1. Did you consider buying a CDTV or CD32; why or why not?
CDTV a bit before my time as far as age and financial limits though I was impressed and would have jumped on a complete
setup were it possible.
CD32: I DESPERATELY wanted a CD32! Again more poor financial status made that impossible BUT worse than that and what I still
have anger about to this day: When the CD32 was obviously a failure especially in Canada I spotted one, on the top floor of SAM THE
RECORD MAN on Yonge St. downtown TORONTO the top floor for a time was the videogame/console section, there was ONE brand
new un-opened unit, though I new it was failing and would not be making a comeback I STILL wanted one, the thing was even though
the box was collecting dust and it was obvious it would continue to go unsold the manager was just unwilling to cut me a deal. I forget
the exact price but basicly it still had the full introduction list price plus a small amount on top plus taxes well I just remembered it was
crazy to expect it to go for that price, no clearance/sale or reduction, I even still was willing to pay the crazy price if I could pay in installments or make some kind of agreeable arrangement, he would not budge the bastard so it continued to sit on the shelf and
collect more dust, a year later the whole section closed down and that was that.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...............
2. What CDTV or CD32 games would like to see reviewed (or video reviewed!!) here at AA? Or, better yet, why not review it yourself and post it for all of us to enjoy!!
Today though I have the means, knowledge and tech I've just no TIME to take on the reviews or post myself sorry, as for what I
would like to see well anything besides the typical better known titles, I would like to see lesser known or personal favorites
reviewed.
3. Was the CDTV and/or CD32 a brilliant concept or a really stupid mistake on Commodore's part?
I thought the CDTV was smart and well designed but just ahead of it's time in the marketplace, it would of been
nice if the follow up CD32 retained the style closer to the CDTV but with the upgraded ROMS/OS and chipset.
4. Why didn't these units succeed better than they did?
The age old well known reasons, Commodore not marketing, not knowing what they had and remaining stagnate thinking
they couldn't be surppassed!
5. What are the advantages or disadvantages of buying one of these platforms vs. a standard 500 or 1200?
Well a CDTV was basically a A500 but with CD-rom and more multimedia like approach so if you were happy with the A500 it was
an improvement, of course a CD32 was an A1200 without a keyboard or mouse but could be expandable into a full comparable
system, I think I would of been very happy in the day with a tricked out CD32 with upgraded CPU/ram etc, I was very happy
with the Amiga platform for many years eventually ending up with several A500's, a couple A1200's those are gone now but
I STILL have a working CD32 with an Amiga mouse, just need a way to display PAL and I would still like to eventually get an exspansion box like the SX32, failing all that I guess it's the emulation route for me to eventually (sigh).
1. Did you consider buying a CDTV or CD32; why or why not?
CDTV a bit before my time as far as age and financial limits though I was impressed and would have jumped on a complete
setup were it possible.
CD32: I DESPERATELY wanted a CD32! Again more poor financial status made that impossible BUT worse than that and what I still
have anger about to this day: When the CD32 was obviously a failure especially in Canada I spotted one, on the top floor of SAM THE
RECORD MAN on Yonge St. downtown TORONTO the top floor for a time was the videogame/console section, there was ONE brand
new un-opened unit, though I new it was failing and would not be making a comeback I STILL wanted one, the thing was even though
the box was collecting dust and it was obvious it would continue to go unsold the manager was just unwilling to cut me a deal. I forget
the exact price but basicly it still had the full introduction list price plus a small amount on top plus taxes well I just remembered it was
crazy to expect it to go for that price, no clearance/sale or reduction, I even still was willing to pay the crazy price if I could pay in installments or make some kind of agreeable arrangement, he would not budge the bastard so it continued to sit on the shelf and
collect more dust, a year later the whole section closed down and that was that.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...............
2. What CDTV or CD32 games would like to see reviewed (or video reviewed!!) here at AA? Or, better yet, why not review it yourself and post it for all of us to enjoy!!
Today though I have the means, knowledge and tech I've just no TIME to take on the reviews or post myself sorry, as for what I
would like to see well anything besides the typical better known titles, I would like to see lesser known or personal favorites
reviewed.
3. Was the CDTV and/or CD32 a brilliant concept or a really stupid mistake on Commodore's part?
I thought the CDTV was smart and well designed but just ahead of it's time in the marketplace, it would of been
nice if the follow up CD32 retained the style closer to the CDTV but with the upgraded ROMS/OS and chipset.
4. Why didn't these units succeed better than they did?
The age old well known reasons, Commodore not marketing, not knowing what they had and remaining stagnate thinking
they couldn't be surppassed!
5. What are the advantages or disadvantages of buying one of these platforms vs. a standard 500 or 1200?
Well a CDTV was basically a A500 but with CD-rom and more multimedia like approach so if you were happy with the A500 it was
an improvement, of course a CD32 was an A1200 without a keyboard or mouse but could be expandable into a full comparable
system, I think I would of been very happy in the day with a tricked out CD32 with upgraded CPU/ram etc, I was very happy
with the Amiga platform for many years eventually ending up with several A500's, a couple A1200's those are gone now but
I STILL have a working CD32 with an Amiga mouse, just need a way to display PAL and I would still like to eventually get an exspansion box like the SX32, failing all that I guess it's the emulation route for me to eventually (sigh).
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Oldschool games, some people just don't "get it"...
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Oldschool games, some people just don't "get it"...