First TurboGrafx-CD game released on the Virtual Console

KruzeS

Currently Offline

1,236

907 posts since 28/04/07

Recent Badges:

7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.

KruzeS on 15 October 2007

This as already been mentioned in the VC thread ("of gaming goodness"), but I think it merits it's own thread.

Today, America saw the release of "Gate of Thunder", for 800 points (instead of the usual 600 for TurboGrafx-16 games). The next TurboGrafx-CD game to be released is "Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise", whichÂ will see the ligth of day within the next two weeks.

Both games will be coming to Europe and Australia in October too.Â Japan OTOH will see 3 different PC Engine CD games in the next few weeks: "Ys Book I & II" (also released in America), "Cho Aniki" and "Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou" (also released in Europe as "Vulcan Venture"). All these are listed by Hudson for 800 Wii points.

Enjoy!

http://vc-pce.com/

http://vc-reviews.com/review/585/gate-of-thunder.php

http://vc-reviews.com/review/587/super-air-zonk-rockabilly-paradise.php

http://vc-reviews.com/review/586/ys-book-i-ii.php

Reality has a Nintendo bias.

Daileon

Currently Offline

1,164

890 posts since 23/02/07

Recent Badges:

11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
13 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 13 years.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.

Daileon on 15 October 2007

And how much blocks of memory each of these will use?

..........
^Click on cards to level'em up!!!^ =D

ClaudeLv250

Currently Offline

26,489

6240 posts since 17/07/07

Recent Badges:

A Small Correction Updated 10 Games.
Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Trust Me, It'll Have Legs 100 replies made to user's most popular thread.
Mr. Punctual 10 game release dates added to the VGChartz database.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Don't Forget To Save 10 status updates.

Currently Playing:

Paladins (PC)
Tales of Xillia (PS3)
Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)

ClaudeLv250 on 15 October 2007

Give me Ys right NOW!

Tag - "No trolling on my watch!"

The_vagabond7

Currently Offline

38,511

5505 posts since 07/08/07

Recent Badges:

Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
Some Here, Some There Bank a Total of 5,000 VG$.

The_vagabond7 on 15 October 2007

Ys, that's awesome. Gonna pick that up for sure.

You can find me on facebook as Markus Van Rijn, if you friend me just mention you're from VGchartz and who you are here.

superchunk

Currently Offline

128,095

23171 posts since 20/12/06

Recent Badges:

Killer Scorpion Earned 60 badges.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
Seriously... Bank a Total of 10,000 VG$
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
Seriously... Bank a Total of 10,000 VG$
One Of A Kind 1,000 replies made to user's most popular thread.

superchunk on 15 October 2007

ok, with these larger games and the eventual wii ware games, there must be a usb harddrive option coming soon.

KruzeS

Currently Offline

1,236

907 posts since 28/04/07

Recent Badges:

3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
12 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 12 years.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.

KruzeS on 15 October 2007

Daileon said:
And how much blocks of memory each of these will use?

Gate of Thunder apparently uses little over 200 blocks. I'm not american, so I really can't tell you for sure, but any american out there can look this up without purchasing. If so, this equates to "just" 25 to 30 MiB. It's also smaller than N64 games like Ocarina and Sin and Punishment.

Remember, most of the space in these CDs was used for uncompressed audio (Gate of Thunder had a pretty decent hard rock soundtrack, it seems). This can nowadays be compressed 20x with a codec like MP3.

Reality has a Nintendo bias.