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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: fondpondforever on July 23, 2015, 12:58:46 AM
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Why were there a Limited Array Of CDTV Games?
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C'mon dude, really? For starters, because the CDTV was new and untested technology at the time, and a commercial flop (partially thanks to Commodore's piss-poor marketing, and the public not knowing what to make of such a device).
Edit: Haha. CDTV is on Wikipedia's list of "commercial failures in video gaming (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_failures_in_video_gaming#Commodore_CDTV)". I didn't realize they even maintained such a list. ;)
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The CDTV is like the scene in Back To The Future when Marty Mcfly plays the Johnny B Goode Guitar Solo and say's to the audience 'I guess you guy's aren't ready for this yet...but your kid's are going to love it'.
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Why were there a Limited Array Of CDTV Games?
The NTSC version was never sold in the US, so I'm sure that limited its appeal to developers. A few may have been sold in Canada.
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The NTSC version was never sold in the US, so I'm sure that limited its appeal to developers. A few may have been sold in Canada.
I think you may be mixing up the CDTV with the CD32, There were defiantly CDTV's sold in the US, I can't see all the ones on ebay from the US as Canadian units brought into the US.
Yes, the CD32 was sold and used a fair bit in Canada from Bank "freebees" (open an account with us and get a free CD32) to driving test terminals.
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The NTSC version was never sold in the US, so I'm sure that limited its appeal to developers. A few may have been sold in Canada.
Are you sure? I was sure I saw one in a store in Redmond WA. when I was on course at Nintendo. Maybe it was a Phillips CD-I ?
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The NTSC version was never sold in the US, so I'm sure that limited its appeal to developers. A few may have been sold in Canada.
My local Amiga dealer in San Antonio had one, but it was too expensive. You probably got it mixed up with CD32.
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Are you sure? I was sure I saw one in a store in Redmond WA. when I was on course at Nintendo. Maybe it was a Phillips CD-I ?
You are right :) sorry :) was thinking CD32