#CDTV Groliers Arrived!
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I just got my copy of Groliers for CDTV and it is GREAT! Works great with
a keyboard too! The design of the interface is elegant and simple. This a
title that really makes sense to have on CD.
Now if only Commodore would release the trackball, maybe the games would
be playable…
Pat, How long have you had your CDTV? Where'd you purchase it, how much,
how many titles do you have, what optional accessories did you purchase,
how much? I know its a lot of questions in one sentence, but if I left any
out please go ahead and leave detailed answers for them B^) and I'll figure
out the questions!
Thanks,
I bought it at Metropolitan Computer in Dallas in late April. It ran me
$800 (cheaper because I'm a student). None of the Commodre accesories are
out for it, so I bought a third party disk drive (Roctec $100), and this
summer a A2000 keyboard and a third party adapter cable, which ran me about
$140 combined. My understanding is that CDTV is currently only released in
a few cities, and in limited numbers. The full release is to come this
fall, around October. However, you might be able to purchase it direct
from Commodore right now. I've heard that the accesories will be available
at the full release time. If that includes the keyboard,then it should be
worth waiting for as it will probably be cheaper than what I paid, and
certainly more convenient than what I've got.
There are over 25 titles out right now, and they're running in the
neighborhood of $35 to $60. Lemmings cost me $40 and SimCity cost $56
(store, not list prices). The interface for SimCity is as impressive as
Grolier's. Both titles have CD quality soundtracks.
I'm currently writing up some comments that I'll put in TEG or library 14
of the GAMERS forum, so check over there in about a week.
–Pat
Pat,
Thanks for the info on CDTV. It sounds good. I hope to see it adapt to our
Ax000's system someday, but if not I guess I'll try and get CDTV.
Chris