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CD-I Don't Know About These Games, Man

We showcase a fraction of the CD-i's quality lineup.

Sep. 4 2014

Cast: Jeff, Brad, Drew, Dan

Posted by: Jason

248 Comments

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Happy Inca People Day!

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1:06:10 is what you're here for

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We love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGJUlOOuQ0&feature=emb_logo

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Happy birthday to Inca People!

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It's hilarious but 6 years later I nailed that first Name That Tune. I love 70's grooves quite a bit more now, What You Won't Do For Love is a super smooth jam.

Seconds later, Ride Like The Wind too lol. My dad loved that one growing up.

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Every year I always make sure to rewatch this at least once. Maybe twice. Okay, three times at least.

It's gotten to the point that I memorize the midi tunes in Name That Tune and the order they come in. Sadly can't remember the names (outside of "La-La Means I Love You" because I actually know that song), but I *can* remember the exact moment that someone (Jason?) claps during one of the songs.

...So hows YOUR lockdown going?

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2020 baby, we made it! But it's a shame the peak of the CD-I was never reached again since!

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Dark Castle looks like a fake video game that a kid would be playing in the background of a TV show or movie.

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@bdcowe said:

Who's watching in 2019?!? Please like and subscribe. I think I'm dead inside. Don't forget to click the bell.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

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The Jeff Dancing gif! In the wild! It's...beautiful!

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Who's watching this in 2028?

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Dammit, this is still one of my favorite videos here. Inca along with Thunder in Paradise make this stream a classic.

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Never had a CD-I, but a couple of those games brought back memories.

Defender of the Crown - as others have stated, that was an early Amiga game from the mid-80s, and at the time it was groundbreaking from a visual perspective. Cinemaware games were always really nice looking, but saddled with average-to-middling minigames.

Inca - Pretty sure I played that all the way through on the PC; a very early CD-ROM title. It was definitely an oddball game, but the trippy setting made up for the not so great gameplay. Coktel Vision is probably most famous for the Gobliiin games; they also did Lost in Time which was a decent point-and-click adventure.

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I am ashamed to admit, I knew every song from Name That Tune.

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This is fantastic. One of my favorite GB moments.

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Another feature like this would be great. Too bad that most of the crappy consoles are a bitch to get working properly, let alone try to capture audio/video from.

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sleepy drew -.-

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I have owned a CD-i and a small stack of games for a long time, but still need a controller so I have never played it.

A Gravis GamePad isn't out there somewhere? I think you can just use one of those, right?

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"24-hour time is reserved for cool dudes."

How does Dan Ryckert's mind function...?

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Saw the Inca clip on Youtube which made me buy a subscription to Giant Bomb for the videos. I'd pay 4.99 a month to watch a gif of Jeff do that head bob dance to Inca. You guys rock!

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I love the looks of utter bafflement and disbelief on their faces throughout this.

And, of course, the seductive Gerstmann dance during the Inca solo.

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Would have been great to see the finale of Burn Cycle..

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I have owned a CD-i and a small stack of games for a long time, but still need a controller so I have never played it.

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Jesus what a mess. Bob Goen also hosted Entertainment tonight with Mary Hart for many years. And dear god why the hell do I know that?

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Jeff's dance during the Inca intro was fantastic!

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The entirety of the guys' experience with Dark Castle is beautiful and needs to be put on Youtube.

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Poor Drew... :D

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Guessing we're going to see games like Hotel Mario the next time the guys do another one of these videos? This was great though, seeing Jeff dance to the Inca song and him and Brad moving their arms around during the Zelda cutscenes were great highlights!

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@yukoasho: I was literally *just* about to type that in.

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When Defender of the Crown came out in 1986 its graphics were stunning. Cinemaware was constantly creating games that were pushing the boundary of graphics back then.

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Does anyone have a link to that Inca People song? Shit is hilarious

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isso nao pode ser considerado um jogo

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Drew struggling to stay awake while Jeff is playing Link is hilarious.

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Great show! Love how Drew starts falling asleep as soon as the second "Zelda" game is turned on. And how Jason subtly panned the main camera over to him. Awesome.

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yeah, I remember those days. It's not that FMV games and gameshow games are a bad idea. These games still reach an audience even today. But you can't build an entire platform on two sub-genre of "games" and call it "interactive entertainment". Nintendo understood you can make a cartridge based system capable of 3D graphics and you can make so many different types of games on that system because its not just a one trick pony.

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I remember by cousin having a CD-I. Two cousins, actually. There were two actual-as-fuck CD-I's in my family. At the time I thought it was awesome to play these futuristic games with voiced audio and photo-realistic graphics. Man, looking at this I wish I could go back in time to whack myself around the head.

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@danryckert in North Carolina people would yell "Home of the Wolfpack" at NCSU games and also Carolina Hurricane games

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This was truly a joy to behold.

Here's hoping we'll see a "3D-Oh why did I spend $700 dollars on this" in the near future.

Way of the Warrior, Road Rash, GEX, Demolition Man, Brain Dead 13, Samurai Showdown and the e-sports classic Return Fire!!!

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This system made scrapping nails on a chalkboard appealing.

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@thundersheep: The CD-i was just a terrible system. Most systems over the years have had its supporters (there were some people who were convinced that the 3DO was the next big thing for a time there), but I don't remember anyone speaking up for the CD-i. In today's money it cost over $1100 and the games released on the platform was almost all universally shit. It didn't really work well for any of the other "multimedia" stuff either.

There was a time back then when "interactive media" was considered the future by a lot of people. Publications talking about how movies would move on to being "choose your own adventure", basically. Even then, the CD-i never got any love.

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Ask Justin McElroy, Malt-O-Meal is the shit. You get more for less and it tastes the same!

During the Malt-O-Meal bit, Justin came straight to mind.

Just look at this fucking shit bag.
Just look at this fucking shit bag.

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Jeff's "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!!" moment in Dark Castle reminded me so much of Ryan.

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Jeff's Inca dancing was the most incredible thing I've ever seen.