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No surprises left?

Post by Devin » Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:18 pm

For those that don't know I'm quite heavily into CD-i wares and it still manages to surprise me. My good CD-i cohort Alan recently discovered what appears to be a full version of Gobliiins on some French educational CD-i software!

This was a full retail piece of software and slipped under our scanners until this date. I love how CD-i is still capable of surprising because by its very nature it is an obscure and obsolete format.

Have you made any odd discoveries in the video games arena?

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Post by BryWI » Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:03 am

it also made a top ten worst game consoles list on msn. lol. sorry, couldn't resist, it is true though. I have never actually played a CDi to be honest.

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Post by mattyg » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:04 am

This was a full retail piece of software and slipped under our scanners until this date. I love how CD-i is still capable of surprising because by its very nature it is an obscure and obsolete format
same thing with 3DO - usually it's one of Bitrate's posts that makes us all go wow though!
it also made a top ten worst game consoles list on msn. lol. sorry, couldn't resist, it is true though. I have never actually played a CDi to be honest.
tut tut! I have around 30 titles and love the whole vcd thing - I sincerely believe that on some movies it is the way they were meant to be shown!
my cd-i has pride of place in my living room .....and some of the games are good! Convinced me that the FZ-1 should've had a remote and FMV built in from the start.
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Post by Devin » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:21 am

BryWI wrote:it also made a top ten worst game consoles list on msn. lol. sorry, couldn't resist, it is true though. I have never actually played a CDi to be honest.
That's part of the interest for me, it's considered to be so bad and has been mostly ignored by the 'Retro Click'. Thus providing a rich fertile ground for digging up nuggets of information about the format from a whole host of games. The Mario games, Zelda and Pac-Man just to mention a few!

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Post by 3DOKid » Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:27 pm

Do not mention the retro 'click' to me. The scum. My personal challenge is to open a thread on a CD based console prior to '96 and not get the answer..." Saturn"

As i heard, the saturn makes your nob fall off.

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Post by Devin » Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:53 pm

CD-ROM doesn't enjoy much fanfare either yet it can be played on most computers without seeking additional hardware!

I'm surprised how hard it is to sell CD-ROM based articles to magazines, they don't seem at all interested unless it's some pixel junked N64 game or something equally terrible on say... oh I don't know, the PSX?

Yet I'm sitting on a mountain of excellent CD-ROM classics, untainted by journalistic jingo!

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Post by mattyg » Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:22 pm

As i heard, the saturn makes your nob fall off.
I don't mind the Saturn and my nob is exactly where it should be!

and yes I have made it my own personal mission to tell anyone who listens what a turbo duo , 3DO , CD32 , CD-i , neo geo and Jag CD are!
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Post by 3DOKid » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:24 am

well, obviously, you're the salt of the earth. And I love you :) I was talking about none forum members. The swines.

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