Earliest cd-i memory
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It's great hearing about your memories. I can't believe it was that long ago that I started the topic! How time flies... There are a few of us dedicated cd-i fans left on here.
I still believe that cd-i was way ahead of it's time. Look at releases like Peter Gabriel's Secret World, Todd Rundgren: No World Order and The Worlds of..
Remixing tracks in the studio, jamming sessions, accessing artist's back catalogue at the touch of a button. Really cool stuff. I still play it as much today as I did 17 years ago. To me nothing comes close to cd-i.
I still believe that cd-i was way ahead of it's time. Look at releases like Peter Gabriel's Secret World, Todd Rundgren: No World Order and The Worlds of..
Remixing tracks in the studio, jamming sessions, accessing artist's back catalogue at the touch of a button. Really cool stuff. I still play it as much today as I did 17 years ago. To me nothing comes close to cd-i.
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Very early '90s, I remember having to go to see my aunt in the hospital late one night. In the visitors room there was a CD-i system with the kids rollerball controller. It wasn't on, but the one or two other times I saw the system at other locations, they usually had that controller.
A few years later while in middle school, one of my classes had a CD-i system as well, most-likely there for educational purposes. I never saw it in action though.
The last time I saw one in-person before acquiring my own in '98 or '99 was at a Montomery Ward store up the street from my house. It was the only place I knew that carried the platform. They had a demo kiosk there. I don't think there were controllers hooked up. They had a demo reel of various games playing, I think.. I remember Pinball really standing out back then (now that I see it, it's garbage! ). Mystic Midway: RIP was another one that I am pretty sure played on the demo.
Those are my earliest memories until I traded for one myself in the late '90s.
A few years later while in middle school, one of my classes had a CD-i system as well, most-likely there for educational purposes. I never saw it in action though.
The last time I saw one in-person before acquiring my own in '98 or '99 was at a Montomery Ward store up the street from my house. It was the only place I knew that carried the platform. They had a demo kiosk there. I don't think there were controllers hooked up. They had a demo reel of various games playing, I think.. I remember Pinball really standing out back then (now that I see it, it's garbage! ). Mystic Midway: RIP was another one that I am pretty sure played on the demo.
Those are my earliest memories until I traded for one myself in the late '90s.
The IMPLANTgames Podcast - Episode 66: http://implantgames.com/implantgames/podcast66
- Austin
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Exactly.. The tables are so bare, it's ridiculous. The flipper-action could have been better, too, but that may have been tolerable the way they are had the tables been more involved.Trev wrote:Its a shame, cuz it could've been a really good game w/a bit more effort. If only there was more to the tables ...Austin wrote:I remember Pinball really standing out back then (now that I see it, it's garbage!
The IMPLANTgames Podcast - Episode 66: http://implantgames.com/implantgames/podcast66