support housing IRDA Joy
- Added a specific menu for the settings of housing IRDA Joy (eg to choose between type joystick or paddle etc ...)
- Added a menu to specify the mapping between keys
- Added an option to specify what type of IrDA devices is connected to the PSP (eg keyboard Targus or else the box Buzz).

OD

TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Games Headed for Japanese Playstation Network

2009-07-18T04:53:00.011-06:00

Today Sony announced that four TurboGrafx 16/PC EnginePC Engine games will be available on the Playtation Network store. The games, which are playable on both the PSP and PS3, are:

Bomberman '94

Devil's Crush

Click here for the Review

New Adventure Island

Click here for the Review

Sengoku Mahjong

Not bad choices at all, although I can't speak for Mahjong. Here's hoping the TurboGrafx 16 enjoys the same success on Sony's Playstation Network as on Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console. If Hudson won't bring Dracula X out on the Wii in English speaking markets, perhaps they will on PSN?

OD

PCE for PSP v0.80-0.81 (alpha) - PC Engine Emulator for PSPΩ

2009-06-26T16:58:00.004-06:00

New release for PCE for PSP, the PC Engine Emulator for the PSP. The download includes two versions of the program - v0.80 and v0.81 alpha.

You can grab it from here:

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OD

Sim Earth to be Released on Wii VC in June - Nobody Cares

2009-06-06T17:21:00.001-06:00

Hudson has announced that Sim Earth will make an appearance on the North American Virtual Console this month. It has already been released for the Japanese Virtual Console.

Sim Earth? Come on, nobody liked it back then, it sure as hell won't do any better today. Me thinks someone is trying to cash in on the upcoming release of The Sims 3....

Sim Earth is like a slow moving, boring Sim City - only this time you control things on a global scale (weather, terrain, population, etc.). It's the same idea as Sim City with all the fun stuff taken out. It's more of a Simulator than a game.

Come on Hudson, let's see some real games. The Virtual Console is not going to get any better with releases like this. Let's show the world what great games were available for the TurboGrafx.

OD

PC Engine Emulator for Dingoo A320

2009-06-05T19:15:00.001-06:00

A few weeks ago I bought a Dingoo A320, the coolest (and most affordable) portable game system I have ever owned. Built in, the thing has Neo Geo, CPS1, CPS2, GBA, SNES, Genesis, NES emulators (the SNES and Genesis emulators are about the only ones with issues). All you need to do is copy your ROMs across via USB cable.

Well, I finally came across a PC Engine emulator (and instructions on how to get it working) for the A320:

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The PC Engine emulator is slow at the moment, but playable. What's even better is Linux has already been ported to the A320, this means PC Engine emulators that already exist for the Linux platform should be very easy to port to the A320. Basically, we are not far from having a near perfect PC Engine emulator.

The A320 first went on sale back in February, and already it has a dedicated following and developers working on emulators and Linux. Even the great ZodTTD is rumoured to be working on a port of MAME.

More info on the A320:
-Fantastic battery life (7 to 8 hours)
-Great feeling controls
-Price ($84US from DealExtreme)
-Open Source Platform
-4GB or 8GB built-in memory
-MicroSD port for additional expansion
-A/V outputs
-AVI codecs (no h.264 support yet)

Very high potential with this handheld folks. For such a cheap gadget, I love the thing. Here's wishing the A320 a long life.

OD

PSPHugo 1.3.0 is Available for PSP

2009-05-31T07:20:00.001-06:00

PSPHugo 1.3.0 is Available for PSP

Whats New:
- Support for audio CD-ROMs! (MP3 format with samples of 16-bit 22k or 44k). (MP3 format with samples of 16-bit 22k or 44k).
- Support for CD-ROM TOC (more common format HCD).
- It is now possible to use TurboRip to copy the original CDs and use them directly with PSP-Hugo.
- The clock speed of the PSP is increased automatically when playing MP3 tracks.
- Sound is now disabled during backup or backup quick screenshots (before that was a very unpleasant noise).
- Fixed bug when trying to pause the PSP.
- Replacing the management of its SDL directly using the PSP functions to improve performance.
- Fixed bug when playing multiple CD images as a result.
- New graphics for the background image.

Official Site - http://zx81.zx81.free.fr
OD

Terrible Article from Toms Hardware

2009-05-24T14:14:00.001-06:00

Tom's hardware has posted a terrible article titled "7 Gaming Systems that Were Epic Failures". The first system on the list is the TurboGrafx-16. I guess Tom's Hardware is unaware of how successful it was as the PC Engine in Japan...

I also really enjoyed the following quote:
"While the graphics were an upgrade over the NES and Sega, the games were for the most part unoriginal rehashes or lame rip-offs—check out "Fighting Street""

I guess near perfect arcade translations are considered "lame rip-offs".

Another great quote:
"This low rating for the Neo Geo is really more over my jealousy of not being able to own one."

Uh huh.....riveting article. Sounds like he only looked at a picture of the N-Gage judging by the review.

Tom's Hardware is a great place to find tools for improving your PC performance. I didn't realize the site articles were also written by tools.

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OD

PC Engine Entity 2 ceases operations.

2009-05-15T20:09:00.002-06:00

After 6 years of being a dedicated NEC sharer, and all the help from the people in the community that made it happen, i have decided to close the doors on the hub. Lack of interest in the hub brought on by torrent madness, has seen the hub turn up ghosts, cobwebs, and tumbleweeds, with only a few last regulars hanging out in the dust and fallout.

I appreciate all your patronage over the years, and for helping make the scene richer with image content, and quality. The days of laughter and trading have come to pass, but the memory will always remain.

You will still catch my share on other hangouts, so i am not disappearing, and i will still remain a contributor to this amazing site i have adored for many years(THANKS OD!), so all is well.

You all will be missed!!!! Cheers for the makings of a successful run!!!!!!