Comments on: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Turbo Pad http://magweasel.com/2009/05/11/i-%e2%99%a5-the-pc-engine-turbo-pad/ Magweasel.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] Hani in the Sky @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/05/11/i-%e2%99%a5-the-pc-engine-turbo-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-569 [I ♥ The PC Engine] Hani in the Sky @ Magweasel Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:55:03 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=101#comment-569 [...] noting because it’s (in my eyes) the first PCE shooter to take for granted that gamers have Turbo Pads and adjust the game design appropriately. As you can see in the video below, you have all-powerful [...] [...] noting because it’s (in my eyes) the first PCE shooter to take for granted that gamers have Turbo Pads and adjust the game design appropriately. As you can see in the video below, you have all-powerful [...]

]]> By: [I ♥ The PC Engine] XE-1 PRO HE @ Magweasel http://magweasel.com/2009/05/11/i-%e2%99%a5-the-pc-engine-turbo-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-270 [I ♥ The PC Engine] XE-1 PRO HE @ Magweasel Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:09:47 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=101#comment-270 [...] were the hottest arcade genre in 1988, and therefore every high-end home stick (including the Turbo Pad, Turbo Stick and ASCII Stick Engine) had built-in rapid fire. The XE-1 is no exception, of course, [...] [...] were the hottest arcade genre in 1988, and therefore every high-end home stick (including the Turbo Pad, Turbo Stick and ASCII Stick Engine) had built-in rapid fire. The XE-1 is no exception, of course, [...]

]]> By: esteban http://magweasel.com/2009/05/11/i-%e2%99%a5-the-pc-engine-turbo-pad/comment-page-1/#comment-10 esteban Mon, 18 May 2009 05:52:22 +0000 http://magweasel.com/?p=101#comment-10 I usually check in every few weeks to catch up on your "game set watch" articles and I was surprised to read that magweasel had been changed... (Tangent: I love the concept for magweasel and I hope that the wiki isn't gone forever.) Anyway, I was particularly intrigued upon reading this: "This was actually the first peripheral ever released to use the word “turbo” to refer to a device that triggered button presses really fast for you. (Until this point, the native Japanese words renda or rensha were used.) It’s entirely possible the word was chosen because it matches well with the “Engine” in the console’s name…and it’s also not beyond the realm of possibility that this influenced NEC’s American department when they decided to call the console “TurboGrafx-16″." Ha! We will probably never know the true story behind the TG-16 moniker, but I like your suggestion that the "TurboPad" might have inspired the name for the console. Awesome. I look forward to reading stuff here (I enjoyed video-fenky, of course). I usually check in every few weeks to catch up on your “game set watch” articles and I was surprised to read that magweasel had been changed… (Tangent: I love the concept for magweasel and I hope that the wiki isn’t gone forever.)

Anyway, I was particularly intrigued upon reading this:

“This was actually the first peripheral ever released to use the word “turbo” to refer to a device that triggered button presses really fast for you. (Until this point, the native Japanese words renda or rensha were used.) It’s entirely possible the word was chosen because it matches well with the “Engine” in the console’s name…and it’s also not beyond the realm of possibility that this influenced NEC’s American department when they decided to call the console “TurboGrafx-16″.”

Ha! We will probably never know the true story behind the TG-16 moniker, but I like your suggestion that the “TurboPad” might have inspired the name for the console. Awesome.

I look forward to reading stuff here (I enjoyed video-fenky, of course).

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