Hi from N. Cali, USA
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:03 am
Hi,
My wife and I are new to this forum. We are in our late 30s.
We both love retro-gaming, and love all kinds of different old systems. We are particularly interested in some of the more obscure and “off the beaten path” consoles.
I love to make lists, and have been working on several over the last year (like all point-n-click games on consoles, my co-op game list, all rhythm games list, all games not released in the US, Japan or the UK.- There’s loads of existing lists, but none are comprehensive, etc. etc.)
While making these lists, the Philips CD-I kept coming up in the strangest places.
It came up a lot in FMV and “weird game” lists, and has a very interesting and strange catalog of games.
When looking up console Point-n-clicks I found a very interesting list of games that seemed to have point-n-click elements while not being a traditional “point-n-click”.
The CD-I came up again when I was looking into games not available in the US, UK or Japan. I came across the following thread from this forum:
http://cdinteractive.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2092
And then there was the strange stuff: Mystic Midway: Phantom Express
Made my wife and I want to get the CD-I right then… A game designed to make you hate yourself? Played on a somewhat phallic controller? WTF?!?!? Punk Rock!
And hopefully it doesn’t offend anyone, but a console with Zelda games and a Mario game that pissed everyone off also attracts us to the console.
And we love bad FMV and interactive video, starting out on that with the Sega CD and 3DO.
So anyway, while we don’t have one yet, we plan on getting one, due in a large part to my lurkage on this forum, and You-Tube videos.
We have the following consoles:
(Atari 2600, TI-99/4A, Tomy Tutor, 3DO, Genesis/Sega CD, Duo-R/PC-Engine, N64, NES, Jaguar, SNES, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, and a Gamecube with GBA player)
We are also into homebrew, and are starting with the Jaguar, and collect modern and retro/vintage copiers and ram carts, as well as Barbies and Japanese dolls, so our living room is full of old consoles, games and Barbies!
Anyway, we just wanted to say hi to everyone and to say how this console got on our radar J
I don’t know how many people from the USA are here but if anyone here is in Humboldt (its on the coast and at the very top of the state, about an hour south of Oregon), drop us a line.....
Also, we are curious on what the best CD-I to get. The 220 comes up a lot, though, I’ve read of some models that might be better in some ways, we are still reading up on the models.
My wife and I are new to this forum. We are in our late 30s.
We both love retro-gaming, and love all kinds of different old systems. We are particularly interested in some of the more obscure and “off the beaten path” consoles.
I love to make lists, and have been working on several over the last year (like all point-n-click games on consoles, my co-op game list, all rhythm games list, all games not released in the US, Japan or the UK.- There’s loads of existing lists, but none are comprehensive, etc. etc.)
While making these lists, the Philips CD-I kept coming up in the strangest places.
It came up a lot in FMV and “weird game” lists, and has a very interesting and strange catalog of games.
When looking up console Point-n-clicks I found a very interesting list of games that seemed to have point-n-click elements while not being a traditional “point-n-click”.
The CD-I came up again when I was looking into games not available in the US, UK or Japan. I came across the following thread from this forum:
http://cdinteractive.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2092
And then there was the strange stuff: Mystic Midway: Phantom Express
Made my wife and I want to get the CD-I right then… A game designed to make you hate yourself? Played on a somewhat phallic controller? WTF?!?!? Punk Rock!
And hopefully it doesn’t offend anyone, but a console with Zelda games and a Mario game that pissed everyone off also attracts us to the console.
And we love bad FMV and interactive video, starting out on that with the Sega CD and 3DO.
So anyway, while we don’t have one yet, we plan on getting one, due in a large part to my lurkage on this forum, and You-Tube videos.
We have the following consoles:
(Atari 2600, TI-99/4A, Tomy Tutor, 3DO, Genesis/Sega CD, Duo-R/PC-Engine, N64, NES, Jaguar, SNES, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, and a Gamecube with GBA player)
We are also into homebrew, and are starting with the Jaguar, and collect modern and retro/vintage copiers and ram carts, as well as Barbies and Japanese dolls, so our living room is full of old consoles, games and Barbies!
Anyway, we just wanted to say hi to everyone and to say how this console got on our radar J
I don’t know how many people from the USA are here but if anyone here is in Humboldt (its on the coast and at the very top of the state, about an hour south of Oregon), drop us a line.....
Also, we are curious on what the best CD-I to get. The 220 comes up a lot, though, I’ve read of some models that might be better in some ways, we are still reading up on the models.