My Ultimate TurboGrafx-16 CD package up for Grabs - Now $100 CHEAPER!

Ok, this is a really hard thing for me to do. I'm basically putting my most prized video game item up for sale. Why am I selling it? It's a long story. But rest assured it has to do with finances, and needing to come up with money, and not having any money. This is my ultimate TurboGrafx-16 package. This package basically lets me play any Hu card, American or Japanese, as well as any CD game, Super CD game or Arcade CD game in glorious RGB. How does this all work? Well, first off, you start with a regular base TurboGrafx-16 system. Then you send that system off, to get it RGB modded on the side. It's important to have the RGB mod on the side of the unit, because whenever you add that TG-16 unit to a CD system and the docking station, you need the RGB output on the side, so you'll get RGB from the CD games too. So, you send it off, and get it RGB modded on the side. Now you can play American TG-16 Hu cards in RGB. But what about Japanese Hu cards? Ok, so now you ship out your TG-16 again, and you get it region modded, with a button on the front. This way, you can play both Japanese and American Hu cards. Now, it's time for some CD action. So you add a CD unit, and a docking station, and the incredibly expensive AC Adapter that powers the docking station. The famous HES-ACA-02. So now, you can actually play US Hu cards, Japanese Hu cards, as well as US CD's and Japanese CD's in beautiful RGB. But wait.... What about Super CD's, and even Arcade CD's? So, the only way you can play Arcade CD's, is with an Arcade Card Pro. So I had to search for one of those. A complete one, is a pricey son-of-a-bitch on Ebay, but I got one. Now, all I have to do is pop in the Arcade Card Pro Hu card, push the button in for Japanese, and Voila!, I'm playing Sapphire on Arcade CD in glorious RGB! So, that's basically what this package is all about. If you're a turbo lover, and you want to experience everything that the Turbo has to offer (short of SuperGrafx Hu cards), then you can't get a better package than this, and best of all, this package allows you to enjoy your games in the crystal clarity that only RGB can provide. I mean, let's face it... if you're going to spend the big bucks on TG-16 stuff, and all the rare Super CD's and all that crap, you might as well go the full 9 yards, and experience it all with the best color and detail imaginable. There is nothing on this planet like playing Dracula X on a top of the line Sony PVM RGB monitor




Here is the RGB mod on the side of the TG-16 unit. Apparently, nobody is doing RGB mods on TG-16's or Duo's anymore. At least that's what another DP member told me. I guess if you want to see Turbo Love in RGB, your options are limited.



Here is the button for the Region Mod. Cost a pretty penny, but well worth it. You push the button in to use Japanese Hu cards, and push the button out for USA Hu cards. Pretty simple.



Here is a picture of the total package. I'm also including a Super CD game. F1 Team Simulation Project F. It's a R3 game, and is complete and mint.




Here is another picture of the package.


Ok, now, in regards to pricing. I'm basically just trying to get the same amount of money that I paid for everything. The problem is, everything was expensive as fuck in the beginning. All these pieces were bought individually, and I had to pay shipping on all of them. When I got the RGB mod, I had to ship my TG-16 out, and then ship it back. When I got the region mod, the same thing. I had to pay shipping from Japan to get the Arcade Card Pro. So, everything was pretty damn pricey. The freaking AC Adapter was probably the most difficult thing to actually find. I had to buy a whole other TG-16 CD package, just to get the damn thing. Not to long ago, I saw a HES-ACA-02 sell for about $55 on Ebay. Just for a freaking power adapter! Anyways, here is how the pricing breaks down:

Turbografx-16 unit (paid $25 shipped)
Docking Station for CD unit and base unit (paid $40 shipped)
CD unit (paid $65 shipped)
HES-ACA-02 power adapter (paid $35 shipped)
RGB mod for base unit (paid $65, including shipping to and fro)
Region Mod for base unit (paid $55, including shipping to and fro)
Arcade Card Pro complete (paid $55 shipped from Japan)
F1 Team Simulation ProjectF - complete - R3 - (paid $15 shipped)
Shipping of this package to anywhere in the lower 48 states plus insurance - $30
Extra fee for personal heartache and suffering because I won't have this anymore - $15

Total = $400

So the total is 400 smackers. I actually paid $355 for all this stuff originally, when all the various shipping costs are factored in. Shipping is $30, but it will include insurance for $400, and it will be packed like it's going to land on the moon. The extra $15 is just for my personal heartache. Basically, it's going to take $400 to pry this from my cold dead hands.

