AMIGA CD32 - The Most Misunderstood Console Ever !? - A Commodore History Documentary

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In today's video Lady Decade looks at the history of the Commodore Amiga CD32 along with its often misunderstood existence. Let us go back and look at the story of this console and the history of the Commodore company overall
#AmigaCD32 #RetroGaming #GamingHistory
Edited By Ryan of Exploding Music Syndrome -
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Gameplay, Image & Footage Credit List
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Top 30 Amiga CD32 Games - 175 games tested, here are the best! Retroarch Core!
J Does It All
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The 30 Best Commodore Amiga CD32 Games Ever Made!
Old Style Gaming
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Jack Tramiel Interview - 1983 Commodore International profile
Saving The Video Game
www.generationamiga.com/2020/10/18/retro-games-could-be-releasing-commodore-amiga-500-replica-in-2021/
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mg8IYHJnyvY.html
45 Games That Defined the AMIGA 500
it's a P/XEL thing
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69+ Minutes Manhattan Night Drone
the Dronalist
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The TOP TEN Best Amiga CD32 Games
FunCade 64
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How To Clean A DVD or CD For Disc Errors
Crypto Computer-Man
www.generationamiga.com/2020/04/30/download-all-amiga-cd32-games-and-replay-them-on-pc-or-mac/
imgur.com/gallery/FUQ4dak
www.amigahistory.co.uk/celebrities.html
russty_russ/status/458694787420266496
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V3ef8ronz9E.html
Commodore UK Boss David Pleasance Interview 2015
Dan Wood
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Mega-CD Longplay [100] Sonic CD (a)
World of Longplays
www.retropassion.co.uk/product/commodore-amiga-cd32/
Additional Information Sources
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32
www.retrogamer.net/profiles/hardware/spectrum-128k/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International
criticalmasscomics/posts/amiga-cd32-sx-1-expansion-includes-8gb-31-cf-hard-drive-formatted-with-whdload-1/2148497245371544/
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Amiga A1200 being manufactured
amigang
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DOOM 1 Gameplay - Nightmare!
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@TheOnjLouis 3 года назад

‘I am considerably blinder than you!’ I recently found your channel and as someone with no sight whatsoever, I find your content very accessible and enjoyable. So much of youtube is US-centric which is fine, but as a Brit, I love British creators and this channel and your content hits the spot well. Amusing Harry Enfield reference, yes… :) Great work, please do keep on keeping on. I find I’m learning a lot about many things I knew nothing about previously. Every day should be a school day in some capacity or another.

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

Wow thank you, this is one of the best comments I have ever received xxx

@tonihaukijarvi 3 года назад

@@LadyDecade 2 things I have to comment on.... 1. Goddamn amazing to own those old machines and games legally :) 2. You're the cutest thing I've ever seen, even cuter than sliced bread. And trust me, I ain't gonna go down on my knees and apologize, so just deal with these facts ;D Back in the days Amiga vs Snes vs Megadrive was the best time to be alive :) Kids nowadays are so ignorant of those golden days.

@kevinhaggerty8144 3 года назад

@@tonihaukijarvi wow.

@mirotrevino9662 2 года назад

@@tonihaukijarvi she is indeed a lovely lady but she is spoken for my friend. Top Hat Gaming Man is the lucky fella as far as I know

@tonihaukijarvi 2 года назад

@@mirotrevino9662 The best ones are always spoken for :)

@CharlesHepburn2 3 года назад

I remember reading in gaming magazines about this console and being VERY excited for it to come out in the USA. I waited and waited and it didn't come out; so I got a 3DO instead. Don't worry, I didn't pay $699 for the 3DO... I paid HALF that... brand new too. I worked for my local utility company who also ran a retail store selling appliances and electronics. Employees got half off everything in the store. They started to sell the 3DO, and I bought it up for half price! I got a crap ton of stereo equipment half off too. Good times in the early/mid 90's... but it was just before the Internet took hold.

@fidelsolis6070 3 года назад

Nice deal. Good times. Ok are they hiring?& Are u well Ng that 3do

@CharlesHepburn2 3 года назад

@Brian Babin it was better, but not by much… I sold it to some guy a couple years later for 300 with some games. Atari Jaguar was just about as much of a disappointment to me too, when I bought that from NY when they were first released.

