Purchased the Turbo Duo at Toys R Us at a massive clearance sale in 1994. Games were 79 cents a piece (bought a copy of all) including CD's, the game system was for $99.99. Still works perfectly today, it is awesome that it has made a comeback. Hudson games were always my favorite.
I pre-ordered the Analogue Duo because I wanted a Turbografx-16 when I was young and missed out. The TG-16/PC Engine has a great library of games and was very underrated here in the US.
Bold of Analogue to think that people can actually get their hands on Turbographix and PC Engine games easily these days, man i hate the retro market so much these days
You can buy brand new professionally pressed reproductions of CD and Hucard based games from PCEworks of a majority of the hit titles, they have hundreds of games available right now at a fraction of the used market pricing.
@@MarquisDeSang With how expensive Mister has gotten I actually agree. FPGA is more accurate but BSNES has some nice perks like HD Mode 7 and widescreen etc.
Analogue has been on a roll. I had a pretty large TG 16 collection back in the day and I had a Turbo Express. I sold it because I was not a fan of the screen on the Turbo Express. What another huge retro gaming mistake. I did not even dream years down the road we would get hardware like the Turbo Duo. Looks like another collection I will have to build up again from scratch. How are the load times on the Turbo CD games? Have they been improved like on the Polymega? I also have to give props to Analogue for putting out 2 systems to play Turbo 16 cards, the Analogue Pocket and the Turbo Duo. They could have easily made it so the only way you could play TG 16 games was on the Duo but they did not. Again, thanks for the review. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I was a PC engine fan! When it first came out in East Asia, I thought the graphic was so much better than Nintendo, especially when every video game stores played Valis II. The Analogue brought back memories, and I don't get the same experience from emulators.
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Mine arrived yesterday, but it's currently sitting gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree at the moment. Told my wife she can count it as her Christmas present to me (even though I bought it for myself a year ago). OT, sounds like you're getting a lot of static in your microphone in this video for some reason, no sure what's up with that. Your vids are usually clean cut, so it caught me off guard here...
Having the original controller port on the side was a bad move. And not having the HuCard slot opening like the original really messes with using an Everdrive. Overall I love it, but I hope that mechanism that grabs the CDs lasts. Should’ve just went with a door.
In fairness though about the everdrive, this is really focused on playing physical, as well as the 100 percent chance it will be jailbroken to play games off the SD card eventually.
Makes you wonder why the legacy console manufacturers don't release their retro consoles with modern features. They could use the same business model as analogue and sell them direct to the consumer. I am quite sure it would be very lucrative for them.
I really like the Turbografx-16 and think it has a lot of great games, so it's nice to see this. I got into the system too late for it to be worth it to me to buy the Duo, though. I only own four physical games and any others I want are too expensive. The Duo does look like a nice product, though, and I'm sure it's worth owning if you have a decent collection of games for it. If not, it might be more cost effective to track down a Turbografx-16 Mini, which comes with a variety of decent games for the system and seems to go for not much more than the Duo.
Someone probably already mentioned this, but the 8bitdo wireless controller did not come with the TurboGrafx 16 mini. TG 16 mini came with a wired controller. I think it was made by Hori
Unfortunately my Duo is DOA. There's no display and the power light comes on for a little while, then off for a few seconds, then repeat forever. Also there's something loose rattling around inside. I'm waiting on Analogue to reply for a replacement. I hate how there is no cutout above the HuCard slot, making it necessary to remove the cover on an EverDrive. I took the cover off mine and plugged it in and it needed quite a lot of force and even then it's a little wobbly, so I dunno about that. The USB ports on the back are wobbly too. But with mine being DEAD I can't tell if it was plugged in properly or not anyway.
Never managed to pair the Duo with the 8bitdo controllers, even after updating everything (and yes, you need to update the controllers too and it is less than obvious). Works great with original japanese controllers though.
I’m grateful for Analogue making this as I’m looking forward to reducing ware on my original Duo. I do wish the controller port was on the front as the original controllers have extremely short cords but I prefer them for the 3 Turbo settings and the 6 button Avenue pad that’s a must for SF II C.E. IMO the original TurboDuo is the most beautiful console design I’ve ever seen and Analogue did it justice with their design
Man looks awesome! What I’m wondering is if the old Hori Fighting Multi Stick works on this thing?! Don’t know if you have one but would be great if someone could test this out
Compared to the price of a real TurboDuo this is a good deal. A new in box product dedicated to playing all of these titles without region issues or needing the CD-ROM2 card. Unless of course you're like a lot of us and want original hardware. For that I would recommend a Turbo Everdrive.
