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Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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Never heard of the CD-i is there an emulator out there? Also is this the last time Nintendo made a game for a console they didn't own?

Mario Teaches Typing 2 was released in 1996 for PC and Mac. There are the mobile games for ios/android. And I saw an article that they were going to release some older (emulated) titles for nvidia shield in China.

Up to you how much of that counts.

https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Teaches_Typing_2

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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I remember playing one of these games. It was super cool that you got to play as Zelda, but the controls where so unresponsive and awful. That ruined most of the experience. The graphics where very different then the competitors. That was also pretty cool. Think we borrowed the player from someone else for a couple of weeks. Thinks we knew more about the cd I because of my Dutch roots (philps). Also the console/video player was incredibly expressive at the time.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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Never heard of the CD-i is there an emulator out there? Also is this the last time Nintendo made a game for a console they didn't own?

Not sure how much he paid for it, but my brother actually bought one of these travesties online not that long ago, so he could get the "real" experience playing these games on it. It looks like a VCR but feels like a lead brick to lift.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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Years and years ago (~2006-2007), after one of my many Wikipedia rabbit-hole nights, I stumbled upon the CD-i, and consequently the Zelda CD-i games. I immediately had to find an emulator, and play Faces of Evil, and I couldn't stop laughing once cut-scenes started playing.

I took my video camera, pointed it at my monitor (my computer was too slow for desktop capture), and sent the video to my friends, and it became a bit of a meme that we'd send each other. If I had only had the foresight to upload it to YouTube, I could have been the person responsible for the "My boy!" memes.

The games suffer from awful controls, but I actually did manage to complete Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon...there is a bit of fun to be had playing them, though you'd be better off finding one of the Link to the Past romhacks at this point if you want some more Zelda action.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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Oh man, I wanted the CD-i so badly because they had this infomercial and showed watching movies on CD, which was very exciting to a 10 or 11 year old me.

Very grateful my mom ignored me and and my protestations that we get one because if we had adopted this thing, I know the battle to get a DVD player in 1998 would have been way harder (even then, I had to get it as a DVD-ROM on the computer I got for Christmas and had to buy the stand-alone player myself in 1999 once I turned 16 and had a job).

Also, these games are complete trash. But this partnership was historically very interesting.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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While these games have become infamous for the hilariously bad animation quality, the studio that did them continued to do work for the videogame industry. They were contracted out to do the animation for the ill-fated Warcraft Adventures game by Blizzard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_Adventures:_Lord_of_t...

Though the game was never released, someone leaked a copy years later, and playthroughs were subsequently uploaded online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUNFrbpOSTE

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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post #9

Never heard of the CD-i is there an emulator out there? Also is this the last time Nintendo made a game for a console they didn't own?

You're better off watching the cutscenes on youtube, the game is truly terrible. Also the CD-i focused on "interactive media" rather than what most would consider a good game. Hulk Hogan's "Thunder in Paradise" was a companion game to go along with his TV show. Youtuber SuperGreatFriend has a good playthrough of it. It looks awful.

The FMV-era is something that's more fun now than it was in the 90's I think; there seems to be a near-endless supply of these low-budget movie games, and the combination of terrible acting, cheap special effects, and over the top writing actually makes them incredibly fun to play on a so-bad-its-good level.

Honestly, even Thunder in Paradise has its moments if you play it with a group of friends to laugh at. As somewhat of a bad-movie lover, I actually have a more modern appreciation for the crap on the CD-i.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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post #15

Years and years ago (~2006-2007), after one of my many Wikipedia rabbit-hole nights, I stumbled upon the CD-i, and consequently the Zelda CD-i games. I immediately had to find an emulator, and play Faces of Evil, and I couldn't stop laughing once cut-scenes started playing. I took my video camera, pointed it at my monitor (my computer was too slow for desktop capture), and sent the video to my friends, and it became…

You don't even need a romhack for Link to the Past now, it's available on the SNES virtual console for Switch. It's free aside from the cost of the Switch.

Re: Zelda Games on the Philips CD-i

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then when she leaves the home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBC-2y6C8xU Squadala we're off!

I mean, they're no end to it. I've played them a minor amount, and couldn't stand them at all (they're in the 2d side scrolling style but just... janky for lack of a better word,) but these cutscenes will live forever for us. "I wonder what's for dinner." "I just saved you from Ganon!" "You did not!" "Oh boy! I can't wait to bomb some Dodongos!" "Great! I'll grab my stuff!"

Monster: "You killed me!!!" Zelda: "Good!"

has always been one of my favorite. I used to occasionally take audio samples from the game and put them as texting and ring tones on my phone, back when people did such things.

ALSO, look on youtube for the I.M. Meen PC game...the animation is made by the same studio [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.M._Meen

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