@mattkennedy6115 3 года назад

@@CharlesHepburn2 hey just curious which utility company did you work for?

@CharlesHepburn2 3 года назад

@@mattkennedy6115 Baltimore Gas & Electric company. There are no more stores around today from this company. Ironically, I still work for them to this day… as a contractor however, not a direct employee anymore. I have made a good deal of my career working for them in some form or fashion. Thanks for asking!

@coyoteartist 3 года назад

I have a vague memory of someone talking about Amiga at a computer show I went to with my daddy in the early 1990s. They were from Europe. I never knew until later that there was a whole other world over there. Kinda wish I had because we had such a great main library, I bet there would have been some interesting arts in the computer magazines there.

@clearvus 3 года назад

Okay, that “don’t copy that floppy” spoof in the middle was fantastic. Legitimate LOL. Great video.

@DanielBMS 3 года назад

Can we do the whole thing?

@dufusbrigade 3 года назад

Delightful 90's cheese with that one.

@abooogeek 3 года назад

I remember back in the day, you were the GOAT if you had access to a BBS. I lost count how many blank floppies were traded to bootlegged games on the playground back in middle school :).

@jakespeed6515 3 года назад

Reminds me of the “Just Say No” Grange Hill video….

@edstar83 3 года назад

8 year old me with my Amiga Xcopy disk... Too late.

@fearlessjoebanzai 2 года назад

My goodness, when you started with "The period's approaching...", I was expecting quite a miserable episode!

@HoldandModify 3 года назад

It’s fun seeing Amiga get more mainstream coverage. Thanks for this video! My channel is a fly speck but we all do what we can for AMIGA!

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

AMIGA!!! 🤜

@katieblackmore2004 3 года назад

The Mega CD stack of the Mega Drive, Mega CD and 32X.... it was like the gaming version of a Big Mac

@LuckyLizard1979 3 года назад

Oh my God, that was awesome! First time on your channel and I must say that your bubbly personality and contagious humour made it very enjoyable to watch!

@downscale 3 года назад

OH MY! The world needs a full version of your "Don't Copy That Floppy" rendition!

@EpicLebaneseNerd 3 года назад

found one still in box, plastic still on the unit in a friend's attic, and he gave it to me for free and had like 10 cds with it, amazing machine, really had fun playing it and then i found out it has no copy protection on the cd so i downlaoded an ISO from the net with so many games on it and started palying, amazing !

@DarkDefender01 3 года назад

In Poland I had C64, A500, A1200, CDTV, CD32 + SX1 extension that made it fully A1200 with CD and extra features. That was great machine. If I had enough money I would keep it but the PS1 and PC arrived. That was great time for geeks, everything was new and exciting.

@skideric 3 года назад

Just like to add that the "Big Box Amigas" were VERY POPULAR with TV Stations,Cable Operators,Movie Industry all due to the VIDEO TOASTER.I talked my local Cable Company into getting a Toaster,and they used it for years,producing content,commercials,etc.Most Cable Operators back then used An A2000 & Genlock for their Cable On Screen TV Guide...

@abooogeek 3 года назад

Legend is, there is an Amiga CD32 buried inside the attic of my parents house. One that I shelved back in the late 90s. My favorite games I enjoyed on it were Diggers, Microcosm, Pirates Gold or Labyrinth of Time.

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

Yeah is had many great games, i know because i have 43 original Amiga CD32 games, and i still play them with my nephews. And i also have Diggers, and Microcosm, and The Labyrinth of Time.

@Jaw0lf 3 года назад

I have mine that I picked up in 1996 and have since had it recapped and added a Terrible Fire “TF330” adding extra memory an 030 accelerator as well as SD card , keyboard support and a video out. First time viewer and loved it thank you! Also great that you mentioned the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester as it is well worth a visit.

@oliver.n278 3 года назад

Superfrog at the end of the video made my heart melt, I loved that game so much on the AMIGA 500. Sadly I sold the system to upgrade onto PC in 1995, like so many others. Regret it til this day. The system was the most desirable one of all here in Germany in the early 90ies. Nintendo and Sega were just strange things for us back in the days ;-) ..... btw, I love your british accent and humor. Found your channel today and immediately subscribed!

