project_hatch

never even heard of neo geo or Phillips CDi

reno96teg

neo geo was arcade quality at home! :crazyr:

the CD-i was a blip on the radar for me.. i don't remember much except reading about it and maybe seeing commercials.. i think it had a really bad zelda game. i also think it was originally marketed as a multimedia system, not so much a gaming system.

e3NiNe

you have a good memory!

Do you remember the entertainment "center" that had plug and play, swappable drives?

Literally, you'd remove this DIN shaped section of the box, and plug in the Sega Genesis adapter ... I think there was even a Turbo Grafx swappable drive.


I think it was by Pioneer, but I can't remember. :hs:

reno96teg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_LaserActive



laserdiscs.. :chuckles:

e3NiNe

heck yeah, THAT'S the one. Man, that stupid system would pop into my head randomly when I'm NOT infront of a computer ... then I'd forget to look it up.

When I did look, I'd have no idea what to search for.

:bowdown:

project_hatch

that sounds a little advanced for it's time haha

e3NiNe

Expensive as shit too. I think the LaserActive (w/o Sega Drive) was $1000. Wiki says the Sega Drive was $600.

So, when you think about a 2007 application, the PS3 plays Blu-ray and PS3 games for $600. See, it could be worse. :chuckles:



(What cost $1600 in 1993 would cost $2103.70 in 2005.)

reno96teg

i baaarely remember that pioneer system.

my good friend had neo geo with samurai shodown. i was always blown away by it.

e3NiNe

hoooly smokes, I remember that system being $800 and every game was $200+



it was really an arcade board

2001TEGGSR

lololzers I still have a CD-I and a Laser disc player.

Chevy's suck, My wife splurges and doesn't suck.