10 best turbografx games

Apart from the limited open world elements, this is Zelda through and through, so fans of the series will gel with Neutopia II straight away. The story passes through seven levels as Keith tries to stop invaders from the planet B. Fighting to protect N. E Nations of International Citizens for Earth , he must travel underworld and overworld like a crime-fighting Womble in a bid to save his people.

Bonk and his rock-hard bonce are back in the next title in our list of the best Turbografx 16 games. We first wrote about Bonk when we covered the best rare NES games of all time.

Using a cranium that could take down a small city as your main weapon, Bonk has to travel through a land of dinosaurs head-butting ass and taking names. Why a small child is allowed so much destructive freedom I do not no. Where are Mr and Mrs Bonk, for crying out loud! Bonk must use his rock-hard brains to defeat the evil King Drool and a host of other dino-enemies. He can eat mushrooms to shrink or grow in size, and you can team up with a friend for twice the bonking action…. One of the things that I hope you have noticed is how richly coloured these games have been so far.

Expect mammoth plot lines, tonnes of colletables, and classic top-down RPG action crammed with magical baddies and ghouls galore. Speaking of magic and ghouls, this next title in our list of the best Turbografx 16 games deals with them both on a regular basis! Galaga 88 was the name of this game on the PC Engine, and due to the long-ass time it took for the game to be released on the Turbografx 16, it was renamed Galaga You control the Blast Fighter as you travel through space beating back the vengeful Galaga forces.

Your mission is to blast them clean out of the skies, but colliding with an enemy alien or their projectiles will result in a life being lost. You can use it to it as a shield, to stun enemies, capture droplets that can be used as weapons, and for hurling bad guys into pixelated oblivion.

There are plenty of colourful worlds for you to try your hand at with more than a few secrets for you to uncover along the way,. The player pilots the Gunhed Advanced Star Fighter as you take on the forces of the Dark Squadron through nine nail-biting levels. As with other games in this genre, you start off with pretty weak firepower that can be upgraded as you progress through each level.

It's a bit disappointing and odd that the original Bonk's Adventure didn't make the final cut in English it's available as a PC-Engine title. Instead, Bonk's Revenge is the go-to pack-in game, which isn't a big loss considering the relative lack of story between each entry in the franchise. While technically an arcade port, Ninja Spirit offered TurboGrafx players a bit more incentive to purchase the game when it first came out, thanks largely to a secondary mode which provides more challenge over its arcade source title.

Ninja Spirit is still a classic in every sense of the word, and it achieved high critical praise when the TurboGrafx port landed in , earning a perfect 10 in Electronic Gaming Monthly. This shooter is renowned for its frantic action gameplay and a rocking heavy metal soundtrack befitting of its name.

Though not quite the technological leap forward that Final Fantasy VII was on the PlayStation, it still courted CD technology at a time when the medium was in its infancy. While many players balked at the game's button-less combat mechanic, others realized what it had to offer in terms of sheer tactical brilliance, along with a cohesive story. A bonafide classic, top to bottom. The TurboGrafx was no stranger to shooters, offering everything from the unique Sinistron to a Japanese-only port of Konami's Salamander known over here as Life Force.

Bonk was actually intended to be the mascot for the TurboGrafx as he was created by Hudson Soft who had a large part in the creation of the console. Being a CD game, Lords of Thunder has awesome anime cutscenes and some great heavy metal music that really gets your blood pumping and is streamed straight from the CD.

You play as the knight Duran who can pick from one of four armor types all based on the elements: wind, earth, water, and fire. You have six levels to choose from, all of which are also based on the elements. The game stars two nameless supersoldiers who are on a quest to defeat Bios and the eight evil gods. You also have the option to upgrade your muscley character mid-level with gems you obtain after defeating enemies. This game is currently not on the TurboGrafx Mini's game lineup.

Blazing Lazers, known as Gunhed in Japan, is based on a Japanese movie of the same name. In fact, kicking things is probably the main thing you do. And the other prominent spoiler contained in the title is that this game is actually pretty tricky. Bloody Wolf sees you playing out a Vietnam like commando game where you have to go around shooting all the baddies and rescuing hostages, all the while trying not to get shot yourself.

But if you like games where you go around shooting things at a pace that is less hectic than say a Contra or Gunstar Heroes, Bloody Wolf might be up your alley.

Or, rather, unique takes on somewhat familiar ideas. For example, Titan kinda feels like a Breakout or Arkanoid type game, but instead of getting a rectangle paddle to hit your ball around, you get this tiny little square and instead of trying to keep the ball from hitting the bottom of the screen, you have to try to maneuver this bouncing ball around levels that are bigger than what you can see on screen sometimes.

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