@victorvance2573 2 года назад

Superfrog was also released on MS-Dos so you may try to find it to play in DOSBox for example. It was also released for Windows in 2012. There is also Superfrog HD first released in 2013 which is some kind of enhanced remake of the original game. It was released for quite a few platforms.

@AmigaA-or2hj Год назад

I still have mine!

@destronger5313 3 года назад

I was one of those rare Americans who had a Amiga 2000 as a kid. My dad got it as it could do animation, 3d animation, video switch, etc. He would lease it to others occasionally.

@CannonKnight 3 года назад

As an American, I feel I just got a large, healthy dose of British humor. This channel is educational in many ways. 😏

@OshiiMikomi 3 года назад

I was about to comment the same thing. Those accent impressions were the best.

@MarkMcDaniel 3 года назад

True. I love watching this channel for seeing how the Brits handled the '80s and '90s.

@coyoteartist 3 года назад

Snark never has the same bite ihere are it does over there.

@bernardmarlow9727 3 года назад

Please don't take this as British humour it's bad humour the world over 😂

@sub-jec-tiv 9 месяцев назад

As an American Amiga user, i resent being lumped in with Trump. As if the English haven’t been doing exactly the same thing… koff BREXIT koff.

@V3ntilator Год назад

I bought CD32 at launch and later Elsat Promodule add-on always loved it.

@scottthemediahoarder 3 года назад

I worked at a computer store when the CDTV was launched. It got a prime spot in the front-of-shop gallery of demo machines. I don't think we ever sold one. It was neat to show off but wasn't much use to anyone. We did try hooking up a keyboard and floppy drive and running it like an Amiga. Seemed to work.

@richardhedderly Год назад

Ditto. We had a CDTV running in the shop, with the fighter jet demo front and centre. I can't imagine we sold more than a handful.

@EzeePosseTV 3 года назад

Ahh, I still have my old Amiga CD32 system along with my Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. All still in working order.

@IntyMichael 3 года назад

Got my CD32 in autumn 1993 and in that december even the fmv card. Didn't regret the purchase and had a lot of fun with it (and still have). One thing that is missing in the video, is that almost all of the adventures released for the CD32 had voice (Simon the sorcerer, Beneath a steel sky...). That was really impressive at the time.

@DIYPanda1 3 года назад

1993?

@IntyMichael 3 года назад

@@DIYPanda1 yep, you're right. :)

@KarimKhan-ys8oc 3 года назад

Loved the A500 and won the CD32 in an Amiga Expo in Cologne. Own both systems till today.

@MammaApa 3 года назад

I had one of these. With the SX-1 expansion, 1,4gig harddrive and 4 megs of ram. Which made it a pimped up A1200 with build in CD-ROM. I also used it with a VGA monitor to be able to use flicker free hires. People thought I was crazy buying a 1,4 gig hdd in 1995. -You'll never fill that!!

@DaiconVGU 3 года назад

I'm loving the background music at the beginning

@Leo-xh8pp 2 года назад

great video as always Lady Decade ! high quality content, greetings from Brazil! 👏👏👏👏👏

@anthonyaddison2383 6 месяцев назад

You make outstanding content, and I hope you more new videos real soon. Good luck. -Anthony Addison, greetings from the USA. 🇺🇸

@borgie83 3 года назад

It’s very refreshing you talking about the history of gaming in great detail instead of joining the flock of youtubers all talking about the same thing over and over again. Keep up the great work and thank you! :)

@jamesoneavatar8644 3 года назад

The Neo-Geo CD, or any other spin-offs, would be an interesting topic

@dandeebelarific4663 3 года назад

Neo cd sh*ts all over the cd32 and it was pre gen 16bit and offered zillions more quality than this piece of sh*t. If you want to experience the best games on a commodore machine just get an amiga 500 instead. The cd32 didnt even bring 32 bit to the table. Clearly was a venturous tech demo machine that cost too much because they were desperate more than anything. And yes. It was actual piracy that fired the fatal blow.

@theoldpcgamer77 3 года назад

The Neo CD was awful. Massive loads times made it a joke. The AES console was much better even if the carts were 4 times more back then.

