Awesome Bill! I love my CD32, lots of potential wasted with mostly ports of AMIGA games. Of course it was not long afterwards that Commodore went bankrupt. I think another downside to the CD32, although a 32bit CD based system it really could of used some type of 3d acceleration, I wonder if they could of perhaps licensed a 3D technology like Dreamcast did with PowerVR? I wonder what may of happened then?
Oldschool games, some people just don't "get it"...
I don't think it would have mattered, as the Commodore brand was already considered an also-ran by then. I remember when I was working at Electronics Boutique while in college around the time of the CD32's release, and one of the questionnaires floating around was whether the chain should carry the CD32, Jaguar, etc. Essentially all of the US stores gave a thumbs down to the CD32, though it did do better in Canada, where the brand was more consistently strong. The truth is, no one at the time guessed correctly on the importance of 3D EXCEPT for Sony with the PlayStation, who gambled everything on the idea and obviously won, and then some. History shows that no matter how good the hardware was, without the right software support, any platform was doomed, plain and simple. It's a big factor in the failure of everything at the time that wasn't from Sony, Nintendo or Sega...
Vintage Games book!
Xbox 360: billlog | Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
Awesome Bill! I love my CD32, lots of potential wasted with mostly ports of AMIGA games. Of course it was not long afterwards that Commodore went bankrupt. I think another downside to the CD32, although a 32bit CD based system it really could of used some type of 3d acceleration, I wonder if they could of perhaps licensed a 3D technology like Dreamcast did with PowerVR? I wonder what may of happened then?
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Oldschool games, some people just don't "get it"...
I don't think it would have mattered, as the Commodore brand was already considered an also-ran by then. I remember when I was working at Electronics Boutique while in college around the time of the CD32's release, and one of the questionnaires floating around was whether the chain should carry the CD32, Jaguar, etc. Essentially all of the US stores gave a thumbs down to the CD32, though it did do better in Canada, where the brand was more consistently strong. The truth is, no one at the time guessed correctly on the importance of 3D EXCEPT for Sony with the PlayStation, who gambled everything on the idea and obviously won, and then some. History shows that no matter how good the hardware was, without the right software support, any platform was doomed, plain and simple. It's a big factor in the failure of everything at the time that wasn't from Sony, Nintendo or Sega...
Vintage Games book!
Xbox 360: billlog | Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
***************************
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.