Hi all!
I'm a retrogamer, but new to Amiga scene. I've bought an Amiga CD32 recently and been trying to load some CD-Rs into it.
I've read about it being finicky towards CD-Rs and that games from compilations load so slow that it takes 1-2 minutes to load the menu and 1-2 minutes for a game. I've watched some videos on YouTube - and yes, it is as slow as on my CD32.
Litil Divil works okay, the same as on the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq8jhgxOLsMy favourite compilation CD-200 works as slow as mentioned above - but it's the same on the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1z3qKb5d_8The CD-Rs I use are partly Verbatims and partly Taiyo Yudens, with no printable labels.
Could someone confirm whether such loading times are OK? I've heard different opinions: some say that CD32 loading is fast, at least faster than from floppy - but I don't know how much would you wait for floppy to boot?
Others say that CD32 is slow.
But how many seconds does it take to load a certain game? Any game would do.
The reason I'm asking is because I'd like to know whether my CD32 should work like this? Or it is still worth trying to find some CD-R brands which would work better?
Any comments are highly appreciated.
Best regards,
Helga.
