An anniversary retrospective on the console with the most original Zelda games!

[A Black Falcon]

Or, in other words, the CD-i is fifteen years old! :)


1up has a feature to "celebrate" the anniversary. It's a good article, read it!
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3149883

For instance...

Mystic Midway: Phantom Express
Publisher: Philips | Developer: Philips
Continuing the CD-i's brilliant tradition of games that encourage the player with mean-spirited insults, Mystic Midway: Phantom Express prides itself as a "nightmare simulator." The game is a first-person roller-coaster ride (literally) that travels through bad dreams, and the player is charged with the task of shooting down visual representations of trauma experienced during the various stages of one's life.


The CD-i: A constant reminder of the worthless life you lead.
This makes for a really depressing experience. In fact, Phantom Express is one of the few videogames that leaves you questioning your worth as a human being. It's the soundtrack that does it, really. Take the first stage, which has you shooting childhood fears like safety pins and leaky diapers. Throughout the entire level, you'll hear babies crying, the off-key singing of nursery songs, and a woman yelling things like, "I never wanted children! YOU were the one who wanted children!" This continues on for many stages, culminating with the "old-age" level, which ends with your family telling you they don't love you, and that they can't wait for you to die. What a fun game!

And other CD-i classics!

[Dark Jaguar]

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[Great Rumbler]

I've played those games before. They really are as bad as everyone says.

[A Black Falcon]

But they say that a few of them are good! Burn-Cycle or something, and a few others...

... but then they say that the two Zelda sidescrollers are actually among the better games on the system, destoying any previous credibility. I mean... it's a console where most of the games are interactive video titles (Dragon's Lair, etc). Interactive video "games" aren't fun.

... okay, that one time I played Dragon's Lair in the arcade (somewhere out west I think...) I liked it, but it's also incredibly frusteratingly random, and isn't fun for long... and they are barely interactive and are barely games. And those are most of the games on the CD-i. Ouch.