@dandeebelarific4663 3 года назад

@@theoldpcgamer77 saying that is the equivelent of a little turd being better than huge turd. Also aswell the neo geo cd was a cheaper equivilent to the aes. I have a complete collection and the games loading times are the same duration as a saturn and most ps1 games. At the time no one was greatly bothered. Remember, the technology was only cd based. I had amiga games on floppy that out performed most cd32 versions of the same game. The only thing going for it was a digital soundtrack. Everything else including game quality and function were awful. Most cd32 games had an actual amiga dos boot screen when loading. How embarressing. The video says it outsold the mega cd lol funny how many people in life remember it more than the cd32. Its just clickbait to make you believe generalised adjustments of facts and statistics. The console was a waste of money aswell. Worst console in my gaming life.

@johanpeiper5908 3 года назад

Would it be odd to by a neo geoCD in 2021..i really want one. So want on loading times..just go get a coke out the fridge or check ya phone lol.. also so you use a old style T.V?

@johanpeiper5908 3 года назад

Msg to dandee..

@sgtpeppers3021 3 года назад

I picked up one of these in San Diego California like 9 yrs ago for $90! It has an HP chip inside.

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

Wow really, don't sell it, it is a great little console/machine, there are many great games for it.

@drunkensailor112 3 года назад

Get the terrible fire card for it and play all of the thousands of amiga games through whdload

@kamilciura7953 3 года назад

Even though CD32 has not sold a lot of units, it got a huge library of games. It was not even about porting them from A500/600 or A1200 over - it could run the same code as these systems, so only differentiator was physical media*. So publishers could re-release the games made prior to launch of the system with ease and in case of multi-floppy games, only minimum effort was required to put them on CD. I don't think anything like this has ever happened again when it comes to relation between home computers and console. Closest thing is upcoming Steam Deck running a SteamOS. *Floppy in case of A500/600, as for A1200 I don't recall games running directly from CD, I think the ones which came on discs needed a HDD - but I may be wrong. Either way, the games library is pretty good for a "failed" system.

@lazarushernandez5827 3 года назад

Don't know about in the UK, but in the U.S. the A1200 had the floppy drive and internal 2.5 hard drive (at least mine had the hard drive). Most people would do a bunch of upgrades though, I added a combination CPU (68030) and Ram upgrade card, an external hard drive, and a SCSI controller to attach a Zip drive to it. Used it more for animation than gaming, Deluxe paint IV, Real 3d, ADpro, ImageFX. etc...

@kaidzaack2520 3 года назад

Nice one! I am from Germany and have the CD32 PAL Version. The original Controller costs a fortune nowadays. Luckily, I have two Honeybees…✌️

@zwabTheRealOne 3 года назад

*Reloads youtube homepage after making some fried rice* *sees video made public 32 seconds ago* Well well well, don't mind if I do.

@nightbirdds 3 года назад

Yep, I remember this being shown off at a computer retailer here. I kind of wanted one, but I wanted to see how it shook out. Turns out, it didn't shake out at all. On the upside, it's something we got in Canada that the US didn't, so, yay?!

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

It still had many great games, that came for it in the years.

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

It's a great system and really collectable these days. I'd probably even prefer one to an A1200 but I collect old Amigas like a magpie!

@G.L.999 2 года назад

Not really saying much though. I honestly never really understood why it was even a moderate success in the UK of all places.

@ScavengerFX 3 года назад

SO glad you did a video on this!!!

@StayCoolKeto 3 года назад

*Been watching loads of your videos sincefinding your channel! SOO HAppy to see a commadore one! I LOVEE the AMiga. I SOOO wanted this when it came out even though the controller looked upside down lol. So gutted the Amiga go messed over by money and staff problems. It was the best system then! Ahhh I miss those days! Thanks a lot for this video! Always love seeing Amiga ones! Cheers*

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

You should check out Dave Haynie's "Death Bed Vigil" if you're interested in what went on over at Commodore. It's pretty interesting and they were an amazing group of people.

