RE: EDGE presents RETRO

From Sharpe,Michael <xxxxxx@cna.com>
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What do you expect from a system that is that old.  Let's face it, the Turbo
Grafx was an excellent system for its time.  I would even say that it was
ahead of its time.  The only problem is that the system never really took
off here in the US.  In Japan, that was a different story though.  The
PC-Engine was very huge.  Have games in demand even 3 years ago is quite an
accomplishment.   Plus, Implode.  What other system has games still being
made for it?  The only one that I can think of that is old and still has new
games being made is the PSX.  The Turbo had a very good lifetime but even
I'll admit that mine was laid to rest (in its box) to create room for the
PS2 and the XBox.  I suppose playing the games is now a nostalgia thing
since the more recent systems blow the doors off from a technology
standpoint. I was saddened the day the Saturn lost out the battle.  I was
saddened the day the DC was dropped and I am saddened now that I came to the
conclusion that this system might officially be dead...  At least it had
collector support for quite some time.  I think there was more craze over
this system than there was for the Saturn and DC combined.  People are still
dying to get their hands on Castlevania....  

> >To tell the truth, I don't think so. 
> >The auther maybe overstimate PCengine marcket. :P
> 
	>Yeah. Maybe 3 years ago. Things have really died down since then.
The 
	>demand for a few choice titles is still relatively high, but most 
	>moderately rare titles are treated like junk now on ebay and at
used 
	>shops in Japan. The interest in PC Engine collecting was largely a 
	>short-lived craze. And the r elative slowness of this list nowadays
demonstrates that perfectly.