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Best Turbografx16 gamesA list of 80 games created by AmySaturn on 01st April 2017

1943 Kai (Japan) TG16
	1943 Kai is a 1991 scrolling shooter game developed by Capcom which was released exclusively in Japan. It is the PC Engine port of 1943: The Battle of Midway (an arcade game and a reworked version of the original 1943). This version contains improved graphics and sounds as well as additional stages. View Game
Aero Blasters (USA) TG16
	This game is a one or two player side scrolling shooter similar to Graduis. Also going by the name Air Blaster on some systems, the player chooses between 2 figher jets and battles through hordes of enemies and sheets of enemy fire to emerge victorius. This one is a must play especially if you have a buddy with you as the two player mode can be VERY fun. View Game
Air Zonk (USA) TG16
	Air Zonk was a TurboGrafx-16 game released in 1992 by Hudson Soft and developed by Red Company View Game
Bikkuriman World (Japan) [En by Demiforce v1.0] TG16
	Wonder Boy is back and trouble has brewed in Monster Land. This is the second in the Wonder Boy series, developed by Westone and published for many consoles and home computers, occasionally with whole new graphics. View Game
Blazing Lazers (USA) TG16
	One of the first and overall best titles offered by the TurboGrafx-16 system, Blazing Lazers is a vertical-scrolling shooter from the developers of Bomberman, DoReMi Fantasy and Puyo Puyo. Blazing Lazers has also been re-released in the U.S. on Nintendo Virtual Console. View Game
Bloody Wolf (USA) TG16
	Snake and Eagle on a mission to save the president! View Game
Bomberman '93 (Japan) TG16
	Bomberman '93 is a puzzle type game using bombs to destroy objects, as well as opponents. View Game
Bomberman '94 (Japan) TG16
	The Greatest Bomberman game on the PC Engine and was not widely available. View Game
Bonk's Adventure (USA) TG16
	As meat-loving caveman Bonk, you battle egg-headed enemies and dastardly dinosaurs on your quest to rescue Princess Za from the clutches of the villainous and tyrannosaurus King Drool. View Game
Bonk's Revenge (USA) TG16
	The 1991 sequel to Bonk's Adventure on the TurboGrafx-16 View Game
Bonk III - Bonk's Big Adventure (USA) TG16
	The third Bonk game in the series, Bonk's BIg Adventure is a side scrolling platformer in which the player must complete levels using gained power-ups and a bit of old fashioned platforming skill. I would recommend this to Hard-core gamers mainly as it can be quite challenging. The casual gamer , however could still pick this one up and have a good time. View Game
Chew Man Fu (USA) TG16
	Chew Man Fu is a ball-based action game for the Turbo Grafx-16. View Game
Coryoon - Child of Dragon (Japan) TG16
	A horizontal scrolling shooter game by Naxat Soft, in which you play as a baby dragon. View Game
Dead Moon (USA) TG16
	A side-scrolling shooter for the TurboGrafx-16, Dead Moon takes players across six levels, fending off an alien invasion. View Game
Detana!! TwinBee (Japan) TG16
	The widely acclaimed follow-up to the cute 'em up TwinBee. View Game
Devil's Crush - Naxat Pinball (USA) TG16
	Defeat the devil forces in this pinball game. Simple and effective View Game
Dragon Spirit (Japan) TG16
	A vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a dragon. It was developed by Namco and appeared on many home systems after its initial Arcade release. View Game
Dragon Saber - After Story of Dragon Spirit (Japan) TG16
	Classic Shooter Action. Similar to NES "1942", but here you use a dragon instead of a plane. simple and addictive. Pure action View Game
Dragon's Curse (USA) TG16
	Dragon's Curse is a side-scrolling action adventure game that has Role-Playing aspects, but no leveling. Most powers come from the equipment you get. Your player character gets this cool ability where he can turn into 6 different creatures. I would say Dragon's Cures is one of the games on the PC Engine that actually seems worth playing. Plus it's on the Nintendo's Virtual Console which makes it even better. View Game
Dungeon Explorer (USA) TG16
	Dungeon Explorer is a top-down action-adventure RPG developed by Atlus and published by Hudson Soft in 1989. Up to five players can join in the quest to recover the Ora stone from the mighty Natas. View Game
Fantasy Zone (USA) TG16
	A Sega shooter which tasks the player with controlling a side-scrolling spaceship. View Game
Final Soldier (Japan) TG16
	This is a vertical-scrolling shooter with amazing and creative graphics. Classic arcade action View Game
Galaga '90 (USA) TG16
	Classics never die, they are remade. This new version of the arcade classic has much better graphics, you don´t get any more retro than this. Amazing! View Game
Gradius (Japan) TG16
	Gradius is a side scrolling arcade shooter. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups. View Game
Kyuukyoku Tiger (Japan) TG16
	Twin Cobra is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up and is the sequel to Tiger-Heli. View Game
Legendary Axe, The (USA) TG16
	The semi-sequel to Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu. The game has seven stages, and was released in Japan in 1990. Despite popular belief in the United States, the game IS a sequel to the Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu and was marketed as such in Japan. View Game
