Beginner's buying guide/Best Model/Saving Games
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:19 pm
I've recently dug up an old list of CD-I titles that interest me, refined it, researched games, watched videos, and I must say, for a system that's gotten such a bad reputation, it impresses me.
http://write.fm/l4t7x5h
So that's 52 games that I would at least get some enjoyment out of. Sure, maybe less than the Super Nintendo or hell 3DO, but I think I'm ready to buy this thing.
Only problem: There's no shortage of models out there, which immediately hearkened to nightmares I had of the Goldstar 3DO lagging some games, and I'm not sure if some CD-I games would have the same issues with some models.
On top of that, I'm not sure if all models come with the proper means to play FMVs in games, as I've heard some concern on the forums about that, and besides batteries breaking down left and right (which, for whatever reason is more infamous on the CD-I than it is on the Sega Saturn which also had a crappy internal save battery) broken units don't seem that uncommon either.
Again, it really depends on the model, and for someone completely new to the CD-I scene I need advice about what model to seek out and how to troubleshoot issues. And of course it has to play burnt CD-R games flawlessly as well.
Finally, as much as I love the thing and its library of games I'm not exactly ready to spend more than 300 bucks on a system where Mario says "All toastahs, TOAST TOAST" so we'll see how pricing works out if there's a great model that's extremely rare. (Although size shouldn't be an issue, I mean my rooms the size of a closet but I have so much crap that at this point I could care less.) On one, LAST note, I'd think I'd be best with a decent controller and was wondering how much this gamepad and this gamepad cost standalone or how often they came with systems, since most other controllers are just flat out ridiculous for playing your average videogame. But hey, for all I know this baby has full-on analog support for on-rail shooters like Maddog Mccree! OR ARE GUNS ALL THAT RARE!?
Wow, I really didn't think this would turn out to such a long post with so many questions, but the CD-I is nothing simple and really is a serious endevor for those who must indulge in it, so I guess I'm serious about getting into it and need some advice.
Thanks,
Arfredu Hitchcacku Desu.
(PS: Damn, I forgot, these things also were heavily produced for Europe, would I run into any 50hz 60hz problems on a modern American TV with those? Does it depend on the region of the game, since I honestly don't want to hunt down exclusively either on eBay, the Internet or otherwise?)
http://write.fm/l4t7x5h
So that's 52 games that I would at least get some enjoyment out of. Sure, maybe less than the Super Nintendo or hell 3DO, but I think I'm ready to buy this thing.
Only problem: There's no shortage of models out there, which immediately hearkened to nightmares I had of the Goldstar 3DO lagging some games, and I'm not sure if some CD-I games would have the same issues with some models.
On top of that, I'm not sure if all models come with the proper means to play FMVs in games, as I've heard some concern on the forums about that, and besides batteries breaking down left and right (which, for whatever reason is more infamous on the CD-I than it is on the Sega Saturn which also had a crappy internal save battery) broken units don't seem that uncommon either.
Again, it really depends on the model, and for someone completely new to the CD-I scene I need advice about what model to seek out and how to troubleshoot issues. And of course it has to play burnt CD-R games flawlessly as well.
Finally, as much as I love the thing and its library of games I'm not exactly ready to spend more than 300 bucks on a system where Mario says "All toastahs, TOAST TOAST" so we'll see how pricing works out if there's a great model that's extremely rare. (Although size shouldn't be an issue, I mean my rooms the size of a closet but I have so much crap that at this point I could care less.) On one, LAST note, I'd think I'd be best with a decent controller and was wondering how much this gamepad and this gamepad cost standalone or how often they came with systems, since most other controllers are just flat out ridiculous for playing your average videogame. But hey, for all I know this baby has full-on analog support for on-rail shooters like Maddog Mccree! OR ARE GUNS ALL THAT RARE!?
Wow, I really didn't think this would turn out to such a long post with so many questions, but the CD-I is nothing simple and really is a serious endevor for those who must indulge in it, so I guess I'm serious about getting into it and need some advice.
Thanks,
Arfredu Hitchcacku Desu.
(PS: Damn, I forgot, these things also were heavily produced for Europe, would I run into any 50hz 60hz problems on a modern American TV with those? Does it depend on the region of the game, since I honestly don't want to hunt down exclusively either on eBay, the Internet or otherwise?)