Found a Magnavox CD-I for $2!

[Video_Invader]

Model number CDI200. Looks good and turns on. Had it connected to the tv to try out. Now to find a few games for it. Only paid $2 at a yard sale today with some vcrs that i picked up.

[segasaturn]

lucky!

[+save2600]

Best $2 paperweight you'll ever own!

 

Kidding of course. Great find!

[Austin]

Best $2 paperweight you'll ever own!

 

Kidding of course. Great find!

 

Are you sure?

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

Now get Hotel Mario, Dark Castle, Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure . And you are set!!

[+remowilliams]

It's terrible when those heartless yard sale sellers take advantage of an unsuspecting victim...

 

[7800fan]

Hope you "miscounted" your money and gave that person $200

 

Damn nice find! It's so rare to find any game console for under $10.

[TheObscureGamer]

You should definitely get some games with this bad boy. Contrary to what most people think, it has some really good games for it. Thee apprentice, Plunderball, Pac-panic, Tetris, Hotel Mario, Braindead 13, Burn cycle, Ram Raid, Mutant rampage: bodyslam amongst others. Braindead 13 is one of the BEST full motion video games I've ever played. The death animations alone warrant a purchase. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaTTI2qyT4Y

Edited June 4, 2015 by TheObscureGamer

[Video_Invader]

Sounds good. Are the games hard to find, expensive?

[TheObscureGamer]

Sounds good. Are the games hard to find, expensive?

Most of the games are cheap execept for Hotel Mario which is slightly more expensive at around $35-40 but most are under $20

[high voltage]

Go to the CDi forum for advice and extra stuff

http://www.cdinteractive.co.uk/forums/cdinteractive/

[Master Phruby]

I wonder how many of these are skipped over by people in thrift stores because they think its a normal CD player.

[SoulBlazer]

I wonder how many of these are skipped over by people in thrift stores because they think its a normal CD player.

I freely admit if I saw one I wouldn't give it a second look. It looks like a normal 'old style' CD player unit to me.

[Video_Invader]

I wonder how many of these are skipped over by people in thrift stores because they think its a normal CD player.

Thats what i was thinking. I usually look close at these thing though because you never know. The word "Interactive" gave it away for me. No regular cd player would have that on it.

[Rick Dangerous]

Great find. Picked one up myself recently. Avoid the pricey Mario/Zelda games and instead go for:

 

Burn Cycle

Voyeur

Tetris

Tropic Thunder

Chaos Control

Mutant Rampage

The 7th Guest

Lemmings

The Apprentice

Kether

Alien Gate

 

These can all be had for $10-$30 apiece if you take your time.

[Video_Invader]

I'll keep an eye out for those.

[icemanxp300]

I would say want to double your $$ but I feel comfortable offering triple your $$ on this one. What do you say?

[Seob]

Nice find. I have a few games for trade. Have to look what games, though, but i guess about 15. But i don't know if they run on us systems.

[+chicgamer]

I like my CD-i quite a bit. It has some very apparent limitations, but it's an interesting part of video game history. As a beat-'em-up lover, I dig Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam, even though it lacks two-player support, the music cuts out during sound effects, and the controls aren't really precise. It just has a lot of interesting character designs, plus it has the notorious, hilariously bad animated cut scenes.

[Video_Invader]

I like my CD-i quite a bit. It has some very apparent limitations, but it's an interesting part of video game history. As a beat-'em-up lover, I dig Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam, even though it lacks two-player support, the music cuts out during sound effects, and the controls aren't really precise. It just has a lot of interesting character designs, plus it has the notorious, hilariously bad animated cut scenes.

Defintely a part of game history. My main reason for hanging onto it. I'll eventually own most of the systems ever released. It'll be interesting to see this thing in action.

[BigO]

I know someone who might be convinced to part with a Roller Controller (I'm assuming the Magnavox brand stuff uses the same connector as Philips).

[TheGameCollector]

You can burn games for it if you use IMGburn. I have the smaller model though and mine takes much longer to load CD-Rs than retail games. Doesn't always boot up on the first try. But at least I can demo stuff that way, or not spend over $100 on Zelda's Adventure.

[Austin]

Defintely a part of game history. My main reason for hanging onto it. I'll eventually own most of the systems ever released. It'll be interesting to see this thing in action.

 

I find the CD-I a novelty to own simply because it's a unique and interesting part of gaming history. It has a crazy amount of different models, accessories and pieces of software--some of which is still being discovered today for the first time. This keeps the system interesting from a historical point of view as well as intriguing for collectors. As far as it being interesting from an actual gameplay perspective, well.. that's unfortunately another story all together.

[AtariBrian]

 

I find the CD-I a novelty to own simply because it's a unique and interesting part of gaming history. It has a crazy amount of different models, accessories and pieces of software--some of which is still being discovered today for the first time. This keeps the system interesting from a historical point of view as well as intriguing for collectors. As far as it being interesting from an actual gameplay perspective, well.. that's unfortunately another story all together.

Go ahead , say it . It's a steaming ...

[Austin]

Go ahead , say it . It's a steaming ...

Hey, I'm trying to remain at least somewhat positive.. Trust me, I really, really want to say it.