TurboGrafx-16 Arcade Machine Developer Interview
185An exclusive interview with the man who developed the TurboGrafx-16 arcade system!! (Chapter markers, production notes and more below!)
Episode Information
GTV 97 "Turbografx-16 Arcade Interview" Season 5 Episode 14
Original Airdate: September 4, 2020
Produced August 18, 2020
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 15" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which was starting to show signs of age, though rock-solid.
Produced with Final Cut Pro and Photoshop, which my job paid for!
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Chapter markers
0:00 GTV ID
0:10 Opening
0:30 Introduction: Who is Rick?
1:00 The Early Days: Radio Shack, Pinball & Pac-Man
5:25 The Coin-op Business
7:12 TurboGrafx-16 Arcade Cabinet
19:55 Casino and Slots
22:25 Conclusion and Thanks
Great videos about the TurboGrafx Turbo Duo and PC Engine!
The Zonk Song https://youtu.be/uwKCKQWl1uQ
The More You Know: TurboDuo https://youtu.be/eCsIJqQP8NY
Who Are Kato & Ken? https://youtu.be/CtKuKTSjF_g
What REALLY Happened to Yuko After Valis III https://youtu.be/GgNLDalIBT4
Pac-Land Fever https://youtu.be/QDO9ynkxa7k
Twinbee! Be There With Bells On https://youtu.be/Dh-ISK4mngU
Bonk's Nomenclature https://youtu.be/U-m5MPGTMpA
Turbo-Grafx 16 Arcade Developer Interview https://youtu.be/0SAUfI5BBMA
At the End of the Rainbow (Keith X Wataru) https://youtu.be/g9j-EGPilRo
Even though no one seems to have a functioning full cabinet anymore, it turns out that someone by the name of BLUEBMW has a TG16 arcade board that Rick built. Check it out here! https://www.tg-16.com/pce_tg16_JAMMA_conversion_kit.htm
It also seems that when this was written the origins of the machine were a mystery. Well, I hope this helps fills out the picture more.
Production notes. The call was about 30 minutes, dead spaces were trimmed out, as were repeated points, to keep things smooth and not repetitive. No information was cut out or altered that wasn't already said. The photos come from Rick himself, except those mentioned from tg16.com.
He does not have a working machine anymore. I know he said 1992, but I think the real date is 1989. I did not try to steer his answers, though I did try to check that date a few times with follow up questions.