The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoEven as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down13
arrow-up1346arrow-down1imageEven as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 hours agoI remember being in a vacation park with my parents. All the bungalows had a CDi player, and you could rent games at the reception. I also remember thinking that all those CDi games were glorified DVD menus…
minus-squareLike the wind...linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours ago I also remember thinking that all those CDi games were glorified DVD menus… DVD menus had built in games with more gameplay than CD-i games lol
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoLol. That’s true! There are DVD menu games with higher approval ratings than some CD-I games.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoThat’s feels like an accurate description.
minus-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoTo be fair, the graphics were a step up from the 8bit (or 16bit?) games I was playing at the time.
I remember being in a vacation park with my parents. All the bungalows had a CDi player, and you could rent games at the reception. I also remember thinking that all those CDi games were glorified DVD menus…
DVD menus had built in games with more gameplay than CD-i games lol
Lol. That’s true! There are DVD menu games with higher approval ratings than some CD-I games.
That’s feels like an accurate description.
To be fair, the graphics were a step up from the 8bit (or 16bit?) games I was playing at the time.