<description>&lt;p&gt;The black sheep of the 16bit console generation of video games was definitely the TurboGrafx-16, but does coming in third mean it wasn't great in it's own right? Heck no! (link in comments)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We run down a list of our nine favorite TURBOTASTIC games (plus a few more in there for good measure) on the system that was called the PC-Engine in Japan. We cover everything from head-banging cave babies to everyone's favorite Jason Voorhees clone.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Coopster Gold&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;...... AKA Justin Cooper (&lt;a href="https://www.epictalesfromthesewers.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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Retro Ridoctopus

Retro Ridoctopus

S8E6 - Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could

MAR 17, 2026176 MIN
Retro Ridoctopus

S8E6 - Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could

MAR 17, 2026176 MIN

Description

<p>The black sheep of the 16bit console generation of video games was definitely the TurboGrafx-16, but does coming in third mean it wasn't great in it's own right? Heck no! (link in comments)</p> <p>We run down a list of our nine favorite TURBOTASTIC games (plus a few more in there for good measure) on the system that was called the PC-Engine in Japan. We cover everything from head-banging cave babies to everyone's favorite Jason Voorhees clone.</p> <p>SHUBIBIN!</p> <p>RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is -----------------------------------</p> <p>&quot;<strong>Parasite Steve</strong>&quot;...... AKA Steve Van Samson (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93\&amp;query=steve+van+samson" rel="nofollow">read</a>)</p> <p>&quot;<strong>8-Bit Alchemy</strong> &quot;...... AKA Tim Krikorian (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@8BitAlchemy/featured" rel="nofollow">listen</a>)</p> <p>&quot;<strong>Coopster Gold</strong>&quot;...... AKA Justin Cooper (<a href="https://www.epictalesfromthesewers.com/" rel="nofollow">subscribe</a>)</p> <p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of <a href="https://thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/" rel="nofollow">The Dorkening Podcast Network</a> and is brought to you by <a href="https://deadlygroundscoffee.com" rel="nofollow">Deadly Grounds Coffee</a>. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by <a href="https://enchantedexilemetal.bandcamp.com/album/never-after" rel="nofollow">Enchanted Exile.</a></p>