Good luck selling this, it simply is the best Turbo I've ever seen

jdd1510 said:

Good luck selling this, it simply is the best Turbo I've ever seen

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Thanks, I appreciate the comment, but most people think I'm overpricing this by about $150. The thing is, the $400 price is for this item shipped. So, it's basically, like I'm selling it for $370, plus the exact cost of shipping, cause the way i'm going to pack it up, to make it secure, and add the $400 insurance to it, it will likely actually cost $30 to ship it.

Also, alot of people have no idea why anybody would charge so much for this type of package. But the thing is, this package is aimed specifically at people that are very into RGB gaming, and they want to play USA hu cards, Japanese Hu cards, regular CD's, Super CD's and Arcade CD's, all in rgb on the same device.

Most people will say.... "F that, I can buy a Duo, and get it RGB modded and region modded, and it will do the same thing." This is true, but alot of Duo's don't seem to like backups. And if you aren't made of money, and you want to play games like Dracula X and Sapphire, then you need to be able to play those games from a CD-R. So if you have a RGB modded Duo, with a region mod, and it doesn't like backups very much, then you are screwed. I've known several people that went thru 3 or 4 Duo's before they found one that would play backups, "consistently", every single time. A buddy of mine has had Duo's that would play "some" backups, but not all of them. There was no consistency or ryhme or reason to it. His Duo would play a few backups here and there, but wouldn't play others. My TG-16 CD package, has played every backup that i've thrown at it, FLAWLESSLY. It's the peace of mind, knowing that you can play every form of a Turbo game, in RGB, even backups, every time, flawlessly. That's why this package is so expensive. If you can find another package that would do the same exact thing, for less money, then of course you would be a fool to buy this.

Good luck with that shit, man. The system looks hella clean!

...I walked in expecting a copy of drac x available...am I missing something?

otherwise best of luck on your sale anthony1...at least there's no word filter for RGB here.

youruglyclone said:

...I walked in expecting a copy of drac x available...am I missing something?

otherwise best of luck on your sale anthony1...at least there's no word filter for RGB here.

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I can definitely include Dracula X, lol, it's just it won't be one that can be sold on Ebay, if you get my drift, lol.

could you include that kind of copy of sapphire with the system?

SNKman said:

could you include that kind of copy of sapphire with the system?

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Well, I'm not sure what neo-geo.com's rules are in relation to backups. I mostly post over at Digital Press's Retrogaming Roundtable, and over there, any talk about backups and CD-R's is a big no-no. So if this is a no-no, I'll delete this post. But basically, anybody that would buy this, if they don't mind backups, I can definitely throw in a bunch of free backups. I would never charge for backups, I think that's bush league. I would go ahead and just throw them in the mix for free. So sure, that wouldn't be a problem.

No-one cares....just list what you have.

BigTinz said:

No-one cares....just list what you have.

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You want me to list all the backups? I have way too many to list. I'm not going to give them all away with this package though, cause I definitely might need them at some point in the future, and I'm not good with torrents and burning iso's and all that, so it's easier if I have a physical copy. I would want to make a copy of whatever I'm giving away, so that I would still have a copy of it in case I need it sometime in the future. I'm sure I could throw in 20, of the persons choice. Basically, their most wanted 20 or something like that. If anybody is seriously interested, they can PM me about it. I even have a few that were done on printable CD-R's, and they look pretty cool. I was hoping to do it with my entire collection, but just never got around to doing them all.

Ok, here is my new price. $300 plus exact shipping. RGB cable not included, but I will work with the buyer to obtain the right RGB cable. If interested, send me a PM. thanks.