@kurtg5405 3 года назад

I really enjoyed this video Lady Decade. I've seen a lot of people do a CD32 video and I love that you've put your own spin on the story and I've learned things that I had not known from the content provided by your esteemed RU-vid colleagues. 20/10, will watch again! :)

@andrealves3104 2 года назад

Another superb video, but in this one I'd like to point out specifically to the video editing. Very clever use of Amiga soundtracks/effects.

@StormingDecker 3 года назад

This was a lot of fun, and reminded me fondly of my Amiga days. Please, keep being you and make videos however you enjoy making them! 🤜🤛

@CoreDreamStudios 3 года назад

I found out about Amiga CD32 from AVGN, glad to hear more about it. My dad had a C64 and C128 so this is interesting for sure.

@Retro-Fez 3 года назад

I loved my amiga 600 great computer and loved the cd32 when it came out and still love it today since i rebought it 2 years ago, it never got a chance to prove itself

@blackhathacker82 3 года назад

Yes I had Amiga cd32 too Infinite hours playing ufo enemy unknown Such good memories

@IIAdnan93II 3 года назад

Great video really enjoyed watching that, thanks for the content and keep up the good work!!

@DjAlundra 2 года назад

Lol lotus turbo challenge II Theme from Barry leitch , great review , i have on my collection the amiga 500, 1200 and CD32 and now the mini amiga 500 👌

@hadlee73 3 года назад

I loved the Amiga and the subsequent CD32. I managed to buy a CD32 down here in NZ as well as quite a few games and was heartbroken when Commodore pulled out of our country.

@johnjaleco5683 3 года назад

It's a good job you've got a cd32 because your fuhrer won't let you out of the house soon unless you've had your daily death jab.

@MietoK 3 года назад

When you waited CD32 for along time but when it arrived and delivered nothing new. A1200 without keyboard. Lovely.

@erikglennrosenquist9010 3 года назад

Lady Decade, I appreciate you & your hubby for speaking your minds. Sweet video. Talk about rare console & game finds, this is just too sweet!

@davidgroves9954 3 года назад

Great content as usual 👌👌

@willrobinson7599 3 года назад

Was chuffed when I got one the first Xmas they were out . Yes most games didn't really use much of the extra power .lots of games were just identical a500 games or aga 1200 with some video intros . The cd format did mean that games like dark seed that came on large amounts of floppies we could now play without the annoying disk changing

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

My father bought one for me in 1996 with a SX32 Pro and 64MB RAM and a 512MB 2,5" HDD and black keyboard and mouse, i loved that machine, i wish i was not so stupid by selling it, but 6 years ago i bought another Amiga CD32 with now a TF330 v3 128MB RAM, and i and my nephews love all the games i have, i have 43 original Amiga CD32 games now. I really miss the good old Amiga times, it was a great time, with a good friend who also had a Amiga and later Amiga CD32, and we would, go to a Amiga club every month.

@pnvgordinho 3 года назад

The cd is the reason that makes the cd32 the best option to play Amiga games, either by real hardware or emulation. No changing floppies. One cd, 50 games. (pirate compilations). ;)

@Doso777 3 года назад

@@AmigaWolf Yeah good old times. I am still amazed on how long the Community kept the system somewhat alive after Commodore went bust. I had an Amiga 1200 tower with a SCSI DVD burner, rattly but cool system.

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

Yeah and adding full voice overs to games like monkey Island etc suddenly became possible with CD-ROM.

@arisdulgerian2053 3 года назад

Thanks again for a wonderful video. I enjoyed the rap “Don’t copy that floppy.”

@turny84 2 года назад

I had one back in the day. Diggers, bump and burn, labyrinth of time, Oscar. Good Times. I wish I still had it

@nine4v900 3 года назад

Yup I had one of these. No idea why. Sold it very quickly and bought a Turbo Duo.

@superpan218 3 года назад

The Amiga CD32: Commodore's final nail in the coffin.

@maroon9273 2 года назад

They never learned after releasing the cdtv.

@SlothrockGaming 3 года назад

I remember selling the CD32 in the shop I worked in; I was still on the Amiga 500 Plus like a peasant.

