Now You're Playing With Turbo Power - RndStranger's PC-Engine Power Megathread

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Now You're Playing With Turbo Power - RndStranger's PC-Engine Power Megathread

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This is a thread devoted to YouTube's RndStranger's attempt to catalog the PC Engine's library after doing so for the Famicom, the Cassette Vision, and the Super Cassette Vision.

The intro episode



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The PC Engine is a fascinating platform, and Random Stranger does a pretty good job showing it off. Let's watch together and learn something about a fascinating, obscure platform!
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The first time I encountered this system was in the 2000s. Someone gifted me a "256 games on 1 disc" CD that had 200~ Mega Drive games, 30~ PCE games and 20~ DOS games.

I think the first one I played was Dragon's Curse, which was also the first way I experienced Wonder Boy 3.

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I've really been appreciating this series, explaining the cultural and/or contemporary context of each game.

Looking forward to when RndStranger covers the first PC Engine Bomberman, which was the first PC Engine game that I was able to play to completion. Granted, thinking back on my playthrough, I can also think about what criticisms might be raised about the game.
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I didn't even realize the PC Engine got a port of Volfied :o
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We forget to check youtube for these so this thread is a service. Big triple digits episode next!
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Cheering. Applauding. Our man Guy Kazama has arrived
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Red/Last Alert is a surprisingly good game and I kinda forgot how early it was in the CD Library. For some reason I was expecting it to be a later title...
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Something about this one is making us really wanna play it. So good job Atomic Robot Kid
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It's a decent port, but if you're going into the game without having played it, the arcade version is probably a good start.
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Huh. I suppose it makes sense, but I hadn't processed how many ports this game received: to the point of being among the most-commonly ported.

Oof, though -- I guess this did its part in contributing to the idea of it being acceptable for police to chase down suspects at all costs. 😰
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Lolo De Puzlo wrote: Tue Jul 22, 2025 1:58 pm New Video - Chikudenya Toubee

Also, maybe it's just the graphics close-up -- but my goodness, there's something unusually horizontal about the pixels in this thumbnail screenshot. It seems like it's almost from a C64 game or Sierra AGI game, except with more colors available.

That music, as well: some notes seem quite flat, to the point of dissonance.

Still, I might try seeking out a possible long-play -- unless I can actually look up kanji fast enough by their radicals, and then get a rough idea of what's being said (though I might need still to ask friends who have better knowledge of Japanese vocabulary).
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If anyone is going to finally force me to learn how to play Mahjong it'll be Random Stranger simply by talking about it frequently enough
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EdenCoven wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:28 am If anyone is going to finally force me to learn how to play Mahjong it'll be Random Stranger simply by talking about it frequently enough
Oh I got some real janky VRChat worlds to show you then :mrgreen:
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Lolo De Puzlo wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:48 am
EdenCoven wrote: Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:28 am If anyone is going to finally force me to learn how to play Mahjong it'll be Random Stranger simply by talking about it frequently enough
Oh I got some real janky VRChat worlds to show you then :mrgreen:
Sounds like the ideal possible way to learn with no downsides
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