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I don't know what you think about it, but this music...
The melody which we can hear here, in the Cocorico's village.
We can hear it for the first time in "Zelda a Link To the Past" if I'm not mistaking.
The music that you can hear is the remix of "Ocarina of Time".
For me, it's one of the best track of all the zelda's saga.
Each time I listen to it. There is something special that takes place in me, I don't know what happens!
And I was very disappointed because this track is not include in "Zelda Twilight Princess" I not understand !
There is the Cocorico's village, even if it really changed, poor village.
But they decided to replace it by a new track, I don't understand.
It would have been better if they remixed the original Cororico's theme like "Ocarina of Time".
It would have been great. It is not what they did...
Once again, an error of Nintendo on "Twilight Princess"
So, we are not here to speak about that.
To be honest, I'm doing this video in "freestyle" because I did not want to do it at the beginning.
So it's a review of the CDI (Compact Disc Interactive) that you see at the bottom there.
It's this console. It is the first generation because there are many versions of this console.
My CDI is in the 200's series, it's the CDI 210 for information. It is huge !
You can see..... No, you can't see now. Wait if I take it away...
You see underneath. It's the Playstation 2. You can make a comparison at the level of the volume.
The CDI of Philips, the first generations, was big, really big !
It weighs a dozen kilogram. It's really enormous. It looks like a VHS recorder.
Well, I did not want to make a review of the CDI, because I am not an expert of it.
What I am going to say is what I read on Wikipedia and some other sites.
And the informations that I can have by having playing.
At the beginning, I wanted to make a video of these three Zelda which went out on CDI...
For the ignoramuses, there were 3 Zelda, 1 Mario and 1 Tetris on the CDI.
You are going to say to me "Why ?"
In fact, it's the interessant thing
It is necessary to know that these games were not developed by Nintendo,
Miyamoto, even for the OST. Nothing.
It's totally developped by a subsidiary of Philips.
So, for these reasons, everybody finds that these games are a heap of ***.
For some people, those are the worst games ever created !
I don't think so. I've already played games which were worst than these Zelda.
But obviously, that's the worst Zelda ever made, and there are very bad games, it's undeniable....
Well, they have some assets. We must not say "***, ***, ***". no no no !
I finished "Zelda The Wand of Gamelon", here. in which we are the Princess Zelda ! The first time we play with Zelda, Crazy thing !
So, I finished it ! So I know it.
That game to, I have played it for a long time," Link The Face of Evil", THE FACE OF EVIL !
Zelda, The Wand of Gamelon ! Link, The Face of Evil ! and Zelda's adventure, which is rare and totally different.
Zelda, The Wand of Gamelon, and Link, The Face of Evil were released at the same period, in 1993
And these 2 games are almost similar. Only the textures are different.
but I'll speak about it later, when i'll review each game.
So this Zelda, Zelda's adventure, is really different, it's a view of the top like old zelda's games
But graphically, it looks like Diablo, or Baldur's Gates, way ugliest
So with a realistic style, it's very strange, you'll see, it's priceless
Even the others ! Cut-scenes are huge, it's priceless ! Crazy Thing !
Well, let's talk about the CDI
So it's that console. It's went out in 1989 for professionals and 1991 for us.
Like i said, there were many versions of it. Mine is the first, the 200 series, The CDI 210, to be exact.
There is a tray for the compact disc and 3 buttons :
The Power button, The Stop button, the Play button, and only one controller port.
But all CDI series have only one controller port and most of games are not multiplayer.
There is an Infrared port too, even if you can't see it here.
Because this console... it's not a console ! It's a multimedia platform ! It was sold with this wireless remote control.
In fact, it's not really a console. Philips, who invented the Compact Disc !
There is information here ! and Thanks Wikipedia !
Of course, I will not tell you about caracteristics of the CDI.
If you want to learn it, go on Wikipedia.org and look for "CDI philips".
So this console is not only a console for videogames, it's multitasks.
In fact, videogames on CDI are only 25% of that thing.
You can watch movies, but for me, it's not betther than VHS, I find it too "numeric"... it's strange.
But many people thinks that CDI video discs are better than VHS, but I prefer VHS.
Of course, after, DVDs appeared, the quality is better than VHS, of course.
So, CDI can also play Music Discs, Photo Discs...
so it's really a multimedia platform. So it was really expensive (almost a 700$ at that time)
So, there were many versions. For example, this is another version, the "console version", released 1 year later
it looks like a console with a hood that you have to open to put the cd
The "CDI 450", it's written on it "CD-Audio & Photo-CD".