@DreamcastQ 3 года назад

Mid-90s gaming was sooooooo awesome at the time, things advanced so much faster than now, it seemed

@StinsonHunterTV 3 года назад

Thanks for the upload ❤️

@timothybassey2039 3 года назад

I had a CD32 with a SX-1 expansion box and a 8 mega byte ram expansion. and a floppy drive I added an 80 megabyte hardrive. Essentially an A1200 with a CD-ROM

@seasidegalaxystreet 3 года назад

A repackaged Amiga A1200 yes? At time 2.26 was when the world became glued to screens as demonstrated today with mobile phones.

@Rturn2609 3 года назад

I miss my C64 so so much. I need a replacement soon. Still have a lot of games for it, if they even work any more

@andrewlawrence5934 3 года назад

You got Kang-fu?

@AmigaWolf 3 года назад

If you have not put them next to a magnet like in a speaker, and in a dry place, most if not all will still work great, i have all my old C64 games and they all still work, and they are easily 35 years old.

@TheGimpGamer 3 года назад

I have very fond memories of owning a CD32 and bying games from rumbelows.

@weepingscorpion8739 7 месяцев назад

I would love to get my hands on a CD32. It's such a beautiful system. And the rumoured CD64 and the Hombre chipset are such interesting what-if scenarios. Anyway... And wow, that classes for the masses bit... Birmingham! :D Yes, I giggled a lot at that. :D

@jjjimmer Месяц назад

I have a CD32 - love it - upgraded it with a terrible fire 030 ! runs EVERYTHING including Doom! cool! :)

@komemiute 3 года назад

This was a very clever and clear recap of the complicated Commodore company post-Tramiel! Keep up the great work! Love your content!

@theoldpcgamer77 3 года назад

Having sold my retro collection to a local collector i'm glad i can come to channels like yours to remind me of my 90's teenage memories. Love these story based videos.

@jamesburchill7522 3 года назад

Jack was a visionary. Say what you will, he stuck to his guns. Oddly, I knew one dude, growing up, who had an Amiga. Not the CD32...no. Rather and actual Amiga. When he first told me he didn't play Sega or Nintendo, he played Amiga..I had no idea. My PC (One I purchased with paper route money) was a Compaq Presario 386 Pro. So when I saw his Amiga I was shocked at how game friendly it was.

@markippo 2 года назад

Nope, he wasn't... He was an old style businessman, who wanted produce cheap and sell a lot with healthy margins and without extravagances. He did his goods, he did his bads. But generally, he was the guy without any technological knowledge and direction. He started with type writers trough calculators, ended up with personal computers and he always wanted to sell much. Atari under his leadership didn't do any better than Commodore. Why? Because gaming market was taken by the consoles, and professional - by PCs.

@Genethagenius 3 года назад

Another great video! I grew up in the U.S. in the 80’s and 90’s and love hearing about what other parts of the world were playing and what was popular there at the same time.

@mckeejm 3 года назад

“Who do you think I am? Modern Vintage Gamer?” ☠️🤣

@mannytheangel 3 года назад

Shots fired!

@vo1968 3 года назад

A long long time ago I had an Amiga cd32, a 3DO & a Phillips CDi & glad I did.

@garyskippracing 3 года назад

Holy crap, Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix! The original F1 simulator. Many hours of my youth spent on that!

@Dexter_GamingYTRoblox 3 года назад

Still have mine with it fmv cart, games are still coming out like power glove. Also road avenger and time gal, plus a disc with loads of a500 games on it.

@grinbrothers 3 года назад

A fantastic and respectful coverage of the CD32. I always find the 5th generation of consoles fascinating to learn more about and though I've never owned a CD32, the A1200 child I was has an instant fondness for it. Whilst it's true that the system would have likely faltered against the PS/SS/N64, I could see a CD32 unhindered by company bankruptcy fighting 3DO for that 4th place spot. As for systems to recommend a video on, how about the Watara/Quickshot Supervision. I find that a pretty intriguing handheld.

@leighbyford635 2 года назад

I think 4th place is ambitious. I would rank it well below 3do or Jaguar. Having said that I rank it below SNES and megadrive too.

@VHSMassacre 3 года назад

Funny, entertaining and informational. Love this video because it treats the CD32 system fairly. You are not basing it's quality upon units sold but what it could do and what was offered for the time in which it was made. We never got this game system in the U.S. but the Commodore computers were popular. Excellent channel congrats!

