Posted October 11, 2006 I was wondering if anyone else here has a Phillips CD-I? When I was young my dad had one and got tons of games cheap for it as some part of a deal or something, so I played quite a fair bit. The console has been mainly well know for the failure it was and the critcism it gets, especially the Zelda games for it. Well although I agree they are bad compared to the proper Zelda games, I didn't find them so shitty that they are totally unplayable. They were just... odd is the word(heck practically every game on the console is ODD). And certain parts (especially cut scenes) were painful. If anyone has any questions please fire away. Here's a list of all the games I think we have The 7th Guest The Apprentice Battleship Burn: Cycle Caesar's World of Boxing Caesar's World of Gambling Chaos Control Defender of the Crown Flashback: The quest for identity Hotel Mario International Tennis Open Lemmings Link: The Faces of Evil Lost Eden Micro Machines Myst Pinball Space Ace Tetris Zelda's Adventure Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 11, 2006 The unfinished Mario game on it looked OK. Basically SMB with photo backgrounds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 11, 2006 I never had one myself, but I had a friend who had one. My experience with it is limited though. I've played some Hotel Mario and Space Ace (that's the interactive sci-fi cartoon right?). I don't really think of it as a console.. Sure, games were a big part of it, but can't remember it being really marketed as a console at the time. In retro-spective I can conclude I didn't really miss out on anything (I really wanted one back then), I guess it has some collectors value now though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2006 Smeagol, I played Space Ace on the SNES... and found it sucked quite a bit! I wouldnt mind owning a CD-I but I doubt I could get much enjoyment out o one considering all the slagging it gets. Whats Hotel Mario like though? Sounds quite interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2006 The Apprentice AHHHH!!!! BEST. GAME. EVER! I would pay £50 for a CD-I just to play that FANTASTIC game. I want, I want... Anyway, our school had a CD-I and all we really played was The Apprentice and some western game with swearing in it. We also had Lemmings but for some reason no one played it... oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2006 Smeagol, I played Space Ace on the SNES... and found it sucked quite a bit! I wouldnt mind owning a CD-I but I doubt I could get much enjoyment out o one considering all the slagging it gets. Whats Hotel Mario like though? Sounds quite interesting. I didn't know there was a SNES version, but we're talking about CD-i here. The SNES game looks like a platformer. The CD-i game, wasn't really a game though, more an interactive cartoon. "gameplay" was very limited. And not really the thing you'd see on the SNES (certainly not with those graphics). So if you're expecting a game, then yeah, you'll be very disappointed. You could enjoy it for the animation I guess. Hotel Mario.. I really don't know what the objective was anymore. The levels were 1 screen, you had to open doors, I believe you collected coins, but don't know any more than that. It was more a puzzle game I think.. There's no platform action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2006 It's kind of a platfomer in that you can jump like normal. I really like Hotel Mario, its got a really clever concept and the level design is great. The cutscenes are pretty painful but memorable "Mario: You know what they say, all toasters toast toast!" One of my favourite places was the hardbrick hotel. And of course the place with the Elvis goombas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 29, 2006 maybe ninty should put hotel mario on the vc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2007 http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=18418&type=wmv Funny but harsh. It's nowhere near as bad as they make out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2007 Like emasher said, would it be possible for Nintendo to acquire the rights to put the Mario and Zelda games on the Virtual Console? Considering it's their own property and I know a lot of Mario and Zelda fans would buy these to complete their collections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 10, 2007 I didn't know there was a SNES version, but we're talking about CD-i here. The SNES game looks like a platformer. The CD-i game, wasn't really a game though, more an interactive cartoon. "gameplay" was very limited. And not really the thing you'd see on the SNES (certainly not with those graphics).So if you're expecting a game, then yeah, you'll be very disappointed. You could enjoy it for the animation I guess. So are we talking the 'real' version of Space Ace here ? I have to admit to being able to complete that in the arcade, enjoyed it plenty even though it amounted to no further than tapping the correct direction at the right time...(Eeh when I was a lad, laserdisc gaming etc) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 11, 2007 I think it's safe to say the atari jaguar controller is greatly inspired by this one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 12, 2007 seeing as phillips is out of the gaming market (unlike rare) it shouldn't be too hard and ninty do own the franchises. how big our the games (in tearms of MB not disk size) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