Yeah it is too Niche for me but out of curiosity how much does it cost?!? Also it’s pretty cool that there is some dedicated HomeBrew for TurboGrafX-16! 😎
One of my favorite games on the system is Gate Of Thunder. And of course its one of the games that doesnt sound correct. Still waiting for the fix Analogue.
Also I want to say this because I think this is really important when looking at this product. Gate Of Thunder was a pack in title for the actual Turbo Duo and this core doesn’t run it properly. That’s a pretty big red flag everybody.
The biggest thing I don’t like about software is, I don’t think it should be limited quantities, small, limited quantities. If people are going to do that, then they need to let people have access to the RMS or have some place where you can download the games that way, everybody has a chance of being able to play all the neat games.
@@johnhancockretro He probably got that info from long time Turbo and Neo Geo community troll Sarumaru. Hide your kids and nephews from that sideshow attraction at any convention. He's a creep.
Unrelated: I'm still upset they handled the pocket adapters. Not only forcing customers to purchase all 3, delayed over a year, now it's gone from pre-sell to sold out without any notice of purchase. You would think the high volume of pocket sales would indicate interest in these adapters. No press release or notice. EBay now has become the only avenue, you know what that means. I just want the dang ngpc. It's a main reason why I supported this purchase of a pocket in the first place. Soooooo aggravating
This thing just has too many issues out the gate. I know some will be fixed via firmware updates, but the tight card/disk slot will take a hardware revision…which I doubt will ever happen.
I own almost every Analogue console and this one as well. Gotta be honest.... this feels kinda Jank. OS is lacking, Ive ran into game glitches, it don't work with my Everdrive 2.5, it's hard to get my disc's out, the controller port feels kinda loose and my unit came with a considerable amount of scuffs on the bottom. If there isn't a Jailbreak for this thing it's just going to get tossed in a drawer with other consoles I don't use.
Congrats, unfortunately Analogue screwed the pooch, I get email 12/1 that its being prepared to ship, then nothing…so I reached out and they inform me that I may wait till late Jan or Feb. utter rubbish. Wanted mine to play for the holidays, and also got one as a Christmas present…so needless to say..not happening now
Why can't we load the games from an SD card? We need to buy an everdrive and it won't even fit. I will still buy one because PC-Engine has more than 100 shmups. PC-Engine has better graphics than Genesis.
Purchased the Turbo Duo at Toys R Us at a massive clearance sale in 1994. Games were 79 cents a piece (bought a copy of all) including CD's, the game system was for $99.99. Still works perfectly today, it is awesome that it has made a comeback. Hudson games were always my favorite.
I pre-ordered the Analogue Duo because I wanted a Turbografx-16 when I was young and missed out. The TG-16/PC Engine has a great library of games and was very underrated here in the US.
Bold of Analogue to think that people can actually get their hands on Turbographix and PC Engine games easily these days, man i hate the retro market so much these days
You have to buy that everdrive
@@MarquisDeSang Might as well buy a Mister instead of 10 overpriced everdrives
@@NoSpamForYouOr i can simply use an emulator with an 8bitDo turbografx controller.
You can buy brand new professionally pressed reproductions of CD and Hucard based games from PCEworks of a majority of the hit titles, they have hundreds of games available right now at a fraction of the used market pricing.
@@MarquisDeSang With how expensive Mister has gotten I actually agree. FPGA is more accurate but BSNES has some nice perks like HD Mode 7 and widescreen etc.
Analogue has been on a roll. I had a pretty large TG 16 collection back in the day and I had a Turbo Express. I sold it because I was not a fan of the screen on the Turbo Express. What another huge retro gaming mistake. I did not even dream years down the road we would get hardware like the Turbo Duo. Looks like another collection I will have to build up again from scratch. How are the load times on the Turbo CD games? Have they been improved like on the Polymega?
I also have to give props to Analogue for putting out 2 systems to play Turbo 16 cards, the Analogue Pocket and the Turbo Duo. They could have easily made it so the only way you could play TG 16 games was on the Duo but they did not. Again, thanks for the review. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I was a PC engine fan! When it first came out in East Asia, I thought the graphic was so much better than Nintendo, especially when every video game stores played Valis II. The Analogue brought back memories, and I don't get the same experience from emulators.
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Congrats!!! I’m still waiting for mine to arrive. No word from Analogue yet. Praying for a miracle.
Good luck!
Thanks for the video! I just received mine today. Can't wait to fire it up!
thanks for the video John and Happy New Year !
Happy New Year and peace be with you.
Mine arrived yesterday, but it's currently sitting gift-wrapped under the Christmas tree at the moment. Told my wife she can count it as her Christmas present to me (even though I bought it for myself a year ago).