@TheVampirePredator Год назад

And what exactly was that? A system that crashed and failed to boot more times than was acceptable? Games which were inferior to both their 32 and 16 bit counterparts? An exorbitant price for the hardware to run such inferior games and ports? One of the most unintuitive controllers in gaming history? Stories are about narrative. The narrative here is that the system is misunderstood and that’s why it failed. However, the narrative of 99% of non-British people who have both played the games and researched the system and it’s short lifecycle show that it was 100% understood as a badly designed and badly implemented console.

@niklasohman5021 3 года назад

At the time I bought the CD32 as a replacement for my beloved Amiga 500. I thought the CD32 had a good future because of the success of C64 and A500. And the CD32 itself had more powerful hardware, but very few games took advantage of that. Most of the games I played on it was basically ports from A500 with no boosts what so ever. The only upgrade being faster loading times, and no disk-swapping thanks to the CD-format instead of floppys.

@CountScarlioni 3 года назад

That was kind of the point, at least from Commodore's perspective. They knew that in Europe where the Amiga brand was king, the CD32 was going to sell just on its good name alone. Even if it didn't actually offer existing Amiga owners all that much that was new, they'd buy it anyway based on brand loyalty. It was the North American market where the mostly unknown Amiga game catalogue could be unleashed to its full potential. American users wouldn't have known they were being piled high with old, cheaply ported Amiga games. It would have been all new to the regular American consumer and it actually made a great deal of business sense. Of course... Commodore snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by going insolvent at the worst possible moment so we never got to see if the plan paid off. Maybe there's a parallel universe out there where the plan worked and Commodore effectively pushed its way into the console wars!?

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

Please take me to that alternate timeline! I love Commodore and I've been obsessed with their team since watching Dave Haynie's "Deathbed Vigil". Definitely worth a watch even if it is almost home movie format.

@jamesalexanderbarnettdp9479 2 года назад

I had an AMIGA 500 it was class.

@imranchaudhry4321 3 года назад

Great round up on the whole commodore DNA

@Przemek2010 3 года назад

Greetings from Poland. Amiga CD32 will have a place in my heart. I bought my device right after A500+. I remember playing Oscar / Diggers, Furry of the Furries, Ufo Enemy Unknown, Whale's Voyage. I even had SX extention, floppy, keyboard, additional memory, HDD. It was very cool and underappriciated device.

@asgard295 3 года назад

18:39 what kind of shop was this from the commercial 😂😂😂 anyway great video 👍

@raellawrence7116 3 года назад

Chuck Rock music at 14 mins 🎶😀

@rokosbasilisk2894 Год назад

I had an Amiga 500, CD32 and 1200. Pretty sure I still have the 1200 in a box somewhere with it's phillips monitor. I remember at the time that Edge magazine was out and never seemed to touch on the CD32, it was busy pimping the Jaguar and some Sega machine. Saturn perhaps? They were better machines in that they were making that vital switch to 3D where the CD32 was basically a 1200 with a CD drive which allowed for proper CD audio tracks to be played whilst you were gaming. I certainly felt at the time that it had more potential and even wrote to Edge magazine about it but they didn't publish it.

@maxcooper6554 3 года назад

4:30 Cricket? Cricket? Nobody understands Cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is, to understand Cricket! Sorry, had to quote one of my fav childhood films! Great vid as always Lady D!

@monstrogoth 3 года назад

Back in those days, there was a kit to transform your Amiga CD32 into an amiga 1200.

@skideric 3 года назад

I had a CD32 from original launch.sold it a couple years ago for a bundle!

@somebeinganonymous 3 года назад

I like that for the Amiga section you used the Lotus 2 theme :)

@ratykat 3 года назад

As someone who lives near Birmingham I am offended by that attempt at our accent 😂

@AMPProf 3 года назад

ohhhhhhhh

@barkinstarfish 3 года назад

I totally agree....where is the ‘r’ in classy?

@randlepmcmurphy6117 3 года назад

As someone who’s a bit of a tit, I’m offended at the pair on show here. 🙈

@SamThredder 3 года назад

i was offended and i'm from bloody croydon ffs hahahaha

@d0ct0rz3d4 3 года назад

You forgot to mention the CD32's most important add-on: the paint can.

