2012/5/4: Philips CD-i: Golden Oldies I, Golden Oldies II

[VideoGameCritic]

These two compilations aren't very original, but as CD-i games go, they are better than average.  Comments?

[Pacman0001]

Decent sounding CD-i games!?!  Is that possible?  Ok, I'm kidding.  I do have a serious question: how rare are these games?  I don't have a CD-i, and I have no plans to get one, but it would still be good to know how hard it is to find a worthwhile game at a good price, just incase plans change.

[Adamant1]

They're not particularly rare, no.

As the Critic says, they remind you a lot of typical flash game clones that are dime-a-dozen on all online flash game websites, but back in the early 90s, before classic game compilations were a big thing, and those that existed only DID have a handful of games each, these weren't that bad deals. Both games on both discs are of pretty high quality, and these came out at a time when the Namco Collection discs with 2 or 3 classics and 2 or 3 mostly forgettable filler titles were considered really awesome.

[Rev1]

I usually try to find a reason to own at least each console, even the Jaguar has a few games worth the purchase. Still, I have been debating between the 3DO and Cd-I for a while (haven't bought the 3DO due to high price and high price of the best games and avoiding the CD-I since it sucks). There really isn't anything good on the CD-I is there? Other then the football replay game (which I'm no sports fan). These games might have been okay when they were released but are available just about everywhere else in better collections or free online. Kind of sad... =/ Still, thanks for the reviews, were helpful.

Random question, when is the Busby 3D review coming out? It has been announced on the main page for a while and still hasn't come out... Waiting impatiently for it, lol. 

[Adamant1]

Time to repost my "good CD-i games" list, I guess

[QUOTE]Burn Cycle, Chaos Control (ok, it takes 10 minutes to beat, but it's fun), Dragon's Lair, Voyeur, Kether (the Critic liked it better than I did, though), Inca, 7th Guest, Space Ace, Escape from Cybercity, Braindead 13, Flashback, Lost Eden, Myst, Thunder in Paradise, Mad Dog McCree... and the Zelda games.[/QUOTE]

Some are on other systems as well, sure, but there's a lot of cool little titles if you dig a bit.

[Pacman0001]

I thought the Zelda games were considered "So-Bad-It's-Good" rather than "Good."

[Adamant1]

[QUOTE=Pacman000]I thought the Zelda games were considered "So-Bad-It's-Good" rather than "Good."[/QUOTE]

Only by people whose entire knowledge of them stem from watching youtube clips of their cutscenes. 

[m0zart1]

[QUOTE=Adamant][QUOTE=Pacman000]I thought the Zelda games were considered "So-Bad-It's-Good" rather than "Good."[/QUOTE]

Only by people whose entire knowledge of them stem from watching youtube clips of their cutscenes.[/QUOTE]

Correct.  Having played them, I can confirm that they are "So-Bad-It's-Bad".

 

Except for Zelda's Adventure, which was only mediocre.

[Rev1]

Ah, cool list, ty. I'll take a look into those. Are they mostly FMV games (I actually do like several of those, they are fun to watch, sometimes)?

[darkrage61]

You should also check out Human Rampage: Body Slam, it's a decent 2D brawler.