Legendary Axe II, The (USA) TG16
	The semi-sequel to Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu. The game has seven stages, and was released in Japan in 1990. Despite popular belief in the United States, the game IS a sequel to the Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu and was marketed as such in Japan. View Game
Magical Chase (USA) TG16
	Magical Chase is a side scrolling shooter very similar to Graduis. An evil witch's apprentice, Ripple has disobeyed her mentor and read a forbidden magical tome and released 6 monsters into the world. It is Ripple's charge (along with her star friends Topsy and Turvy) to defeat and once again imprison the monsters. Ripple is given further incentive because if she fails, her mentor will turn her into an ugly frog forever. Game play can become quite challenging even on easy, but the cartoon style, multiple power-ups and shops that appear along the way make things a bit more bearable. (Ripple uses gems that look like soda cans as money to purchase a variety of helpful items) each stage has a Mid-Boss (For which the stage is named after) and a Main Boss (one of the 6 monsters) that must be defeated to continue on. Fans of the genre will have a much easier time with this one, but gamers of any skill level can pick this one up and have a lot of fun -TGD View Game
Neutopia (USA) TG16
	Hudson Entertainment's answer to The Legend of Zelda, back when they were known as Hudson Soft. The game would be one of the exclusive titles Hudson would make for the Turbografx-16. The game would also have a sequel. View Game
Neutopia II (USA) TG16
	Play the son of the Hero in the first game. This sequel to the Zelda inspired game has better graphics, better sound, and overall gameplay. It's really a well done clone. Try it today on Wii Shop. View Game
New Adventure Island (USA) TG16
	New Adventure Island finds Hudson mascot Master Higgins back in action, island-hopping to the rescue of his beautiful bride. It's the fourth time Tina's gotten herself into trouble, as New Adventure Island was the fourth game in the series when it arrived back in 1992. Previous games had come from the NES and the SNES. This one went to the Turbo. View Game
Ninja Ryuuken Den (Japan) TG16
	Ninja Ryukenden is an action platformer developed by Tecmo. A port of the popular NES games, it has updated graphics and original music, but plays mostly the same. View Game
Ninja Spirit (USA) TG16
	Originally an Irem arcade game, this platformer and ninja-love fest gives Shinobi a run for its money. The TG-16 keeps the graphics looking pretty close to the arcade original. In fact, even the music was a good port job. Back in the day, it amazed the gaming world with its precision graphics and quality game play. Ninja fans around the world rejoiced, for the ninja action was good. View Game
Out Run (Japan) TG16
	Out Run is a timed sprint through a series of locales in your Farrari Testarossa. More time to complete the run is available if the player reaches the checkpoints, otherwise the run is over. Once the player successfully completes a run they are presented with a choice to challenge 2 more difficult runs, one of which being MUCH more difficult sort of like normal mode vs hard mode. Out Run was named of of the best driving games of its age, and for good reason. It is a very fun game, and somewhat more challenging than others given the time limit and the lowered camera angle (Compared to other games) making it more difficult to see what's coming and better simulate the perspective of someone driving the low to the ground sports car. Even crashing is made into a fun experience as you witness your driver and his female passenger hurled from the vehicle, making for a more realistic crash. I highly recommend this title as opposed to other racing titles of the age, and I suggest players of all skill levels give it a try. -TGD View Game
Parodius da! - Shinwa Kara Owarai he (Japan) TG16
	Parodius Da is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Konami. It is a Gradius parody cute 'em up. View Game
Military Madness (USA) TG16
	Military Madness is a turn based strategy game played on a hex map. The player is in control of the Earth's forces, fighting the Axis Empire for control of the moon. View Game
Salamander (Japan) TG16
	Life Force is the US title for the Japanese video game Salamander. Though similar to Gradius, Life Force does have some unique modifications to differentiate it from its more well-known predecessor. View Game
Soldier Blade (USA) TG16
	A scrolling shooter for the TurboGrafx-16 from Hudson, Soldier Blade is part of the Star Soldier franchise. View Game
Splatterhouse (USA) TG16
	Splatterhouse is a remarkably gory, splatter-themed arcade game from 1988. The player controls Rick Taylor, who allows himself to be possessed by the sinister "Terror Mask" in an attempt to save his girlfriend Jennifer from the hideous monsters who have kidnapped her. View Game
Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (Japan) TG16
	Street Fighter II': Champion Edition is the first update to Street Fighter II, balancing the gameplay while allowing both players to pick the same character (and even the final bosses). View Game