OT, sounds like you're getting a lot of static in your microphone in this video for some reason, no sure what's up with that. Your vids are usually clean cut, so it caught me off guard here...
Yeah, having mic issues, don’t know what’s going on
Having the original controller port on the side was a bad move. And not having the HuCard slot opening like the original really messes with using an Everdrive. Overall I love it, but I hope that mechanism that grabs the CDs lasts. Should’ve just went with a door.
In fairness though about the everdrive, this is really focused on playing physical, as well as the 100 percent chance it will be jailbroken to play games off the SD card eventually.
For me I can just emulate on the analogue pocket for turbo grafx.
8:57 Hold on, what’s that 75-in-1 disc in the top row? 😮
Makes you wonder why the legacy console manufacturers don't release their retro consoles with modern features.
They could use the same business model as analogue and sell them direct to the consumer.
I am quite sure it would be very lucrative for them.
I really like the Turbografx-16 and think it has a lot of great games, so it's nice to see this. I got into the system too late for it to be worth it to me to buy the Duo, though. I only own four physical games and any others I want are too expensive. The Duo does look like a nice product, though, and I'm sure it's worth owning if you have a decent collection of games for it. If not, it might be more cost effective to track down a Turbografx-16 Mini, which comes with a variety of decent games for the system and seems to go for not much more than the Duo.
Buy reproductions...cheap and easily available.
Analogue has made it possible now for the duo to be jailbroken and load games from an SD card.
There is high homebrew hack potential with this. Amiga CD32 and CDTV come to mind. Early PC games that came on CD.
Someone probably already mentioned this, but the 8bitdo wireless controller did not come with the TurboGrafx 16 mini. TG 16 mini came with a wired controller. I think it was made by Hori
Analogue makes some nice stuff. Thanks for the video, John.
You bet!
I´m going to buy this console.. Thanks for your review
Can’t wait the savestate 😍😍😍
Analogue clearly running put of ideas... Great video.as always though John, thanks man!
All the elder retro greats from Game Sack Joe John Riggs John Hancock and Metal Jesus have reviewed and enjoyed this it must be the one
One happy owner 😎
Unfortunately my Duo is DOA. There's no display and the power light comes on for a little while, then off for a few seconds, then repeat forever. Also there's something loose rattling around inside.
I'm waiting on Analogue to reply for a replacement.
I hate how there is no cutout above the HuCard slot, making it necessary to remove the cover on an EverDrive. I took the cover off mine and plugged it in and it needed quite a lot of force and even then it's a little wobbly, so I dunno about that. The USB ports on the back are wobbly too. But with mine being DEAD I can't tell if it was plugged in properly or not anyway.
Analogue always delivers. It's a slick and state of art take on the original system. 😮
Never managed to pair the Duo with the 8bitdo controllers, even after updating everything (and yes, you need to update the controllers too and it is less than obvious). Works great with original japanese controllers though.
I still use my RGB modded Turbo Duo RX. If that breaks down i would buy this in two minutes.
Argh, doesn't need the background music but thanks for the great review John.
I’m grateful for Analogue making this as I’m looking forward to reducing ware on my original Duo. I do wish the controller port was on the front as the original controllers have extremely short cords but I prefer them for the 3 Turbo settings and the 6 button Avenue pad that’s a must for SF II C.E. IMO the original TurboDuo is the most beautiful console design I’ve ever seen and Analogue did it justice with their design
Your REAL Duo has better sound then the sound emulation on the Analogue Duo
This is a must buy! I always wanted a Turbo Duo but they only sold it at Toys 'R Us that was far away. Good review and cool video John!👉🙂👈
Thanks!
@@johnhancockretro 👍
I agree. Anyone who's experienced the turbografx16 knows how awesome this is.
The Turbo Everdrive v2.5 does not work in it. They really need to fix that.
It’s a great machine and if you have a disposable income then go for it.
I however will wait and hope Hyperkin releases their version soon.
The ports not big enough for the Everdrive tho. Who has a stack of hue cards?
Very nice option for those who have physical media.😃
Man looks awesome! What I’m wondering is if the old Hori Fighting Multi Stick works on this thing?! Don’t know if you have one but would be great if someone could test this out
How is it John that RMC can be active for half the amount of time as yourself, and be managing a museum for over 2 years now?
Just food for thought...
Compared to the price of a real TurboDuo this is a good deal. A new in box product dedicated to playing all of these titles without region issues or needing the CD-ROM2 card. Unless of course you're like a lot of us and want original hardware. For that I would recommend a Turbo Everdrive.
No controllers is a bold choice. I'll be interested to see if there's an actual market for this console
TG16 forever!
Final lap is my favorite game on tb16
Yeah it is too Niche for me but out of curiosity how much does it cost?!?
