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

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

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

@GAMECLOSET

Ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

@@GAMECLOSET music.kzread.info/dash/bejne/qnWIxrqCgMyqnqg.html

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

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! 🙂

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

Ай бұрын

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

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.

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

9 күн бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

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.

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

@matthewjohnson1891

Ай бұрын

I have been enjoying it immensly

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

Yup! It's my primary method now 🙂

Great video!!! 🎉🎉

Great video with lots of great points the selected games!

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.

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

Ай бұрын

Lol! Glad you enjoyed, friend 🙂

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

Excellent video and a few I want to try out.

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Definitely give them a shot

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

Ай бұрын

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

@GAMECLOSET

Ай бұрын

Challenge accepted!

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

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

Yup! Love those games

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

@zwallop

29 күн бұрын

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

9 күн бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

@volo870

Ай бұрын

@@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

Ай бұрын

@@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

Ай бұрын

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

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

@@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.

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

@Johnnygrafx

Ай бұрын

YOU ARE A GEM glad you enjoyed!

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

I approve of this video, it has words! I wish it had fart noises, but words are great, too.

@Johnnygrafx

22 күн бұрын

Gotta keep yall guessing!

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

Ай бұрын

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

@mattalan6618

Ай бұрын

is it more relaxing than taking a poo?

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.