Super Star Soldier (USA) TG16
	Sequel to the original Star Soldier. Super Star Soldier was easily one of the best games on the TurboGrafx-16, a system known for good shooters. View Game
Tatsujin (Japan) TG16
	Tatsujin (known as Truxton outside of Japan) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan. It is infamous for its difficulty. View Game
Walkuere no Densetsu (Japan) TG16
	Valkyrie no Densetsu (Legend of the Valkyrie) is an action adventure game developed by Namco. This port of the arcade came retains the original gameplay very well. View Game
Ai Chou Aniki (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Ai Chou Aniki is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Masaya. From the series infamous for homo-erotic imagery, this is the one installment that's actually fun to play. View Game
Akumajou Dracula X - Chi no Rinne (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (AkumajÅ� Dracula X: Chi no Rondo) is a 2-D side-scrolling platformer with a gothic horror theme. Released in 1993, this game features the ability to save a player's progress, advances the plot via full-screen cutscenes, and utilizes CD audio tracks instead of the PC Engine's HUCard, producing a higher quality of musical audio.Set in the year 1792, you play as Richter Belmont, a vampire hunter. The dark priest Shaft has kidnapped Annette Renard, Richter's main love interest, and taken her to Castlevania along with a handful of other female victims. Wielding an ancestral whip imbued with holy powers to crush darkness, Richter heads out into the night alone to rescue the victims and deal out some justice, Belmont style.The game is divided up into multiple stages, some hidden, where the goal is to reach the end of each and (usually) face a boss monster. Along the way you may collect hearts from candles to power one of 6 different subweapons; the dagger, holy water, axe, cross, grimoire, and stopwatch. Each subweapon has a specific style of use and special "Item Crash" attack, which allows for an expensive but devastating super attack.Numerous hidden secrets may be found during the adventure, opening up pathways to new stages or leading to one of the four victims to rescue; one of which becomes a playable character after being freed. The victims Richter is able to rescue will affect which of the multiple endings you will see. Even if a maiden is missed, however, the player can return to any unlocked level later and take another shot at discovering any secrets they may have missed via the main menu's stage select.In summary, Rondo of Blood treats the player to some great looking graphics, serves up multiple endings, plenty of secrets to discover, offers a decent difficulty level, and a delivers a quality soundtrack to keep you company while slaying the creatures of the night. If you enjoyed the other Castlevania entries in Konami's series, you're bound to love Rondo. View Game
Chiki Chiki Boys (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Chiki Chiki Boys (known as Mega Twins outside of Japan) is an action platformer developed by Capcom. A quality port of the arcade game with an arranged soundtrack. View Game
Cosmic Fantasy II [U][CD][WTG990301][Telenet Japan][1992][PCE][thx-1138-darkwater] PCECD
	This is the English version of the RPG, Cosmic Fantasy II for the PC Engine. Pretty classic RPG games play with anime cinematic scenes. Ran a bit buggy with OpenEmu. View Game
Cotton - Fantastic Night Dreams [U][SCD][TGXCD1038][Success][1993][PCE][thx-1138-darkwater] PCECD
	Cotton is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Success. It is a cute 'em up with some non-convential level and attack mechanics that do work well. View Game
Download 2 (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Download 2 is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by NEC. It has a ridiculous and interesting story. View Game
Dragon Slayer - The Legend of Heroes [U][SCD][TGXCD1029][Falcom][1992][PCE][thx-1138-darkwater] PCECD
	Dragon Slayer Legend of Heroes is an rpg developed by Falcom. It is the sixth game in the Dragon Slayer series and the first in the Legend of Heroes series. View Game
Dungeon Explorer II [U][SCD][TGXCD1034][Hudson Soft][1993][PCE][thx-1138-darkwater] PCECD
	This CD sequel to Dungeon Explorer plays exactly the same as the first game. You chose your character from a variety of fantasy stereotypes and set forth in a Gauntlet-esque adventure. The CD format allows a greater quantity and variety of levels to compliment the storyline, with new areas and characters becoming open to you as you progress. MAKER: HUDSON SOFT / ATLUS - 1993 View Game
Dynastic Hero [U][SCD][TGXCD1053][Westone][1993][PCE][rigg] PCECD
	Port of the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive game, Wonder Boy in Monster World with slightly different graphics and CD music. View Game