Also it’s pretty cool that there is some dedicated HomeBrew for TurboGrafX-16! 😎
The price is $250
One of my favorite games on the system is Gate Of Thunder. And of course its one of the games that doesnt sound correct. Still waiting for the fix Analogue.
Also I want to say this because I think this is really important when looking at this product. Gate Of Thunder was a pack in title for the actual Turbo Duo and this core doesn’t run it properly. That’s a pretty big red flag everybody.
The biggest thing I don’t like about software is, I don’t think it should be limited quantities, small, limited quantities. If people are going to do that, then they need to let people have access to the RMS or have some place where you can download the games that way, everybody has a chance of being able to play all the neat games.
I would love to get it, but the TB16 games are expensive. Back then the TB16 games are expensive and even now, it’s still expensive.
Does it support their DAC for use with CRT TVs;
Unfortunately, no.
What is the name of the cd hu card emulator disk?
Turbo Duo Emulator?
Not including a controller is ridiculous for the price but besides that it look really cool.
Does it play roms off a thumb drive? Most people aren’t going to be able to get a bunch of hue cards or burn CDs.
Not yet but other analogue consoles have been jailbroken to allow roms so eventually probably.
Audio is a little distorted????
Yep, sorry about that
@@johnhancockretro that’s how closely I watch your videos 😁. Keep up the good work!
Guys. Can it play burned backup discs?
Yes, I mention it in the video as backup disks.
@@johnhancockretro yea i saw it later. Thanks for the info
You have to burn the rom to CD-R to play PC Engine CDs. I wonder if anybody making hack games or fighting games like they made for the NES.
I think a Turbografx 16 mini is all you need.
Same price as this now lol
@@johnhancockretro
You have a point sir...lol
I checked Ebay prices and they are insane for the mini :(
I have an Analogue Duo and I love it.
You love that inaccurate sound emulation? Nice 👌
You can only use wireless controllers on this thing? That seems like an odd decision.
Nope, where did you get that? Usb ports on the back along with inputs to use the orginal Duo controller on the right. Shown in the video :)
@@johnhancockretro He probably got that info from long time Turbo and Neo Geo community troll Sarumaru. Hide your kids and nephews from that sideshow attraction at any convention. He's a creep.
No controller? Sorry that is a dealbreaker. If you can’t provide everything you need to run the system out of the box, don’t bother.
Have the japanese version. It rocks!!!!!
I want this so bad but I can't afford the games!
It’s cool how much?
$249
@@johnhancockretro actually it’s less than I thought it would be.
This is a cool device but I don’t think it is for me Turbo/PC Engine is a little too niche for me to begin collecting games
Unrelated: I'm still upset they handled the pocket adapters. Not only forcing customers to purchase all 3, delayed over a year, now it's gone from pre-sell to sold out without any notice of purchase. You would think the high volume of pocket sales would indicate interest in these adapters. No press release or notice. EBay now has become the only avenue, you know what that means. I just want the dang ngpc. It's a main reason why I supported this purchase of a pocket in the first place. Soooooo aggravating
This thing just has too many issues out the gate. I know some will be fixed via firmware updates, but the tight card/disk slot will take a hardware revision…which I doubt will ever happen.
Why buy this if you have the original console??
i love mine.
What ... The ... 🤯
I own almost every Analogue console and this one as well. Gotta be honest.... this feels kinda Jank. OS is lacking, Ive ran into game glitches, it don't work with my Everdrive 2.5, it's hard to get my disc's out, the controller port feels kinda loose and my unit came with a considerable amount of scuffs on the bottom. If there isn't a Jailbreak for this thing it's just going to get tossed in a drawer with other consoles I don't use.
your audio is clipping really bad in this one, its a hard listen...
Congrats, unfortunately Analogue screwed the pooch, I get email 12/1 that its being prepared to ship, then nothing…so I reached out and they inform me that I may wait till late Jan or Feb. utter rubbish. Wanted mine to play for the holidays, and also got one as a Christmas present…so needless to say..not happening now
😭
Why can't we load the games from an SD card? We need to buy an everdrive and it won't even fit. I will still buy one because PC-Engine has more than 100 shmups. PC-Engine has better graphics than Genesis.
Wait for this to be jailbroken then it will be possible and more.
Oh man, your microphone is **** :P
Definitely too niche. There’s no reason to own this at that price. These old systems are so easily emulated.
i have the briefcase pc engine & tg16
analogue pocket & de10 nano
i still might grab a due 🥹💖
The Analogue consoles are a waste of a Cyclone V chip. If it was open and could be a Mister alternative I would totally buy an Analogue Turbo Duo.