The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoEven as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down13
arrow-up1352arrow-down1imageEven as a collector, I've never laid my hands on one of these.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day 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...@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 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-up1·19 hours agoLol. That’s true! There are DVD menu games with higher approval ratings than some CD-I games.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoThat’s feels like an accurate description.
minus-squareCabslock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 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.