@greenisnotacreativecolour 3 года назад

That was unexpected! If only I'd seen that rap before I copied all those floppies...

@Radarman2061 3 года назад

Loved mine with the SX-1 and a whopping 8mb RAM 😱😱😱

@joesretrostuff 3 года назад

Super interesting, had no idea about this system.

@WhatGameBefore 3 года назад

I never knew the Amiga CD 32 was so rare! A friend up the road had one and some really good games on it too - guess I was very lucky to ever play on one 😀

@CountScarlioni 3 года назад

If it was the UK then they weren't rare. Biggest selling console of Xmas 1993. Well advertised and smothered in games immediately after release. Anywhere else in the world - especially outside Europe, and yeah, you were pretty lucky to ever see one for real, or even to know of their existence!

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

They don't come up that often and usually pretty expensive, especially if you need to replace stuff like controllers etc

@SteveDavies80 3 года назад

I loved my CD32, but never understood this and PS1 needed a hardware addon for VideoCDs. Both machines were capable of playing FMV in game, so surely it was just software/codec needed for full movies.

@MatthewHolloway 2 года назад

I think the idea is that without hardware compression the video compression was poor and so the file size was large. It was possible to have a codec with poor compression (indexed colour videos at a low framerate, low resolution) but full movies using that approach would span many CDs. By comparison full movies on VCD (precursor to DVD using MPEG 1) were on 2 CDs, so a CPU codec with poor compression might easily span 10 CDs for a full movie.

@jediknight2350 3 года назад

i brought one of these that Christmas i loved it and whats funny is the cd32 has no copy protection on the cd,s lol and you can even download multi games disc,s which i might have helped create lol.

@marcuskahn3783 3 года назад

The A500 came with handful of Doom clones including my favourite Alien corridor shooter Gloom Deluxe.

@sseb22 3 года назад

Loved the little nod to the MVG :)

@albinalmanzar7116 2 года назад

WE NEVER HAD THIS RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA INSTEAD WE HAD SEGA CD & CD ROM BACK IN 92 93 & 94 IN THE U.S.A. 🎮🎮

@williamshoemake1826 3 года назад

Still have my CD32 US version with a upgraded 030/50mhz SX-32Pro. Got a bit of work to do on it doing some Recap changes. still one of my favorite retro devices. Excellent coverage of the history. Great Channel, looking forward of looking at your previous videos.

@005AGIMA 3 года назад

First video of yours I've seen. Had to stop by 2:28.....TO SUBSCRIBE! OMG How have I not seen you before? I love your presentation style and humor! WOW! Great stuff!

@icollectstories5702 3 года назад

8:17 If you were old enough, you'd remember telephone answering machines that looked like this.

@Reed-Publications 3 года назад

You deserve more subscribers. Keep up the good work! 😉

@rikpeol3612 3 года назад

The main problem was that the CD32 was just an A1200 with a CD-ROM drive. There were hardly any games that ran exclusively on the CD32. No A1200 owner bought this console only for the soundtracks on CD, because there were also CD32 emulators for AA Amigas. The current value of the CD32 is its rarity.

@powerzx 11 месяцев назад

You are wrong. CD32's problem was lack of games and very low quality of games. Most of the games were just a copy from A500 or A1200. They were often about 2MB of size on 700MB CD-ROM. Just a few of them had CD-AUDIO tracks.

@xtieburn 2 года назад

I did love my CD32, not sure if anything could have saved it at the time though. Even if Commodore wasnt in a mess, Playstation was focusing on 3D, PCs got 3D acceleration just a couple of years after the CD32,* so Commodore would definitely require a new generation pretty quickly along with a dramatic switch in focus to rival the competition. Both Nintendo and Sega struggled to make that leap, I wouldnt fancy Commodores chances. Still, there was something quite unique about Amiga gaming. A very characteristic look, sound, and even feel. It would be fascinating to see an alternate universe where they were a force in gaming for at least a few years longer. *CDs felt like a solution to a problem that didnt exist, 3D and the enormous leap in the number of assets you require for good looking 3D seemed like that problem coming along a few years later.