Gate of Thunder (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Anyone who is a shoot em up fan has to play this game is a monumental game. The game is well designed and well thought out for a shump, like the enemie waves are just fantastic varied and audaious but also have a great learning curve as well. Graphics are big bright colorful and varied all very well drawn and designed and the scrolling in this game is just awesome very fluid and very fast and quiet ahead of it's time. Sound/music oh my god the sound track has to be turned up to eleven the game has a storming pumping hard rock heavy metal soundtrack is just so damn good hell I got this soundtrack on my mp3 player masterful soundtrack. The effects are great too but the music is just incredible. Gameplay, this game has it in abundunce great controls fluid responsive and well layed out. Great enemy wave awesom scrolling and huge bosses just great. Overall this is a 6 out of 5 a masterful game one of the all time greats no doubt. View Game
Ginga Fukei Densetsu - Sapphire (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire is a vertically scrolling shoot em up for the PC Engine CD. It is developed by the same team that made the popular horizontal shmups Gate of Thunder and Lords of Thunder for the same system. The only shmup to utilize the arcade card, it boasts some of the best graphics on the console. View Game
Gradius 2 - Gofer no Yabou (NTSC-J) PCECD
	CD Conversion of Gradius II featuring the original arcade music. View Game
GS Mikami (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Ghost Sweeper Mikami is an action platformer Developed by Natsume, based on the manga and anime. View Game
Hellfire S - The Another Story (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Side scrolling shooter with anime cut scenes. Kind of slow speed in terms of movement but good play. View Game
Hyper Dyne SideArms Special (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Hyper Dyne Side Arms Special is a shoot 'em up developed by Capcom, featuring both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. It contains two versions of the game, the new original mode and "before christ" mode. View Game
Lords of Thunder [U][SCD][TGXCD1033][Red][1993][PCE][thx-1138-darkwater] PCECD
	Horizontal scrolling shooter from Red/Hudson. It has stage select and a shop system which is fairly uncommon in shooters. You select from among 4 armors which effects your fire type. Choose the water armor if you want an easier run. View Game
Monster Lair [U][CD][TGXCD1003][Westone][1989][PCE][incrediblehark] PCECD
	This is just damn good fun, plain and simple. Visually it's a superb representation of the arcade original (minus the parallax scrolling) with the chunky, well drawn sprites that have a lot of character. The soundtrack is fantastic, great tunes arranged superbly add much to the experience of the game, which is fast paced, no-nonsense action. Made by:Hudson Soft/Westone - Released:August 31 1989 View Game
Puyo Puyo CD Tsuu (NTSC-J) PCECD
	PC Engine port of the popular puzzle game. View Game
R-Type Complete CD (NTSC-J) PCECD
	One of better side scrolling space shoot em ups of the time a challenging game with a variety of levels, enemies, music scores & graphics keep you blasting through this one with out you getting the feeling you have seen all of this before. Most levels have a huge end boss that has a weak point to be found and targeted, all the levels are different in the surroundings used and the enemies in each level, the end bosses vary as well, this is enough to not make the game feel like it is repeating itself as other shooters of the time felt like. The ship itself has several upgrades from speed boosts, missiles an orb that acts as a frontal shield or rear shield as you can detach this and re attach it to the front or rear of the ship, this orb can be upgraded as well to give you stronger fire power and 3 variations of ammo types depending on the color of the upgrade you collected and there is one extra upgrade that can be found that will add a 2nd and 3rd orb above and bellow that acts both as a shield but also extra fire power when a certain type of ammo is used. Even before you get any upgrade your main gun can also be charged to produce a very powerful and large shot that will take out most enemies in a single shot, this even includes bosses if you are lucky enough to time that shot just right. View Game
Rayxanber 3 (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Rayxanber 3 is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Data West. It is heavily inspired by R-Type. View Game
Seirei Senshi Spriggan (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Vertical shooter from the masters Compile. A key gameplay component is the weapon pod system, which combines different colored pods to different effects. You can also jettison a pod which serves as your bomb in this game. On the long side for a single loop shooter, it will probably take you around 50-60 minutes provided you watch the cutscenes. View Game
Spriggan Mark 2 - Re-Terraform Project (NTSC-J) PCECD
	This sequel takes a more story-based approach than the original and also switches to being a horizontal scroller instead of vertical. Made by: Naxat/Compile - Released:May 1 1992 View Game
Star Parodia (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Star Parodia is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Hudson Soft, as a cute 'em up parody spin off to Star Soldier. View Game
Strider Hiryuu (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Strider Hiryuu is an action platformer developed by NEC, a port of the arcade original by Capcom. The PC Engine CD version adds an arranged soundtrack, cutscenes and an extra stage. View Game
