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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: guyjin on April 16, 2006, 03:48:22 PM

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: guyjin on April 16, 2006, 03:48:22 PM

http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33610233

How the hell does the CD-I get a newsgroup, and the NEC consoles don't?!?!  :evil:

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: rolins on April 16, 2006, 06:21:07 PM

It's nothing to worry about. If anything the CD-I fans needs this more than do NEC fans. Besides, there's plenty of discussion groups for people starving for NEC related topics.

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: Keranu on April 16, 2006, 06:42:46 PM

Exactly what Rolins said  8) .

Title: Re: things that make me sad
Post by: esteban on April 16, 2006, 09:05:10 PM

Quote from: "guyjin"

http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33610233

How the hell does the CD-I get a newsgroup, and the NEC consoles don't?!?!  :evil:

In Europe CD-i had a bigger following (not huge, mind you, but certainly bigger than North America)...

Also, there used to be a lot more CD-i fansites and online resources. I've seen a lot of them disappear... reminds you how ephemeral the internet is.

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: FM-77 on April 17, 2006, 12:14:46 AM

The CD-i was indeed pretty popular in Europe (especially in the UK). Most CD-i developers were from Europe too.

I remember that they used to have a CD-i standing in the corner (it was always turned on) in the local electronics store many years ago (it was there for years!). They never used it and I always wanted to ask them if they would sell it to me, but I never did. When they redecorated the store, the CD-i disappeared. Made me a bit sad.

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: Michael Helgeson on April 17, 2006, 12:43:39 AM

CD-I is junk. The only really good games for it are few and far between. The best ones can be had on other platforms or pc for that matter,like Burn Cycle and 7th Guest,both also for Dos pc cd-rom.

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: FM-77 on April 17, 2006, 10:30:24 AM

There are no "really good" games for the CD-i. Everything is utter crap.

On a side note -- it was never really designed for games (it is another "multimedia machine" and they're all crap), that's why they all suck. It is like trying to develop games for a DVD-player.  :roll:

Title: things that make me sad
Post by: Michael Helgeson on April 17, 2006, 10:54:37 AM

Worse even more for it,cause it didn't even equal a v-cd player without the mpeg adapter. Thats all Philips was really pushing it for anyway after failing to really grasp the laserdisc player market. It really was not at all built for good games at all. As close as you get is some slow paced stuff like FlashBack where the hardware doesn't have to do much.