Well, the serie 400 was in the console category, and not multimedia.
There is no infrared port on this model for example
So, here the Power button. Behind, the connectic :
RCA. RCA is cool, because we can plug in a Hi-Fi system,
Like the first Playstation, where there was a RCA connectic,
but Sony removed it for economic reasons, I will speak about it later.
So, the controller was like that. For the first generation, only a remote control. The controller was an option.
If we bought another version, the console version, we had controllers like that.
But it's *** bad : three bad buttons.
The directionnal cross was bad too...
But we don't care, because most games used one or two buttons, like Zelda.
I can show you the Gun for games like MadDog McCree. I already reviewed these 2 games
Classic, blue, but correct.
Something important too : here, we could add a video card.
It's necessary for MadDog McCree I and II for example... or Dragon's lair, or Space Ace.
These games were in MPEG-1 decoding, though it requires an optional "Digital Video Card" to provide it
And it was was very expensive (300$)
Without the Digital Video Card, a lot of games (interactive movies often) didn't work.
Here, some games who needed the Digital Video Card.
MadDog Mc Cree, Mad Dog II, Dragon's Lair.
There was also many interactive games like that, "Interactive News of 94" by TF1 (French Television 1).
Of course, it's a *** !
So there were many cultural and educational software like that
So people didn't know if it was a console, a cd-player, or a Music player !
Look! Some movies ! "Beverly Hills Cop", "Top Gun",...
Maybe, at the end, I'll show you a trailer of a movie.
And Well ! Why do we have 3 Zelda, 1 Tetris and 1 Mario on the CDI ?
Long time ago, Nintendo collaborated with Sony and Philips,
in order to have its own CD-player for the Super NES.
Of course, this story is well known. Go on the Internet for more informations.
In fact, it never happens, and Sony released the famous PlayStation on its own
But Philips had already gave money to Nintendo for the CD-player, whichi was not going to be.
So, Philips and Nintendo found an agreement.
And that's why Philips had licences for 3 Zeldas, 1 Mario, 1 Tetris !
Of course, without the collaboration of Nintendo, Philips had to developped games alone.
So that's why these games are *** and comic... It's insane, you could never guess that you're playing a zelda game. You will see that later.
Well, I have finished. Go on Wikipedia.org for more explanations and hardware informations.
I can tell you the CDI is a 16 Bits console, but of course, with the CD-rom and the videocard
In fact, videos were wondefull ! You have many colors and in Fullscreen !
It was better than the 3Do, and almost Saturn and the PlayStation !
The CDI was the best for videos for a long time!
If you watch my reviews of MadDog McCree or Dragon's Lair, you will see it !
It's really amazing ! Many colors, no lags ! But you must have the video card for that.
I can show you the Digital Video Card if I manage to take away the hood...
Yes ! Look ! here ! I can remove it, but with my PowerGlove, I am a disabled person !
*** ! come here ! Done !
That's it ! The Digital Video Card" to provide MPEG-1 decoding. Very expensive this thing...300$
Well, this review is over. I will show you a sneak peak of a Video CDs (VCDs).
I think i told you everything, so it's over.
You must know that most games of the CDI were really ***, maybe 2 or 3 are good
I can show you some other game like Drug War, it looks like MadDog McCree.
Lost Eden, not a bad game, but a strange game.
I will not show you all my collection, because I have around thirty games.
I show you an extract of "Sniper", it is not really known.
It's not a great movie in fact... but at the time, i had the VHS and i watched it a lot of times
So, see you soon for the first Zelda, The Wand of Gamelon. I finished it!!
Yes Ladies and Gentlemen ! And I'm really proud ! So you'll have an objective opinion.
It's Over ! Byebye and See you soon !
It was a joke! Drink and forget it!
God Damn it! Give me your survival compress, give it to me!!!
He's bleeding to death!
We have an injured man!!
Up!! Up!!!!
***!!!
Kill him, what da hell are you doing!!!!
We got hit
He's here! Shot, ***, shot!!! Kill him!
He's on your right, shot him!
We're all going to die!!
Stop going down! Are you insane? He's going to kill us all!
What are you doing? Get your guns!!
Watch out!
We're going to die...we're going to die, all of us!!!
He's here, shot him!
Shot...SHOT!!!
Wow! You killed him with a sniper!
Yeah