Summer Carnival '93 - Nexzr Special (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Nexzr special is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Naxat Soft. It contains the original game as well as a caravan competitive mode. View Game
Super Darius (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Super Darius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Taito. A quite impressive port of the arcade game with CD versions of the original music by Zuntata. This version also introduces 15 new bosses. View Game
Super Darius 2 (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Super Darius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Taito. A rather impressive port of the arcade game with CD versions of the original soundtrack by Zuntata, this version introduces 15 new bosses. View Game
Super Raiden (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Super Raiden is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Seibu Kaihatsu. It is a very accurate port to the arcade original, and has an arranged CD soundtrack. View Game
Sylphia (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Sylphia is a greek mythology-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Tonkin House. View Game
Valis II [U][CD][TGXCD1006][Telenet Japan][1990][PCE] PCECD
	Valis 2 is an action platformer developed by Telenet Japan. It takes inspiration from the old Castlevania games and features a female protagonist. View Game
Valis III [U][CD][TGXCD1024][Telenet Japan][1992][PCE] PCECD
	Valis 3 is an action platformer developed by Telenet Japan. The third game in the series, it lets you switch between characters at any time, taking further inspiration from Castlevania 3. View Game
Valis 4 (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Valis 4 is an action platformer developed by Telenet Japan. It is a completely different game from the SNES version. View Game
Xak 3 - The Eternal Recurrence (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Xak 3 is a dungeon crawler action rpg developed by MicroCabin. The final game in the series, it was never released outside of Japan but a translation patch is available. View Game
Zero Wing (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Zero Wing is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan. The PC Engine CD version of the game features an arranged soundtrack and more stages. View Game
Ys Book I & II [U][CD][TGXCD1002][Falcom][1990][PCE] PCECD
	If you've not heard about Ys (pronounced "ees"), this is a great place to start. This is the beginning to Nihon Falcom's flagship series, and argueably the best version of it. The Ys games are set in a fantasy realm and are classified as action rpg's. Book I and II use the classic "bump" system for combat, in that there are no attack buttons, so if you attack an enemy dead center you'll recieve damage, but if you attack slightly off center you'll take them down. Once you get used to this style you'll be able to mow through enemies at great speed. Besides a refreshing combat experience, this game sports an amazing soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro and arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu. It's comprised mainly of synth-rock with some incredible guitar samples. Though the first "Book" is rather short, perhaps less than 7 hours, the second more than makes up for it in content and in length. Both are great games in their own right, but together they form a unique and satisfying style of gameplay. View Game
Ys III - Wanderers from Ys [U][CD][TGXCD1015][Falcom][1991][PCE] PCECD
	Departing from the overhead view and "bump" system style of combat, Ys returned as a side-scoller in it's third installment. The basic guidelines were not changed much, though. Adol has traveled to a new town, starts with 1000 gold and just as he's about to settle in something terrible happens and he's off to start his new adventure. Adol now controls like a more traditional action platformer, with buttons for attack and jump. What seperates this game from other action platformers is how little downtime there is between attacking and defending. Unlike Castlevania where you must time your jumps and attacks quite precisely, in Ys III you may simply hold the attack button down and run through level after level with not much to stop you. This makes the enemy difficulty quite easy, until you meet a boss. The bosses have been revamped in difficulty considerably in comparison to Ys Book I and II, and you must now plan your attacks carefully before charging forward. The music in this game is my favorite of the series by far. Now being composed solely by Mieko Ishikawa, and again, arranged by Ryo Yonemitsu, it dispenses with the handful of ambient tracks that Ys I and II had and goes full force with guitar/rock driven melodies. Though it is considered the black sheep in the series, it's still a lot of fun, and is my favorite of them all. View Game
Ys 4 - The Dawn of Ys (Version 5-1116-R1P) (NTSC-J) PCECD
	Ys 4 is an action rpg developed by Hudson Soft. It is an entirely different game than the one on snes, retaining the classic Ys gameplay of attacking by running into enemies. While never released outside of Japan, a translation patch exists. View Game